At the daily No 10 briefing earlier, Dr Harries was asked whether this could be expanded to allow different households to meet as"bubbles" or"clusters".
But, of course, that is not the same as having people round for a Sunday lunch or visiting relatives for a weekend. It's not just about individual risk either. A spike in infections among older people would overwhelm the health service. Around a quarter of people over 70 who are infected need hospital treatment.
Mr Jenrick added that it was"essential that we cautiously open up parts of our economy where it's safe to do so".a rise of 494 on the previous day.Ministers are looking at ways to allow private prayer in places of worship before the buildings are fully opened on 4 July"at the earliest"
Why can’t the government implement “testing, tracing & interlocking bubbles” strategy in UK. It will ensure Covid 19 is mapped and contained in population. The cost will be much less than what the government is spending on social isolation programmes. Smart action is what we need
These clowns will never stop me seeing my family,,there advise means nothing,,they've failed in every way
Love this. I can go to school and get licked by a four year old who has no concept of social distancing what so ever. But I cannot go and see my grandparent and family at a safe distance because that spreads the virus. 👍
Why complicated you know if you are sick or not you dont need the bloody Government to tell you to take a shit do you ?
Until such time as it’s safe to see my uninfected family surely it’s not safe to go to work to meet any unknown infections just to help the establishment.
Yeah but no but yeah but
No more complicated than allowing strangers to go around your house
Disgraceful this govt. has done a terrible job, meeps doing a terrible job and the worst bit is they think they did good. Stop say “ the sciense guided us”, because if so i would suggest your scientists to go back to uni considering the numbers. Just stop.
Gran why don’t you dress up as the cleaner / home help you can have a sleep over
They may as well allow families to visit one and other as it’s happening anyway. Neighbours in my street have had regular family gatherings though out the lockdown and I would imagine it’s the same all over the country
Complicated? No. Dismissive and arrogant.. Yes. More muddle minded trash from our government! Explain how this family gathering instruction has a lower risk profile than forcing people to travel on the tube or by bus to work!
If people are not displaying any symptoms, why should they be not allowed to see family members. Ridiculous reasoning. Why are relaxing the lockdown then. Tom cant pock and choose.
You dont need to allow. It is being done
Familys are even meeting up to go shopping together. Just stand behind each other in the queues. Do they really think that people are even going along with this stupidity
Fuck Lockdown 👍
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the family is for many the cornerstone of life... the love, the support, the safety. THE FAMILY is being forgotten about and written out of the narrative. If school opening can be planned then family ‘opening’ can be too. familyiseverything StayAlertControlTheVirusSaveLives
Are you watching the news from the streets of the UK, and videos on public transport in the cities of GBR? about lockdown, social distancing, face masks. Looks like you aren' informed. As always.
Complicated because some people can’t use the sense they were born with. Look at stock piling and waste of food, the massive queues at refuse sites and drive throughs......minority spoiling it for majority?
‘That which is not just is not law.’ William Lloyd Garrison. Such a rule is not just when it breaches human rights after a certain time frame. Expect such laws to be broken, and expect them to be non enforceable.
Second spike, here we come!
But everyone can gather at work though
My neighbour's already doing it and has been since 11am till now. She's had a gardenful!
BBCPolitics No it's not you let the families decide.
Haha. Complicated. I guess we did play a game of who will host dinner tonight. That’s complicated right?
How is allowing family gatherings in England complicated? The risk have been explained ,now allow people to use common sense when they visit family.
Only seems complicated to the ultra lefty’s, the rest of us get it.
Do you really think people are going to listen. According to the guildlines hospitality shops are suppose to be last to open. Yet they seem to be opening left right and centre well before June let alone July. Care more about money then lives
Nobody is paying any notice to these ridiculous guidelines anymore. If you want to see you’re family from another household, then do it ffs.
10DowningStreet why do you continue to allow Jenrick as a spokesperson he broke the rules and denied it demote him and certainly he should not be a public face GOVUK
The point is your still drastically reducing contact with people meaning your keeping the R0 down. The R0 is just a mathematical equation of people’s habits and contact patterns. Testing and contact tracing also pulls down the R0 cuz you catch the positive in earlier stage.
Probably complicated for BBC but Dr Harries explained the restrictions clearly and understandably!!!!!!
There is no logical sense in any of these stupid measures. One contradiction after another. What a total joke of a country! Had totally enough of this ridiculous government idiots. I am seeing my family when I want from now on!
But they're letting estate agents in all over England🤔
Allowing family gatherings is an important public health issue but 3 different children can go to their childminders house together then another 3 children the next day... is that not too high of a risk?
So we can't let 2 families get together but we can let 15 children mix with a non family adult at school. So a 16 person get together is fine.
Really...whay complicated by our government..never!
And viewing a house is straight forward what a tool you are
Use common sense.
night It has already gone on public transport by the look of today’s photos - where is next ?
night Dead easy listen to the NZ prime minister’s advice. Families can meet but if you have a large family of 10 or more please don’t all meet together just for the time being.
We all know why!!
No. The government communications are complicated.
Yep people are fed up with these stupid rules from these so called intelligent people who are running our country! Absolutely no common sense at all 😡
So I can have a nanny and a cleaner, gardener etc come to my house - typical public schoolboy response
One minute they’re concerned for the mental state of those who haven’t seen family for over two months and then it’s “you can’t see family members”. So too bad if you’re suffering and no indication where a possible gathering fits in the plan.
If I say I’m my granddaughter’s nanny - or my daughter’s cleaner and my husband is a builder/ maintenance can we see them at their house as long as we like?
The only complicated thing is the government and their constant ridiculous ideas... Are they asking crayon eaters what to do? I've seen better run tights...
But she said if two large families wanted to meet 'you end up effectively with quite a large gathering'. No shit sherlock
Incompetent
But forcing people back to work to mingle with total strangers obviously isn't...
night Yeah, of course it is. A family can work together in a business, but not enter one another's homes. Ridiculous sadistic bollocks. High time the 1922Committee gripped BorisJohnson & the preferred puppets running the Conservatives circus. MiseryMakers
Can I ask, if the public pay for a BBC license and feel they don’t get representation and are shown propaganda to keep the government from being found out. Would you say I’m representing the truth in this tweet or propaganda?
I will not comply
But I can look after other people's family but can't see my own...
They couldn't run a piss up in a brewery
Loads of households by me Have been mixing for ages
You can only see one person from another household but at 2m. You cannot see 2 people from the same household 2m apart. commonsense Given the risk factor is exactly the same, why on earth are the govt allowing one and not the other
the family is for many the cornerstone of life... the love, the support, the safety. It is NOT complicated. It is the highest priority that being together as families is resolved. Provide guidance and trust the common sense of the majority. StayAlertControlTheVirusSaveLives
Funny world when the gammon turn into snowflakes and complain about their human rights being infringed cos they can't go to the pub and kick a black man's head in
A must watch 👍
People aren’t waiting for them to make their minds up as it’s happening already. Both my neighbours had family members to their house last weekend & to be honest I will probably meet mine so as well
So you can’t visit your family but you can view as many homes of other people as you like with an estate agent?! WTAF is going on? I think I will pop my house on the market so I can have some visitors!
Lol at all of you saying 'British Common sense' when this was in Scotland and if you ask any Scottish person their national identity they will only ever say Scottish, not British. This is the Scottish people choosing to go against sturgeon's stay home stance
Its complicated because the bell ends in charge of this country make it complicated!!!
You guys used to challenge governments now you seem to not have the balls. Grow some and start asking questions that really make the gov look like they are not sure what they are doing
It isn't. And you can't stop us. Come and try to.
So restrict it. I live on my own and haven't seen family or friends for 7 weeks. It would be nice to have some face to face company such as my parents or mum/dad and Grandma. Allow people on their own to meet with 2-3 people. Families and couples have each other. We don't.
So how long are they seriously saying we cannot meet family/friends for 2 months 10 months Answers are needed!
With my layman knowledge,can't find the sense of this. Today also the number of deaths is over 450. UK is probably d worst affected in Europe.Even Italy & Spain has lesser number both in of number new cases & number of deaths. The Lockdown shud b manintained at least next 2 week.
BBCPolitics ...but you can cram on a bus or train though..
Why are you not showing the slide screen?
night It's not complicated: More likely to take stricter precautions in terms of social distancing and cleaning after a visit with their loved ones not wanting to make them ill. More so I suggest than strangers coming into the house: Common sense you protect your family more
Total bullshit
Where are the slides? Epic fail
For the 2nd successive evening, we can’t see the slides!? 🤔🤦♂️
If it's one to one and social distancing measures are adhered to its not difficult, the government has dug a hole and realised it too late, all brains but no common sense!!!
Don’t show the slides bbc No need not important you fools.
But sending kids to school to mix with children from different households isn’t!!🤔
BBCPolitics For.Boris maybe, but for the rest of us, less so.
But gatherings with strangers in a park isn’t apparently
endthelockdownuk
But not every grandparent is over 70,let under that age see there family
Packed tube trains on the other hand are apparently absolutely fine.
Bank holiday Monday and the Tuesdays death rates will be in the 1000's mark my words. VE day and the disaster that was 'public transport day' today will hit hard.
Just continuing to exercise control. From democracy to totalitarianism in 2 months. Have people noticed how much the words comply and rules are being used now as opposed to adhere and guidelines at the beginning. Duped all of us.
so is not spreading the virus.
It's only complicated to the thick twats who have a political agenda.....everyone else understands.
Limit the numbers if you must but for everyone's sake let us see our families. Or should we all meet on the tube ?
What's so bloody complicated, my wife and I have been locked in for about 8 weeks, my wife's daughter had a baby thirteen days ago, her and her partner have also been locked in for a similar time, but we can't meet in a garden. But move house or get a cleaner in all ok apparently
Social distancing is here to stay according to pritipatel IF you think that's normal then your wrong! Stand up for your freedom!
More bullshit. It would be ok to see them if they played golf or put thier house up for sale. Absolute joke
Bollocks
Tory incompetence.
You only think it's complicated because it will mean following the science like YOU'VE REFUSED TO DO FROM THE START! & IT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY START TO CLEAR UP YOUR MESS (AS WOULD DROPPING THE LOCKDOWN ALTOGETHER!)!
Then don’t allow them
Can't see the problem if you meet outdoors and maintain social distancing.
Test lab Britain ?
No it isn't. We also don't need permission. Right to family life is literally in the ECHR. Stop listening to these cretins.
And it doesn’t really make Tories any money.
Only when the government gets involved.
But not to have strangers in your house viewing it 🤔🤔🤔
Lockdown weaken the immune system. Open up the country.
“Many people would be planning to move in with a partner, or rent a home with new housemates, who are currently in different households. Clearly, that means members of two households getting together, but the government says it is permitted.”
But then allow groups of around 300 people in which 22 are sweating, spitting and hugging each other at ten non secret venues that will attract potentially thousands of others 2 times a week. Simple be involved in premierleague football that’s not complicated is it?
But I can meet them in a crowded park strange 🤭
It's not complicated, employ family members as your cleaner/nanny, they are free to return to work in your home
Family gatherings are usually complicated..
Only difficult because all the other rules make zero sense when compared with one another.
But if they are going to be a housemate then it’s ok to be in the same house.
About as complicated as Boris hiding comparison death charts as ours is creeping out of control
How is it difficult when when there is no law stating social distancing is applicable it is a guidance there is no legislation and there is no scientific proof it actually works
BBCPolitics bollocks
So getting on to packed public transport and being around people at work for the whole day is fine. But meeting your family is a no no. How does that even make any logical sense. 🤷♂️
Because there's no money in them
First time in history that a Westminster goverment has used the English people as guinea pigs . Devolved nations will furlough and watch what happens in England
BBCPolitics With families like mine, they were complicated at the best of times.
It’s only being made complicated by the fact that if I want to see them now I’ve got to get my nan a job as a scaffolder and get gramps to put his house up for sale.
To communicate.
London, presently, has the lowest R number. ... the North East has the highest.
Covid 19: How are the government doing?
Yet you can send people back to work mixing with all sorts! Great planning that!
They always have been!