snowychap Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Presumably you will be having the BBQ outdoors? In which case, I don't think you are even breaking the new rules*. *as far as I can tell, this is not legal advice, and other appropriate legal disclaimers If you live in an affected area* then I think it's against the guidance and will be against the law, when they get around to laying the regulations down. Quote ...you should not: visit someone else’s home or garden even if they live outside of the affected areas ... It will be illegal for people who do not live together to meet in a private home or garden, except for limited exceptions to be set out in law. link * Quote Affected local areas Greater Manchester: City of Manchester Trafford Stockport Oldham Bury Wigan Bolton Tameside Rochdale Salford Lancashire: Blackburn with Darwen Burnley Hyndburn Pendle Rossendale West Yorkshire: Bradford Calderdale Kirklees 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Grauniad live: Quote Face coverings to be made mandatory in more indoor settings in England from 8 August The home secretary has been asked to work with the police to ensure the rules are properly enforced, he says. There will be a greater police presence to ensure face coverings are being worn as required by law, he adds. They are also extending the requirement to wear a face covering to other indoor settings where you’re likely to come into contact with people you don’t normally meet - such as museums, cinemas, galleries and places of worship, he says. The government is now recommending the wearing of face coverings in these settings and this will be enforceable in law from 8 August, he confirms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 31, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 minute ago, snowychap said: Grauniad live: But going to the pub is fine. This is so stupid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted July 31, 2020 Moderator Share Posted July 31, 2020 My MP (William Wragg - Hazel Grove) has gone rogue and criticised the govt for lumping everyone together when locally we still have low infection rates. Separately, not so long ago there was furore about Muslim women covering their faces and now they're to blame for a spike in infections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 31, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, snowychap said: Grauniad live: Shit lads, the wheels are about to fall off! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 7 minutes ago, Chindie said: Shit lads, the wheels are about to fall off! The wheels fell off long ago, we just had enough inertial speed to keep drifting for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted July 31, 2020 Moderator Share Posted July 31, 2020 4 hours ago, mjmooney said: So you can go to the pub, but not with people you know from another house. But if those people just happen to go to the pub at the same time, you know, by coincidence, that should be OK, shouldn't it? I've asked the reporter from the MEN to ask Andy Burnham about that. I think she may... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Announcing local lockdowns the night before the hottest day of the year and Eid. Yeah that'll work out well. People won't change their plans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Genie Posted July 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2020 13 minutes ago, Xela said: Announcing local lockdowns the night before the hottest day of the year and Eid. Yeah that'll work out well. People won't change their plans It’s the equivalent of sending out a shitty email before logging off work and going on holiday for a week. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 4 minutes ago, Genie said: It’s the equivalent of sending out a shitty email before logging off work and going on holiday for a week. We've all done that 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Think all the people travelling anroad is perhaps contributing to the rates going up. I still maintain they should have just written off 2020 and not allowed any flights abroad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 10 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Think all the people travelling anroad is perhaps contributing to the rates going up. I still maintain they should have just written off 2020 and not allowed any flights abroad Almost everyone is travelling to countries with a lower infection rate than us so if anything they are doing us all a favour as have less chance of catching and spreading it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 1 hour ago, markavfc40 said: Almost everyone is travelling to countries with a lower infection rate than us so if anything they are doing us all a favour as have less chance of catching and spreading it. That was my point. Everyone travelling is making all countries get re infected. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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blandy Posted August 1, 2020 Moderator Share Posted August 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Demitri_C said: That was my point. Everyone travelling is making all countries get re infected. Realistically, travel can't be stopped completely - lorry drivers, shipping, air freight and such like are essentials, and that's before you get to other workers and ...etc. And then keeping people in jobs. So what's needed is/was initial travel bans for everything that is non essential, control of the virus in a nation to reduce to right down, then opening up again with highly effective and fast contact track and trace along with temperature and/or virus testing at ports of exit and entry. Following on from that there could/should be certification of test results saying the person is free, and/or has had it and recovered from it on X date. We're doing none of that, really. It's an utter disgrace. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 1 hour ago, blandy said: Realistically, travel can't be stopped completely - lorry drivers, shipping, air freight and such like are essentials, and that's before you get to other workers and ...etc. And then keeping people in jobs. So what's needed is/was initial travel bans for everything that is non essential, control of the virus in a nation to reduce to right down, then opening up again with highly effective and fast contact track and trace along with temperature and/or virus testing at ports of exit and entry. Following on from that there could/should be certification of test results saying the person is free, and/or has had it and recovered from it on X date. We're doing none of that, really. It's an utter disgrace. Cant disagree with much of that. In cyprus they are making any Cat B country take a test 72hrs before with a negative test. You need to provide evidence in a form of a certificate othetwise you wont be allowed in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted August 2, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 2, 2020 So after reading the last few pages of this thread is seems as thought this pandemic thing is going swimmingly well over there. Just like over here. <Insert terrifying US Covid Map> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Are you able tO fly to the states from the UK and vice versa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 18 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Are you able tO fly to the states from the UK and vice versa? I think so, as long as you quarantine when you get back to the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 I am almost certain the US is still closed to the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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