Three Households Can Mix At Christmas

The rules are odd too. Three households can mix in a private home. Yet those three households cannot go to a pub or restaurant together. You can also have a dozen from three different households in a festive bubble, but cannot have a one to one drink in a covid secure pub or restaurant with someone from any household.

So basically you're allowed to be stuck in a home with double figures worth of people. But if you want to spend time in a pub with one person you don't live with just the two of you it isn't allowed.

 

I genuinely think they should have just said 2 days and allow anyone to mix in home environments. Already really difficult conversations going on in my family WhatsApp group. If we see both sets of parents at different houses under the rules that's us done. Me and my wife and daughter haven't got big immediate families, a sibling each with their own husbands and kids but the thought of not seeing them for Christmas, after months, is distressing. I do understand the rationale but as always with this government it's devisive and people are jaded.

Going back to the impact on kids thread, my daughter will be devastated if she can't see her three cousins. Despite having been in a class of 30 every day since the start of September.

 

Divide and rule. Its working to perfection.

 

When and how are mask rules changing?

 

Anyone with a low IQ and above should now really understand how this Covid thing works, if restrictions are lifted for a few days it doesnt mean you forget to keep a distance, sanitize, isolate if showing symptoms. Not hard and I think ive got it sussed.

 

Unless I misheard it on the 6 o'clock News it said that in the three family bubble system
over the five day " Xmas celebration period", there would be a relaxation over wearing
a mask or being required to observe social distancing.

 

I didn't think there was any requirement to wear a mask in an house anyway was there?

 

Not only that, but you can't even go and have a pint with somebody you do live with.

 

True ST. Thinking more of places of worship ( Oakwell) or outside spaces, although anybody
coming into our house has to wear a mask re family, tradespeople etc by order of her who
must be obeyed.

When she gets back from Sainsbury's she wipes all her purchases down with a mild disinfectant.
Amazon parcels and any post are treated with extreme care i.e mask, gloves apron etc and contents
are left on the sideboard for at least 48 hours before being handled.

 

Sturgeon was against this yesterday, but has now come to a deal with Johnson and agreed for it to go ahead. I wonder what Scotland will get in return?

 

A rise in Covid cases?

 

Surely you mean heyho ho ho

 

Like everything since March it makes no sense to me.
"We have to enforce these restrictions. We must shut hospitality despite little evidence of it spreading in these settings. The restrictions must continue as until we roll out the vaccine, but here have 5 days off"

 

It’s ******* mental.

Boris bowing to pressure from the super-religious sect of his party me thinks.

 

As you know mate we have different views on lockdowns ect. But we can both agree our government are a shambles.
And even for me who is agaisnt the lockdown it seems simple to me. If its necessary then that's it. 5 days off at Christmas seems insane to people on both sides of the argument I think.

 

They're not making you. If that's what you think is right use your own judgement.

 

Which is why I think its madness. We can be allowed basic freedoms to make choices only because its Christmas.

 

You mean old folk who choose to do it? So the law isn't going to kill them, they're going to kill themselves right?

 

Don’t underestimate the pressure to see families, if it’s allowed and others are doing it, the overall atmosphere we are in is important. People might not feel safe but feel obliged to do it.