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Dementors Begone!

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ThatLibraryMiss · 06/05/2020 20:42

Take your shaming and your doom and gloom somewhere else.

Dementors Begone!
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KatsutheClockworkOctopus · 09/05/2020 17:11

Just ventured onto Twitter and backed away slowly when people were seriously suggesting snipers for people sitting in the sun in Hackney.
Lucky they don't know DS and I are going for our second walk of the day soon, (though I may keep under cover of the trees, just in case )

DominaShantotto · 09/05/2020 17:24

Twitter was fuming about the VE Day conga earlier.

Orangeblossom78 · 09/05/2020 17:26

Are these RL dementors mainly in London then? Have not heard any such stuff from people round here (apart from leaf gate man on next-door) just the school mums saying hope you are managing in the madness and at least we have nice walks nearby

SomewhereEast · 09/05/2020 17:34

Orangeblossom78
I was thinking that too (am in Yorks). Most people here seem calm. Just about everyone seems to be observing the rules (the actual rules) although the whole town seems to have come to some sort of collective agreement that the two metre thing isn't always possible & that we're not going to leap into oncoming traffic to observe it on narrow pavements. The town Facebook group has dementor threads but I think its just the people who are normally dementing about parking / bin collections / 'crime' / local yoofs supposedly up to no good etc are now dementing about the lockdown because they have nothing else to do.

Leighhalfpennysthigh · 09/05/2020 17:49

pink don't feel,guilty. You acted with love. X

LilacTree1 · 09/05/2020 17:49

I’m in a rough part of London where social distancing is unrealistic, so I think most londonersare not dementors.

Also, our R rate is lower and we passed peak earlier, so even those following the government see the argument that we should be released earlier. Our peak happened two weeks before lockdown.

CaliforniaMountainSnake · 09/05/2020 17:50

My personal favorite is

If you don't want to follow the lockdown then you'll be happy to be refused treatment from the NHS if you get covid.

Well based on the statistics, yeah OK deal. I'll probably get myself a lotto ticket too.

Orangeblossom78 · 09/05/2020 17:51

Yes out nextdoor has mainly people saying certain places are open for takeaway now (not with bad comments or anything) and stuff about supporting local businesses...a very few comments about social distancing not being great in some shops but that is about it. A cyclist vs drivers one about increasing road use for cyclists is the most feisty at the mo. I'm not on Facebook though but can't imagine the ultra sensible parents being like that. Think they'd be mortified.

psychomath · 09/05/2020 18:04

Well I've had a lovely day Smile My favourite cafe re-opened for takeaway today and the queue was so long they weren't able to shut at the time they'd intended, which bodes well for their future. Got an overpriced takeaway latte (FINALLY) and some homemade bread and ate them in the park. Everyone was all smiles and said hello when we passed, and I had a brief conversation with a stranger about squirrels.

I know this is going back a few pages, but on the subject of schools re-opening I'm getting a bit worried that the teaching unions will make it excessively difficult for the government to re-open at all before September even if it's (relatively speaking) safe to do so. I know it's basically their entire job to argue against re-opening while there's any risk to school staff at all, but it's going to be a long time before the risk is completely eliminated, and in my view keeping all children off for at least five months is going to do a lot more damage than a partial re-opening while keeping the most vulnerable staff and students off. And on such a divisive issue, I really worry about the impact of threatening strike action (not that they have yet as far as I know, but it's likely if they can't come to an agreement) - both on public perception of teachers and within the education community itself, given that we all understandably have strong opinions on both sides of the issue.

This isn't a teacher-bashing post by the way. I was briefly a teacher myself before realising that, frankly, it was an incredibly tough job and I couldn't hack it, so fair play to anyone on this thread who is one! I still work in a school, and it will be impossible for me to avoid contact with kids when we do go back.

Sorry, I realise that's not entirely relevant to the thread, but a lot of my friends are teachers who are militantly against re-opening schools before September and I'm a bit scared to express this opinion IRL.

Drivingdownthe101 · 09/05/2020 18:05

psychomath thats interesting as all my teacher friends are keen to get back before the summer holidays.
Completely agree on the unions thing.

BarkandCheese · 09/05/2020 18:08

If you don't want to follow the lockdown then you'll be happy to be refused treatment from the NHS if you get covid

The people saying this are same ones who normally bang on about how smokers, drinkers and overweight people shouldn’t get treatment.

Jourdain11 · 09/05/2020 18:10

@psychomath My DH is a teacher and he's utterly sick of the way some of his colleagues are carrying on! He objects to teachers being called "front line workers" and says, if Tesco workers are expected to go into work, why should teachers have an issue with it? I think he is actually hoping he'll be back ASAP - probably sick of being stuck at home with me, not to mention the online provision...!

Re. the takeaway coffee, I am jealous! I'm stuck inside, vicariously enjoying the sunshine through the open windows. What I would give to go out for a wander in the park with a takeaway coffee! Sad

AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter · 09/05/2020 18:11

@psychomath
Glad you had a lovely day! I like hearing about people enjoying their time especially at the moment when it feels like fun is FORBIDDEN

psychomath · 09/05/2020 18:11

Orangeblossom78 I always imagine most dementors living in middle-class villages in the South East - no idea whether that's accurate though! (No offence to any rational people living in middle-class villages in the South East.) I doubt there are proportionally as many in urban areas because we're likely to experience the practical limitations of the restrictions sooner.

Although that said I expect several are people who had bad anxiety to begin with and have latched onto this as the latest trigger for it, so those people are probably dotted about everywhere.

Jourdain11 · 09/05/2020 18:11

(Sorry, that came across super self-pitying, poor-little-me!)

Pinkflipflop85 · 09/05/2020 18:12

At our school we are all very keen to get back.

I wouldn't support the union if they even tried to hint at strike action. I would sooner leave the union in that case.

Bollss · 09/05/2020 18:13

Just been asked if I understand I'm not immune just because we've not been anywhere bar the supermarket for 6 weeks.

Errrrm yeah

And would I really risk my child going to school and bringing home the virus to me?

Errrrr yeah?

Jourdain11 · 09/05/2020 18:14

I definitely have some friends who have had problems with anxiety already, who are utterly consumed by this thing. One woman I know is saying she hasn't been outside ONCE since the week before lockdown began! And she's a fit and healthy 29 yo with a fit and healthy partner, no kids, no vulnerable dependents, etc. It is just so sad.

Mascotte · 09/05/2020 18:17

This is being shared by someone who should know better near me:

Dementors Begone!
TheGreatWave · 09/05/2020 18:17

My area has pockets of complete and utter madness, but then a whole lot of dementors too. Sadly they are unable to a) understand the reason for lockdown and b) realise that the higher death rate in the area is due to many factors and not just because a few kids are in a park together. It is becoming very diversive and racially fuelled.

psychomath · 09/05/2020 18:23

AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter don't tell this to anyone else, but... I actually sat down in the park for five minutes to have my coffee. And also got harassed by some very un-timid ducks, much to the entertainment of myself and several passers by.

Jourdain11 I'm sorry you can't go out Sad I haven't read the whole thread so you may have already mentioned the reason, but are you shielding/self-isolating?

if Tesco workers are expected to go into work, why should teachers have an issue with it?

This is exactly how I feel as well, but there are very few people I'd feel comfortable expressing this to in real life, especially as I'm not a teacher and have a much easier job than them. I also get a bit fed up with the "school isn't childcare" line - what does it even mean? Sure, it's not only childcare, but being a place where children are cared for while parents are working is definitely one of its functions in today's society, and it's understandable that parents are finding it difficult now that that service has unexpectedly been taken away!

CaliforniaMountainSnake · 09/05/2020 18:26

@Mascotte

So the asymptomatic thing I don't understand. Its been peddled in the news alot but it doesn't ring true to me.

I'd really like a Dr or scientist to clarify whether it's true.

My understanding of infection spread is that it's done through bodily fluids. So normal transmission would be through kissing, sharing food and drinks, sneezing or coughing near someone and them breathing it in, you getting your saliva on your hands) usually through coughing and sneezing) leaving that on surfaces for other to pick up.

But if you're asymptomatic, then you are not coughing or sneezing. So how are you passing it to strangers. Unless you spit alot when you talk or go around kissing lots of people.

They talk about asymptomatic people like they have a 2 meter oura of virus round them, infecting all in range.

But I can't see how you would infect many people outside of your family group.

psychomath · 09/05/2020 18:29

I wouldn't support the union if they even tried to hint at strike action. I would sooner leave the union in that case.

I would feel similar - but as I said there's been nothing as of yet to suggest this is on the cards, I was just musing aloud. I don't want to accidentally start a scaremongering rumour in the anti-dementor thread!

Jourdain11 · 09/05/2020 18:30

@psychomath Sorry, I should have said! Yeah, I am shielding...unfortunately Sad With impeccable timing, I was diagnosed with acute leukaemia 2 weeks after lockdown so I am having super strength chemo.

TheGreatWave · 09/05/2020 18:32

Poor Bill, he only went out for some bread and milk I know these are non essential and he dropped people like skittles, all because he wasn't psychic.