Has the false positive rate of the tests been taken into account? Who really knows, but we suspect not.
And all over again, we sit and wait for Euromomo to update once a week… heart in mouth, in a way no population has ever done before.et this is where our attention has been inexpertly directed for a second time, and if it felt laboured the first time, this time it feels like death warmed over (if you’ll excuse the pun).
Meanwhile, as most will be aware, on Tuesday 22nd September Boris Johnson announced some new rules to ‘address’ this situation.
To be honest, they seem more like a random list of tweaked parameters in a piece of modelling software than any sort of practical or logical method of combatting an epidemic.
The new guidelines involve reducing the numbers of people who can attend weddings to 15, introducing a 10pm closing time for all places which serve food and drink, as well as encouraging people to work from home.
Masks must now be worn in cabs, employees in ‘close contact services’ are now legally required to mask up, presumably this includes retail and hospitality etc.
Businesses will need to display the NHS QR code, and will face stricter rules to make their premises ‘COVID Secure’, including fines of up to £10,000 for ‘repeated breaches’.
The penalty fine for not wearing a mask or observing the ‘rule of six’ has gone up to £200 for a first offence.
You must also wear a mask unless you are seated at a table within pubs and restaurants....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...
