No chance this season.
Dates likely extended as suggested.
So called lockdowns were supposed to be a last resort to prevent hospitalisation and premature deaths, but they have now become the norm. Government does not want to screw this up and has become risk averse as a result. Disproportionate measures to risk will still be in place post vaccination of all the other 50s by end of March. So fully expect to see things slip further. So no footy this season with crowds
Sorry - having a Hugh moment
And for the record... last I heard, less than 100 healthy people under 40 have died of cv (in the UK), and less than 1000 healthy under 60's. Asymptomatic transmission appears to be largely a myth as a spreader (how many teachers have died by catching it from their pupils?).
At the end of the day, everyone who wants one of those "vaccines" will have had one by autumn, and cv deaths look set to be less than 20/day this week - a lower rate (adjusted for population) than road deaths in 1960. And I guarantee they'll be low in summer, as I said. I just don't see what the problem is, and repeat, if we don't have fans back in May, something is very wrong. If not May, then when? Or is this supposed to carry on permanently? In which case you can forget non-league football as we know it. If only people understood risk assessment....
And no, Casper, this isn't politics, it's making the case for people to be allowed to watch Altrincham fc, the thing we all live for (well sort of). And I will be touching people if invited!
I'm posting this for balance, not to get into a debate that, doubtless, will draw no conclusion. Talking-to my B-i-L (a Prof of Pharmacology who heads a uni dept researching medicines linked to viral infection, is that an increase in rate of infection is expected as we release lockdown measures, the effect of which will be more acute as we move into autumn when people are more likely be indoors. I wonder where you read that asymptomatic transmission was 'largely a myth', as I can tell you from personal experience that that is simply not the case. Similarly, the (lack of) death rate among teachers may be true, however, as a teacher myself I can assure you that over the last year I have colleagues who have become seriously ill as a result of Covid and others who have suffered, and/or continue to suffer, the effects of long-Covid; these are fit, healthy people who have been hit hard by this virus.
Another sobering feature that has resulted from this pandemic is the email I receive each morning that lists children absent for Covid-related reasons. At the height of the pandemic, a significant number of absentees gave the reason being a grandparent dying from Covid (others have had parents keep alive on ventilators). Today, two days after returning following the Easter holiday, a boy has tested positive and about 30 pupils will now have to isolate at home as they were close-contacts; it's expected that tomorrow or int he next couple of days, more will test positive.
Yes, I want to return to the things that make life normal, but whether we like it or not, we are out of this completely yet, nor will we be for some months.