I can't believe the over 70's issue was stilll being discussed! This has come up soooo many times and the record's been put straight. Thank you Two hoots. As far as I understand it and I've said probably umpteen times on this or other threads, Government advice for over 70's was NEVER that they had to stay at home nor that they were advised to, like I said in my previous post, they (along with other vulnerable groups) had to take extra special care to observe social distancing and all the other advice measures during lickdown and since. The media together with the incompetent Matt Hancock are repsonsible for all the confusion. Exactly as you have posted Two hoots. The key words are "to be particularly stringent in following social distancing measures." NOT "Stay at home completely" ( like the shielders).
At one point our esteemed health sec muddled up the vulnerable with the clinically extremely vulnerable (shielding group) on one of the briefings which led to a media storm. If over 70s had to stay at home why would there have been shopping slots allocated to them and the other vulnerable groups?
What companies advised their staff re going to work is a completely different matter....
Hurdity x
