Will you go

I really believe that normality, as in what life was like just before all this started, will take a very long time to achieve  There may be some (slow) progressive easing of lockdown restrictions but being able to wander into Sainbury's at will, or go for a meal, or away with our outfits is sadly a long way off.

 

I'm also in the camp of its going to take a long time yet, before things get back to a more normal way of life.

However the day will come IMO when we will just have to 'GO' for it, yes there will be more deaths and yes the rates of infection will rise but we cannot maintain this current stage of lockdown indefinitely. 

The signs are that it will be lifted a bit at a time to judge how we are doing and then one day 'Bang' off we go and life will continue.

Countries such as Spain have already said that when they relax the no movements around the country, that will only be to Spanish residents, they are looking at October, November or December before opening it to other Nationals. 

the 'new normal' might be a bit different to what we have known, but there will be easing of restrictions at a slow rate...a key element will be that they are reversible if things dont go to plan.

As TG says, Spain is just starting to change things with children being allowed out (briefly) for the first rime in ages and stating a 'potential plan' for how tourism (their lifeblood) can be slowly managed back in.

with the effect of any change taking a while to filter back into the 'statistics/modelling' it will obviously take a long elapsed time for a number of (even small) changes to be introduced and, most importantly, measured.

however, we will overcome and we will return to some sort of normality and measures from other countries making changes ahead of the UK will all help with the decision making process. 

im sure there will be umpteen iterations of 'the plan' and the plan will surely change dynamically as the effects are know and, more importantly, understood.

as ever, up to now the message is clear....dont lose what weve worked hard to earn.

even if the spread were to stop tomorrow, there will be many more deaths, as even now there are many active cases of which a proportion will end the wrong way.

keep safe all.

"l am for staying lockdown till the 7th of May as that's what the government decrees but after that l feel we need to start to get back to normality."

With respect, that's about the only part of your post I agree with - but getting back to (some sort of) normality will certainly not include allowing folk to swan off on holiday. There may be minimal changes to the lockdown at the next review but there's little chance of any major change then because 3 weeks from that covers the late May BH and the government are certainly not going to risk a mad scramble then. Some restrictions may be lifted at the following review (May 28th?), but again, I doubt it will include opening up holiday sites. We'd love to get away and we will do whenever we're told it's possible - I just wish the government would take us into their confidence about future plans (just my opinion as mentioned before, I know many disagree!  )

You could be ruining more that is Scottish than just a good song .

 

Oh , Navigateur, please don't think so little of yours truly , I did use the phrase :-- when this virus is over, and that is what I meant ! I have no intention of making excuses for scampering round the UK before the PTB have said it is safe so to do, I would not even wish to pass Covid 19 onto the midgie beasties on the shores of Loch Naver and serpently not onto other Club Site Users, Honest

However the day will come IMO when we will just have to 'GO' for it, yes there will be more deaths and yes the rates of infection will rise but we cannot maintain this current stage of lockdown indefinitely.

and this is what they did in Singapore, and they are now very much regretting it they are now in the grips of a second wave, which looks to be much worse than the first one they encountered

South Korea seems to be the role model at present, but after they were hit with the SAR's virus they learnt their lesson and were more than prepared for covid-19, and you have little choice but as a citizen to be tracked on your every move, unlike in the UK where we already have people complaining re privacy re the governments plan to introduce a tracking app.

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Where is the life that late I led?
Where is it now? Totally dead.
Where is the fun I used to find?
Where has it gone? Gone with the wind.

 

 

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Where is the flour that makes the bread, where is the paracetamol that helps my head, where are the custard creams on which my elderly neighbours fed? But anything is better than an ICU bed!