UK: People with COVID in England won't need to self-isolate

[George II]

Source: Associated Press

By JILL LAWLESS
45 minutes ago

LONDON (AP) — People with COVID-19 won’t be legally required to self-isolate in England starting in the coming week, the U.K. government has announced, as part of a plan for “living with COVID” that is also likely to see testing for the coronavirus scaled back.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said ending all of the legal restrictions brought in to curb the spread of the virus will let people in the U.K. “protect ourselves without restricting our freedoms.” He is expected to lay out details of the plan in Parliament on Monday.

“I’m not saying that we should throw caution to the winds, but now is the moment for everybody to get their confidence back,” Johnson told the BBC in an interview broadcast Sunday.

“We’ve reached a stage where we think you can shift the balance away from state mandation, away from banning certain courses of action, compelling certain courses of action, in favor of encouraging personal responsibility.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/boris-johnson-coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-pandemics-2a717a276b483431f30622f7fa7602cb

[Javaman]

1. "living with COVID" and dying with covid.

good luck with that.

[tanyev]

2. "Personal responsibility" is the reason you need mandates.

[BlueIdaho]

3. Hard to know...

In the UK 85% of all those 12 and over have had two jabs and nearly three quarters have had the third booster shot. With vaccination rates like that this may not be all that careless of a decision. One thing is sure, our world is not their world.

[Bayard]

4. AND.....the Queen just tested positive

At this point, I think I'll be wearing a mask for the rest of my life.