rmurphy195 wrote:Not forgetting that the new strain is highly infectious, to what extent is not clear yet, so maybe the "As long as we don't get too close to people for more than 15 minutes" no longer works,or maybe it lives longer on door handles and gate posts. Who knows.
So cover your face and don't touch it (including eyes) after touching handles without washing or gelling first. The WHO guidance is still sufficient. The inconsistent gov.uk advice mainly adds negative consequences and I suspect it's there mainly so Johnson can attempt to blame us for not following it tightly enough.
And what penalty are you prepared to take if you are wrong - death perhaps, or lifelong disability from long covid?
Early on, I thought I would probably die if I caught this, based on initial advice. Now it's not so sure and I suspect there's enough in this boat that it's not really scary any more. We just want to avoid catching it because all else after that is not up to us - and keeping up usual levels of exercise is part of that.
It crept out from the high infection areas somehow now, didn't it.
It hardly crept!
and not only stations - they were probably a small fraction of the pre-Christmas exodus. I posted elsewhere about our coastal area having a lot of shiny 4x4s with London garage/dealer markings the following day.