Quote Originally Posted by Croesy Blue View Post
And the fact most people are going to have to go back to work soon too as well. If someone has to go back to a factory, Danny Rose can go back to playing football.
This brings me back to the pub opening debate. If/when the government says it is safe to go back to work and furloughing ceases then a man will have to go back to work to support his family. No choice really. But the pubs cannot open because its not safe. There are several points in that.
If it is safe to go to work the average working man might ask why is it not safe to go for a pint, given that whatever social distancing measures which are required are maintained. The difference is that he must go to work but he can choose not to go to the pub. The inference a lot of people will put on that is that the government is telling me I have to put myself at risk to work but does not trust me enough to not put myself at undue risk doing other things.
The other point is the 10's of thousands of people who work in the pub restaurant and leisure trades that cannot work as a result of this. will their furlough be extended? The government has been asked that question but has not replied yet.
I don't want to get into the pub debate again but some of these things do seem like double standards.