To be annoyed at DH doing this tomorrow

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DH has been invited out for work drinks all afternoon tomorrow. Meeting in a pub with at least 9 others (2 separate tables) obviously not going to be sensible with distancing when they’re drunk. Isn’t this breaking the rules? It’s got my back up a bit as we have a young child and I’m pregnant so feel like he’s unnecessarily breaking the rules and putting everyone at risk. Happy to be told IABU and miserable!

But your DH already works with these people, you sound jealous to me. what does having a young child have anything to do with it. As we are told over and over again that young children and healthy people are not in danger. Let him enjoy his last bit of freedom, the world has gone mad imo.

depends on how good the Pubs are there for sticking to guidelines, they were pretty on top of it where I am

As we are told over and over again that young children and healthy people are not in danger

We have never, ever been told this by any authority. Not once.

Meadow1203 if you read the full thread I’ve said DH has been home since March so doesn’t work In the same location. He has socialised with other smaller groups of friends during that time but not this larger group of colleagues. Do you have young children? Just because the virus is not deadly for then it doesn’t mean I want to risk my child getting it.

There was a story I read somewhere (sorry, can’t remember where now) about a chap registering a business for about £10, then he was saying he can “employ” his family on zero hour contracts, so they would be able to book a table for a “work related” gathering in a restaurant (more than 6). He wasn’t actually going to do it, he said, but he could and was showing how the regulations can be manipulated.

@Meadow1203 not true. Research has shown that young children seem less likely to spread the virus and get much milder symptoms if any but not true about zero danger. Also healthy people also incorrect so far the people suffering from long covid are often healthy people. Younger and healthier people are less likely to suffer from the more life threatening elements but its a bit like Russian roulette nobody knows how bad their individual case is until they contract the virus.

You make it sound like he's going on a 2 week stag do

If this sort of thing was a good idea, we wouldn't be going into lockdowns

You make it sound like he's going on a 2 week stag do yes that’s exactly how it sounds 🤨

Around here a group of friends tested positive for Covid and the same day they got the results was also us locking down again. So instead of immediately self isolating the twats went on a last pub crawl before everything closed at 6pm. But unfortunately you really can't fix stupid.

Watching the news this morning they were talking to a health official in Taiwan. They screened arrivals in their country in DECEMBER. They have 7 deaths and no local positive cases since 12 April.
They went through SARS in 2002 plus being a neighbour of China they try to keep one step ahead so had a pandemic plan in place so when it all kicked off they were able to hit the ground running. And they have 99% compliance on mask wearing and seemingly a track and trace that works.

a pub i went to a while ago said you couldnt book 2 tables for the same party and if they saw you trying to mix you would be asked to leave

lets hope some others are as strict

Do you have young children?
What's that got to do with the price of fish? Are only the childed allowed an opinion?

ViciousJackdaw because most people with children would disagree with that statement.