Its not crass, they have to PLAN, no decision will be made until a few days before the PLANNED start. The final decision will be made by the experts. If it’s not safe to do so they won’t be starting anything. Do you really think if it wasn’t safe they’d just start anyway? The PL aren’t bending over backwards at all, why on earth would they? They are leaving their options open........hoping. Just like hundreds of thousands of companies are doing by furloughing, buying time hoping it settles. Or can’t these organisations have a plan? It’s probably not going to in the time frame they want it to though, so it’s it’s all moot anyway. No need to be so outraged though.