M18CTID
Well-Known Member
Simples - ban students from pubs then.This is the crucial thing, students getting it isn't a bad thing as they don't require hospital treatment,usually, as soon as they mix in pubs restaraunts clubs with the general public, it cause transmission to those that either might or live with peple that might. Stopping that cross transmission is crucial to protect hospitals.
Obviously, I’m not being entirely serious with that but I do have a bee in my bonnet that pubs are taking the brunt of this. Early on when they reopened back in July I myself thought they would be a proper breeding ground and the Aberdeen incident kind of reinforced my view. I said on here that I would be relatively comfortable going in city centre pubs as there would be plenty of eyes on them to ensure they were enforcing regulations but I was nervous about going in local pubs round here as there wouldn’t be the same level of scrutiny and even if they had good intentions to keep on top of things, it can go south pretty quickly once more and more alcohol is consumed.
In the meantime, the regs have gotten stricter with table service only, masks to be worn when not at the table, etc, and I’ve found that more reassuring. I even heard that the local pubs round here were abiding by it, so on Saturday night for the first time since late February I ventured out to a local boozer to watch our game against Leeds. I had to walk down there early in the afternoon to book a table (while stood outside in the pissing rain as I’d forgotten my mask), and when I turned up just after 5pm to claim our pre-booked table (this time with my mask) the landlady was on the door asking the lead booker of each table to download the track and trace app and scan themselves in. The mask and table service policy was strictly enforced and to be honest, it felt like they were on top of things more than most supermarkets.