Anyone else think F&@@ it after today's briefing?

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After today's briefing, anyone else half thinking screw it, if Cummings can make up the rules as he goes, why the he'll can't I interpret them as I set fit too?

I have a clinically vulnerable child and have stayed indoors and been so strict the past 12 weeks, but even I'm now beginning to think what's the point? Clearly the govt does what it wants, why the hell should we listen to the govt any more? Lost all faith in them.

No. Just because a member of the government had been an idiot doesn't change the fact you have kept your DC safe and need to carry on doing so.

Yes. I'm furious.So many people have genuinely suffered to stick to the rules. Really suffered.I can't stop thinking about the teenager who died and was buried on his own.
The hypocrisy is sickening.

I am so angry and disappointed. I've Followed every rule to the letter... but now it seems we can just interpret the rules as we see fit as parents?? Use our common sense? I will not be taking every so literally from now on, and yes will be using my own common sense and instinct to do what I think is right for my children. Clearly we are not in this together.

Im beyond furious. I haven't seem my disabled adult child for weeks.
Yes cos I follow the rules.
And that wanker. Can do what he likes and keep his job. Wtf

Nope.

The left have taken it to the extreme as usual.

Because Cummings put his own elderly parents at risk please do not, in your anger, do the same with your own loved ones

The press conference was appalling.

I think you should definitely put your child at risk because of a choice that Dominic Cummings made. Very very sensible decision to take as a parent.

I personally don't see why people stopped using their common sense all along. At the start of lockdown the rule was to leave the house for exercise once a day. I personally went out about 10 times a week once a day with the kids and for a run 3 x week. Yes it was against the rules but I was very strict on social distancing and handwashing etc. DH has been wiping down everything we touched for weeks. Not a "rule" but he used his judgement and felt it was a good dea.
The government said that people can have unlimited exercise and drive to recieve it, so whole hoards of people flocked to the seeside knowing full well they wouldn't be able to social distance. Where was the common sense there?
Why does it have to be all or nothing?

Limeandsodit- please explain what on earth this has to do the ‘the left’.

@Limeandsodit

how long have you been on mn for?

He says schools are opening in a limited way from June 1st. By June 1st, of course, that may have changed.

People are still becoming infected and dying; less so which is good but still too many.

I don't know what the answer is, frankly. I have little faith in the government but wonder if any other would have done much different.

@Teacher12345 so if your HD had covid would you drive across the country in case you got it and felt too ill to look after the kids... just in case?

My Tory voting parents are beyond upset. I have never heard them talk about any Conservative leader this negatively. I think the PM has miscalculated. Law / rule abiding people are rightfully bewildered at Boris Johnson.

@Lynda07 I have little faith in the government but wonder if any other would have done much different.

Just about every other country in the world has done better.

I think we have the second highest death toll in the world per million?

Im beyond furious but doing what he did doesnt make it any better.

We have to keep pressure on that he, and now Johnson, must go. That's what shoukd happen, not an anti lockdown that puts you at risk.

Well, I think Dominic Cummings is a fucking piece of shit.

I'm not breaching the Talk Guidelines btw. I'm just interpreting them as I see fit, as a parent

I have a clinically vulnerable child and have stayed indoors and been so strict the past 12 weeks, but even I'm now beginning to think what's the point? Clearly the govt does what it wants, why the hell should we listen to the govt any more?
The virus is still there and you still have a vulnerable child...but yeah sure crack on

The left have taken it to the extreme as usual

What's it got to do with the left? Criticism of Cummings and Johnson in practice seems to cross the entire political spectrum, including amongst the press.

Yes, absolutely!! Apparently we should all have simply been following our instincts and to hell with the rules. Wish I'd known that a few weeks ago!

@Limeandsodit
I really don’t think it’s « the left» who have massively cocked up and let the whole country down at the moment, do you ?
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@limeandsodit not really. I'm not really right or left and I am in disbelief at the message the government has sent today. Boris has made an awful decision to back this guy.

@madroid I would make that decision if needed. My parents live an hour away and if I felt there was a chance that we would both be unable to care for the kids then yes, I would consider it. I think alot of things would contribute to this decision though. If they were both over 7, I probably wouldn't as my 7 year old is capable of making toast and sandwiches etc so wouldn't starve. My youngest definitley couldn't care for herself so yes, it I needed to with just her (assuming we didn't have the eldest) I would.

Its a very hard pill to swallow.
We have stuck to the guidelines, very firmly. I miss my family so much.
And when I think of Ismail, whose parents couldn't even be with him or attend his funeral... it really does anger me.
I do understand that he maybe needed help with his child, but the way it was done, seemingly blase, and risking the health of so many others!
The guy doesn't seem to give a toss either.
I'm in NI, so different politically.

Johnson and Cummings are two cheeks of the same arse, quite frankly. I'm doing everything I can to protect my family (and with a key worker DH this is a constant worry). We're clearly NOT all in this together; we need to look after each other because those in power are demonstrably only concerned with themselves.