The government has told hairdressers and beauty salons to keep it simple when they reopen next week. Guidance published on the Government’s website says hair and beauty salons “should consider providing shorter, more basic treatments to keep the time to a minimum.”
Brits who want to book lengthy procedures like extensions or highlights, might be out of luck. The guidance also says that when doing longer procedures such as braiding or massages, workers should consider how to minimise the length of the appointment.
Labour MP Judith Cummins co-chairs the Parliamentary Committee on beauty. She told The Telegraph:
It’s very difficult to make a living if you’re given guidance that is very woolly and very unclear. What’s a short appointment, and what’s the medium appointment, and what’s a long appointment? I’ve got no idea, and I doubt whether the Government has any idea either.”
Businesses that are on life-support desperately need to get punters back int the door. Before they open, they are being hamstrung by an out of control government. This really is tyranny. 
Around 5,000 hair and beauty businesses have already closed, and the British Beauty Council estimates the industry will shrink by around 20 per cent as a result of lockdown.
When salons open on Monday, staff must wear PPE, including a visor. Customers must wear a face mask when they are sitting in waiting rooms. The guidance says salons should operate an appointment-only system to avoid a build-up of customers in waiting areas.
Music must be kept at a low volume to avoid customers having to raise their voices and risk spreading the virus through droplets. Visitors must register their details with NHS Test and Trace on arrival.
Imperial College London runs the REACT study, which measures covid levels in society. Yesterday, it announced that 1 in 500 people in England has the virus. That equates to 0.2 per cent of the population.
This week, University College London published a study that suggests the UK has already reached so-called herd immunity. When asked about this yesterday, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock squirmed and floundered.
There is no pandemic. There never was a pandemic. Surely even the most obtuse among us, can now see that this is not about a virus?
