It seems to me that the Priapic Buffoon has completely copped out of being in charge. What they've done is pass responsibility for COVID infection onto us lot. If we die now it's because we weren't alert enough and we failed to control the virus.
Notice how the coloured triangles have gone from red to green? They want us to think it's ok now and go back to work, but they don't want to directly say so.
It's the old 'herd immunity' policy back. BJ knows that this is going to lead to another infection spike and thousands more deaths, but that's a sacrifice he's willing to make.
Blow that for a game of soldiers. We're going nowhere for a while.
Apart from certain industries like restaurants etc we weren't asked or told to stop going work, quite the opposite. Please see below from the Government's website published in March. Certain employers where they believed they could not ensure safe practice, rightly took the decision to close.
4. Going to work As set out in the section on staying at home, you are allowed to travel for work purposes, including to provide voluntary or charitable services, where you cannot work from home. With the exception of the organisations covered above in the section on closing certain businesses and venues, the government has not required any other businesses to close to the public – indeed, it is important for business to carry on.Employers and employees should discuss their working arrangements, and employers should take every possible step to facilitate their employees working from home, including providing suitable IT and equipment to enable remote working.Sometimes this will not be possible, as not everyone can work from home. Certain jobs require people to travel to, from and for their work – for instance if they operate machinery, work in construction or manufacturing, or are delivering front line services. If you cannot work from home then you are allowed to travel for work purposes, but you should not do so if you are showing coronavirus symptoms, or if you or any of your household are self-isolating. This is consistent with advice from the Chief Medical Officer. Employers who have people in their offices or onsite should ensure that employees are able to follow the Guidance for employers and businesses including, where possible, maintaining a two metre distance from others, and washing their hands with soap and water often for at least 20 seconds (or using hand sanitiser gel if soap and water is not available).Work carried out in people’s homes - for example by tradespeople carrying out repairs and maintenance, cleaners, or those providing paid-for childcare in a child’s home - can continue, provided that the worker has no coronavirus symptoms. Again, it will be important to ensure that government guidelines are followed to ensure everyone’s safety. These include practicing excellent hand and respiratory hygiene, and maintaining a two metre distance from household occupants as far as possible.No work should be carried out in any household which is isolating because one or more family members has symptoms or where an individual has been advised to shield - unless it is to remedy a direct risk to the safety of the household, such as emergency plumbing or repairs, or to provide emergency childcare in a child’s home.
