Getting recreation and leisure up and running again.

That's it exactly, Our main concern throughout covid has been the elderly and vulnerable, who have pretty much all been offered the vaccine, everyone else is in a relatively safe category where the risk is manageable and comparable to the ones we take daily anyway.

Boom

www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/covid-test-pilot-events-15-cases-west-end-revival-june-21-oliver-dowden-b937048.html

This is good news but remember it is in the context of a steadily decreasing number of cases because of the measures in place until now over the winter and early Spring plus many people still not going out and about and a heightened awareness of hygienic and personal contact. All those who attended the concerts were aware of the experiment and were careful I am sure to ‘follow the rules’ because of their special status. This would not be be the case say down the line in a few months nor when the winter bugs come along etc etc. I’m not being miserable but just realistic. When people have a focus on them they behave differently. Well known. But very reassuring to be starting off as it were, from this low level of infection. 

There’s always winter bugs and illness, but we just can’t keep away from mass events for yet another winter. The testing identified 5 people in Liverpool who were positive before the events and stopped them attending from attending. All evidence is pointing to increased illness and infection rates for those not vaccinated. Once everyone’s been offered it then no reason to have to reimpose unless it begins to start making those vaccinated severely ill.

Apparently plans for Covid passports are to be dropped. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I was against them if they came in before everybody was vaccinated, but I have no qualms in saying that people who are purposefully not being vaccinated (that is choosing not to have the vaccine, not those who can't have it for medical reasons) shouldn't be entitled to mix with those of us who are doing the right thing and getting vaccinated.

Told you that idea would never fly.

If there isn't some system to identify the unvaccinated from the vaccinated, surely that's a recipe for disaster? I would be able to relax much more in a theatre knowing that all around me were vaccinated. Why should selfish people trapped in their own myopic little world be entitled to the same benefits as those of us who are vaccinated?

It's not as simple as that as they can still carry the virus and transmit it. The Indian variant or other unknown variants can still get to vaccinated people as the vaccines are only at their most effective when everyone is vaccinated.
On a separate issue most of the UK cruises are insisting on passengers being double vaccinated which I totally agree with. I think it would be wise to delay slightly the final stage of the roadmap until more are vaccinated.

And so they SHOULD get vaccinated, but what can we do? We can't force them. And we're not sure if vaccinated people can carry and spread the virus yet either. And in theory, if they're spreading it to vaccinated people, it doesn't matter as much. And if they're spreading it to the unvaccinated, well again, that's their own risk. I can't see any other way of approaching it.

I wouldn't mind if unvaccinated people were banned from such spaces, but if it's not going to happen there's no point in letting them hold us back, if you get what I mean.

On a slightly different note, I am becoming more and more concerned about the murmurs of a third wave due to the Indian variant. I could live with them postponing the June 21st openings (although I hope it goes ahead as planned), I just don't think I could bear a step BACKWARDS in terms of restrictions being lifted.

I'm sure the virus is quaking in it's boots! It just doesn't understand the grief it's caused to billionaires does it?

Surely him being successful would open the floodgates of every business affected bring able to sue too? No way on Earth he wins.