Latest re-opening plans

[Michael Morris]

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[Michael Morris]

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[chris lee]

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Surprising that gyms are one of the last things to open,

One thing that I feel has been badly handled this pandemic is the missed opportunity to promote health and wellbeing.

Arguably the most important factor an individual can do to beat covid, and we have penalised sport and activity the hardest, while fast food has been encouraged and profited massively the last year.

[City123]

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Surprising that gyms are one of the last things to open,

One thing that I feel has been badly handled this pandemic is the missed opportunity to promote health and wellbeing.

Arguably the most important factor an individual can do to beat covid, and we have penalised sport and activity the hardest, while fast food has been encouraged and profited massively the last year.

The wording "By early May" might suggest the potential to open at the end of April

[xsnaggle]

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What about restaurants and pubs indoors. What about being able to go to a pub and stand at the bar?
I think if he had his way pubs would never open again.
My local pub has just reopened selling take-away drinks only, because their right to furlough had stopped so if they don't do something their staff will be unpaid. But what the sell like this doesn't justify the cost of opening.

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I think if he had his way pubs would never open again.

What could he possibly gain from this?

[B. Oddie]

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I think if he had his way pubs would never open again.

He is briefed and advised by epidemiologists.

I admire how he's not buckling under pressure of the public to get stuff open sooner, particularly as there's elections soon.

[xsnaggle]

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But it is an election that welsh labour think they have already won as they always do, added to which he doesn't really care because once its won his is pissing off and letting someone else sort the mess out.
I think he should step down now and let whoever is going to be the new leader fight the election.

[xsnaggle]

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What could he possibly gain from this?

He won't 'gain' anything but he doesn't believe in drinking and it will suit his quasi puritan ideology and his left wing perception that the population needs to be controlled and told what to do. He has passed all the covid rules into law and there is no sign of them being repealed. They could sit on the statute books dormant for any maniac to resurrect in the future. As a Pliad member said some months ago, it is government by dictat.
I said right at the start of this that he would keep the pubs closed as long as he possibly could and people said I was imagining it and that they would probably open before England.

Let's see shall we?

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He won't 'gain' anything but he doesn't believe in drinking and it will suit his quasi puritan ideology and his left wing perception that the population needs to be controlled and told what to do. He has passed all the covid rules into law and there is no sign of them being repealed. They could sit on the statute books dormant for any maniac to resurrect in the future. As a Pliad member said some months ago, it is government by dictat.
I said right at the start of this that he would keep the pubs closed as long as he possibly could and people said I was imagining it and that they would probably open before England.

Let's see shall we?

See what specifically?

[B. Oddie]

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He won't 'gain' anything but he doesn't believe in drinking and it will suit his quasi puritan ideology and his left wing perception that the population needs to be controlled and told what to do. He has passed all the covid rules into law and there is no sign of them being repealed. They could sit on the statute books dormant for any maniac to resurrect in the future. As a Pliad member said some months ago, it is government by dictat.
I said right at the start of this that he would keep the pubs closed as long as he possibly could and people said I was imagining it and that they would probably open before England.

Let's see shall we?

It doesn't work like that. Even if what you say about Mark Drakeford's wishes were true, he can't just make things up as he goes along. He has to win the support of the elected members on whatever issue is at hand.

[City123]

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The wording "By early May" might suggest the potential to open at the end of April

I was wrong. More detailed dates here

BREAKING: Further details have been announced about the planned unlocking of #Wales.

The @WelshGovernment aim is to be in alert level 3 by the 17th of May.

There were too many to type in a tweet... here is everything you need to know: pic.twitter.com/TinatO6xB1

— Peter Gillibrand (@GillibrandPeter) March 31, 2021

Theme parks & beer gardens from April 26th but gyms shut until at least May 10th strikes me as strange. They'll consider indoor hospitality from May 17th to open in advance of the Spring Bank Holiday at the end of May.

Strikes me as a bit slow considering the vaccines & low case numbers, but I acknowledge that they have access to far more data and expertise than I do

[Harry Paget Flashman]

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I was wrong. More detailed dates here

BREAKING: Further details have been announced about the planned unlocking of #Wales.

The @WelshGovernment aim is to be in alert level 3 by the 17th of May.

There were too many to type in a tweet... here is everything you need to know: pic.twitter.com/TinatO6xB1

— Peter Gillibrand (@GillibrandPeter) March 31, 2021

Theme parks & beer gardens from April 26th but gyms shut until at least May 10th strikes me as strange. They'll consider indoor hospitality from May 17th to open in advance of the Spring Bank Holiday at the end of May.

Strikes me as a bit slow considering the vaccines & low case numbers, but I acknowledge that they have access to far more data and expertise than I do

Wild guess but maybe most people using gyms are u50 so won't be vaccinated?

Indoor activity being the most risk maybe it's best to give them the most time not to catch it.

[xsnaggle]

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It doesn't work like that. Even if what you say about Mark Drakeford's wishes were true, he can't just make things up as he goes along. He has to win the support of the elected members on whatever issue is at hand.

I would agree with you normally but anecdotal evidence suggests that he tells people what's going to happen and will not listen to any arguments, hence the comment about rule by dictat.
I mentioned before that I have spoken to 3 people who have worked for or close to him and the general consensus is that he is a nasty man. (Those words are not mine). Personally I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him., and I'm talking about the man not his politics.

[NYCBlue]

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When are most expecting their second jabs? Most people I know will have had both by the end of April. Cases are still spiking in some places, because people can't seem to get their heads around the fact that it's not over yet. Most places are open here. Pubs and restaurants are at 50%. People have been getting their hair/nails etc done for months now. Cinemas are at 25% I think. I don't fancy any of it to be honest. I have my second jab on April 29th. I still don't think I'd feel comfortable going to a gig even after that. We'll see.