Coronavirus- Not following the rules

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I'm finding it really unsettling (she says hoping I can type the words as my hands are so cracked from constant washing!) that people are not taking this seriously!

I have 2 elderly parents who have underlying health conditions so I'm pretty worried about them, my sister and niece are living with them (thank goodness!) and I had to drop them over a thermometer as they couldn't get one - they are well so far but live in a high Covid positive area.

I was shocked on my way to them that there were people chatting on the street. There were skip deliveries, builders doing work and a lot of people just blatantly ignoring the rules!

I've not been out in a week aside from a walk round the block with the kids (where we live people are very good and taking it seriously). Thank goodness for PE and keep fit online!

I know it sounds horrible but unless some of these people's nearest and dearest die around them I think they won't change.

Stupid!

There are many many threads on this,zero need to start a new one.

🙄 Another, just go to the corona section or scroll down a bit 😴

I think as long as you are doing the right thing and so are your parents then you really cannot worry about what others are doing. You can’t know what social distancing was observed with skip deliveries, you can’t know whether those chatting in the street live together and builders have been told they can carry on. Just worry about yourself otherwise madness lies.

Not everyone lives and breathes MN so, weirdly, they might not know about other threads.

OP you can only do your bit and hope your DP’s do their bit to safe guard themselves. It’s weird times.

I was feeling that way a few days ago, but I've decided to concentrate on what I can do. I can't change other peoples behaviour but I can make sure I'm following guidelines ( and my immediate family ).
I can advice my siblings and DM, but I can't force them to abide by the rules .
I keep hoping enough people will abide by the rules for the measures to be effective.