For the second day in a row the infection rates have dropped in Crosby – and that is before the Tier 3 restrictions come in to play.
In the area I live in the levels are much lower – we have around 4 new cases a day in the village. In the village in Spain where I have bought my house they are announcing about 1 new case a day. The villages are about the same size.
Labour have finally come out in favour of a circuit breaker. Interesting idea – but as far as I can tell this is only a pause, not a long term solution. Would people feel able to close down everything for three weeks and stay at home? Oddly enough I am seeing quite a pushback from the older age groups. I guess some have decided they don’t want to spend a significant part of their future life locked away in isolation.
This really is a tough balance. Talking to a friend they came up with a concept of “resetting the clock”. I think that is an interesting concept, and something that maybe we could pay more attention to. When we were in total lockdown I wondered if one of the things we should do is have a “shielders only” gathering at the end.
There are a lot of things we can do that are almost 100% safe. We have a concept of COVID Secure businesses. Maybe before we start locking things down further we should try to develop some ULTRA-SECURE events that would help people reset their clock.
What resets my clock – actually it is just the ability to get out for a walk with nobody around. Unfortunately there are so many more people getting out there these days – at least I have my midnight graveyard to wander around.