Up the garden path

In the late hours of Friday before last, in their usual haphazard way, the Belgian government revealed their plans to relax the lockdown measures in three phases, starting 4 May. But while this should have resulted in a feeling of euphoria, I couldn't help but feel deflated, as I don't think we are quite there yet, and it's all a bit too much, too soon. I'm not going to go into any detail, but allowing all shops to re-open on 11 May does sound like madness to me, even if the necessary precautions are being taken. I might be wrong there, but I'm definitely not about to hit the shops any time soon! In the meantime, we are still advised to stay at home as much as...