Yeah from what my mate said it’s a bit of a free for all in the South apprantley. Once you’re in there’s very little distancing and you can stand with who you want. He had 12 young kids stood behind him on Monday.

I was in the North yesterday in hospitality and that was well spaced out and everyone wearing masks.

Ah right LTS. So I cottoned on to the fact that the block where I normally sit was completely empty 10 mins before kick off and realised that we had been moved and dumped in the corner to accommodate the prawn sandwich brigade.
I hope you enjoyed the volovants and the view

If your not comfortable now. Good luck when the restrictions are removed. I'm looking forward to wigan away. 25,000 full capacity when we can really get a atmosphere back in the stadium. That's the 25th june isnt it?

I think this is a major problem of modern life. We’ve become so accustomed to benign living, we’ve had the luxury of being wrapped up in cotton wool and then a gentle hint of reality hits with a once in a generation pandemic.

I sympathise with those who suffer from the fear generated by instant media - images of suffering, constant news stories of death and disease, warning signs everywhere you go.

The fact of the matter is though, the disease affects the vulnerable almost exclusively. And the vulnerable are thankfully vaccinated. The results are in and it looks good.

For anyone not vaccinated due to being a bit younger, the virus is a minimal threat compared to bad lifestyle habits, such as not enough exercise, being overweight, drinking poison (alcohol), eating poison (processed crap foods) and so on. Those things are statistically much more dangerous for the under 60s. So if you’re a toned, fit as a fiddle teetotal vegan you’re probably justified in treating the virus as a bigger threat. However, if you like a drink, and a pie and standing in a crowd watching a game of rugby, you may as well accept your ways and just enjoy life instead of panicking about something that really isn’t the biggest problem in your life.

Things are pretty much back to normal now, the vaccine is protecting the elderly and vulnerable so let’s enjoy life. And if it turns out the vaccine doesn’t work then it tough, life has to go on anyway. In that scenario you might just want to change those bad lifestyle habits too!

I see at our stadium they ask everyone to wear a mask, that game at Leeds last night I did not see anyone wearing a mask, are all the stadiums having different approaches to this.

Not sure but it is outside so should be ‘advisable’ rather than mandatory.

Seems a bit daft to me that you can go inside a pub and sit at a table without a mask but must sit outside in a socially distanced stadium and wear one.

Going to be a long time before I attend a stadium again anyway.

I'm not going to try to convince people whether they should or shouldn’t attend or put forward any theories about the virus. If you are eligible to attend, but have not yet done so, then here are my observations from the North Stand – you can make up your own minds.

There have been no queues at the turnstiles
There is a one way system in the concourse, which is well ventilated, and no crowding
Fans are well spaced but I am close enough to the people sat one row in front that we can communicate (this is the guy I would normally sit next to). He’s the closest person outside of my bubble at approx. 2m distance.
Adherence to mask wearing in the North Stand is very good.
The closest contact / crowding is whilst exiting. People bunch but, since everyone is heading the same way, it isn’t a face-to-face situation and it is for less than 5 minutes.

Are you seriously that in fear of your own health?.. Can only assume that you aren't that healthy to start with, to feel like that?

I dont know if this does deserve a thread or it maybe worth asking here. So if mods wanna separate the threads. Then be my guest.

But what is everyone's thoughts on here about the virus in general and the approach we have taken.
I've not stopped working. I've not worn a mask (exempt, but wouldn't wear it anyway) and I've seen it for what it is. A flu.
I've seen the stats. It has not been that bad at all. Yes. It's sad that people have died but when the average death from the virus is 82 years and 3 months and the average death from anything in england is 81. You can kinda see a pattern forming. And I hate the goverment and main stream Media for the scare tactics imposed at the start. Which has continued since.
You cant have a alternative view and speak up. Because big tech wont allow a opinion and if you go against fouchi in america. Your banned from places like youtube. And that's not just Americans. That's english youtubers as well even of whitty says otherwise. And you generally cant have a opinion on newspaper comment sections because the comment sections get closed because they dont want people to have a opinion contrary to the opinion on what the article says.

wire2004 - I generally agree with your sentiment, however, I think the time for this debate has long passed. I think the more interesting one is the aftermath & the obvious fear that some people now have of returning to a normal society, shown by people stating things like a reluctance to return to the HJ to watch a game.

It's becoming pretty clear that the result of government & media propoganda is going to cause far more issues, which will harm our society, than the virus ever did.

Maybe, this has nothing to do with Covid.

I've changed jobs with no problems during the so called pandemic and I am now working for o2. And I am on the phones and get to speak to many people who are struggling now and I have to look at so many accounts and look to help them in anyway I can.
I've been saying this for absolute ages. It's not the pandemic that we have had that is the problem. The real consequence is going to be the next 2 years. The people who are in so much debt now. The people who have the mental problems as a result from this. The people who have lost there jobs as a result of this. The people who will suffer as a result of this. And also for the people who will lose there lives due to the consequences of the pandemic and everything mentioned above.

Will the goverment take responsibility for the aftermath of the pandemic and the consequences of the next 2 years. I doubt it. They've crippled the country as it is with the economy we are going to be in for the next god knows how many years.

I'm happy for a COVID/Government discussion but not so much on a Fans returning to the HJ thread. If you want to carry on can I suggest that we have a new OT one please?

And keep it respectful of opposing views as well