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just wanted to respond to this. Apologies that it’s out of kilter with current discussions. our govt always said that cases would go up when we opened up and I’m surprised they haven’t gone up before now. Coupled with the fact that about the same time of opening we have had the worst weather...

Ahhh coming on here is carhartic tbh - just to see some normality coming back somewhere :) Us brits wont get back over this year now, Boris has basically said no more countries on green list for foreseeable future - mainly due to his total and utter incompetence in allowing British Indians to go...

Ive been very impatient in terms of restriction lifting in the last few months in the uk and I’m glad we are at a point where indoor hospitality etc can open on the 17th, we are also lifting the mask mandate for secondary schools (11-18) students jn the classroom from then. I have to admit I’ve...

Tbf in terms of the uk and Europe: italy has opened up many tourist areas and hospitality, as have spain - France is reopening soon and restarting tourism from mid May, germany is fluid ans perhaps a bit more cautious, Greece and Portugal will be fully open summer wise and Iceland are welcoming...

Yep our next easing is on the 17th which is indoor dining and hospitality, west end/theatre abd tourist attractions indoors can open, holidays abroad should be opened up for us for a few countries on our green list, and hotels can reopen. Also we can meet indoors up to 6 people. Also 10,000 in...

Wow yeah now that doesn’t inspire people to test that’s for sure. I mean there is an argument over here that we are testing too much - we are averaging over a million a day right now mainly due to mass school testing - and there are calls to reduce it to more targeted testing, but it is good to...

Do you not have access to free rapid testing? In the uk we can go to any pharmacy at any time and pick up 7 tests free and do twice weekly testing at home just to see if we are positive or not - don’t need a reason to use them

I have to agree unfortunately. We were planning on just doing a two night one at the start of a 10 day uk based Holiday. We will both be fully vaccinated by start of June and don’t mind that being a condition of boarding - but the thought of that plus a test and then wearing a face mask all the...

I’ve found it really interesting seeing posters takes on the UK vaccine situation. As stated we started on 45-49 last week and when it went live the system totally crashed such was the interest in appointments - vaccine hesitancy really isn’t a think here right now and long may it continue. as...

again not disputing the claims that there may be some cases linked - and our contact tracing may be a little better than yours (although not perfect at all) - I’m just saying that even if you don’t want people in for a two hour three course meal or a night at the pub I’m not quite sure the issue...

studies over here have shown that there was little contribution to the infection rates from indoor dining even from the second wave though. Tbh I feel safer in a pub with the mitigation’s put in place than in many non essential retail stores. Anyway I sort of take the point with alcohol being an...

matt Hancock suggested that the different reasons you go to the places is the reason ie for indoor dining and pubs you go to socialise with each other and drink alcohol therefore may be less inclined to socially distance whereas for a gym and none essential retail it’s more of an individual...

This is an article tonight in the telegraph newspaper in the uk - it’s behind a paywall so just screenshot some of it - suggest around 75%

It’s doing the same here as well and we are 60% 1 dose abd only 11% two doses - second doses going up faster now though so will be 20-30% at least by end of April

Ahhh can some one adopt me abs get me away from the UK please - 60% vacc with one shot and second doses ramping up quickly - but media saying restrictions and mask wearing for another year! And no return to normal in June as projected but restrictions to go on and on..... Oh and two fully...

we alnost set in stone in the uk - and not just for large gatherings but for pubs ama restaurants as well. Boris has said it will be time limited for a year but no one believes him - tbh he’s not had a good track record of doing what he says he’s going to do. The trust rating in our govt seems...

Trouble is that the govt have apparently made a list of essential places that they won’t be needed in the uk rather than places they will - and the list isn’t very long . They will be needed (if you believe reports) in all hospitality whether it is Maccies or a pub or a sit down restaurant - not...

Lol I actually think that will happen - we aren’t getting to Paris anytime soon!

I assume you mean the uk? Yes we are now doing far more 2nd doses than 1st. We did 400,000 plus yesterday and have fully vaccinated 10% - this will rise very quickly now with an average of 3-400,000 second doses a day I reckon. Of course we need boris to let us out as well!

because this could literally tear Europe apart - and although not directly affecting the us in terms of vaccines and pandemic a split and at war (politically) Europe in itself would cause some consternation in the US surely just as it would the other way round to us over the last few years. In...