The UK Government has issued new guidance: "Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19)"

It explicitly instructs employers to dissuade workers from using PPE, no matter the setting, claiming it's "not beneficial" to protect against COVID-19.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/construction-and-other-outdoor-work

The same negative "advice" has been issued to those working in the following settings:

Other people's homes

Shops and branches

Offices and contact centres

Labs and research facilities

Vehicles

Restaurants offering takeaway or delivery

Factories, plants and warehouses

There's similar guidance for schools, aimed at safeguarding children & staff.

It states PPE & face masks are not needed except if a child starts exhibiting symptoms & needs care, at which point the teacher better have a full kit ready...

Purest fantasy!
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-implementing-protective-measures-in-education-and-childcare-settings/coronavirus-covid-19-implementing-protective-measures-in-education-and-childcare-settings

The best part, from the Government's point of view, is this turns every single firm and educational establishment that follows the advice into an accomplice to what happens next.

Instead of it just being the Tories killing people, it will be thousands and thousands of entities.

Blood shared is blood halved.