It's not meaningless - it means keep your eyes open for pesky little viruses that are 0.125 microns in diameter, and make sure if you see them to report them to the police.
So to me....if the message STAY AT HOME is replaced by the message STAY ALERT It means I can now leave my home, as long as I am alert to the risks So I can go to see my grandaughter, who has also isolated for 6 weeks so we are both OK I can drive up to London and walk through the park from my other daughter. I can drive to the coast and walk along the beach. I hope all the shops open, so I can buy non essential items too ( I need treats for the pet rabbits, they have scoffed them all in isolation too) ....obviously I will be alert and will try and keep my distance and wash my hands.
Basically a free for all. Staying on course for the herd immunity programme. Why they pretended otherwise is beyond me.
You really don't listen to the broadcasts do you Stan? Shame on you Stamping don't work...What they "do not like up 'em" (c) Dad's Army) is soap. I have a squeezy bottle full of Fairy Liquid. When I see one, it is getting a full blast whilst I sing Happy Birthday twice
No, no, no, no. Robert Generic told Andrew Marr you stay alert by staying at home. Alert means Home in corona speak.
Sound cheers pal. I've heard that if you just wave a Union Jack in their general direction then that's as good as a vaccine!
Call me unpatriotic (and I’m sure someone will do just that pretty soon) but I’m getting just a tiny sense of collective cynicism about the governments ‘new direction’. It’s a bit daft really, because this country, according to the news, is the one where the majority of people of all age groups are more concerned about beating the virus than the damage to the economy, elsewhere - US, Sweden, Germany - its much more evenly balanced. Any ‘loosening’ is due to pressure from Tory back benchers, and their unlikely fellow traveller, Stroller.
