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Salon Owner Plans To Open During Lockdown

A hair salon owner, who tried to use the Magna Carta to justify staying open during November’s lockdown, has said she plans to break the rules again. Sinead Quinn kept Quinn Blakey Hairdressing open despite all salons being ordered to close during the second national lockdown. She has already racked up several fines, worth £17,000, and has not paid any of them. Some of Ms Quinn’s recent posts and comments on social media indicate she is planning to breach the current lockdown rules during ‘the great opening’ on January 30.

Some people have been using #thegreatopening to promote businesses flouting coronavirus restrictions and opening at the end of January. The hairdresser encouraged people to ‘get up and open businesses’ with an Instagram post four days ago. She shared a video criticising the Government for not knowing enough about the vaccine and captioned it: ‘In February you can bet your life savings that Covid-21 will be here and so will your lockdown. ‘I’d like you to sit back and watch it all play out but we’re running out of time. Stop, listen and think about everything he’s saying. ‘Stand up for your freedoms. 30th January. Get up and open your businesses, go out and support those businesses.

Last week Ms Quinn posted a picture with ‘#thegreatopening’ and in the comments section told someone: ‘Yeah we’re all opening regardless of lockdown. They can’t control us all when we stand up to them.’ It is unclear how many businesses are participating in ‘the great opening’ or who is organising it, but some accounts on social media have used the hashtag to call people to ‘join the revolution’. Last year Ms Quinn quoted the Magna Carta as her defence for opening the salon, in Oakenshaw, during lockdown. The Magna Carta allowed barons to rebel if they felt the king was governing them unfairly but it was never enshrined into English law. Kirklees Council took her to court and she was forced to close her salon, with no one allowed on the property unless they lived there. The council is putting together a case that could give them the power to impose an unlimited fine because she has not paid her existing fines. A National Police Chiefs’ Council spokesperson said: ‘We are at the most dangerous stage of this pandemic and each of us has a personal responsibility to do everything we can to stop the spread of coronavirus. PM: Schools will be a priority, 'looking at relaxing some measures' by mid-Feb Play Video Loaded: 0% 0:00Progress: 0% PlayMute Current Time0:00 / Duration Time5:51 Fullscreen


We will not hesitate to issue fines to those deliberately breaching the regulations with no regard for the safety of others.’ The Government may start to loosen lockdown rules before February 15, the Government’s deadline to vaccinate its top four priority groups, Boris Johnson said today. ‘Before then, we’ll be looking at the potential of relaxing some measures – but don’t forget that this country has made huge progress in reducing infection,’ he said. ‘I don’t think people want to see another big surge in infection. We’re looking at the data and trying to work out when we’ll be able to lift restrictions. ‘Schools obviously will be a priority but I don’t think anyone will want to see the restrictions lifted so quickly, whilst the rate of infection is still very high so as to lead to another great spread of infection.’

 
My cousin lives in the US and was the one of the first salons in the country to open back up. Her state allowed it but there was an uproar from people who were afraid.

Here's what happened...no one caught covid from her salon. No one died from being at her salon.

My cousin went to great lengths to protect her employees who chose to return as well as her customers. Her employees needed to make money to feed their children and the piddance that the government was giving them wasn't sufficient. She wasn't being selfish at all by opening her business back up. She did the right thing and it worked out.
 
All the lockdowns, power and control by govt and our lives has gone too too far as I see it. So many lives lost, I am new here but have been following all the lockdown control since March 2020. I am not apologizing for my beliefs on all this. There is so much depression out there due to people losing their livliehoods and more. And the damaging being done to our children is horrific. I csn go on and on about this too. Talk about psychological damage, yes .

I live in the golden state of CA and so many are leaving for say a state like FL that does not control as CA and others do.. Very very sad.
 
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A bit OT, but not really, people NEED to build their own immune systems and this is the reason for so many covid deaths....weak systems....THis includes Vit C, Vit D, Zinc and I take Grape Seed Extract for decades. So many who have died I believe have been very low in Vit D.
 

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