If we suddenly had to go into a 3 month lockdown again, how would you feel?

[LaurieFairyCake]

I think people would definitely comply. If it was Mpox I would want a smallpox vaccine as it's somewhat effective.

I meant to add that as much as I was for it at first I don’t think they should ever shut schools again. The impact on attendance, engagement and behaviour is still being felt 4.5 years later.

Lockdown can fuck off. I didn’t mind it so much but it did a number on my DCs’ mental health and they are still struggling in some respects. It had major repercussions for them in ways I can’t even begin to write on here (too outing). And I know at least two other YP in my circle who came out of it even worse than my DC.
Neither dh nor I were furloughed but we wfh and it was very quiet.

Don't care, still not going to comply.

I think most people would have no problems with a lockdown if there is a global health emergency.

Most of us thought a pandemic causing millions of deaths worldwide was something confined to the Middle Ages. And then COVID hit. A virus, none of us had immunity against without a cure until the world was vaccinated against it.

I'm not scared of mpox but I'm watchful. The reality of climate change and huge masses of people moving from different continents every day, make the possibility of another virus mutation to become a pandemic a certainty in the future. When? No one knows. Sweden has already the first known case of transmission in the population outside Africa.

Most countries learned a lot from COVID - rolling out vaccines, good hygiene, short lockdowns to prevent transmission and the possibility of working from home. If it happens again in our lifetimes, most people will comply with global health rules and medical advice.

It really would depend what we were locking down against. If it was a disease that seriously effected children (luckily Covid didn’t mostly) then I imagine most people would comply again.

I'd love it, hate going out anyway. I'm definitely a home bird!

I don't think we're in any danger of another lockdown at the moment.

However, that's not the OP's question. If there were one, yes, of course I would comply.
I'm one of those who really didn't see any problem with the last one. I felt it was in our best interests at the time. Despite living alone in a flat, I didn't feel cooped up at all (we were, after all, allowed out - unlike in places like China - and I happily roamed the country lanes every day, delighting in the fact that there were no cars or people!)
I didn't feel out of touch with everyone, we still had telephones, the internet, TV and even face-time (although I didn't bother with Teams and so forth myself, didn't feel the need).

Yes, I was ill myself during that time. Yes, I lost relatives and former colleagues who died and no, I didn't go to their funerals. I still don't think I missed out. In fact I remember the lockdown days as being calmer, less busy, less frenetic, with more community spirit, lack of crime, distinct reduction in pollution from traffic etc. I never did see what all the fuss was about, and I still believe it also saved many thousands of lives.

I can’t see mpox leading to a lockdown - the mode of transmission is different to COVID and, as others have said, it’s not a novel virus. There’s lots of interventions that can be taken before that stage to prevent/reduce close contact and protect people before exposure.

I really don’t understand (and did not understand the whole time we were living it) the comply / don’t comply thing.

Most things we did we simply couldn’t do anymore - school, swimming, gym, playgrounds, libraries, museums, cafes, restaurants, soft play, art galleries etc etc. They just weren’t open (barring schools which were open to a few, not us). It was
nof a choice to comply or not - 95% of the reasons I had for leaving the house were gone.

The only part of another lockdown I suppose I’d have any choice over would be popping to friends houses or hosting? I would probably carry on seeing friends for my own sanity and more importantly, the sanity of my children if they were to have to go through that again.. But really, most of the things I do for leisure would be taken away from me anyway so there would be so little choice involved.

that was the first lockdown, the second proper one was in winter. Cold, no school, my ds went loopy as no school, dd stuck in halls with online uni, but felt being at uni was the better option than home as could ‘break rules easier’.

I would not lockdown for monkeypox or another covid type virus. It would have to be something much worse for me to go through that again. I would respect some distancing measures but I would not shut off myself and my DC again.

I’m not in the UK, and I remember hearing about your rules on the news with horror. It was just bonkers what they made you go through. We couldn’t believe it.

It looks and sounds horrendous,I don’t know about national lockdown but as someone who WFH I’ll happily be putting myself on lockdown if it escalates.

I hope they can get it under control for everyone’s sake.

Personally I wouldn’t comply. Lockdown nearly broke me last time.

Wonder if opinions would differ if all the NMW wage people who kept the country going last time got to stay home and all those who had a wonderful time baking banana bread and sitting in the garden had to cover their jobs.

I wouldn’t comply, we saw what compliance got us last time. The government having parties galore and laughing at the general population for following their rules. Fuck that. If you don’t want Mpox don’t go shagging people that have been to infected regions and you’ll be dandy. It’s bugger all like Covid.

@WickieRoy

"I find it quite worrying that so many posters don't seem to understand that the whole point of lockdown was to get us to where we are now with covid. Covid now vs covid in March 2020 are two very different things, thanks to a combination of treatments, vaccinations and the omicron variants. Lockdown slowed things to allow us to get to this point where no, you don't have to test and no, covid isn't a serious illness any more."

I find it very worrying that posters have selectively changed the narrative today from what was being said at the time.

Initially the stated objective was to "flatten the sombrero", thereafter the objective became vague "saving the NHS", getting rid of Covid altogether (Zero Covid- which was persued by NZ until quite late even when this was shown to be impossible). The "if we lockdown for hard enough and long enough then we get rid of Covid" - which was delusional.

I agree that "Covid now vs covid in March 2020 are two very different things," Yes there is better understanding of how to treat it, yes viruses do tend to mutate to become less lethal but more contagious. The Covid jab like the flu jab benefits large numbers of vulnerable and elderly giving them regular boosters but it was absolutely never a vaccine offering life long immunity.

For everyone else the benefit today of their Covid jab taken three years ago (assuming no recent boosters) is practically zero. As for giving Covid jabs to children that were at a minimal risk from Covid that was just wrong.

Also the average age of death from Covid was 82.5 compared to the normal average age of death of 80.7.

I remain firmly of the view that lockdown has and will cause more harm to society (especially the younger generation) and the economy and most importantly more excess deaths over the long run (missed cancer diagnosis, poverty related etc) than if there had been no lockdown.

Lastly this is not hindsight it was pointed out by many at the time including MN posters, but they were dismissed and shut down as Covid deniers or anti vaxx etc.

Would feel traumatised. Have already been told I can move in with mate if ever happens again. Live alone, could not stand isolation. It would break me

@assumethatIcan you heard very little about other countries lockdowns then, especially the Chinese who were utterly barbaric in their treatment of people. Plenty of countries introduced barbaric measures that were far worse than the UK.

I would only comply with things that were law rather than guidance.
I would use the time to compete all the tasks I started during the previous lockdowns but never got round to completing.

@WhiteButtonMoon

"This makes me feel so angry.
The government paying people to have a lovely time at home.
I was angry about furlough at the time, and I'm even angrier about it now. As in really, really angry about it."

Well you'd be angrier if the economy had completely collapsed and the benefits bill went through the roof because of how many people would be without any money.

I followed the rules last time, apart from at Christmas, and I'm not doing it again. My parents are in their 80s no way am I going to stop seeing them when I don't know how much longer they've got left.
We didn't need to lockdown last time, should have let COVID run it's course. I don't have much faith in KS but I don't think he'd insist on lockdown.

Exactly- I think a large number did indeed "enjoy " the lockdown which for many was effectively a holiday at home.

However the price for this was paid by others principally by young people and the impact on their futures.

I would absolutely not comply.
Fool me once…
Stupid experiment wrecked the economy -severely damaged people’s mental health -discipline in schools deteriorated markedly (I am a teacher in a private school and even in that sector is it is very apparent.

100%

The person on this thread who remembered lockdown very fondly is one of them.

I loved the lockdown