I am not intending to be dismissive of anyone that has died through this awful tragedy, but over here we have had just over 1200 deaths and more than half of them have been in nursing homes - tragic as those deaths undoubtedly are, the reality is that we have had just over 500 deaths occur in what I would call the outside world, and a lot of them have had pre-existing conditions, and that to me is not huge numbers. I understand that even one life lost is one too many, but I still believe that our numbers are low enough that we should have some easing of restrictions, but it seems that our government are split on the issue and the 2 big power brokers are likely to come down against easing restrictions
Personally I feel that people have had more than enough of this lockdown now, but I also believe that whenever our sanctions are eased we will see numbers go up again - where I differ from many is that I believe the increase will happen whenever sanctions are eased regardless of how long down the line that is, so I feel that they should ease sanctions slightly NOW and give people 2 weeks with some bit of freedom to refresh and it will be easier to sell the idea of needing to close down again when the numbers increase. What we are more likely to see however, is an extension of the current lockdown sanctions and fed up people getting more fed up and throw in the towel and not comply
I hear and read people over here and in the uk saying things like how sport shouldn't resume again this calendar year, and it still confuses me - are people expecting a vaccine to be created by then ??? If they aint expecting that to happen (and only a fool would), then what exactly are they looking for to happen before they feel that sport can resume ?
I'm talking about sport here, but the same applies to every day life like pubs etc. and barring a cure is found, I dont see how these people can change their stance. Yes we will probably see a significant decrease in numbers, but it is fantasy land to think that we can get the numbers down to zero, so how low do the numbers need to go for people to get on board with a resumption of contact sports and everyday life ?
I know that for me we are nowhere near that point yet - if football returns now it will only be for financial reasons, cos every other aspect would tell us that it shouldn't come back for at least another 2 months. That being said, I do feel that it is ridiculous at this moment of time to start writing off the rest of this calendar year, and I don't support any suggestion that contact sports shouldn't be allowed back "until it is safe to do so", cos that for me is too open for interpretation (sp
) and could be some mythical day years down the line
, but I hope all of you and your families are well. Grim times, almost like watching a latter day Arsenal season, but it could be worse....Arsene Wenger could be running the NHS, with Xhaka as his Chief Medical Officer ! 
