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[sevenlayermuddle]

Schools are now to be closed at the end of the week, except for looking after the children of key workers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51952314

Seems to me it will only work if we also prevent children from mixing and playing together, for many months and maybe a year or two, which I really don’t think can be good for them. I’m not a parent, and certainly not a shrink, so just speculating.

[Ronski]

I had the exact same thought whilst watching the news. How many parents are going to be able to keep their children indoors.

Luckily both of ours are adults, one lives at home  and is in her last year at school. The other is at university, but currently at home, she's says she is going back as she can study better there, oh and her boyfriend is there to.

[g3uiss]

My daughter is at St Andrews, and has been sent home and told she can’t return until September. In her 3rd year of 4. Some online tuition promised, I have my doubts. She is 21 and is becoming quite difficult in our insistence on the social distancing.

[Ronski]

Mine's at York, they are no longer holding lectures, but they can use the library etc. She studies Bio-chemistry so hopefully fully understands the risks, although I'm not sure she fully appreciates them - several weeks ago she told me it wouldn't be a problem, she wouldn't have it when I said it would be. She's in private accommodation and says she can revise better there, we'll not be happy if she does go back, but she 20 years old now, so we can't stop her.

One of our friends partners has gone down with it, they've just come back from India - luckily we haven't seen them recently.

[g3uiss]

Yes I understand! 20/21 they don’t do reasonably and sensible 

[pooclah]

Is Chris Whitty a robot?  I've never seen him blink.

[sevenlayermuddle]

Is Chris Whitty a robot?  I've never seen him blink.

Interesting speculation that I will check out in future broadcasts.

Joking apart, I find Whitty quite convincing.   He comes across to me as honestly presenting the facts, unswayed by political pressure, unswayed by international pressures, and unswayed by public opinion.   Which is exactly the way that science should be conducted.

We only see a limited subset of his peers and equivalents in other countries but so far, of those I’ve seen, I’d rather have Whitty than anybody else guiding our government through this.

[pooclah]

He does come across as professional and factual, it was just something seemed odd about him.  Today I realised what it was.

[sevenlayermuddle]

He does come across as professional and factual, it was just something seemed odd about him.  Today I realised what it was.

I meant no criticism of your comment, I see what you mean.

[pooclah]

Your reply didn’t come across as criticising at all, it seems the older I get the more terse my comments get, apologies for that.

Like you our Home delivery was missing beer   Are people stockpiling everything now?

[Ronski]

Person arrested in the Isle of Man for not self isolating.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-51974140

ETA. Altered to reflect the Isle of Man is not in the UK

[niemand]

Small point - the Isle of Man is not a part of the UK.

[j0hn]

Isle of Man.

I don't think such a law exists in England/Wales or in Scotland.

[watcher]

I don't think such a law exists in England/Wales or in Scotland.

The Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 provide a wide ranging set of powers to the authorities including compulsory detention and/or keeping in isolation.

See this link for the source of the information below:

"...Enforcement

13.—(1) Where a requirement is imposed on a person to be detained or kept in isolation under regulation 4, 5 or 8, a constable may do any of the following—

(a)take the person to a suitable place, specified by the Secretary of State or a public health officer, for the person’s detention or isolation;

(b)keep the person in detention or isolation.

(2) Where a person absconds from detention or isolation imposed under regulation 4, 5 or 8, a constable may take the person into custody and return the person to the place of detention or isolation, or take the person to another suitable place specified by a public health officer.

(3) A constable may use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of a power under this regulation....".

Regulation 15 also makes failure to comply with restrictions or requirements, absconding or attempting to abscond from detention or isolation, obstructing a person carrying out a function under the Regulations, or providing false or misleading information to a person carrying out a function under the Regulations a criminal offence which can carry a fine of up to £1,000.

[Ronski]

Small point - the Isle of Man is not a part of the UK.

Well I never realised that, or if I did I've since forgotten