Coronavirus: Packed beer garden at Stone outbreak pub

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng...e-outbreak-pub (video)

They think it's all over .....

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Great! I was behind a couple from Staffordshire in Sainsburys

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Apparently, 400/500 people we crammed into this pub:



There was no control on the door, there was no distancing inside (or outside, obviously) and there was no recording of customer details - people queued "five-deep" at the bar to get served and pay at a single till.

On the other hand, the Wetherspoons pub over the road was operating a strict one in, one out policy.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...led-names.html

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Perhaps the staff got overwhelmed. I wouldn't fancy trying to confront that many people hellbent on boozing!

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It's privately-owned pub so I guess the owners had no brewery guidelines to follow but the rules for pubs are readily available, e.g:

Covid-19 advice for Pubs, Clubs, Bars and Restaurants selling alcohol

https://www.preston.gov.uk/article/2...elling-alcohol

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Wetherspoons got it right..This landlord couple should be severely punished for allowing the pub to get packed.The rules for re opening of pubs was made extremely clear and one doorman in a town centre pub was totally inadequate.

The old drinking days have gone until the virus is wiped out.
The landlords know that and so do the idiot customers who ignored the guidelines.
It was good to read that at least some of them saw the danger signals and left of their own volition.

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Perhaps those planning to get married next week could do it there.

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I think it was a daft idea allowing the pubs to open.
Near me, all you see is the twenty to thirty somethings strolling around of an evening off to the pub.

The wine bar down the road from me closed on Sunday because a staff member tested positive .... but after a deep clean it was open for business as usual again on Tuesday or Wednesday.

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My God they are close together.

I’m very fond of a pint at lunchtime or in the night time, mainly for the company and a bit of laugh, so it’s true to say I’ve missed it badly over the past six months, tough luck, but common sense tells me the pubs are breeding grounds for this bug, and it’s been proven so all over the World, they are all locking down again because they jumped the gun and opened up the pubs too early, just look at what’s happening in the USA.
I know it’s tough on the young folks, but they are not alone, it’s tough on everyone and the sooner we all pull together and realise this thing will never go away if we don’t stick to the rules and fight it with the only tools we have at the moment—masks and distancing.
We’re all sick to the gills hearing about it day in day out, but we just have to suffer it out, at least it’s still Summertime.

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And the livin is easy.