The Road To Spring 13: Halfway through the February of Shit

Saturday again. Still freezing cold. A week of this has felt like an eternity. I have become preoccupied by it. Hopefully that will change as starting tomorrow milder weather is forecast, at least. 

On the 22nd our useless PM sets out his 'roadmap' for easing restrictions. The most optimistic predictions come from the much maligned professor Ferguson who thinks that, if trends continue, with infections halving every couple of weeks or so, we can have schools open in March. Then, a month later, we can lift other restrictions. That's going to be three months, at best. I'm not remotely anti lockdown; I agree they work. The problem is that they are a blunt instrument that cannot be repeatedly used without consequence. That is the problem here; as reluctant as the Tories have been to shut the economy, putting us into the situation, they cannot just keep relying on them to clear their mess up. Sooner or later something else will have to happen. They cannot keep screwing up like that.

They will of course. It's the only thing they can be relied upon. Already the latest shambles is emerging; the scheme to quarantine people following entry into the country is just a cash cow for Tory hoteliers. The staff managing newcomers have no idea what is to happen, and how many are going to try and pile into the country prior to the scheme's proper launch?

So of course it comes as no surprise to hear that, again, some Tories want pubs reopened by Easter, which I believe (but can't be bothered to check) is at the start of April. These clowns will never understand. They don't want to. All they care about is profit. One of these jackals even thinks we should "suck it and see" when it comes to relaxing restrictions; because it's just like tasting a boiled sweet ffs. Except it isn't, and we know what will happen. It's happened three times before. If they don't get it by now, it's pointless pretending they ever will.

My fear is that there is no infection rate low enough to safely open up anywhere near where the governmorons would like. That, when things do open, during Spring, the virus will pick up, once again. I just can't see how we can avoid that. We might be ok with shops, but the hospitality industry, as far as I'm concerned, is a goner. How can it possibly return with what happened before? I take no pleasure in that, but how can it not be so?