Doom - Plan C

[TwoWolves]

^ This.

As well as being completely futile if the omicron variant is as infectious as they say, it is also completely needless if it is as mild as they say.

All this latest carry-on is no more than virtue-signalling, arse-covering, and bad-news-burying by the Government!

I hope their motivations are as benign as you say but I'm suspicious that something more sinister is afoot, particularly as it aligns with the over-the-top measures we are seeing in NZ & parts of Europe.

[SueEllen]

All this latest carry-on is no more than virtue-signalling, arse-covering, and bad-news-burying by the Government!

^THIS

[OwlHoot]

No, we are not in this together. The last week proves that.

I’m all boostered up, I’ll do what I think is right. The Government can feck right off - their only interest is to themselves.

^ This.

As well as being completely futile if the omicron variant is as infectious as they say, it is also completely needless if it is as mild as they say.

All this latest carry-on is no more than virtue-signalling, arse-covering, and bad-news-burying by the Government!

[cojak]

At the end of the day, we will do what we have to and the Government is going to do the same. We are in this together.

No, we are not in this together. The last week proves that.

I’m all boostered up, I’ll do what I think is right. The Government can feck right off - their only interest is to themselves.

[TwoWolves]

Plan C exists so that you will like plan B more. You have to be Omicron not to see through this.

[PCTNN]

I'm not sure how effective Plan B will be either. A lot of Plan B measures have always been in place here in Scotland and Omicron is spreading regardless.

[ladymuck]

Plan Z. Need a covid test before you can get out of bed.

Not the Zombie apocalypse then?

[d000hg]

If it's shown to be more dangerous stricter measures are pretty obvious but for now it's all precautionary until we know. Buy a bit of time basically.

[xoggoth]

Plan Z. Need a covid test before you can get out of bed.

[BlueSharp]

Full lock down by the start of the new term - you heard it hear first. Omicron is much more spreadable than previous variants, so these measures being announced is are going to do very little to curb it.

[AtW]

""The fight against the omicron variant will become "much more challenging", an expert has warned as officials have already started considering a "Plan C".

From Friday, face masks are mandatory in cinemas and theatres as Covid-19 restrictions tighten once again after Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday that England was being plunged into "Plan B".

Public Health England's Regional Director of Public Health for London Professor Kevin Fenton, discussing compulsory vaccines, told the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme: "Many national conversations that are going to have to take place as we move from our second and into our third year of the pandemic.

"It's a dialogue that says to members of the public, here's where we are at bringing this pandemic to an end, here's the final mile which is going to be much more challenging and what are the things that we can do together.

"I don't think mandatory vaccines are the only option at all."

It comes amid reports that government officials are working on a potential "Plan C", which could see the return of having to check in at the pub and a more blanket use of the face covering mandate.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-h...-deaths-rules/

[SueEllen]

Plan C being planned.


https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/pl...istmas-1345514

Further measures to stop the Omicron variant may be deployed after Christmas under a rough “Plan C” drawn up by officials.
Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that he could not rule out introducing tougher restrictions – which could be up to and including lockdown – if the new strain was proven to be more dangerous than Delta and Plan B did not do enough to bring down cases over the festive period.

Officials and scientific experts working on the Covid response have looked at stepping up restrictions if it is necessary, including mandatory face masks in hospitality settings and school classrooms, 10-day self-isolation for contacts of confirmed cases of all covid variants, not just Omicron as is currently the case, and check-ins at venues including pubs and restaurants.

Some of these options were on the table for Plan B but were overruled by ministers before the new package was unveiled by the Prime Minister on Wednesday, it is understood.

The mandatory 10-day isolation for all contacts of any strain of Covid is particularly controversial among Tory MPs and businesses because the last time it was in place it led to a “pingdemic”, forcing thousands of people off work and causing delays to food deliveries and staffing shortages in public transport.

Instead the core group of Cabinet ministers including the PM agreed to allow contacts of Covid cases to take lateral flow tests every day, which would keep them out of isolation if negative.

Face masks are already advised in communal areas in secondary schools, but this would be extended to classrooms for pupils and staff under a potential Plan C.


In his Downing Street press conference on Wednesday, Mr Johnson reassured the public that while he ruled nothing out, he could also scale back existing measures if the data showed Omicron was not as severe as feared.

There are no plans to close schools early before Christmas and ministers have repeatedly said that schools will be the last sector to close altogether in another lockdown.

Scientific advisors hope the two-week school holiday will bring down cases that are currently circulating at high levels, particularly in primary schools, and with older relatives receiving booster shots there will be a lower risk of transmission among families at Christmas.

However there is an alternative view among officials that the festive period, with no restrictions on household mixing, will drive up cases of the Omicron variant particularly among younger age groups who are not yet eligible for their booster.

Asked about further measures yesterday, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “We think Plan B is a sensible and proportionate step given what we know about the characteristics of this variant at this stage.

“The Prime Minister was clear yesterday that we will continue to need to keep our response under review as we find out more about this variant, so we can’t rule anything out at this stage – I don’t think anyone would expect us to do that.”