Oil on canvas

PUBS ARE OPEN!

Less contamination, fewer deaths. Appearance of containment of Covid 19.

Schools were still closed and it was suggested in some quarters that it was a choice of either opening schools or pubs. The need for a more “vibrant” economy meant priority to pubs (in England only).

People went to celebrate, forgetting or ignoring the rules, with local closing down of pubs and a rise of infections that was difficult to control. The test and trace system wasn’t working then
(and not that well now, 5 months later……)