Despite precautions, I find myself my first "cold" for about 3 years.
March2020 saw me with something altogether nastier although we have no way of knowing whether it was COVID or something else.
Yesterday I had a sore throat, today I'm full of snot - two LFTs indicate it's just a cold.
But even this gives me slight worries about going anywhere - the last thing people need is yet another different illness to cope with. I know we wouldn't have thought twice about it a couple of years ago - I'd never have let some slight snotties impact my work or more social plans.
Yesterday, I really didn't fancy beer so settled on a combination of pear juice and some fizzy water.
Right now, I could kill a pint but I really don't want to pass on whatever I've got - and I also don't fancy being the ill person sitting in the corner of the pub - so we'll give it a miss (again) today.
It's eerily quiet around the offices next to the flat - and I'm pretty sure that'll translate to fewer people in the good beer places.
The measures announced today will help a little bit - but the uncertainty about just when further restrictions will hit will make planning a nightmare.
I strongly suspect that those making the decision just think you can close the doors and take away the half-opened bottles of wine for home consumption and then leave the rest to look after itself, without any further impact.
They probably don't understand (or care) about beer being a live thing since they probably just have bottles and cans in the fridge.
So I'm still coming down on the side of trying to support my much-loved outlets nearby since, once they've gone they don't come back and that would be a tragedy.
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