What are we supposed to make of this?

A MASS gathering for Greta 

Thunberg in the midst of a 

pandemic

A huge security operation is being put in place in Bristol for a visit by Greta Thunberg that is expected to attract a crowd of around 25,000, most of them children and young people.

Police and Bristol council officials said there would be significant disruption for the youth climate strike on Friday and warned that they could not be responsible for the care of unsupervised children.

The Guardian heard from children and adults across the country, as far afield as Scotland, who have said they will be attending.

Special coaches are being arranged from London, Cardiff, Exeter, Oxford and Birmingham, and rail and bus stations are gearing up for a huge influx of youngsters keen to take part in the strike and hear Thunberg speak.