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kaz7 said:
5 days is two days too long for me , it is risky , i cant believe that nobody is not going to be hugging family and friends and there wont be more parties and raves etc
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Agreed plus it's not just the five days around Xmas, the blow out actually starts on December 3 ( or is it 4?) when people hit the streets to shop and party (as much as the tier they're in allows).
PS forgot about test,track and trace - that should be in better shape now (which was one of the reasons for the lockdown) so hopefully will prevent cases rising in December?
 
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kaz7 said:
5 days is two days too long for me , it is risky , i cant believe that nobody is not going to be hugging family and friends and there wont be more parties and raves etc
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It is high risk and I guess the 5 days is partly to reduce the risk of infections spreading in packed train carriages as people travel to see relatives etc. I agree that it’s better if households aren’t mixing wherever it can be avoided.
 
cleavers said:
It's not what I read last night on the BBC's "What Tier will I be in" has it changed ? or are they just clueless like in football ?
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Im not sure. Ive found this link. But dont know where Glossop fits. Only interested as my sister lives on the boundary.

www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

High Peak plunged into Tier 3 lockdown: This is when it will start

Today (November 26) Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced which tiers each local authority would fall into in the Government’s new system of Covid-19 restrictions set to follow lockdown.
www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk
 
purplenose said:
This just goes to show what abject stupidity it is to let everyone loose at Xmas. Blow all the progress that has been made and for what?
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I think he assessed the risk of what would happen if he didn't and is banking on most sticking to what's been put in place for Christmas. Had he not done that he rightly imo, would be expecting far too many "going for it"
 
mosssideblue said:
I think he assessed the risk of what would happen if he didn't and is banking on most sticking to what's been put in place for Christmas. Had he not done that he rightly imo, would be expecting far too many "going for it"
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I think he said in his press conference yesterday that he was allowing people to get together 'because frankly they were going to do it anyway'. May not be verbatim, but the point is the same. Better some guidelines/rules than nothing.
 
Len Rum said:
Agreed plus it's not just the five days around Xmas, the blow out actually starts on December 3 ( or is it 4?) when people hit the streets to shop and party (as much as the tier they're in allows).
PS forgot about test,track and trace - that should be in better shape now (which was one of the reasons for the lockdown) so hopefully will prevent cases rising in December?
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It ends at 00:01 on Wednesday 2nd, Leonard.
 
Regional numbers in hospital good too, Everywhere down except London!

Patients up 1478 to 1503 - was1434 last week, Though Ventilators down from 261 to 251. Was 222.
 
artfuldodger said:
Im not sure. Ive found this link. But dont know where Glossop fits. Only interested as my sister lives on the boundary.

www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk

High Peak plunged into Tier 3 lockdown: This is when it will start

Today (November 26) Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced which tiers each local authority would fall into in the Government’s new system of Covid-19 restrictions set to follow lockdown.
www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk
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I've just done it again and yes it's been changed now, it definitely said 2 yesterday, so that makes more sense.
 
Other regions:

MIDLANDS Patients down 126 to 2996 (3122 last wk) Vents down 7 to 306 (288 last wk)

NE/YORKS Patients down 81 to 2925 (3253 last wk) Vents down 7 to 223 (251 last wk)

And NORTH WEST

Patients down 100 to 2532 (2942 last wk - so biggest fall in the week).

Ventilators down 7 to 221 (244 last wk)

From two weeks ago three regions having over 3000 in hospital and NW being the worst and over triple the numbers in London hospitals then. We now have no regions over 3000 in hospital and NW now being third worst in England and not even double London and with both areas going in the opposite direction.
 
Keith Moncrieff said:
History will be the judge
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Indeed, we need to have the discussion to the point you raised in a years time, when this is all going on most likely! When small businesses are either crippled or gone, when mental health is a serious social problem, and the nation is angry and on the verge of exploding ( if it hasn't already ) If all this happens, there will still be some calling on the next lockdown.

On another note, can somoene explain to me why London is considered tier 2 and most of the north is tier 3? And why does the tier system start at medium risk and not low risk, in my life I've never seen a scale like this not start at low.
 
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