Possibly.
In either case, without the vaccines, we'd be faced with the choice between perpetual total lockdown or India style funeral pyres as we can't bury or cremate that number of dead
Yes. And better than that. Even if you did catch covid, you are very likely to have a lower viral load and less likely to pass it on.
Delta is one formidable opponent however.
a) delta likely mutated in India at a time very few were jabbed
b) Yeh, there's been coronaviruses before, back through the centuries. They would have probably caused a high number of untimely deaths, which is less tolerated now we know they can be prevented
c) agree this winter is likely to be...
Fairly obviously caused by the delta variant having an R , 2 to 3 times greater and possibly twice as likely to result in hospitalisations.
Without vaccines we'd be in truly deep s***
On a legal level, all business owe a duty to carry out reasonable steps to keep it's staff and customers safe.
But yes, this shouldn't be Barber making the decision. He's not a scientist.
My view is that the club owes a duty of care to it's matchday staff and paying punters to try to mitigate the risks as much as possible.
I support the idea of proving vaccination as a condition of entry.
In any case, this should be done at government level as the risks of mass transmission at...