71, 354 net departures in February. That’s 1% of our population. Adding to another one percent in January. And March 1st half is 43,200. Some may return, of course. But one wonders how many. Surely not as many as returned after 1997 handover when the worst fears were not realised.
On another page reports that two government pandemic advisers are advising: (1) gradual opening in late April or May or (2) even more gradual opening. So it’s either bad or worse, by those being driven crazy by the closures, or being driven bankrupt. Everyone we know here, who is not born here, and has another passport, is talking of leaving. I’ve thought of it myself, though the positives still outweigh the negatives.
