Allow virtually anything, as long as it can maintain Social Distancing.
The problem with making sweeping generalisations, regarding what can open and what cannot, is that it doesn’t allow for individual circumstances.
I agree that it was, and still is, necessary to have started off with that basic premise, closing pubs and restaurants, etc..
...but now that we have all accepted that and “got into the way of doing it”, it would seem only fair to allow people to get back to work or pursue a non-team sport if they can do it safely.
A solitary golfer, for example, or a husband & wife couple from the same household playing a round of golf would seem perfectly reasonable.
Similarly, a solitary electrician doing a small job on someone’s house, without coming into close contact with the householders should be allowed.
The important thing, from a Covid-19 prevention point of view, isn’t the activity. The important thing is the Social Distancing.
That is the clear underlying principle for any or all activities, be they work or leisure. If you can maintain social distancing, then you can do it.
If you can’t, you can’t.
Why the contribution is important
It’s important because it addresses the main foundation of the problem.
It doesn’t just address specifics.
And it allows people to behave responsibly rather than suppress their behaviour.
It allows us to behave like grown-ups, which fits with Nicola Sturgeon having a “grown -up” conversation with us.
eg.
If someone owns a restaurant and feels that they can have tables spaced out, with a resultant 15% occupancy, and maintain social distancing, then why shouldn’t they be allowed to open?
Allowing workplaces etc., to find their own way of maintaining social distancing, would effectively result in a gradual easing of the lock down as more and more places found a way to do it.
It would be a self fulfilling process.
Conversely...
If businesses did this, but were subsequently photographed by the public and proved to be breaking the social distancing rules, then they could be actively closed down by the relevant authorities.
Give people a chance to do the best for themselves and others, without breaking any rules.
Doesn’t help with hairdressers or nail bars, I’m afraid, but maybe they’d be OK if staff had highly effective, hospital standard PPE, and that would have to be further down the line, once there was no longer a PPE shortage.
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