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There is some real frothing going on over on threads that shall not be named. I've also had that 'if the lockdown is lifted it means there's a place for you in ICU' thing on my FB. I have unfollowed etc. How are these people planning to finance staying at home until 2050 or whatever? Do they really think the government is going to finance them one second longer than it has to? 'Staying alive is more important than money' nice emotive bit of bullshit but that's not how the world works.
I came within a couple of days of being made homeless last year. I had a nervous breakdown waiting for universal credit. I was at the food bank every week. These fuckwits need to think about what they're saying. Fuck I'm getting angry again and that makes my head ache.

RunningNinja thank you for checking! That's a very fun fact. I totally got what you meant. Though I was always secretly relieved to receive the consolation prize!

A mother stated "We (partner and 2 DCs) are all staying home until they find a vaccine, health is more important than money"

I know a family like that and tbh I'm getting a bit worried about them. DCs haven't left the house/garden since the start of lockdown, parents clearly starting to go a bit bonkers posting increasingly odd stuff on FB about how this virus is going to kill everyone and the government doesn't care about children dying.

I'm wondering how many people who are determined to stay home at all costs will quietly slip the kids back to school if a) home learning support stops, and b) they aren't allowed to keep the school place.

If schools go back I can understand there being a grace period where attendance isn't mandatory, in fact I expect it'll be very useful for a while if they want to only have half or thirds of a year group in at a time so that they can try to do some social distancing. But it's not going to be like that for the next year, it would be insane. At some point schools are going to say, if you aren't using the place, it's going to someone else, and no, teachers aren't going to keep sending work to do from home, they are already working in school. I expect a few die hard dementors will pull the kids out and homeschool, but I can't imagine that there'll be a huge number of parents who are willing to cut their kids off from school completely like that.

@LivinLaVidaLoki oh no of course, I know it's difficult but what I meant was it's usually the people who aren't being affected financially who are saying "money isn't as important as saving lives." I can't WFH as it's not possible in my line of work so when furlough ends I'll either be going back or signing on to jobseekers if there's still no work for me!

I can’t understand the people who are seemingly happy for this to go on indefinitely. How are they proposing we all live? Not everyone can work from home, and not everyone can adequately home educate their kids (not to mention the lack of socialisation, which we’re apparently not meant to worry about).

It’s the total inability to see beyond their own circumstances that is so infuriating.

It feels like everybody on my Facebook is in the demanding more lockdown camp. Very depressing. I've been going to work every day in a frigging hospital sharing a loo with people working on a ward and an office with people who go daily in to Covid areas. And yet I'm still upright and functioning......
Still if the garden centre thing is truth that will be exciting

The continue lockdown camp are just trying to be right on, half of them are sheep following the line as they *think it makes them suddenly very socially conscious.

The dementorati are really frothing at the mouth, aren't they?! I really don't get why, "stay at home as much as possible is unclear advice. Especially since that was actually the advice in the first place - you could argue that the blanket "stay at home" slogan was actually more confusing!

I do feel sorry for people who feel they have to lock themselves (and, where appropriate, their DC) away. What kind of message is it giving? That the virus makes the world so dangerous that we need to live in a bubble? Or, exist in a bubble, since it isn't really living IMO.

@bookworm14 Ahhh, but the kids won't be able to socialise if they're all DEAD.

They are just running scared

It reminds me of how vocal the left were just before the Tory landslide in December

I suppose some people can stay home, the retired, those on benefits already. I am not sure how I would explain to the benefits office that I could not work until a vaccine was available. Interesting one that.

The VE thread is a hoot a veritable gold mine of misinformation and unintended humour.

I've just seen a tweet on Twitter from a woman whose father has committed suicide as a result of lockdown. Heartbreaking.

After seven weeks my friends are soooo over home schooling. Cannot see a sizeable number of the population adopting this permanently.

@Waxonwaxoff0 a colleague has just lost somebody in similar circumstances. It's desperately sad.

Was reading yesterday that 7 million people are now waiting the list for non corona appointments. Hope none of you plan on getting a non covid illness any time soon.

Yeah I read that too

My pet FB dementor just told me that anyone who's goes out to work on non essential work (their list of essential obvs.) morally needs to quit their job and refuse to go back.

But it's OK people. We can just sell stuff online.

Then when people stop dying we just go back to our normal jobs.

So I'm glad that's sorted.

I'm just going with the flow, anybody else?
Not really bothered one way or the other.

Reading they want the teachers to go on strike now. Well that is helpful (not)

@DrearyWallAntler pet dementor 😂😂😂😂

I'm awaiting a hysteroscopy and biopsy. Cancelled. And as I'm in Scotland and will be locked down forever so my dc will be off school and forbidden to see anyone so I can't go as a day patient, and even if I could I can't get the treatment anyway as I need to take any work I can get and can't choose to take time off

Was reading yesterday that 7 million people are now waiting the list for non corona appointments. Hope none of you plan on getting a non covid illness any time soon

I am one of them! My jaw is locked shut (can eat but can't yawn. Very painful.)

Had a GP appt in Jan. Got a hosp referral for April. Got cancelled and has not been re arranged.

My jaw has been locked shut for about 5 months. I apparently just need to live with this.

Sorry, I'm self pitying this evening, the dementors are winning.

Urgent op cancelled here for OH, not a sign of when it will happen. They are saying September before hospitals start running normally. I think until the dementors need urgent health/dental/optic care this will be the case.