18-12-2021, 12:59 AM
(17-12-2021, 11:37 PM)nothing Wrote: I think it's more a case of preemptively controlling those areas that can be controlled, can't do much about healthcare settings, schools are low priority too as they have to balance between illness and the educational benefits of being in school, can't control what people do at home. So that basically leaves hospitality, which is always extra busy this time of year, non-essential retail, workplaces... Something had to give somewhere.It absolutely isn't a punishment or some kind of weird agenda that the NPHET have. I've heard some say that they must hate pubs but I really really don't believe that. In times like these there will be people who are desperate to understand why all of this is happening and the push back against further curtailment of our lives.
That said, it still sucks, especially for those whose jobs and businesses rely on the extra boost at this time of year. I think we have to stop thinking about it as some kind of punishment or having fun ruined, it comes down to trying to keep people as safe and alive as possible.
All in my layman's opinion, of course.
More and more though I see us not being able to tolerate even one death from Covid, keeping others alive has become everything. There is no space for the bigger picture, for an independent thought. Instead it's the blunt tools of restrict and control and hope for the best.
Will an 8pm close of hospitality and cinemas etc really make much of a difference? If I go to a busy pub between 4 and 8pm am I less at risk than if I'm in a busy pub between 7 and 11pm? What will not being able to go to the cinema at 8pm achieve? Or kids going to the panto?
They feel like they have to do something of course so here they are while the country becomes a pale shadow of itself and for what?