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Originally Posted by jfman
I’ll bat for the Government then 
While not a fan of the mechanics of the announcement (Twitter) it’s unfortunately the best mechanism to quickly get a message out.
Banned from seeing other households (at home) means the vast majority will not. Yes, you could go to the pub, but the percentage that will is lower, and pubs should have mitigation in place.
Boris himself said in March (prior to lockdown) it’s about minimising social contact. Aggregated over the entire population the policy as implement achieves that to some degree. |
Minimising social contact but people can still go to pubs & restaurants and to work?
It would be better to state that it's about minimising social contact so long as it doesn't affect the economy.