Until now I always thought that the prize for the most stupid Coronavirus measure would go to the 10pm curfew – something that endangered public health as well as the economy. But the decision to allow people to form a three-household bubble in order to meet up with family 1/6

....with family at Christmas as long as they don’t do it in a pub or restaurant sets a new level of inanity. Here’s the thing – we already know that people having close contact with others in their own home is a key driver of transmissions whilst a hospitality setting is not. 2/6

It may come as a surprise to @boris and his colleagues but not everyone lives in a huge house with plenty of space. Three households gathering in a relatively small space is clearly a high-risk situation – this is likely to be the case in a majority of private homes. 3/6

Conversely meeting in a pub or restaurant with mechanical air changes, a strict cleaning regime, hand sanitisation and other Covid-secure protocols would be immeasurably safer. This is just clear and simple logic supported by strong evidence. 4/6

I just despair at the lack of common sense as much as the unnecessary damage to the hospitality industry. It leaves me thinking that there is something much more sinister behind all this. 5/6

The sheer spitefulness of some of these decisions lead me to think that there is an underlying agenda within Public Health England and other bodies to permanently damage the hospitality industry. Certainly protecting public health is not served by this. 6/6

The sheer spitefulness of some of these decisions lead me to think that there is an underlying agenda within Public Health England and other bodies to permanently damage the hospitality industry. Certainly protecting public health is not served by this. 6/6

This is even confirmed by members of SAGE: