Is this good news?

I’m getting a sense of déjà vu
(Isn’t this the same post you posted on Good Morning? )

Unfortunately, yes MawB ??
I realised that I might be accused of appropriating the gentle Good Morning thread for news which could, more properly, be accomodated here, although more posters might well view it in the aforementioned thread.

Like trying to keep water in a net.

Exactly.

I've just posted about this on the Over 70 thread. I think it was Over 70.

The people in our cluster will consist of people who have their own cluster.

Doomed to fail

Oh yes!

I have been so carried away with GN I forgot coffee!

I think New Zealand is trying this method.
Perhaps we should wait and see.

No, I posted mine on the lockdown fraying thread.

I have 3 AC who all have children/spouses/partners in 3 different households

So goodness knows what we'd do.

When I first read it I thought it sounded like a good idea but after thinking about it decided it wouldn't work

I also have 11 in my immediate family! So does that mean we leave one of them out?

Tea for me, please!

This is not being proposed by NS.she has daily said that lockdown will continue for a long time and that there will need to be a new normal when it ends .IF we get it under some control like NZ and Greece then that scheme may be possible .

Today's paper says clearly 'Nicola Sturgeon has raised the prospect of people meeting a small bubble of people outside their own households'.

Did you miss her speech where she said small bubbles of people could meet as restrictions eased then?

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Sorry, mine was to paddyanne
In fact, I heard her

I believe everyone should just be patient and wait to see what will actually be announced. The whole world is in an unprecedented crisis and governments can only make decisions on data as and when it becomes available.

Therefore whether it is when the lockdown will be eased,or who we can meet and under what circumstances, then only time and patience will hopefully yield results.

The whole point of the lockdown is to prevent the NHS from being totally overwhelmed by the crisis and through that save lives. We seem to be achieving the foregoing but further patience will be required by all for a considerable period of time to maintain that which is at present ongoing.

I think two things.

1) Lockdown should probably continue for 3 months in total. I can't remember where I read the 12 week figure at the beginning of lockdown, but it seemed sensible and is now fixed in my head (possibly irrationally).

2) AFTER the 12 weeks, yes, maybe Bubble Theory. It relies on trust of the population, but then to be honest, the idiots are still being idiots now. The sensible ones will do it properly.

That would suit us, and we KNOW we would stick to it. There’s always going to be an element of people who break the law whatever, but I think the governments plan for this.

When it has peaked and, if restrictions are lifted, it does not mean it will have gone away, just that, as Grandad says, the NHS will be in a better position to cope with the numbers.

It may be that lockdown would be eased as long as people observe strict social distancing rules.

It's just bonkers. Aren't they saying two households of up to 10 people? I can't see that changes anything for us as there are too many separate households involved in our families (including in-laws). And it can only increase the risk for oldies if they mix with the rest of the family.

The 12 weeks Stay at Home is for those who were advised by letter that they are in the shielded category.
It goes up to 16th June but what happens after that is not yet known, we have to wait to see what evolves.

I don’t know 10 people

You know me Annie ??!!

Aw just to see my sons and grandkids bliss!

Fair do’s GabriellaG - I await the responses with bated breath!

I believe everyone should just be patient and wait to see what will actually be announced

Very true Grandad -but have you ever heard of that happening on GN?

Another thought is what if we don't make the cut of one of our chosen fews cluster?

Younger adults may be desperate to see their friends

I think it could cause upset

If we can get the infection rate down and if we can get a tracking app for most of the population then expanding your cluster of contacts should be viable.

But first we haveto get the infection rate down and that means continuing to isolate.

I fear that by the time the family could choose to include me in their bubble I will have become such a miserable old bat that they won’t want me!

This will never work. People will take the p***,the same as some are doing with the 'exercise' and supposed lockdown which judging by the amount of cars on the road seems to be getting less strict by the day. I hope we don't end up with another peak the way things are going. The situation is not being taken seriously and many seem to be treating it like a holiday.