Well we're back to more silly times to come, it's just been announced by UK government for England & from monday, all social gatherings in homes, outdoors, events etc, etc will not be allowed above 6 people.
That puts paid to fans watching RL, live etc. Heavy fines will follow by way of enforcement !
However, we will witness selfish people still breaking rules & of course the nutters that don't want to believe about Coved19.
How can anyone think it's a conspiracy theory when all countries in the world are affected & are actively trying to beat this virus ?
Onwards & upwards to all of us, stay safe my friends, signed Trin, Trin.

This needs to go back on the Covid thread. I'll move it in the morning.

Sorry PT.

No problem at all. Just easier to keep covid in one place as it takes over every thread.

So you can’t socialise with more than 6 people but you can to go work with them. Also how does this not apply to schools? This Government hasn’t a scooby on what they’re doing.

One seems necessary and the other doesn't?

Yep surprised how many people don’t get that. It’s not one thing or person individually. It’s when you multiply by 70 million people. So it’s all about controlling interactions and thereby the spread

Spot on.

End result is the same is it not i.e a class of 30 children will spread the virus around just as quick as large social gatherings? Also is this not the same Government to persuade people to go out to restaurants with the “eat out to help out” scheme? Once again they seem to be moving the blame onto the public rather than taking responsibility for their own cock ups.

your going to be one miserable when you get old if your not there already

Also, I don’t deny we need to get back to some form of normality but how long will it take whilst the Government constantly move the goalposts?

Thought I seen it where sports events are exempt?

No but we’ll never return to any sort of normality if businesses don’t return to normal, financially or socially. Going round to sit in some fellas back garden to dance around with your shirt off listening to god save the queen with a fosters in hand can surely wait another 12 months.

I don’t disagree on the accepting responsibility side but that’ll never change.

It’s all about the number and type of interaction. It’s pretty simple if you stop and think about in an ideal world we’d have a full lockdown - but guess waft we’d all be starving

I cant spot this in the latest government advice.
Social gatherings of more than 6 people are banned but, what happens to pubs where there may be several smaller groups.
For example, if there were 5 groups of 4 people watching TV in a pub, is that still permitted.

It would be 20 people in total but only 5 groups

I cant see where pubs are closing or banned from showing sport so surely, this will be ok ?

our daughter had a 30 th in a restaurant in Manchester about 24 people across 6 tables - although we weren’t sat together at the end meal we went to roof bar and had six tables - bar staff kept them us in check so guess your right.

Reality is some people will ignore it but most will do their best to conform

The way its going there wont be fans at next years games either .

over here their is a proposal to the government to have 50k at the grand final - I think they will get it

They are "Moving the goalposts" as you put it as they are constantly reacting to data on infection rates as it comes in - Both on a regional and national basis, what is your suggestion then? To just ignore any rise in infections and move ahead regardless?

Playing is exempt but not crowd.
Just means it will be longer before we can watch live matches at the stadium rather than Sky.

Rather than merge it I think we might as well just use this as the latest covid chat thread

The government are saying maximum crowd will be one thousand not the ten thousand previously stated. So that’s this season done for sure

I'm pretty sure we were never going to trouble the 10k limit.

Are you kidding me right now?

Tbh 1000 is a bigger conundrum than ten k or none - how would the club select them and assuming it’s our home game it’s all just money going out

Names out of a hat.