Covid - news and views

Most tourist areas have seen significant rises in infections. I note the government is urging people not to travel to Cornwell or Deven unless they already have bookings. Could  be a few cancellations in the pipeline.

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Yep, Cornwall now has the unwanted prize of topping the English league table for covid infections. People are urged to stay away if they don’t have bookings and to self test before, during and after their stays if they do come.

Thankyou, Boardmasters😤😤

Could be a few cancellations in the pipeline.

You mean for the club? well at least they can make that decision based upon health considerations alone and without it costing them any money under the current booking system? An advantage of the club I would say in these times?

And some others can pick up the cancellation so not too much money may be lost by the club? Of course there may be other as yet unknown. to me anyway, impacts of those cancellations?

We have recently had our son and family staying with us from Hertfordshire.    They had a day out in York (with their masks)  and they were really surprised how many people were walking around, inside and outside, without masks compared to their own town.  I wonder if it’s that people are ‘on holiday’, so they don’t bother with masks perhaps?   Personally I think it was a bad call to make them voluntary.  

I noticed a report yesterday that there was forty-five minute queue to reach the summit of Snowdon with record numbers in the region. Now I love the fells but queuing to reach a summit is something I would not do.

And that’s with the train not going as far as the summit. There are so many other lovely mountain walks in North Wales. I think some folks are just ticking a box to be honest, look at me, I am here. Mind, I don’t recommend Tryfan for an afternoon stroll!😱

Masks are mandatory still in Scotland, hasn't stop our figures soaring though. Yesterday was our highest figure for a very long time.

Children are now back to school up here so more testing going on, more tests more cases.

Our gkids boarding school went back last Tuesday, yesterday they closed the school for a firebreak as so many cases of covid showed up in their twice weekly testing.

All children were to do tests before returning to school. It would appear at least 1 family didn't bother. The result is all children now have to go home until halfway through September. As some of these children's homes are overseas its not going to be easy for them.

Covid has not gone away, it is still very much out there. 

We will carry on doing the same as we have done since this all started, masks sanitiser, distance.

We still wear a mask in indoor areas when out and about, and avoid crowded areas. But I feel Covid, the news and the Government has taken a few steps back, gone quiet, and passing the outcome to the public to finalise.

+1, I’ll go further-since Covid became a thing I’ve worn a mask when near others & I haven’t had a single sniffle👍🏻. I will be doing the whole mask gig well into the future maybe even ad infinitum🤷🏻‍♂️

You won’t be tackling Everest then?