Re: OT over 50s are go for vaccine.

[martin...@round-midnight.org.uk]

On 19/03/2021 11:42, Graeme Wall wrote:
> On 19/03/2021 11:21, Certes wrote:
>> On 19/03/2021 10:22, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
>>> <martin...@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
>>>> On 18/03/2021 23:08, Recliner wrote:
>>>>> <martin...@round-midnight.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> On 18/03/2021 20:13, Roland Perry wrote:
>>>>>>> In message <s306rj$gur$2...@dont-email.me>, at 18:40:51 on Thu, 18 Mar
>>>>>>> 2021, Anna Noyd-Dryver <an...@noyd-dryver.com> remarked:
>>>>>>>> Roland Perry <rol...@perry.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> In message <s2stvn$k3q$1...@dont-email.me>, at 12:51:03 on Wed, 17
>>>>>>>>> Mar
>>>>>>>>> 2021, Tweed <usenet...@gmail.com> remarked:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> and for not giving priority to getting children back to
>>>>>>>>>>>> school as
>>>>>>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>>>>>>> promised.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> That's a rather different issue. In the last week I've been a
>>>>>>>>>>> little
>>>>>>>>>>> concerned about mums doing the school-run on foot not even
>>>>>>>>>>> abiding by
>>>>>>>>>>> the currently suspended "rule of six", let alone not wearing
>>>>>>>>>>> a mask.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That’s part of the problem and has been accounted for in the
>>>>>>>>>> 0.3 to 0.5
>>>>>>>>>> increase in R. The pro going back to school as soon as possible
>>>>>>>>>> lobby has
>>>>>>>>>> been concentrating on studies of child to child transmission
>>>>>>>>>> in the
>>>>>>>>>> classroom. They’ve been ignoring the parents congregating at
>>>>>>>>>> the school
>>>>>>>>>> gates having a good chat, the additional nipping into the
>>>>>>>>>> shops to pick
>>>>>>>>>> something up on the way back, extra trips to the petrol station ,
>>>>>>>>>> etc etc.
>>>>>>>>>> Children going back to school greatly increases adult to adult
>>>>>>>>>> social
>>>>>>>>>> contact.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The only person I saw this morning wearing a mask on the school
>>>>>>>>> run was
>>>>>>>>> the lollipop-lady, and she would have difficulty being 2m away
>>>>>>>>> from most
>>>>>>>>> of her clients.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I didn't realise mask-wearing outdoors was supposed to be a
>>>>>>>> thing now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's what people should do if they can't keep 2m apart.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's the English way of doing things.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Welsh government recommends everyone not excempted wears them
>>>>>> outside.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it mandatory in any UK public space?  It is in crowded spaces in
>>>>> some
>>>>> other countries.
>>>>
>>>> I understand it's mandatory in Welsh railway stations.
>>>
>>> And English. But not once you leave the station exit onto the street.
>>
>> Yes, railway stations are deemed to be indoors for many purposes, even
>> where open to the elements.  See also smoking bans, which may be why we
>> don't hear of smoking being used as a reason for not wearing a mask.
>
> During one of the gaps in lock-down last year I was on a train heading
> south from Guildford, young bloke in the opposite bay had a standard
> blue mask which he proceeded to make a hole in so he could insert the
> mouth-piece of an electronic cigarette!
>

Are e-fags allowed on board trains? I hope not.