Which tier after lockdown?

Maggiemaybe

West Yorkshire, tier 3 as expected. I’m not going to waste energy getting riled about it. So many factors are taken into consideration when these decisions are made, as others have explained earlier. Yes, my specific little area might have a low number of cases, but what difference will that make if we need to go to one of our city hospitals and all beds are taken?

We’re aware more than ever of the need to support our businesses whatever they’re doing to get through. Takeaways from our lovely local as we can’t eat there now, buying from our market traders, looking closer to home for Christmas presents, perhaps to locals who have started making and selling things from home. And sticking to the rules.

I agree. It’s a pity that so many posts on here are just addressing the issue of infection numbers and have taken no notice of the information given about the various factors that have to be balanced in order to make a decision. Of course there will be some rough justice given patterns of population distribution and distribution.

West Yorkshire, tier 3 as expected. I’m not going to waste energy getting riled about it. So many factors are taken into consideration when these decisions are made, as others have explained earlier. Yes, my specific little area might have a low number of cases, but what difference will that make if we need to go to one of our city hospitals and all beds are taken?

We’re aware more than ever of the need to support our businesses whatever they’re doing to get through. Takeaways from our lovely local as we can’t eat there now, buying from our market traders, looking closer to home for Christmas presents, perhaps to locals who have started making and selling things from home. And sticking to the rules.

We're in the Rural Lancashire with low numbers of cases which are dropping quickly but still in Tier 3 because we are lumped with the East of the County. I am very annoyed and feel like a well behaved child in a class put in detention because some class members are misbehaving!

From what I understand Swale has 2 prisons for young offenders with over 250 inmates testing positive which doesn’t help the area at all. Not sure if prisoners are still allowed visitors or not!

Ellianne

^I live in Torbay, Devon which is in Tier 2, but Cornwall is on Tier 1, which will be interesting for folk who need to cross the Tamar for any reason.^
That's ok Ashcombe, you could be down in Looe or Polperro for lunch with 5 friends within an hour and then drive back after!
I can see the Cornish putting up barricades!

No - you can't do that! If you're in Tier 2 the restrictions apply to you wherever you travel to, regardless of what your mates in Tier 1 can do.

Staying in tier 3 despite our numbers dropping. We don’t know if we can use the S/c cottage we have booked for Christmas as they are in Tier 3 as well so we won’t know until 17th if we can go. Plan b is in place !!
I just feel for the restaurants, pubs, cafes, hotels which cannot open and I suspect many will go under. We have to be pragmatic and get on with it but it doesn’t help when people refuse to wear masks!!

BlueBelle

I was tier1 now tier2 and it’s horrible because there is still nothing going on here but fifty miles away in ‘our area’ there is so we re now all lumped together
The bit that annoys me is I now cannot have a restaurant meal with two of my friends and as all three of us live alone we were looking forward to a meal together before Christmas
But it’s ok to be with 14 others over Christmas makes no sense whatsoever

I think you can have a 'business meeting' in a restaurant, Bluebelle!

Lancashire is a huge county.
East Lancashire has a lot of high incidence areas as does Preston, so tier 3 is understandable. Incidence in our area is below 100 per 100,000 but we’re still in tier 3.
While it doesn’t directly affect me-I’m still at work and I’ve got used to not going out, I’m gutted not to visit with folk and for the businesses which will more than likely never open again and for friends and relatives who no longer have a job.
This tier business seems another ‘jobs for the boys’ arrangement-or perhaps it’s just that their geographical knowledge is poor.

Tier 2 here in Norfolk. I'm ok with that because we have to end all this as soon as possible and keep everyone safe.

I am pretty much hibernating as well. Seems the sensible thing to do. Will do my click and collect and occasional country park walks with a friend.

Up from tier 1 into 2, that’s life.

Tier 3 here in the Midlands where despite lockdown, COVID figures continue to rise. Sadly I think this is life for the foreseeable future and beyond. Even in places where numbers have started to fall as a result of lockdown we all know that ultimately lockdown is not a long term solution and any seeming improvement will only be maintained as long as we stay in lockdown; the minute you try and get back to anything even vaguely approaching a normal life, whoosh! Up go the figures. Seems to me that the only hope is in some virus which has been ‘found’ in months rather than the years it usually takes and which no-one knows the long term effects of.

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This is our first day of lockdown in N.Ireland, non essential shops all closed again so that's us til 11th December. My friend is a hairdresser and she got 1 weeks work from last lockdown only to be closed again. Well let's hope it helps, we have finally got r rate below 1, but I seriously think people will go nuts at Xmas and it'll rise again and no doubt another lockdown will be announced in January, probably a really long one.

Tier 3 in rural Northumberland but daughter in Bristol is also tier 3 so no pressure. In January it will be a full year since we met and a new granddaughter was born in the meantime. She's looking close to crawling by now... ?

Tier 2 in N Yorkshire but we are surrounded by Tier 3 - apart from the remote Cumbria border. At least I should get my hair cut in December but I am concerned that Tier 3 shoppers will be hitting Harrogate, York, etc.

Tier 2 here in Surrey but DS & family live only a few miles away in Kent & are tier 3.
Not sure how they decided it.

My DD like annsixty lives on the edge of Greater Manchester and we all thought she lived in Cheshire but sadly no and is in Tier 3. They have been in tier 3 for months and now we have gone from Tier 2 to Tier 3 . How long will we stay in these tiers I wonder.

Tier three here for the whole of Lancashire, even though our local council area isn't having the problems of some areas. DH & I will potter along as before: our biggest regret is that we won't be able to leave the county and have a walk in Cumbria - which is on Tier Two. We are simply holding on for better times ahead, for us all.... Deo volente...

Tallulah I'm from kent and you as well as I that if it was regional and say Tonbridge was in Tier 3 Tunbridge wells was 1 or 2 people would make a bee line for just to have a drink and meal they would socialize with their friends and put the R rate up there it's got to be all or nothing. People cannot be trusted.

Personally, it makes virtually no difference to me. In Tier 3 now, but I will still be able to have my hair cut in a couple of weeks time.

What does concern me ia how many more hospitality places, Pubs, restaurants, hotels, will never open their doors again. More families thrown onto the dole, more families thrown into severe economic crisis - and this could last for many years, long, long after this current virus is a distant memory,

How many more family breakdowns, mental health issues, suicides will there be??

I'm from S Kent, current figures are very low here, HOWEVER, it's not just actual numbers that have been considered.

Our increases in the last 7 days down here is 51% , we have a very high proportion of older, and or people with higher risk factors. We have problems accessing medical care (the majority of surgeries near us have to be staffed exclusively by locus), many households in the area are low income. Along with the very high levels in North Kent, These are all factors that will have been considered prior to placing us in the top tier.

Tier 2, Dorset (Bournemouth). More than happy with that. When you're being extra vigilant, the tier level is irrelevant. It's all common sense.
Roll on Spring

We were Tier 1 before now will be Tier 3 - they’ve lumped all of Kent together unfortunately - my bit of Kent has lower numbers than a nearby London Borough which will be Tier 2 ?‍♀️

Tier 3 in Durham - not that much difference from lockdown really.
I suspect a lot of positive tests are amongst the student population - perhaps we might drop a Tier when they re-evaluate on 16/12, but not getting too excited.