@Baz posted:It will be full of maybes and perhapses
Sounds about right to me 
@machel posted:Daughter went into local supermarket, gaps are appearing in the toilet roll aisle........
So no gatherings of 6 or more but kids must go back to school
Also TWELVE schools in my region have sent teachers/students home after positive tests.
Exactly how many? Well once again the BBC reporting remained vague
@Baz posted:I’m watching the broadcast .....how the heck can you meet in a group of less than 6 in a pub
Obviously each group of 6 is 1 meter (plus) away from all other groups of 6. 
@Baz posted:Has anyone actually said why 6 is the magic number !
Someone elsewhere suggested it;s because Cummings only has 5 friends. 
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Someone elsewhere suggested it;s because Cummings only has 5 friends.
Rofl 
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Someone elsewhere suggested it;s because Cummings only has 5 friends.
I think 5 would be pushing it... 
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Someone elsewhere suggested it;s because Cummings only has 5 friends.
@Eugene's Lair posted:I think 5 would be pushing it...
Obviously it would have to be only 3 - Him, partner, child and 3 'friends'.
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Obviously it would have to be only 3 - Him, partner, child and 3 'friends'.
Speaking after his announcement that gatherings in England are to be restricted to six people from Monday, Mr Johnson said the government was "working hard" to increase testing capacity to 500,000 tests a day by the end of October.
And he said that "in the near future" he wanted to start using testing "to identify people who are negative - who don't have coronavirus and who are not infectious - so we can allow them to behave in a more normal way, in the knowledge they cannot infect anyone else".
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The guy is just incapable of delivering anything that makes sense!
So we test everyone and now know who does and doesn't have the virus TODAY, but that isn't going to stop them getting infected tomorrow. So everyone needs to be tested every day to ensure that only virus-free people are going out and about - and that means the test results would have to be known pretty much right away - and apparently the technology to do that does not exist just now.
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Speaking after his announcement that gatherings in England are to be restricted to six people from Monday, Mr Johnson said the government was "working hard" to increase testing capacity to 500,000 tests a day by the end of October.
And he said that "in the near future" he wanted to start using testing "to identify people who are negative - who don't have coronavirus and who are not infectious - so we can allow them to behave in a more normal way, in the knowledge they cannot infect anyone else".
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The guy is just incapable of delivering anything that makes sense!
So we test everyone and now know who does and doesn't have the virus TODAY, but that isn't going to stop them getting infected tomorrow. So everyone needs to be tested every day to ensure that only virus-free people are going out and about - and that means the test results would have to be known pretty much right away - and apparently the technology to do that does not exist just now.
My thoughts exactly EFFT 
One positive from that would be the identification of a-symptomatic people and prevent their current 'HELP' in spreading the virus.
R number possibly 1.5 in Scotland!
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:One positive from that would be the identification of a-symptomatic people and prevent their current 'HELP' in spreading the virus.
That’s true
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:R number possibly 1.5 in Scotland!
Given the number of areas in England showing spikes I think ours could be as high as that too EFFT 
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:R number possibly 1.5 in Scotland!
The R number went out the window fast enough - didn;t it
and Scotland are reduced to gatherings of 6 or less from two households.
And further easing put back for (at least) 3 weeks.
"We don't take the local papers" is a phrase a friend once used that made me laugh - bit of a snob perhaps LOL
Thinking about it neither do we - so it came as a bit of a surprise when a local told me SEVEN people were reported as having tested positive in our small town
Apparently the local rag keeps a running total
Groups must be 6 people or less:-
In Scotland it was announced that children under 12 won't count towards that total of 6, but in England it appears that ALL people will count.
So large families (of 6 or more) are complaining that they can't see/visit/be visited by anyone. Now I haven't studied this in depth (has anyone?), but can't half the family visit today and the other half visit tomorrow? I know that would be irksome, but it's not as if it's being intended to be a permanent thing.
Also (though this might create other problems) what about 'support bubbles'?
Hmm....Support bubbles........
Some gatherings of more than six people will be allowed in England, for example:
- If your household or support bubble is larger than six
If you live in a household of more than six you can gather in public or private. However, you will not be able to join with anyone from outside of your household.
@Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Hmm....Support bubbles........
Some gatherings of more than six people will be allowed in England, for example:
- If your household or support bubble is larger than six
If you live in a household of more than six you can gather in public or private. However, you will not be able to join with anyone from outside of your household.
You need a darn degree to understand and keep up with it all EFFT I’m glad I’m in a bubble of one 
