Quote Originally Posted by countygump View Post
Looking on the local highstreet, it seems to me that the public have decided that the lock-down is all but over. With this return to work instruction, you and your employer are allowed to use your own common sense. Unless you want a member of the Gov to be in attendance to show you where to stand, how to get there and exactly what to do? One problem I can see for the future is for restaurants, cafe's etc. With the limited amount of punters they will be able to serve due to social distancing, will it even be viable for them to re-open?

No, the leisure, travel and tourism industries are going to be disproportionately affected, sporting clubs are part of it.
Over time I think the Swedes with their acceptance of unavoidable mortality and personal responsibility, treating adults as sentient along with light touch regulation will prove the most realistic and effective way of dealing with all this. It seems to be where we're heading.
The bit that stuck out to me last night was the increase in fines for transgressors. I thought it was all about consent for the greater good, we've had massive compliance, the young have been brilliant to their elders but now we're going down the line of more severe punishments while asking more of us to take some risk in our working lives.