Wales-you couldn’t make it up-part two

I can understand the logic of closing all eating and drinking establishments apart from take-aways. Anywhere where a number of people are sharing the same space, and drinking/eating utensils is sure to spread any virus.
I do not understand the logic of closing non-essential shops. What is the difference between going into a shop to buy food and going into a shop to buy light bulbs,etc?
 

Rosemarie said:
I can understand the logic of closing all eating and drinking establishments apart from take-aways. Anywhere where a number of people are sharing the same space, and drinking/eating utensils is sure to spread any virus.
I do not understand the logic of closing non-essential shops. What is the difference between going into a shop to buy food and going into a shop to buy light bulbs,etc?
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Our hardware stores remained open and were considered "essential" even during the strictest closure mandates. Were yours closed?
 
Rosemarie said:
Yes. I had to buy a new lamp because my local shop was closed and I couldn't get the special bulbs I needed.
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The rationale here was that home repair would be very important during safer-at-home periods. More people in a house for longer periods meant items would break down at the very time when bringing in outside repair people was unsafe.

Plus it would give putterers something to do with their huge blocks of free time.
 
Here in New Mexico,the idiot Governor closed all the restaurants for inside eating but they can serve food outside, in December, really?
The liquor stores are closed but all the grocery stores sell liquor as well as Wallmart.(!!???!!!??!!)
 
StarSong said:
The rationale here was that home repair would be very important during safer-at-home periods. More people in a house for longer periods meant items would break down at the very time when bringing in outside repair people was unsafe.

Plus it would give putterers something to do with their huge blocks of free time.
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Well of course that makes perfect sense , which we public made an argument for.. but we were ignored as always by this arrogant know nothing Government and Sage advisers.. ! Then they have the nerve to tell people not to stock up on anything.. of course people are going to stock up, because we know that if they lock us down again with a just a day two's notice we're going to be stuck again without ''essential'' non-essential items
 
Treacle said:
In England:

MPs will be voting for a tier virus assessment i.e the higher the tier the more restrictions. If you are in Tier 2 you may meet in a pub, numbers restricted, and all safety measures in place etc. But in order to have an alcoholic drink one must have a substantial meal:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...finitely-a-substantial-meal-says-michael-gove

Vaccine roll out 'guru' Nadhim Zahawi has suggested that a vaccine certificate may be necessary to enter a pub, restaurant or cinema and yet:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55143484

I posted this elsewhere in @asp3. Apologies
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The telling phrase from a Michael Gove is this

‘He added that individual businesses would "of course" have the "capacity to make decisions about who they will admit and why".
So while the UK and devolved parliaments may not pass a law requiring you to be vaccinated to access services there is no reason why individual businesses cannot make it a requirement.If they collectively go down that route the vaccine becomes compulsory by stealth.
Anyway a friend on another forum is getting the first of her two vaccinations on Tuesday.Being in what is considered to be a vulnerable group(she’s too young to be on here).We await news of possible side effects!
 
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Here in Scotland we have 5 tiers of restriction. I live in a tier 2 (medium risk) area. This means that while I'm not allowed to travel to England, Wales or N.Ireland without reasonable excuse (there's a long list of reasonable excuses), I can go on a foreign holiday if I choose. Not only that, I can legitimately travel to an airport or sea port even if it is in a high risk area.
 

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