Can only speak for my local, which doesn’t serve food beyond snacks. They put screens up, took out half the tables, have one-way access, only allow one person at a time in the gents, have masked table service, hand sanitiser in four or five places, enforce mask wearing when not seated, etc but still can’t open. I don’t see how a meal would improve the situation.

Exactly but how do you legislate those good practices with the idiot who runs Party Central.

One more point

There is no justification of the destruction of small businesses.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

You tell em mate.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

The only interpretation that can be taken of this latest government science led shambles is that there is zero confidence in the public generally to behave in a rationale manner. So, even though it’s youngsters in the majority that run riot and have raves, illegal parties and dance in the street after closing simply because they can, the rest of us are punished because the virus is spreading in all age groups.

Anyone thought that the kids mixing in schools and the young adults partying perhaps bring it home and spread to parents who then inadvertently spread to grandparents etc etc.

You can be as safe as possible by following all the guidance, not doing this and not doing that and putting up without a pint but have no control over those who spread it asymptomatically.

This is why the closure of pubs without meals and all of the other bull associated with it is such nonsense. If you want to have a real impact close down all schools and colleges for December keep the kids apart and everyone go about their social distancing and sensible use of the hospitality industry before it collapses entirely.

Mike Yeadon’s latest

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Read it all but down some way and,

‘1) The definition of Covid deaths is too broad. Currently any death with an incidental positive Covid test within prior 28 days is counted as Covid. However, even deaths from the misdiagnosis of respiratory failure will result in Covid being put as the primary cause. There is no post mortem evidence that these are Covid deaths. There is no equivalent rise in death certificates with mentions of pneumonia as was seen in the spring. Accident and Emergency attendances for acute respiratory infections are currently 300 per day lower than average.’

The last couple of sentences there. Oh my God. Problem is it can’t really be called out yet because we’re not far enough into the seaside yet, or they’ll say it could just be a low season for these illnesses.

‘ 3) Excess deaths are not all Covid deaths. Pandemics can cause excess deaths. Lockdowns can also cause excess deaths and we saw excess deaths from many causes in Spring. There appears to have been no attempt to analyse these deaths or factor them into current decision-making processes. Normal interactions with the health service have still not resumed and excess deaths in the 15-44 year-old age group have climbed steadily throughout the year. These are nearly all non-Covid deaths.’

Just look at the 15-44 excess deaths graph.

‘ 5) The only confirmatory testing carried out has shown no Covid. Army testing in Liverpool uses a different and more reliable test – the ‘Lateral Flow Test’ (LFT). It has demonstrated that there is minimal Covid in the Liverpool community, the alleged hotspot. The numbers testing positive are barely above the false positive rate reported for the LFT meaning there were no real Covid cases found. In other words, the Army results confirm the fact that at least 90% of the PCR were false positives and the government is panicking on the basis of a massively exaggerated and unreliable statistic.’

Not at all surprised. It’s what the government and parrot media don’t mention when they claim the ludicrous notion that testing cured Covid in Liverpool.

‘6) Weak criteria used to declare a positive will result in false positives. Testing in May, by Imperial College showed that only half of the positive results from commercial laboratories were true positives and they questioned the criteria these laboratories were using to define a positive.’

If that is true then Jesus Christ.

COYP