Anti dementors visit the zombie beach

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New thread! Hope the title is acceptable.

[quote Therulerofmyhouse]@Willow2017
I salute you as a carer for those with dementia.

I just find in criminal that those we are supposedly protecting now face the foreseeable in solitary confinement. Not all have dementia, but those who are in care homes as they are unable to care for themselves.

My parents (thankfully) are not at that stage yet but they despair of the fact that this lockdown which is supposedly about protecting their generation is confining so may to lonely solitary lives absent from family and affection.

They say they would rather take their chances and see their end of days out surrounded by their loved ones .

So not only are we harming them but also the younger generations as we have completely fucked up their futures by decimating the economy and caused lifelong damage to their mental health and education as well!

This is some seriously fucked up shit![/quote]
I went to see my grandma on Tuesday, in her garden. She’s 87. Pre lockdown she walked into the village every day to go to the butchers, the charity shop and the library. Probably about 2 miles walking in total with plenty of sit downs in shops/on benches etc chatting to her friends.
Obviously for the past 11 weeks she hasn’t been able to do that. She’s barely mobile any more. She was out of breath and struggling just getting to the garden.
I mentioned this on another thread and a dementor told me it was her own fault for not making the effort to exercise, and we shouldn’t lift lockdown just because she couldn’t be bothered to go out for a walk.

It’s also completely impossible to have a conversation with her from a 2m distance, as she can’t hear me. So not only is she losing her mobility, she also can’t hold a proper conversation. Her husband died just before lockdown (non covid) and she’s so bloody lonely.

Is it worth writing to my MP to lobby him for back to school normally in September? It's too late in reality for this term. I'm already waging a massive campaign with the local school for year 6s to go back this term.

And thank you for this thread and for all you lovely people. You feel like a breath of fresh air in this mad world. I have a friend who won't even go out for a walk because she is so terrified of killing her mother. Those are her words. I'm lost for words - well I wasn't but I do feel our friendship won't be the same going forwards. She seems to have lost any sense of reason.

The amount of people still banging on about how the other day we had more deaths than the whole of the EU.

After 10 weeks of this utter utter bullshit how the fuck have people not figured out how the figures work. That most of those died weeks ago.

@Flippetydip - it’s always worth writing. I email so I can show copies to dd if she asks what I did to try to support her during this time? Reminding them we’re watching helps to hold politicians accountable.

If people can’t social distance due to age or disability that should be fine. It’s like rights and the equality act have vanished. I think the rule should be, ideally a bit of distance outside but as the chances of catching it are so low in the community if you need to make a reasonable adjustment go ahead!

I would write to your MP. Even if they fob you off in their replies, they do keep on eye on the contents of their postbags. The more constitutents they hear from on a given subject, the more likely they are to take it seriously and see it as a voter winner down the road.

Just seen the thread about "if there's no social distancing will you send your kids back" which apparently is "vile" when people are just replying yes.

I hate these fuckwits.

Drivingdownthe101 I wonder if the dementors who blame older people for not exercising in lockdown were the same dementors who went round putting crime scene tape on benches in our town so older people couldn't have a breather mid-walk?

Morning! I stupidly engaged with dementors on the face mask thread, and have been accused of being a DM reporter and "using science as a smokescreen for my libertarian principles" 😂

I think I might need to go out today as I'm getting sucked in and losing the will to go anywhere.

@SomewhereEast

Drivingdownthe101 I wonder if the dementors who blame older people for not exercising in lockdown were the same dementors who went round putting crime scene tape on benches in our town so older people couldn't have a breather mid-walk?

Exactly. I did point out that with benches taped up, shops closed, the library closed etc she could probably only manage to the end of her road and back without a sit down. Apparently she should have been doing laps of her road to maintain her fitness.

I've just been on another thread where government guidelines are being placed above the mental health of friends. Are people actually like this? It's so depressing. Jesus, if my friend was struggling I'd be camped out on her lounge floor. Someone I know of recently lost her battle with isolation through lockdown. Makes me so fucking sad.

@Orangeblossom78 If you go down the eye drop route for DS then Opticrom is a good one. Depends how old he is though. I think it's for age 6 and above.

It's wet and grey and meant to be very windy later. This hasn't improved my mood even though we've had an excellent few days exploring various woods slightly further from our house. There's meant to be a schools announcement for our area on monday. Fingers crossed they'll be allowed to open before summer.

When I spoke to my grandad last, he said he was losing (what little mobility) he had. There is nowhere easy for him to walk and before he'd drive to the village and go for a short walk and church but that isn't happening so he's been at home.

Ds is going back to school in keyworker bubble on Monday. I have stupid guilt about it as still don't see ourselves as keyworker (even though we are on the list) and we could still juggle to keep him at home. I am finding it increasingly difficult to work from home though, both myself and DH need to be in over the next few weeks and ds needs to see other people. I was hoping to hold out until his year group went back but not convinced that will happen until Sept. Think dementor have got to me.

Thanks My elderly dad is missing his lunch club where they meet up twice a week. He's in sheltered housing. He does go out for walks though. He thinks it is him who might infect others like his grandchildren so that is a shame. I have tried explaining it is to protect him really. he is struggling with the isolation I think as well.

Currently stood in a huge queue to get into Tesco before work. All I want is a pint of milk and some canesten

Had a lovely message from DD1’s teacher this morning saying how amazing it was to see some of the class again and that their happy faces and chatter at break time made her cry 😭.

I saw the thread about sending children back in September too... won't go back to it if it's turned nasty in tone.

Little if it helps any DS here is going back Monday and I am not a key worker or anything just for his education and wellbeing. I have been getting the uniform ready and am delighted that they are doing a picnic lunch for them so don't have to make a packed lunch (he wouldn;t have school dinners before) Small things.

Just look at the nice one about how the first day has been, good stuff on there

My yr6 child is back to school mostly full time (fridays are half days) but my yr2 & yr4 obviously arent.

We do qualify as key workers though so now I'm seriously considering sending them in. Homeschooling is non existent as both our jobs are full on. Yet, I feel guilty at the idea.

Should I send them?

@Littlebelina in theory my DH and I (both keyworkers) could juggle to keep the children at home. We don’t though, because it would be good for none of us, including the children. I momentarily felt guilty in March then rapidly got over it.

Good morning. My y6 niece was looking forward to going back to school, then she found out she was going to be in a group with none of her friends with a teacher she doesn’t like. Added to that her return date is 29th July and she’s being offered two half days a week. My sister is seriously considering turning it down now because it doesn’t seem worth it.

The dementors haven’t won because ultimately they can’t, the numbers are going down and life has to get back to normal eventually, there is no other option.

@Khione I use buffs to stop my face freezing when I ride in winter. This one popped up when I was looking for present ideas for a cat lover. I would have picked the tiger one but it was out of stock.

Thanks all. I know deep down it's the right choice as I feel so much better having made it. Just worried about being judged as we are not what people think are keyworker. Screw them though, school know what we do and are ok with it