To be shocked at ndn having visitors?

[Blueswede]

Next door neighbours in their 70’s, had a visitor arrive on a bicycle yesterday and had a visitor arrive in a car today. I’m sure they’re just sitting in the garden so probably are keeping the social distance but given that I’ve not seen anyone since lockdown began I’m a bit about it! I don’t want to dob them in as I really like my neighbours. Just totally surprised! DH says well people are doing that, visiting friends and family but keeping the distance. ( to be clear - We aren’t visiting or having visitors!)

Not not opposite no. The government have already said there will not be much of a change on Sunday. It's a road map of measures which will happen over months and can go back to full lock down at any time if it's not working and numbers go up. Those thinking we are anywhere close to coming out of lock down are obviously not watching goverenment briefings.

Okay mybundles but that isn’t what is being said at the daily briefings.

In terms of where the spread is at present that is....

Born. If people keep floating lock down rules the NHS will be overwhelmed. That is fact and something staff on covid wards are very concered about.

I think you mean ‘breaking’ rather than ‘floating’

Have you asked to appear on the daily briefing? It sounds like these people on their covid ward have given you a special insight. I hear completely differently anecdotally, for what it’s worth.

So, again, my2bundles, when are you planning on coming out of hiding? If CV doesn't get you, what if seasonal flu does??

That is what's being said at the daily briefings. Tea actually I meant flouting, never heard of autocorrect?

Let's wait tilll tomorrow's briefing, don't act supervised when nothing much changes. You only have to look at Wales and Scotland to know that the lock down won't change much anytime soon.

I have - people only use the word ‘flouting’ for dramatic effect.

And it isn’t, I have watched them every day. You need to listen a bit more carefully. It is all about the R being low in the community but high in some settings.

I don’t think much will change tomorrow I never said I did

If they are genuinely sitting over 2 m apart in the garden and having a chat then I can't get worked up about that, especially the one on the bike who was likely just passing on daily exercise. Perhaps the car visitors were dropping off some supplies.

Can I pop to my mums and sit 2m from her in her garden

If your mums is on a shopping or exercise route you certainly could stop by and chat at a distance

Nah, let's use our common sense.

I'm shopping (wearing a mask) for my home and two sets of elderly parents. Other than walking my dogs, the shops are the only places I've been since lockdown began.

Every time I deliver the shopping to the parents, I sit on a seat in their back garden and have a coffee and a chat. I know that none of them have been anywhere in weeks.

I'm a trained nurse, I'm careful with viruses and I'm putting nobody at risk. If you are someone who needs to have firm direction, then you should definitely be following the instructions to the letter. I prefer to use my judgement and common sense. As far as I know, no interfering neighbours have involved themselves in our business - if they have, the police haven't been interested.

Nothing shocks me any more about the way some people are behaving during this crisis. There's a lot of fuckwits in this country, regardless of age.

I'm in my 60s btw.

Do you know anything about your neighbours personal circumstances/health?

I'm sure some of my parents neighbours look askance at my visiting them daily. What they don't know is that I'm practicing stringent distancing every other area of my life to enable me to provide care visits as my dad is dying.

Frankly I wouldnt thank anyone for sticking their nose into our business at the current time.

Flouting is a word commonly used in my part of the UK. It certainly isn't reserved for dramatic effect.

I broke lockdown today.

I'm at my dad's house. His dog (my childhood dog) is dying and this is probably my last chance to say bye.

I'm sure neighbours were judging me as I pulled up on his drive. I don't care. My girl deserves to have her family with her and my dad is not in a vulnerable category.

Flouting is a word commonly used in my part of the UK. It certainly isn't reserved for dramatic effect.

If you say so. Personally I hadn’t heard it for years prior to lockdown. It’s maybe useful to know how it may appear to others

I'm a trained nurse, I'm careful with viruses and I'm putting nobody at risk

I’m sorry but I cannot agree with this statement. You may be minimising the risk, but I wouldn’t declare that there is no risk involved.

@ethelfleda you are absolutely right and until people understand this we have no hope of sensibly getting out of lockdown. It’s like the people who expect schools to be 100% safe. They never have been and never will be.

My neighbour had had socially distanced visitors from the get go. They bring their own blanket and sit on it in her garden.

She's in her 70s and she lives alone. Prior to this she had a busy social life so I am bloody glad they're visiting her. She needs it.

Of course we chat to her at the back door but it's no substitute for your family.