To want a separate section for the Covid 19 Pearl Clutchers?

[Grobagsforever]

You know the ones. Screaming at posters for talking to a neighbour across the street or for taking their child shopping when they have no alternatives. The ones who believe they know better than the WHO and that the virus flies 10m through the air. The ones is truly believe if you live next to massive open fields that you can't walk in them twice a day.

This situation is serious and we must follow the rules. But common sense and science must prevail and Mumsnet has gone insane and largely unbearable since this started.

There is a Coronavirus board.

Yes I know. But it's filled with crazy ppl.

Yes that's why they have their own board

Yanbu

Oh yes!! Can we have a subsection....maybe Covid Crazies or something?
Then they can leave us sensible people alone

Yes I know. But it's filled with crazy ppl.

So what you want is a separate sub-forum? ‘Crazy over Covid’? I can just see people flocking to declare themselves too ridiculous to use the main one.

YANBU it makes an already stressful time much worse with rabid extremists waiting to rip the head off anyone with a reasonable query.

Locovids? Like loco as in crazy?

Well I'm not seriously expecting a separate forum, more just expressing my frustration at levels of stasi like lock down enforcement on here and lack of grasp of science

Yanbu.

Fed up with the people who seem to think everyone should stay home even if they live in the middle of absolutely nowhere and won’t see a single soul going for a walk. Or that kicking a ball about with other members of your family in a field with no one else around whatsoever is somehow completely wrong and will cause the virus to spread.

People have lost all common sense. It definitely brings out the worst in people. Half of them haven’t even read the proper government guidelines.

Tbh I'd rather the pearl clutchers than the ones who are out there playing Russian roulette with other people's lives. If we had to go to one extreme, I'd prefer the safer.

In fairness, MN has always had a separate section for the offencemongers and hyacinths, they just don't use it.

www.netmums.com

YadNBU

Definitely need some sort of indication in the thread title about whether it's an attempting to be positive thread, or a dramatically negative thread.

The constant dramatic negativity is beginning to make me avoid Mumsnet a bit.

Ha! donqui

*Tbh I'd rather the pearl clutchers than the ones who are out there playing Russian roulette with other people's lives. If we had to go to one extreme, I'd prefer the safer.

@BonnesVacances*

But, as I've posted on another thread, it really doesn't need to be either or does it? I think the dramatically negative posters (both on here and on Facebook) imagine that scaring people senseless is the only way to make people stay inside. It isn't, we can appreciate the seriousness of the situation and the need to follow the rules and still celebrate the small green shoots as we see them. My IRL friends and family are all doing a great job of balancing. The people I see on SM..... not so much!

People seem to be getting very uptight since the lockdown. Posters that are normally sensible people have become aggressive and unpleasant bullies.

This is in addition to the regular aggressive bullies and the ones that call out ageism on any post that mentions seeing an older or younger person for any reason at all, or mentioning whether they passed a woman or a man in the street.

It is becoming ridiculous on here these days. We are all in it together, no need to keep ripping people apart when just a measured response would do. if someone is one of the 'AIBU', yes you are, 'NO I'M NOT' brigade by all means have a good go at them but otherwise it's just not right to keep attacking people for asking a simple question.

Agree 100%. Not even sure why I’m coming on here atm.

donquixote

For anyone who wants a calmer haven, come over to the Corona-free board. Threads on various topics already, or start your own.

https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronafreee_zone

Christ id rather people be over cautious than waltzing around risking other people's lives.

We live in strange times and people will do strange things when they're scared.

If you don't like it then stay away from MN 🤷🏻‍♀️

Obviously screaming at people for anything is crazy and not ok. But it's not pearl clutching to not want to die/not want your loved ones to die. There are other reasons why you shouldn't go and play football with your family other than 'the virus can't move 10m so it's fine' or whatever.

Christ id rather people be over cautious than waltzing around risking other people's lives.

Yes because that's what those of who object to scaremongering are doing. I have been practising social distancing for weeks now.

If you don't like it then stay away from MN 🤷🏻‍♀️

Really? There isn't space for different opinions now on Mumsnet? That's actually very sad.

And btw before anyone trots out "stating facts isn't scaremongering" - you're right, it isn't. But stating your opinions as though they're facts most certainly IS.