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Well..lockdown is over

24 replies

Hopefulworker · 30/05/2020 21:19

Seen so many friends insta stories tonight having ‘garden parties’ all sharing the same food and drinks, barely half a metre apart. So..herd immunity 🤣

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Iwantacookie · 30/05/2020 21:24

I've thought that today too.
I sometimes wonder if I've missed an announcement that lockdown is over.

TeaAddict235 · 30/05/2020 21:36

It was inferred.

Pimm's anyone?

Waxonwaxoff0 · 30/05/2020 21:47

Wish I was at a garden party right now.

Duckfinger · 30/05/2020 21:54

I think a lot of people are looking at the numbers and judging risk for themselves. I'm not one of them, we are following all guidance in our house however, we live in a town with about 200,000 residents, there have been 680 cases in total and about 250 deaths, in the last few weeks there have been 20 new cases. I can see why people here would judge it to be a low risk

Hassled · 30/05/2020 22:17

I keep telling myself that all I can do is try to keep me and my family safe. We'll set our own thresholds, do what we think is ok, because the government isn't going to lead here.

sestras · 30/05/2020 22:22

Saw that myself. I feel like I'm the only person who's actually following it.

Noname99 · 30/05/2020 22:25

This has been the title of at least a thread a day since week 2 🙄

Tearingmyhairout0110 · 30/05/2020 22:31

I live down the road from durdle door.. yes lockdown is over well and truly.

Bluntness100 · 30/05/2020 22:34

People need to assess risk and make their own decisions. Plenty will stay in and see no one, others will not.

If the shielded and vulnerable socially distance then it’s unlikely the hospitals will become over whelmed. The biggest symptom remember is no symptom.

The issue will arise if people who are shielded and vulnerable do not protect themselves then the hospitals will be breached.

Everyone has to assess risk, and live accordingly. We can’t hide in our homes forever.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 30/05/2020 22:37

@Noname99

This has been the title of at least a thread a day since week 2 🙄

Yep. Two leapfrogging each other up and down the page right now.

RufustheLanglovingreindeer · 30/05/2020 23:09

@Noname99

This has been the title of at least a thread a day since week 2 🙄

Absolutely

Everyone i know is keeping to lockdown

AuntieStella · 30/05/2020 23:09

Beeb says announcement tomorrow letting the shielded out for daily exercise (with one household member or one other person and at social distance)

They put it as part of an article citing scientists who are concerned that lifting lockdown prematurely risks spike/s. An unfortunate juxtaposition

Pipandmum · 30/05/2020 23:14

Not near me. Was on the beach today and there were three families about 30m apart and a few dog walkers. We are a holiday area and I guess as no hotels or holiday homes open there aren't any tourists, but surprised at how few locals too. There are other beaches which I'm sure were busier, but I didn't see it.

Tolleshunt · 30/05/2020 23:17

It’s pretty much over in my part of London. A pub doing take away next to a small green space has been doing a roaring trade, and the green has looked like Glastonbury. Everyone else isn’t bothering to social distance in shops etc, children are going for play dates at friends houses, etc....

CoachBombay · 30/05/2020 23:21

I can't get my knickers in a twist about adults making risk assessments.

I'm not following lockdown anymore particularly in my very personal life. In Tesco yes, in work yes, but personal life no. I'm done with it all now.

Boulshired · 30/05/2020 23:29

The problem I have is lockdown is still very much controlling my entire life, whilst for some it is over my lockdown is actually worse the more others relax.

thenamesarealltaken · 30/05/2020 23:30

We don't want a nanny state and we don't have one. We have free thinking people, and not a controlling, authoritarian government... we would go mad if they tried to rule like that. So, we all have to take responsibility and get through it. I know many are irresponsible, but we need to make a choice. We are experiencing one of the big disadvantages of the culture and society we live in. But generally its what we prefer. We can't have it all ways.

SpillTheTeaa · 30/05/2020 23:51

I've seen it a lot too!
Even my mum and 2 sisters have been around each other today. I called them out on it because it pisses me off when they're the first one to moan about people breaking the lockdown rules. Still waiting for a reply actually. This was a few hours ago. I been left on read 😂

PhilCornwall1 · 31/05/2020 05:39

It's gone on long enough, people should be capable of assessing what they feel is a risk to them and act accordingly.

If people want to stay in their homes and only go out for essentials, fine that's up to them. If others don't or the extremely vulnerable don't want to shield anymore that's fine too, that's their choice.

Whilst I didn't 100% shield (I would have a late evening walk), I am not living like I was anymore, it's no life and when you live with constant pain, it's a doubly shit existence. It's over for me.

lljkk · 31/05/2020 06:00

I wonder how many months of "Well Lockdown is really over now!" hand-wringing posts we will be seeing. Right now I predict at least 12m worth. Because... .it really is going to take at least a year before Lockdown actually ends.

18-24m of those posts is quite possible, too.

NoWordForFluffy · 31/05/2020 06:16

We're adapting how we live slightly, in that we're having slightly closer contact with one other household (my in-laws; my parents aren't local, we're not missing them out!).

The kids wanted hugs from them and as they aren't going to shops (I'm doing it all; DH has been once since lockdown) and we're either at home or the allotment, we decided it's pretty low risk, so the kids are now having hugs and have visited their grandparents' house too.

I won't be doing any mass / close-quartered gathering in public, however!

FrodoTheDodo · 31/05/2020 06:47

Some MNetters have been saying it from very early on in lockdown with different daily threads basing that conclusion on what their neighbour/local park/local roads/supermarket looks like.

We also have a number of posters saying they've not set foot outside for weeks and have no intention to for an unspecified amount of time but could be months by the sounds of some.

More people complied than expected and a large number have actually gone beyond the guidance and are continuing to do so.

It balances out.

FourTeaFallOut · 31/05/2020 06:57

*The issue will arise if people who are shielded and vulnerable do not protect themselves then the hospitals will be breached.

Everyone has to assess risk, and live accordingly. We can’t hide in our homes forever.*

You really have honed your us and them rhetoric over the last few weeks Bluntness.

Bluesheep8 · 31/05/2020 07:24

I keep telling myself that all I can do is try to keep me and my family safe. We'll set our own thresholds, do what we think is ok, because the government isn't going to lead here.

Snap. DP and I are just continuing as we were before. Trying to limit supermarket visits and WFH. Not planning to see my family as they live a 3 hr drive away, so we would have to go into the house to use the loo. I would ever forgive myself if my parents got it. Mum is over 70 and Step Dad has diabetes. That is the judgement I'm applying to keep everyone safe.

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