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Originally Posted by Mad Max
I'm in Scotland too, mate, we've been in tier 3 for weeks, there's no doubt that house parties are the main cause of transmission, people just ignoring the rules and basically being ar seholes, but imo opinion closing pubs etc is totally wrong, those people have put in a tremendous effort to make their establishments really safe, we are treated like kids with this "no alcohol" ban, the gov't doesn't trust us, so what happens, the pubs get closed and people just get bevvy from supermarkets etc and get their friends into their houses to have a drink, utter madness.
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While I’m sure that’s an issue I also think the schools have played a role. There’s published data showing that there’s more kids off now than at any point before - even when Scotland was recording 1500 cases a day and the isolation period was 14 days, not 10.
That’s not to say that they should be permanently closed but there’s been missed opportunities - a two week October week was a no brainier. To have kids going in up to 22nd/23rd and put into Christmas bubbles is equally madness.
I suspect the headlines in the press at the end of January will be about bereaved families saying why didn’t the Government do anything. Which in Scotland leaves the opposition parties calling for a public inquiry in the period only weeks before the election. A huge own goal for the SNP.
With Germany, England and others recognising this the question is what magic dust do Scotland sprinkle over their schools to make them “safe”.