| RolStoppable said: I look at the poll and see that I selected "it's overblown" when this whole thing started. Now that the second lockdown is in progress, my stance is that the whole thing is overblown. Many months of data weren't properly considered, so this is a rushed decision to get the situation to settle down before Christmas. That's all this is about. Restaurants had to close again despite the data not showing any high rates of COVID transmissions in those locations. The government could have kept them open with limited capacity (i.e. every other table has to remain free) and reduced opening times (i.e. have to close at 8 PM). Unsurprisingly, the biggest hazards are when people party hard, be it in private or in a pub or the like. That's what needed to be clamped down, but I suppose restaurants had to bite the bullet for the sake of solidarity with the pubs. At least school and major sports leagues continue, so the government hasn't gone full stupid. EDIT: Paragraphs. |
Here most of the outbreaks are in schools, and they stay open. Restaurants get restricted while they are least responsible for the second wave. We're following our roadmap to full lockdown, currently at stage orange, heading for red. New records every day.
The biggest hazards are when people are indoors together for a long time period. Schools are the worst for that as well as parties, crowded bars, night clubs. Yet restaurants have to close...
As long as there are still ICU beds available, we'll keep walking off that cliff.
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