Steven W

Article has disappeared. Try this https://www.grampianonline.co.uk/news/covid-alarm-after-raf-lossiemouth-runway-workers-anti-body-tests-204491/

From memory, (swimming pools anyway) not even mentioned on the 'routemap'. Doesn't look too promising

We know the explanation / justification already. 2m reduces the risk of transmission. We won't get anything different to that if it's retained. True. I think what I mean is, what's the pay off? What do we get sooner by staying at 2M. than going to 1M. (it's not fans back at the football in any capacity at the start of the season anyway)

https://www.grampianonline.co.uk/news/two-covid-cases-confirmed-among-raf-lossiemouth-runway-workers-204487/ Potentially a big story. But hopefully not.

Hearing of an outbreak in Lossiemouth, at the RAF base (two contractors have tested positive). The runway is getting repaired just now, and contractors have been coming up to do the work from England on a weekly basis. The locals have been complaining for months now, and this was why. The contractors use the shops in the town and live in hotels there mon-thu, so worrying for Lossie and it's residents. Lossie could be become Scotland's Leicester

No problem so long as it's explained and justified.

My boys' team had a zoom meeting and that seemed to be the intention, but I'm a little puzzled by it. The governments' own words: "organised outdoor contact sports can resume for children and young people". Contact sport whilst remaining 2M. apart seems a little difficult, and uneccessary when the SG have given permission. I note the dentist, hairdressers and opticians start again on the same day, and I doubt anyone is expecting them to remain 2M. apart

I said this morning 'wonder what the endgame is'. A really scary thought

BBC website often has daily health board by health board numbers in Scotland (number of new cases, number of those in ICU etc), but can't find it anymore. (They seem to have pulled their rolling coverai through the day). Anyone help?

Non essential travel in and out of Leicester. Will give the EPL a headache

Agreed. But even at that im not sure people would bother. I clocked a bus driver whilst I was out running this evening with no face mask.

Tomorrow is the acid test.

Half a million deaths now. In less than six months. Wonder what the endgame is? Without a vaccine, will there even be one?

I've experienced the very same. My hands are fine now, but I'm still washing them as much. They were in some nick in March.

I'm in the same boat. Feel very reluctant and irresponsible to head down to Europe's Covid capital. Not saying I won't go down there, but will be keeping an eye on their progress (or lack of)

This is a good idea but I'd be surprised if it actually happens. NS might however discourage leisure travel to and from England

Good news. Can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually expect tomorrow to be 0 deaths as well. Tuesday will be interesting. I doubt it'll be 0 that day, but at this rate 0 deaths on a Tuesday can't be far away. A whole week of 0 deaths must be possible too in the next couple of months. All this dependent on everyone screwing the head of course.

I have done, but often forget to be honest. It baffled me that those working in the shops aren't wearing them.

They will. Kay Burley was interviewing Matt Hancock a couple of weeks ago talking about this. He said they'd look to ban travel to and from countries where the infection rate is high. She asked for an example and he said Brazil. Burley pressed for more examples (everyone watching knew she was looking for USA) but he refused. Couldn't bring himself to potentially upset Trump.

The week we have in July was a holiday to Tunisia which only got cancelled this week. Now that there's a good prospect of my son going back to school full time in August, the last thing I want is to potentially jeopardise that. But on the other hand I also feel I owe him a decent break somewhere. The Highlands and Islands appeals but I wonder how welcome we'd be? Alton Towers and that kind of thing an option too, but I'm pretty hesitant about heading down to that basket case country too. As you say, ultimately our decision, but will take a bit of mulling over.

So not through NS' doing summer trips to France, Spain and Greece (and Ireland?) are going to be fair game and quarantine free. I've got a weeks holiday in July, and there's flights from Scotland to Spain and France (and Ireland). It's been a rather rubbish year (particularly for my 5 year old son) and a summer holiday is tempting, but a fair chunk of me feels having got the numbers down to what they are in Scotland, it would be a tad irresponsible (although perfectly legal) to holiday abroad at this point in time. I was critical of NS for not easing the lockdown sooner, but fair enough she now has begun to. I'd hate to think that what's been achieved could be for nothing due to Scots filling planes up and bringing the virus back with them. What's the P&B opinion on trips abroad in July?

Don't think it's even up for debate

We wont be getting anything lifted tomorrow, it's future indicative dates for some measures to be lifted she is providing, a heads up so to speak I realise that, but I did word my post clumsily. Indicative dates of what? Some aspects of phase 3 perhaps? NS tweeted yesterday about speeding things up 'with a fair wind'

Just reflecting on that news today. Swinney took the nation by surprise with that one. The SG certainly do a far better job at keeping thing under wraps than their counterparts down south (That said, they clearly leak stories out down there in order to guage reaction before actually carrying them out). Which takes me on to tomorrow where it seems we'll be getting some more lockdown restrictions removed. Any guesses as to what that may be?

I tend to think a 'second wave' is inevitable really. Or more accurately multiple flare ups, with localised lockdowns. The way we've lived for the past three months is entirely unsustainable, so managed localised flare ups will be the way to go when they occur. I can't imagine (I'm often wrong though!) a country going into a second full scale country wide lockdown. Time will tell