(Chess) Life Returning To Normal

[Simon Rogers]

Looks like Welsh and English Schools might close aswell.
Boris Johnson is addressing the nation at 8pm.
I am terribly sorry to announce that I have a further two Deaths to report next.

[IM Jack Rudd]

You know, you don't have to announce your announcements of deaths in other threads.

[Wadih Khoury]

Tier 5.
When is it all going to end???

[Adam Raoof]

Tier 5.
When is it all going to end???

Strictly speaking, it will never end. Covid, like smallpox, will be here for a lifetime. The good news is that as it mutates it becomes more transmissable, but weaker. At some point even the Spanish Flu blew itself out, so Covid will eventually become just another winter illness to watch out for.

Moreover the rate of vaccination will accelerate and even I hope to get my shot by the end of February as a diabetic. Once the most vulnerable have been covered then things will ease, but I suspect we will still be wearing masks next Christmas and any time we travel.

Adam

[NickFaulks]

Tier 5.
When is it all going to end???

They're just getting started.

[Matt Bridgeman]

It definitely going to be a very disrupted 12 months I'd think. Even Sir John Bell, who heads up the Oxford vaccine team, was today saying that he has some doubts whether current vaccines will work against the further mutated South African strain, which has already been found in two locations in Britain. But hoped that a 4-6 week tweak of the vaccine might solve the issues if they arise.

[Matt Mackenzie]

It will "end" to a degree when most people in vulnerable groups have been vaccinated.

So maybe we have to hope that the government proves more competent at this than it has at most other things.....

[Matt Bridgeman]

It will "end" to a degree when most people in vulnerable groups have been vaccinated.

So maybe we have to hope that the government proves more competent at this than it has at most other things.....

When Boris said by-mid February, he seemed to be cringing. That's probably wildly optimistic! The press has mentioned there may be a bit of blow back when that stage is reached, as too many people start relaxing and mixing too much again. It's going to be a bumpy year for sure.

[Nick Grey]

I hope to get my shot by the end of February as a diabetic and asthmatic. My appointments may get pushed back. Will wfh. Will save 000s in travel. May treat myself to a chess book when I get vaccinated.

Will shop 3 times a week and not 7.

If he said stay at home and play chess that would be good.

[Tim Spanton]

It will "end" to a degree when most people in vulnerable groups have been vaccinated.

So maybe we have to hope that the government proves more competent at this than it has at most other things.....

When Boris said by-mid February, he seemed to be cringing. That's probably wildly optimistic! The press has mentioned there may be a bit of blow back when that stage is reached, as too many people start relaxing and mixing too much again. It's going to be a bumpy year for sure.

BBC News:
Restrictions should start being eased in March, Gove says
March should mark the point at which restrictions can start to be eased, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has said.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson previously said it was possible lockdown measures could be eased in mid-February if the top four priority groups were vaccinated by that point.
Gove told Sky News earlier: "We will keep these constantly under review but you are absolutely right, we can't predict with certainty that we will be able to lift restrictions in the week commencing 15-22 February.
"What we will be doing is everything that we can to make sure that as many people as possible are vaccinated, so that we can begin to progressively lift restrictions.
"I think it is right to say that as we enter March we should be able to lift some of these restrictions but not necessarily all."

[Roger de Coverly]

"I think it is right to say that as we enter March we should be able to lift some of these restrictions but not necessarily all."

IF you had a meeting or mingling of those who had been vaccinated, why would this continue to be banned as presenting a risk?

[JustinHorton]

Plausibly because though you cannot be infected yourself you are still capable of infecting others

[Roger de Coverly]

Plausibly because though you cannot be infected yourself you are still capable of infecting others

Although who can be infected if everyone is vaccinated? That's saying the vaccination doesn't protect and implies normal conditions can never return.

[JustinHorton]

Although who can be infected if everyone is vaccinated?

IF you had a meeting or mingling of those who had been vaccinated

Which situation are you asking about

[Roger de Coverly]

Which situation are you asking about

If you had a meeting or gathering restricted to those who had been vaccinated. A "seniors only" chess event would be a possible example.