Allow hairdressers to open
Hairdressers could open where there's room for social distancing, staff wear ppe, clients take necessary precautions by wearing face masks and limit the amount of clients in at a time. The salon I go to could safely have 6 clients and two or three staff members at any one time. Hairdressing salons are very clean and stylists wear gloves most of the time due to colouring hair. Just a suggestion, my hairdresser and I have disgusted this to find ways of salons opening safely. I wonder who's cutting our government members hair? They're very neat and tidy for such short hair cuts, just sayin'
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Hairdressers could open where there's room for social distancing, staff wear ppe, clients take necessary precautions by wearing face masks and limit the amount of clients in at a time. The salon I go to could safely have 6 clients and two or three staff members at any one time. Hairdressing salons are very clean and stylists wear gloves most of the time due to colouring hair. Just a suggestion, my hairdresser and I have disgusted this to find ways of salons opening safely. I wonder who's cutting our government members hair? They're very neat and tidy for such short hair cuts, just sayin'
by Kirstymac74 on May 09, 2020 at 07:08PM
Posted by Lorraine10 May 09, 2020 at 19:19
I’ve 4 kids and just done second round of hair cuts... I’m not a hairdresser.
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Posted by FlufflyClouds3 May 09, 2020 at 19:37
Opening hair dressers just because YOU want a haircut is just asking the hairdressers to die for your benefit. I know that's not how you intended it to come across, but that's how it is. They're MUCH more at risk than any client, as they're leaning in close to many people a day.
We can't just think selfishly or about just ourselves and our families. This is something where we need to consider EVERYONE.
Not to mention that the health service would buckle under the increased strain so many new infections would create.
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Posted by Snavo May 09, 2020 at 19:47
Sure, we all look hideous but since we're not going out IT DOESN'T MATTER! :)
There is no place for vanity when people are dying.
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Posted by pamwaugh May 09, 2020 at 19:48
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Posted by tammymac May 09, 2020 at 19:52
We are going to have to learn to live with the virus and keeping everything in strong lockdown is not possible - and the figures for Scotland are much different to those in England.
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Posted by Bronwync May 09, 2020 at 19:54
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Posted by ArchieM May 09, 2020 at 20:16
You don’t need to use a Hairdresser if you don’t want to. However simply because you do not think it right does not make it right.
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Posted by jenny333 May 09, 2020 at 20:39
The hairdresser gets it and passes it on to all their clients, who in turn, pass it on. Not a good idea.
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Posted by Consider1 May 09, 2020 at 20:40
I understand the concern of some who work in this sector and PPE would be vital , as well as a close monitoring of number of clients and hygiene. But I am also aware of some owners of small businesses who are desperate to get going again with the appropriate control measures.
I think they are vital for people including a massive improvement in mental health and morale and some treatments they offer are important for people. (More than a quick improvement to appearance might be). This lockdown has highlighted how undervalued beauticians and hairdressers were.
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Posted by Lawilson May 09, 2020 at 21:28
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Posted by Kirstymac74 May 09, 2020 at 21:58
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Posted by ArchieM May 09, 2020 at 23:08
For info I was able to purchase PPE on the open market .
Now if as you suggest that dentist PPE is of the highest quality standards ( which for the avoidance of any doubt I have no reason to question) when then are dental surgeries not open and has been reported in the mainstream press are patients extracting their own teeth.
Is that not ridiculous?
Calm down
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Posted by SBremner May 09, 2020 at 23:56
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Posted by Arete May 10, 2020 at 03:51
Steady return to some ever-increasing kind of normality has to be driven by a sound understanding of likely risks, it's not a means to satisfy some arbitrary individual predilection.
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Posted by davidcoffield May 10, 2020 at 07:59
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Posted by lovemachine May 10, 2020 at 09:48
I assume our authorities have the ability to speak cross border to hairdressers in Germany and Austria etc that have reopened. Ask how things are working to understand if re-opening has seen a surge in new cases specifically caused by such appointments.
It is already well documented that some barbers have been driven underground in the UK and are working, some even charging double and profiteering. Best get salons open but ensure we have a set of rules laid down to minimize the risks of transmission as much as possible. Some people will choose not to go if they feel it is too risky, for others it is a case of feeling the best we can be.
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Posted by Feriface May 11, 2020 at 15:12
Some might not go and others will but please consider the fact that those same people who go also need to go to the supermarket where they will get in contact with items that those who chose not to go will also get in contact with. You get the picture. This is complex and we need everyone of us to be unselfish and diligent here. We should only do what we absolutely have to do.
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