I agree, I think lockdown was inevitable, though this British variant and people mixing over Xmas accelerated it. I dont think retail would be half as busy in January anyway, and people generally wont mix as much.
What I would do tomorrow, if I was in this government, (for what itās worth) would be to keep the new āLevel 5 Minusā restrictions for another few weeks. I think gyms are worth keeping open as the positive outweighs the negative there from a health point of view. I would keep ānon essentialā (I fucking hate that term to describe someoneās job or business) retail open, but maybe enforce limits inside shopping centres.
I dont think the travel restrictions make a lot of sense but a stay within your county wouldnāt be too restrictive for most people.
Iād keep schools open.
I would also agree that the speed of the vaccine rollout needs to be kept in the limelight.
Just another small example of the shit show that we put up withā¦ is the testing centre in Galway at the airport. The entrance lane to the test centre is the hard shoulder of the main Cranmore to Galway road. The surface of the lane is barley wide enough to hold a car and there are bushes growing out onto the lane at various points. I guarantee you Galway County Council were swimming in money in Q4 and a 80m stretch of tarmac along with a bit of Bush cutting would have made the hole thing safer. But noā¦
And alsoā¦ Does it really help parents with kids being tested that the place looks like a fucking concentration camp? Might help things if they threw up a few Mickey Mouse posters or somethingā¦ Just an idea.
Suppliers canāt supply all the windows 10 laptops that were approved for funding in Dec with surplus public sector money. The place was sloshing with covid cash.
