3 Tier Covid

[eve1974]

when will we find out which area falls into which tier?

[Cloverjo]

I was wondering that myself. The tiers include high and very high. They were using a traffic light system a minute ago. No wonder people are confused.
Probably best to check on your local news website.

[Maydup]

I think there could be more info at the 6pm briefing.

[ichkeria]

I thought they were announcing all that now in the Commons.
Liverpool 3 all the other previously restricted areas 2,
plus Nottinghamshire, east and west Cheshire, and a small area of the High Peak

Everywhere else 1.
It has to be voted on tho

[Chinajan]

Tiers of a clown

[ichkeria]

Very good :-)

[New Judge]

//They were using a traffic light system a minute ago.//

No, they announced over the weekend that the public could not be trusted with a "traffic light" system because those in the "green" areas would believe it was OK to behave like normal human beings. So now it's going to be "medium", "High" and "very high". Reminds me of the story behind the collapse of the first bridge across the River Tay in 1879. The engineer, Sir Thomas Bouch, ordered cast iron piers and girder work from a supplier. He said he wanted their best quality. That's what he got. What he didn't know was that the supplier had three grades of iron: "best", "best best" and "very best best". The bridge collapsed in a storm on December 28th 1879 whilst a train was passing over it, plunging the train into the river and some 75 lives were lost.

[gingejbee]

Perhaps if they had adopted this system (like New Zealand did) at the start of the whole thing, we may have been in a better situation today.

[ichkeria]

I really admire Jacinta Ardern, but she has the advantage of running a small country in the middle of nowhere.

[Jackdaw33]

The Tay Bridge disaster was immortalised by the world's worst poet, William McGonagall. Although the subject matter is tragic the poem itself is an hilarious example of how not to write poetry.

[weecalf]

What part of shut down does boris not understand .if it’s not done it will get far far worse and him and matty will have nobody else to blame .He is trying to put his finger into the dam wall .Ive said it afore I’ve said it in Brighton

[ichkeria]

Although not a fan of the PM, I sympathise with the huge dilemma he faces a
People like weecalf saying shut the country down, and those such as New Judge (with whom I’d be more in sympathy with) saying the opposite. And what’s probably worse, the same conflict within the scientific advice.
I think we are in for a period of fudge and uncertainly.
Personally I’d rather have that than the shutdown option.
What appals me is that we’re all now very divided on that and the government had unwittingly done its level best to foster those divisions.
It’s almost like Brexit all over again

[Togo]

//when will we find out which area falls into which tier?//

Not hard to predict methinks if you have a look at the graphics below. Sorry there are no figures included here for Wales or Scotland.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12905806/manchester-coronavirus-lockdown-tier-system/?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly

[Togo]

Again more guidelines here. I think that most people in England should be able to discern whether they are in one of the very high risk areas from this.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12905806/manchester-coronavirus-lockdown-tier-system/?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly

[Togo]

Apologies I though that was a different link.

[Togo]

In the Tier 3 areas some businesses will be forced to close.

"" Pubs and bars in Tier Three regions in England will have to close unless they can operate as a restaurant - although it's unclear how this will work in reality.

Other businesses at risk of temporary closure include those in the personal care, entertainment, leisure and hospitality industries, although discussions with local authorities must be undertaken first.
This means casinos, bookmakers, hair dressers, beauty salons and gyms could also be told to shut.
Nightclubs, which haven't reopened since March, will remain closed.
Businesses that won't close include:

Non-essential shops, Supermarkets, Restaurants, Schools, Universities, Colleges.

[weecalf]

nobody can stop the individual having their own lock down can they .I’ve said it afore I’ve said it in Brighton

[weecalf]

All these tiers mean nothing didn’t this start thousand of miles away and was on our shores quite quickly .If it’s higher in one place today not hing is gonna stop in being high another place tomorrow .

[roopower]

Nhs covid app tells you whether you are high, medium etc. We're still medium at present.

[woofgang]

info here, i got it off a local paper website but can't remember which https://ibb.co/z257cY6

[jourdain2]

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