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Everyone is sick of it as well, we would all like to see friends and family more often. It’s been a shite year for me and Im sure it has been for everyone but it could always have been worse. All we need is a few more months of not doing exactly what we want all the time and it will save people’s lives.
The concept of Pubs isn’t going anywhere because of a few more months of covid.
There’s modelling of how the virus behaves in indoor spaces and plenty of statistics to back up how much the eat out to help out and pubs contributed to the second wave.
The end is in sight, people moaning about wanting a pint sounds a bit shit to me.
We all hope our pub is still here to save us, it’s shit how the sun is economy has suffered because of this and there should be more protection for independent businesses. But how many deaths is worth keeping a business open?
I agree with what you say, but preventing people from going for a drink in a properly controlled environment will lead to more people buying from a supermarket and having piss ups in homes where there is no social distancing control at all. Which is the lesser of the 2 evils?
Perhaps if the government barred all alcohols sales from everywhere EXCEPT pubs and restaurants that might have a far greater affect.
People often look at a problem from the wrong perspective.
Yeah I’ve got no idea how they manage that, did people stop going to each other’s houses when the pubs were open though? Or did they go to the pub then to each other’s houses?
Fraid not. The "this" refers to lockdowns/tiers not a manufactured virus let loose on purpose. Felixstowe is already rammed with containers trying to get stuff into UK prior to Brexit. Getting empty containers back to Far East is also a logistical image. If the UK governments opened up hospitality big time a. Demand for food/drink would outstrip supply b. CV would spread so quickly as people mingle more that NHS would be overwhelmed and the Nightingale hospitals dont have the staff to make them function. It is in governments' interests to keep demand for optional food purchases in hospitality settings down. Very little about Brexit makes the news as a result.
An economy now wholly reliant on people swilling beer down their necks. That’s Britain 2020.
Cheap booze in supermarkets has been putting the boot into pubs for a few years now, time was you’d very rarely see a trolley with beer in, now it’s the norm. When the pubs started to struggle 10/15 years ago, perhaps longer, I suggested put a pound on a can in a supermarket and knock a pound off a pint in a pub, anything to turn the tide. It’s gone too far now though I fear and covid is another massive nail in the coffin. So sad if, like us of a certain age, you remember the pub being the centre of the community, the landlord a respected character and going out for a pint, a game of skittles or darts was a reasonably cheap night out and a great way of bonding with people. Sat at home nursing a can just cannot be the same but that’s what people seem to be forced into doing to the detriment of society in my opinion.
I’m no supporter of the Welsh Government’s record on coronavirus restrictions but given the current situation I don’t see how they could do anything else but shutdown indoor hospitality. The R rate in Wales is way over 1 which means the virus is spreading exponentially. Transmission occurs in indoor environments where people meet and gather together in close proximity for extended periods of time like in pubs and restaurants.
Today’s decision is a political embarrassment for the Welsh Government and an admission that their decision to open everything up after the short firebreak was a serious error. It was just about the last thing they wanted to do but they had no choice. Their motivation taking this decision was to protect the NHS and save lives and they get my support for that.
It’s the way today, lack of social skills, all social media. Pubs used to provide a ray of hope for folk who had no one to chat to at home. I used to love just heading out to pubs and clubs knowing I’d see loads of people I knew, didn’t need to arrange anything, you just knew they’d be there.....