Boris's Update

[fruitsalad]

When does Boris update us, on whether the government will implement stricter rules or give us, all some slack?

[pastafreak]

I wouldn't expect any slack any time soon.

[Buenchico]

This is from yesterday but it seems to answer your question:

"Normally the press briefings will take place between 4pm and 6pm, according to Number 10.

With the news the Prime Minister has tested positive for coronavirus and will self-isolate for seven days, Downing Street has confirmed the PM will no longer attend the press briefings.

Recent previous weekday briefings have all happened at around 5pm with weekend ones taking place at 2.30pm"

https://www.lbc.co.uk/hot-topics/coronavirus/time-prime-minister-boris-johnson-speech-today/

[Buenchico]

>>> I wouldn't expect any slack any time soon

Neither would I. The current rules are likely to stay in place until at least the end of June, with 'normality' unlikely much before the end of October at the earliest.

[jim360]

I need to find that tweet along the lines of "We need to know when this will be over", followed by "I asked the Virus and it says it'll try to ease off by June, if that's no good maybe I'll see when else is free in its diary before then"

[fruitsalad]

Think a few people will go stir crazy, before the end of June.

[riptide]

Well I live on my own but am prepared to stay indoors as long as it takes to get rid of this awful virus and stop the amount of deaths that occurring.

[youngmafbog]

As jim so humorously put it, Who knows what will happen. The World is in an unknown place, not just Boris!

I am amazed at people who think there is a plan. How on earth can you have a plan when you are having to play it by ear daily or even more often.

[woofgang]

originally we were told 12 weeks and I have seen nothing to change that.

[youngmafbog]

12 weeks was a complete and utter guess. There is no fixed plan, there simply cannot be

[woofgang]

yup 12 weeks was a best estimate based on the information they had at the time.

[tiggerblue10]

I'd rather we didn't have the slack option. The longer we lockdown and halt the spread, the sooner we will get back to some sort of normality.

[teacake44]

There won't be any normality until there's a Vaccine, you have a world wide killer on the rampage, and even if we get it under control in the UK, that don't mean to say it will be under control in other countries, so even after, if there is an after, travel will more than lightly be very restricted, if at all. If it takes off big time in India and the in the USA, who knows, if I lived in the USA right now I would be very worried with idiot Trump in charge

[Peter Pedant]

12 weeks was a complete and utter guess.
erm based on estimates

social distancing is a er social construct = you know the 'what does it really mean and does it exclude kissing the dog?"
not like - "you drive at 30 mph or else!"
and there is a possibility that it means different things in different culture

like you know in china " does it exclude eating the dog?"

The best evidence is from Wuhan where they followed up the first 500 patients and printed it in the New England Journal
The time to hospital was 10 d
and the time to death in an ITU was twenty days

so if you are looking at death ratios which we are
then it is in infections acquired three weeks ago

this long lead time is creating chaos as most people cant get their braynz around it.

so we have to think back to what we were doing 3 weeks ago and as far as I can see it wasnt an awful lot to be honest ....

review every three weeks seems sensible

[sherrardk]

Boy #1 has been told by his uni that he doesn’t have to pay his rent for next term (he was due to be there until the end of July) so I’m guessing that his uni, at least, are not expecting to reopen until September at the earliest.

[teacake44]

I think the sooner folk stop kidding themselves that this will end anytime soon the better. Latest deaths up 390.

[rockyracoon]

Durham uni emailed my daughter and told her not to return after Easter. Teaching will be online. Whilst it's nice to save £2550 in accommodation fees, I'm much rather everything was back to norm.

[ichkeria]

The stated intention was to review every three weeks.
And possibly to employ a policy of easing off alternated by tightening depending on how things go

[Peter Pedant]

// Whilst it's nice to save £2550 in accommodation fees, I'm much rather everything was back to norm.//

yeah the students are revolting over whether the on line lectures are anything like the real thing ( they may not be)

and the idea of oh yes yes we will have exams - online
so doing badly will still totally screw up your future life .....

[Barmaid]

Those who thought that this would all be over in 12 weeks, raise your hand.

Now give yourself a good slap with it!

[Barmaid]

Seriously, that was a bit of humour.

I think we just take every day as it comes. Although I will probably have gone insane in another 11 weeks.