To ask whether you would support a further lockdown?

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Posting here simply as I don't know if voting can be enabled outside AIBU.

Vote yes- You would support further lockdown of this extent
Vote no- You would not support a lockdown of this extent after the current lockdown period

Personally, I would be happy for restrictions to slowly be lifted after this. Amongst my friends, I feel I am in the majority.

One of the only good things to come from this I feel is that when this is all over we will have a massive demand for a more Socialist and United world government

I am not sure how I missed this, @Kasabian23. But I certainly now wish I hadn't read it at all.

Thank goodness the public don’t make the decisions. We need to stay in lockdown until the pandemic is under control. If we don’t there will be a second peak and another lockdown. So yes I will support it because I don’t want to die.

To answer the original OP, yes, I would support another period of lockdown if that is what it takes to save lives and prevent the NHS becoming overwhelmed by slowing the virus down.

I am not underestimating the struggles and sacrifices many of us are having to endure, but I do believe they are necessary. Most are mere inconveniences in the grand scheme of things, but others are more serious, or very serious. The urge to come out of lockdown is understandably strong, but I think the risks are still too high, and so it would be a grave mistake. The daily death rates are sobering. I would be surprised if today's lower rate continues beyond a day or two. We are already well beyond 20,000 deaths and will likely be well beyond 30,000 deaths by the end of next month.

We have a friend who is ex WHO and still in a similar role. I trust their judgement. Lockdown and social distancing is not enough, and alone will not get us out of this mess. We also need widespread and reliable testing, contact tracing, treatment and a vaccine. We need reliable evidence about whether the virus can reinvigorate in those who have had it and whether antibodies give immunity and if so, for how long too.

Like most people, I wish I could wake up and find this was just a bad dream. But it is real - a global and national pandemic and emergency, the like not seen for a century. Few of us have experienced anything like it before, and hopefully won't again. Much as we hate it and want to kick against it, we have to deal with it. In my own community I have seen the mixing of households: 3 mums out for a walk close together, 2 teenage boys cycling together, 4 teenage boys walking and hanging out together - all going back to their own individual households where the adults, (because they need to), are going out to work, one in a high risk profession, or to the food shops and supermarkets. I am also aware of countless people driving or cycling here from the surrounding towns and cities umpteen miles away 'to exercise', well outside of their local areas - under the government and public health guidelines, only those caring for those with significant additional needs such as learning disability and autism are allowed to do this if necessary to meet those needs. I have seen someone else on camera at their second home. But I am as much against those who think the law and guidelines are not for them, as I am those who seek to name and shame on social media or shout at people in public, or post nasty notes through letterboxes or damage cars. We all need to support each other but especially our keyworkers and vulnerable, be it because of health, disability, mental heath, domestic or child abuse or hardship. I do believe that our generations will be remembered and judged by how we respond. We are still in dangerous times. We are not out of the woods yet.

@Cantata why not? I have given up the new age mysticism a long time ago but even so, a part of me can't help but feel this pandemic is nature's way of reminding us in the west that we have been consuming the world's resources at an alarming rate and warring with each other over selfish and greedy things isn't the way to go anymore.

I really think that when this is all over humanity will take one big look in the mirror and realise that we are all just the same the world over and that individual nations are just a way to keep the people in check. We are heading for a kinder world but first we need to make sure that as many of us survive until then. THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT WE ALL OBSERVE LOCKDOWN FOR HOWEVER LONG IS NECESSARY.

I don't support any lock down because there are not proper rules in place, my poor cousin works in a store and has had queues of people wanting to buy hot tubs! What is the point in lock down if people are allowed to go out to purchase items such as hot tubs!?

None essentials Should be taken of the shelves whilst lock down is in place...

Would not agree with another lockdown but would comply. I just dont see the point of UK in lockdown if other countries cannot or will not and our borders are still open.

Absolutely would support another lockdown
The government are trying to save our lives and being slated for it .... just cannot understand why ..
Lock down is awful but it has to be until the data and the scientist say we are safer .....

Seeing that Italy is keeping their schools until September, I fear we are headed that way too.

I hope very much that the government makes its decisions based on solid science as well as best practice. I hear that Germany fares much better in terms of death toll because they have much more ICU capacity.

That makes me very sad for us here in the UK as many deaths would have been preventable if the government had invested in these life saving facilities.

Saying that people in Germany pay heftily for their health care. I believe their system is based on citizens paying half of their health insurance out of their pre tax salary and employers paying the other half IIRC from my uni days.

Students, the unemployed and pensioners don't pay I think. People belong to different health insurances and everyone is insured. Their health care is fantastic.

The German government will have directed the scale of ICU capacity though policy and financial support, so unfortunately the high death toll in the UK is due to lack of investment in healthcare and consecutive governments are at fault as are the public who seem to be happy to toddle along with whatever any government does in regards to the NHS.

Would lock down for as long as necessary if it saves lives. This is affecting so many people and all the many thousands of people who have lost loved ones and not been able to grieve.

For what I can see there is still no cure for Covid 19 and no vaccine. Not enough testing has been done and there is still no App readily avaliable to track the disease, hence why lock down was put in place. If these things are not in place by end of current lock down than I cannot see any way out of lock down without raising a risk of a second peak of the disease.

I will be ok until about the 1st June but then I really think thats long enough have to start getting back to some kind of normal.

Obviously the hospitality industry will have to be the last to come back maybe around beginning of October.

The old over seventies and the ones that need to shield just need to stay at home for the next year until a vaccine is found the rest of us will just have to take our chances.

We can’t all just be paid to just sit at home for the next year, and children can’t not go to school for a year will impact them to much.

I would hate to pass on Covid to my loved ones, just because I am fed up with lockdown. It would be very selfish of me to even consider it. We have to grin and bear it. It only takes one person with the virus to pass it on to many and then it continues to spread. Lockdown until it is safe.

So you'd quite happily infect your kids and grandkids or let them infect you?

Until there is sufficient testing and contact tracing, we shouldn't be going anywhere. It's the only thing that will work. It's crazy that they didn't do this from the start!

I think I could stand another three weeks but after that we need to see some kind of let up. This can’t go in forever and the longer it does go on the less people are compliant.

I'm astonished that anyone thinks we are near relaxing the lockdown when we don't know if people can be reinfected after catching it. People saying we have to learn to live with this virus. No, we will have to live with the knowledge that we could die any time if we relax restrictions before a vaccine is found.

I’m on the frontline but not NHS. It pisses me off seeing so many people flouting the restriction guidelines. So I’d 100% back further restrictions and for longer.

I understand that it’s becoming tiresome and tedious, but it’s protecting myself and my colleagues, our families, all the other keyworkers and theirs, not to mention those who may have underlying health illnesses yet don’t know they do and everyone else.

Although, i’m Being optimistic and hoping that by August, all normality (or majority of) will be resumed. I can’t see it being lifted by the 7th May as we’ve not long passed the peak and we could potentially face another spike. I’ve had 3 colleagues go off this week alone with suspected symptoms and thankfully they hadn’t been around the rest of us or it would’ve wiped out the entire unit.

There’s two sides of a coin but I do think we’re being extended by another couple of weeks at the very very least!

I am ok with it continuing for the next few months but would like a slow phased return before the new school year starts. However, not much has changed for me apart from dh working from home five days a week and my dd not going to preschool. I am still going out to work anyway. The only difficulty for me has not been able to see my mil or parents who I miss dearly.

I would rather stay in lockdown for another few months rather than have it stop and start.

It needs to be stricter, people are taking the piss. The sooner those flouting actually do it the sooner it will be over for everyone and we can go back to normal life.

so coming out of lock down how would working go for you on a covid ward? all you will be doing is praying that you live, we are very lucky not to be in a stiffer lock down like spain, we won't be out of this lock down this side of Christmas, travel will not happen, hotels, pubs, beauticians and hairdressers won't be opening before Christmas, so stop being selfish and try and stay out of the covid ward, people not complying have got us into this mess!!!

Am I against unnecessary death? Yes, yes I am.

I would support a further 3 weeks if it was necessary. Obviously I would prefer it to be gradually lifted with social distancing, however lets do this in one go and not have the need for a further lockdown in future because their is another tidal wave that is out of control

babycrackers...if people are eating the vulnerable I vote permanent lockdown

I didn’t really get the voting but I would not support further lockdown. The virus is not going away so it’s not a solution. People need to start thinking how to improve their immune system. How do they know if the vaccine they are talking about proves effective? What if it takes even longer to create one? How long dows the lockdown can be in place? The economy is damaged already and let’s not forget about mental health issues associated with the lockdown. Look at Sweden, they have no lockdown there and they are not hit terribly.

No. I've had enough. My sister has just died, leaving behind 2 kids. She didn't have covid but normal service was denied and it hastened her death.

My parents are old enough that my dad in particular doesn't have long left either. I'm not sure how to balance up him being incarcerated in the house vs lifespan vs seeing his grandkids.

I am so fucking sick of all the sanctiomony, judging and little Hitlers. If you've that scared feel free to stay at home for as long as you want.