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AIBU?

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Can we take a vote.....who will be following lockdown measures after May?

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DuchessofHastings1 · 09/02/2021 17:12

There was a thread in Coronavirus but I wanted to do a vote to see actual numbers.

Vaccine roll out has been impressive. Our government seem to be digging out of the hole they got us in.
The over 50s (who count for 99%) of Covid deaths and the majority of hospital admissions will be vaccinated by end of May.

Who will be sticking to the rules once the elderly and vulnerable are vaccinated?

YANBU - NO
YABU - YES

OP posts:

Thephantom · 09/02/2021 18:49

We will be sticking to the rules ( for as long as the government need us to )

MarleyTheDog · 09/02/2021 18:52

I'm asking if we are in a lockdown in May, would people still stick to the rules given the government have said from the get word go the vaccine was the answer to all our prayers

If we are still in lockdown in May then I will stick to whatever the guidance is at that time.

Onlyherefortheconspiracies · 09/02/2021 18:54

No. A friend and I have already decided on end of March as our hard stop and after that will be meeting indoors. We'll having been pissing about like this for the best part of a year by then. It's enough.

whatsnewpussycat777 · 09/02/2021 18:57

If needs be, I will

PandoraP · 09/02/2021 18:58

Yes though I am as sick of lockdown as everyone. I don’t think the government puts restrictions in for fun so will follow their advise. I don’t think we will be in full lockdown after March anyway unless these variants are worse than anticipated.

thecatsthecats · 09/02/2021 19:06

My husband and I can exceed the rules easily and so we do. We wfh, have deliveries and don't even meet others outside.

Our next door neighbour is a single dad who works outside of the home and has a childcare bubble and a support bubble.

If the same rules exist in May for people such as us - never advised to shield, both have had covid - when it's out of respiratory virus season, then I can't say that I'll be especially worried about keeping to the rules.

And I'm not talking about wanting to go out and lick people in the park. Just the permission to bubble with my parents (who are also exceeding the rules) for a weekend would be fine.

MiniTheMinx · 09/02/2021 19:12

I dont have some arbitrary date or cut off point where I will refuse to follow the rules, anymore than Boris has a crystal ball predicting exactly what the situation will be in May.

The situation changes, the response has to adapt. I very much hope life can get back to normal (ish, if ever) by May.

PandoraP · 09/02/2021 19:19

Oh yes please to normal life to resume🙏🙏🙏

Itstheprinciple · 09/02/2021 19:19

I know what you mean OP. We were promised the vaccine would be the light at the end of the tunnel. We need to actually be able to get to the light soon! At some point when the vaccines are done to the vulnerable, the government is going to have to say that we are now living with the virus like we do with other diseases. That time is going to be unpopular with people whenever it comes as, sadly, people's relatives will die as a result as they do from flu. But we can't live like this until there are zero covid cases.

Nancylovesthecock · 09/02/2021 19:26

Yeah I think there are some very naive people on this thread. The government want restrictions lifted ASAP make no mistake. As soon as they can justify it we will have a full lifting of restrictions.

The media rhetoric has already begun to change to allow for this.

Toomanyparsnips · 09/02/2021 19:32

I will be inviting close friends and family into my house, and going in theirs if I'm invited. I'll be taking my kids to the park with their friends. I'll be inviting my sister and nephews to stay.

Nancylovesthecock · 09/02/2021 19:33

It's pretty clear there are going to be hundreds of not thousands of variants of this virus just like the common cold and the flu.

We cannot hide away forever

Nancylovesthecock · 09/02/2021 19:34

*if not thousands

AdultHumanFemale · 09/02/2021 19:36

I really miss seeing my family and friends, but not as much as DP and MIL miss BIL who died of Covid in the spring.
I am definitely following rules and guidlines for as long as necessary.
I am a teacher, so once schools go back, it will be more important than ever that I stick to the rules to avoid passing the virus to students and families. Just hoping they return the favour.

zigaziga · 09/02/2021 19:37

Tbh there’s no real choice at the moment is there? - it’s not like I can go and get my hair done if I want to or go to the pub. I guess you could see family and friends and not comply that way but our family isn’t remotely close and doing so would involve overnight stays. I’ve met people on their own socially outside a few times but it’s so cold and I’m unmotivated to do much.

So come May.. well, I don’t know how much choice we have. I’ll probably do what I did last summer which is have as nice a summer as I can manage. We never particularly counted exact numbers (eg at one point I think the guidance was 15 people outside? I wouldn’t have worried about say 16 or 17 people at a picnic and as a lot of people did I think, we took rule of 6 to mean two households rather than leave a child home alone) but I didn’t completely flout them either - so no big parties or whatever.
We won’t be going abroad because I think it’s too much stress. I’ve pretty much ruled out leaving the country until the pandemic* is over because it sounds like too much stress.

*I know CV will be endemic for generations.

Cloudsurfing · 09/02/2021 19:40

I’ll follow all restrictions apart from those that stop me from seeing family and friends. I’ll be seeing them from March.

Donoteatthekittens · 09/02/2021 19:41

Would people still follow the rules in a decade for example?

I mean this is Mumsnet where nobody answers the door to unexpected callers, everybody is no contact with their entire family and says they have no friends and anxiety. Oh and work from home jobs that pay “six figures.” Sure most of them would happily stay at home forever and call others “granny killers.”

“Don’t you know there’s a global pandemic? I’ve not left my house for 52 years and I’m HAPPY.”

AlternativePerspective · 09/02/2021 19:46

OP, there is a COVID topic for a reason - so people can hide it.

Don’t post on the main boards just because you’re not getting enough attention in the COVID topic. Have reported and asked for it to be moved.

HereWeGoAgainAgainAgain · 09/02/2021 19:48

I will be.... but I'm pregnant and will be far into 3rd trimester by then and so classed as clinically vulnerable. My friends and I are all under 50 so none will have had a jab by then. Our kids won't either but will be socialising back at school by then. I'll be keeping myself as safe as I can until after baby is born and hopefully the jab won't be too far behind that

DianaT1969 · 09/02/2021 19:51

Some people hide the Covid board for a reason. There is a thread similar to this on there every day. You are being unreasonable to bring it in to AIBU and speculate on 'lockdown rules' when there might not even be any.

Bookwords · 09/02/2021 19:54

The coronavirus board is that way >>>>>

Off you go!

christmasathomeagain · 09/02/2021 19:58

Yes. If there are rules I will follow them.

DenisetheMenace · 09/02/2021 20:00

FreezerBird

I have a clinically vulnerable child under 16, so she won't be vaccinated.

We'll see when we get there, there's no way of knowing now.“

That’s really tough on you both. How much longer before she can have the jab, if you don’t mind me asking?

Icantcontrolmyface · 09/02/2021 20:00

I get you and not sure why people are saying its a silly question. We are seeing my 91 year old nan from this week .She was vaccinated a month ago and says this could be her last year. She already said she has lost a year of her life and at her age she can't afford it. I'm not turning her away sorry. In May I'll be seeing my best friend as well for definite as I can only take so much. I'll still be careful, use sanitizer, not go to any silly lockdown parties ect....but No, I will be not be following the rules to a T.

Waxonwaxoff0 · 09/02/2021 20:00

Nah. I'll be seeing my friends and family whether we are allowed to or not.

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