COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Whymewhynot]

Presumably because he has been advised to not close them at the moment.

Where’s the logic then? Don’t go to these places but we won’t close them. I really don’t want to believe we live in a time we’d risk lives for insurance reasons but I don’t see any other reasons behind this.

 

[andyhinch]

Well you’d be an idiot then as you could catch the flu or even worse get served a bad pint

Well if that’s the price of freedom ;-)

you do know I’m joking I hope.

 

[PragueBlue]

Where’s the logic then? Don’t go to these places but we won’t close them. I really don’t want to believe we live in a time we’d risk lives for insurance reasons but I don’t see any other reasons behind this.

No idea but I doubt he's going against the recommendations of his experts.

 

[kaz7]

It’s stupidity to think everyone will listen. If he’s telling people not to go you’re basically saying these places shouldn’t be open. Close them, it’s not fucking hard but he’s making the basics very hard. That’s why not everyone gets on board because he contradicts himself. Until he takes it serious and shuts these places down or even lock downs, you’ll still get idiots who won’t take the advice seriously either.

He is balancing keeping business going and people in jobs,it will be important not to start from ground zero when things get better

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Remote press conferences suggests to me that he's preparing for a full scale lockdown.

 

[Whymewhynot]

He is balancing keeping business going and people in jobs,it will be important not to start from ground zero when things get better

Keeping them open runs them out of business. Open but next to no custom. I know people in small businesses who do have business interference insurance or whoever it is worded. It really feels like it’s being done so they have to stay open and can’t claim for it, otherwise why else is this the approach. If it is dangerous for people to go these places, close them. Even worse the majority attending pubs are probably the older most vulnerable people!

 

[BlueAnorak]

the mans a bloody idiot.
If people were following advice restaurants and pubs would be shut cos they’d be empty.
No help for companies that are having to let people go now whilst waiting to apply for financial support. No clarification of school closures.

He didn't say that. There was just no announcements today.
He did say there would be further announcements from the chancellor tomorrow.

 

[kaz7]

Remote press conferences suggests to me that he's preparing for a full scale lockdown.

Yep that bit was interesting,he also said he can go further with shutting things down,i wanted him to be less polite ages ago,i think he is trying to balance everything,he looked completely out of his death since the start,just as well the medical bods come across calm and in control

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

judging by Italy, European style lockdowns may not be as good as we expect, and perhaps by being a few weeks behind if treatments are working we can get to a point where the timing works a lot better for us than it has for others.

Just need to stop people mass buying.

 

[Whymewhynot]

Remote press conferences suggests to me that he's preparing for a full scale lockdown.

I thought that at the end, means he can dodge any unwanted questions too. I’d take that if it means action