@TrustTheGeneGenie I read that thread. They were so aggressive! But on the positive side, there were actually many who agreed with you and they were the ones making the rational comments. The Dementors might call them flat earthers, but it's actually them who have no ability to rationalise further than, "it's a pandemic, ffs!"
In relation to those who were worrying about the effect in the mental health of kids who have parents shielding - it's the parent's fucking responsibility to make sure that their kids aren't worrying about that! And it can be achieved with sensible measures. My kids know, for example, that I need to minimise infection risk. So when they come in, they wash hands, change their clothes and then we have a hug or whatever and they tell me about their day. It's not rocket science. As a "clinically vulnerable parent" I feel quite strongly about it! It's just taking sensible everyday steps and reassuring - nothing else.
And for those advocating that kids should spend all day outdoors - for crying out loud! Do they live in the real world? A. Teachers couldn't teach outside (I honestly think my husband would resign post haste). And kids get cold! DD2 gets freezing at the drop of a hat (partly I think because she's skinny as a whippet) and is always moaning about how cold it is in the playground and in the classroom with the windows open, etc. etc.
Some people... like they fell out of the tree of stupidity and hit every branch on the way down. (Fairly sure this French expression doesn't exist in English, but I hope the translation does the job!)
Lol, sorry, and Happy Christmas! As happy as possible, I hope. Eat, drink, talk, indulge in black humour, wait to see which cabinet member gets busted by the press for breaking the restrictions and enjoy their humiliation when it happens, and try to share as much fun and love as possible 
