Easter

[Frozenintime]

It's going to be rubbish. Nothing open for the kids

It's almost like there's a deadly pandemic out there.

Seriously, what are the government to do? Do people want everything straight back open and looking at another full lockdown by end of summer/Autumn?

Parks open. Run around the back garden. Tennis courts.

Not nothing.

Easter is rubbish for everyone. Kids get to go to school for the next few weeks, they can have a break at home at Easter.

Hardly the most pressing thing in the world.
It is shit and there is nothing open now. It has been a shit year altogether, no point throwing away all the effort so kids can have something to do on Easter.

Kids are actually more easily please than many people here want to believe, the problem is it takes more effort from the parents. It is far easier to throw them in front of a cinema screen than to bring a ball to the park or beach, or make up games with them.

Hopefully it will be sunny by then, last April the beginning we had the paddling pool out. Fingers crossed!

It's a religious festival. The greatest of the Christian Year.

As long as I can get thousands of chocolate eggs, I don't need anything else.

What do you want open?

Outdoor things like zoos and theme parks open from 12th April and I believe swimming pools are open from then too. I'm sure it will feel more positive then than it is now with the weather warming up by then. Chin up we are on the way out and summer will feel normal

you can have people around your house by then.

outdoor swimming pools, tennis, golf.

As long as indoor churches are still closed, I'll be happy to accept other indoor activities to be closed. If churches are open, then there will not be any reason for other indoor activities to not be open too.

It's a religious ceremony. If the churches are open, then there will be activities for Christians and their children.

Seriously, what are the government to do? Do people want everything straight back open and looking at another full lockdown by end of summer/Autumn?

Oh ffs please. 15 million of the most vulnerable people have already been vaccinated.
My parents have both been vaccinated. Dh and I and the kids are all under 40 and low risk. DH and I work from home so rarely see anyone else, yet we still cannot visit my parents who live 2.5 hours away until probably the summer. But fucking pubs will re-open april 12th.

If me visiting mum and dad involved me spending money you can bet boris would find a way to make it happen

They’ll be more open than last Easter and the second week of holidays more will open up.

Hope so. My teen and millions like him are utterly fed up

Oh ffs please. 15 million of the most vulnerable people have already been vaccinated.
My parents have both been vaccinated. Dh and I and the kids are all under 40 and low risk. DH and I work from home so rarely see anyone else, yet westillcannot visit my parents who live 2.5 hours away until probably the summer. But fucking pubs will re-open april 12th.

Oh so your parents are safe and you've decided out of absolutely nothing that you're probably safe . Someone I know just lost their very hathy husband last week. In their 30s, with tiny children. Most people under 40 probably will be safe, but fuck me I'd rather not play the roulette of being the rare case that dies from it if it can be avoided. If it means missing Easter (whatever that means) then so be it. Everything is currently looking hopefully for summer, isn't that more important?

They’ll be able to meet up outdoors in a group of 6 though. Isn’t that what teenagers like to do anyway??

Brumboo

It's not out of absolutely nothing . The statistics are terribly clear and its really not hard maths, I am very unlikely to be seriously ill witI Covid. Statistically there's a lot of other ways I am more likely to die. Literally. A friend lost her fiancee age 29 in a car accident but we aren't banning cars because we deem it a low level of risk.

My parents haven't seen my toddler in 6 months. She is at a significant age for bonding with family. She's changed from a non walking baby to a chatty little girl and they are missing it all.

Life isn't worth living if it's a shit life. My parents may only have a few years left to live and they want to run the risk to spend that time with their families.

@LadyCatStark

They’ll be able to meet up outdoors in a group of 6 though. Isn’t that what teenagers like to do anyway??

No he doesn't hang around in groups. He wants to go to activities with his friend. They haven't seen each other for nearly a year and haven't done anything fun.

And brumboo you are missing the point. Pubs will reopen with tented gardens. 30 or 40 people in relatively close proximity.

But my family staying over in my parents house where there's plenty of room for separate bedrooms, where neither us nor parents will have any contact with others before or after.... that's not ok?

What annoys people is the arbitrary prioritisation of activity that is economically valuable even where there are many lower risk forms of socialising that aren't being permitted.

Well everything usually closes for Easter anyway. We will be having our Easter dinner, egg hunt and maybe another saunter along the prom. Not the end of the world is it?

@NoIDontWatchLoveIsland

Brumboo

It's not out of absolutely nothing . The statistics are terribly clear and its really not hard maths, I am very unlikely to be seriously ill witI Covid. Statistically there's a lot of other ways I am more likely to die. Literally. A friend lost her fiancee age 29 in a car accident but we aren't banning cars because we deem it a low level of risk.

My parents haven't seen my toddler in 6 months. She is at a significant age for bonding with family. She's changed from a non walking baby to a chatty little girl and they are missing it all.

Life isn't worth living if it's a shit life. My parents may only have a few years left to live and they want to run the risk to spend that time with their families.

Everyone feels they're missing out on something. Yes, the risk may be minimal to you at the moment, but with the elderly vaccinated there's a probability the virus could mutate to hit younger people harder. Because it's a virus, and unfortunately for you it really couldn't give a toss that you want some family time at Easter or 'the kiddies are missing out'. This was exactly the attitude at Christmas, and look where it landed us, look how bad it got.

Boo fucking hoo

He can still have an Easter egg and celebrate Jesus death which is the poor I the holiday right?