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Gatherings of more than 2? Misleading?

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LaStreng · 26/03/2020 11:03

Does that mean you can meet one other person from another household outdoors?

The fluffy wording has me and some colleagues arguing. I presumed we shouldn't be meeting up but they're adamant it's OK if it's just 1 other person from another household. Has anyone seen any concrete rules online about this 2 person thing?

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flouncymcflouncerson · 26/03/2020 11:06

I wondered this too. I can’t meet anyone without taking my children so wouldn’t work for me anyway.

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LaStreng · 26/03/2020 11:06

On the gov site it seems to suggest that what they mean is you should be limiting who from your household you go out with but if it can't be helped you can take more of your household out (ie single parents or parents who have no option but to take their kids out if they need to get shooing etc).

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LaStreng · 26/03/2020 11:07

*shopping 😝

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CatToddlerUprising · 26/03/2020 11:07
  1. Stopping public gatherings
To make sure people are staying at home and apart from each other, the Government is also stopping all public gatherings of more than two people.

There are only two exceptions to this rule:

where the gathering is of a group of people who live together - this means that a parent can, for example, take their children to the shops if there is no option to leave them at home.
where the gathering is essential for work purposes - but workers should try to minimise all meetings and other gatherings in the workplace.
In addition, the Government is stopping social events, including weddings, baptisms and other religious ceremonies. This excludes funerals, which can be attended by immediate family.

CatToddlerUprising · 26/03/2020 11:08

Your colleagues are idiots to be honest

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LaStreng · 26/03/2020 11:08

What my colleague said was that no where on that gov page does it say the 2 person gathering has to be one household.

I presumed it was a given. I'm not going to meet up with her anyway but still. I wonder how many other people are confused.

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LaStreng · 26/03/2020 11:09

Im definitely not mixing with anyone! And I assumed there was no way on earth they meant households could mix. But a couple of these women were convinced Hmm

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CatToddlerUprising · 26/03/2020 11:10

It does say it- on the link above

DartmoorChef · 26/03/2020 11:10

If you go out alone you can meet up with one other person to exercise.

Russell19 · 26/03/2020 11:10

The wording IS really misleading.

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LaStreng · 26/03/2020 11:11

Thanks cattoddler I'm tempted to just copy and paste that into the WhatsApp group I'm on.

Really Dartmoor ?

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LaStreng · 26/03/2020 11:12

Russel there's been a lot of contradictions and vagueness throughout this whole thing. I don't think they presented it as clearly as they could have.

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LaStreng · 26/03/2020 11:14

To be fair I stupidly didn't realise I couldn't drive elsewhere to exercise/walk there until yesterday Blush

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Pipandmum · 26/03/2020 11:15

If you meet up with this other person you still need to keep 2m apart. A friend interpreted this to mean she could walk her dog with a friend as long as they kept that distance.

CatToddlerUprising · 26/03/2020 11:15

It’s pretty clear on the gov.uk link above- one form of exercise a day, for example a run, walk, or cycle - alone or with members of your household.

U2HasTheEdge · 26/03/2020 11:18

If you go out alone you can meet up with one other person to exercise.

No you can't.

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LaStreng · 26/03/2020 11:19

I just assumed we were supposed to be avoiding people at all, period. And if you bumped into someone you knew then common sense would have you stand a good distance apart and just say hi in passing etc.

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LaStreng · 26/03/2020 11:19

Otherwise what's the point of a lockdown? 😂

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P1nkHeartLovesCake · 26/03/2020 11:23

You can’t have in person contact with anyone from outside of your house hold.

Boris even said if your friend asks you to meet, say no! Was that not clear enough for your colleagues?

ViciousJackdaw · 26/03/2020 12:04

For fucks sake, I'm sick to the back teeth of this lockdown already. Can everybody PLEASE follow the rules, I cannot take another 3 months of this shit. Many thanks.

NotEverythingIsBlackandwhite · 26/03/2020 13:14

You can’t have in person contact with anyone from outside of your house hold.
You can if they are vulnerable and you are providing care.

e.g. I will have to take a family member who is not a member of my household, to a hospital appointment in April.

VeganVeal · 26/03/2020 16:10

I guess dogging is off for the foreseeable future then, just as the weather was getting better as well

BogRollBOGOF · 26/03/2020 16:17

I was on my walk through the neighbourhood the other evening and encountered a friend on her walk in the opposite direction. We exchanged pleasantries at a safe distance and continued on our ways. The guidence means that had the police encountered us at that moment, they know their priorites lie with the group of numbskulls who'd met up to play football 20m away from us.

We're in this for longer than the 3 week review period, and rules on social contact/ distancing, outdoor exercise etc are trying to balance the needs for protective isolation without too many compromises on physical and mental health. Covid 19 is not the only threat to health/ life out there.