Play dates ?!

[NotquitewhatImeant]

Why are people texting me asking if my son fancies a play date next week? Half our household is in the at risk group...

Please help me with a suitable response?

'Thanks, but we're self distancing, so won't be having any play dates for the foreseeable future.'

I don't think you even need to mention that half your household is at risk, it's not relevant.

I agree - it is irrelevant really. We should all distance ourselves. Good response, more measured than I feel!

Yeah just saying as everyone has been advised to get no closer than 6 feet to anyone else to prevent this killer disease spreading you will not be going to any social gathering as repeatedly requested by the government (I’d be tempted to add - you will just have to entertain your kids rather than using mine to do it whilst simultaneously adding to a public health crisis.

I like that! Can I use it?

Seriously..why are some people sp ignorant and irresponsible.
I like the PP reply of they will have to entertain thier own children.

Do they not understand the basics of the virus and passing it on, with an NHS who cant cope!!

I don't think there is any need to be rude in your response. Everyone is stressed and confused. Just say "Sorry X can't make it as we're going to do the isolation thing for the first couple of weeks"

"No."

HTH.

Wtf is wrong with people. Someone in our class group posted trying to arrange a picnic. I despair..

Life is generally fun has the right idea
why not put the silly woman right

no essential socializing!!
This is not a fucking holiday it is a national emergency that requires people to act responsibly.

This is why they wasn't going to shut the schools. By next week we will be on lock down because people won't social distance themselves.

I keep posting and everyone shot me down!

I honestly despair with this, it is depressing that so many people are just ignoring the advice.

In an ideal world we'd have a healthcare system that can cope with this but we don't. So we all need to do our bit.

It seriously pisses me off that the lives of younger fuckwits like you describe could be prioritised over my elderly parents, who are literally doing everything they can to not catch the virus.

I wish my 75 year old father was "doing everything he can not to catch the virus". He still wants us to visit for Easter as he's got to die sometime apparently. I've told him we're not but I'm prepared for the guilt trip to make us visit him next Easter.

Yes it is depressing. Is it because people are not reading the advice or that they feel it doesn’t apply?

Its not only that we are self isolating @GreenWheat , none of us are supposed to be socialising. I don’t want to be rude but I dont want to be complicit in pretending life is normal.

Governments are going to end up locking people in their houses because of these thickos!

The message is somehow getting lost that
Social distancing is to protect the vulnerable and gain time in the fight against this disease. It is not to protect oneself or ones non vulnerable children.
Isolating is a step up and for those with the virus or their families and contacts or those with specific conditions including being over 70.
I feel so infuriated with all these threads implying that the advice is confusing. It really isn't, it is just that some people always think that they are some sort of exception.
Gyms , nail bars, cafes, pubs etc have to be avoided . It is going to be an awful few months for us all but much worse for the seriously ill and their families. Ffs.