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Can anyone say they have 100% stuck to covid rules for the last year?

374 replies

fedupandgrumpy000 · 11/03/2021 15:18

Just out of curiosity, can anyone say they completely have? e.g. no meeting up in groups slightly more than 6, sneaking the odd visitor in, not keeping a 1m distance when socialising, going out more than once a day in 1st lockdown... etc etc, just interested to know really!

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picklemewalnuts · 11/03/2021 15:20

Yes.

picklemewalnuts · 11/03/2021 15:22

I mean, I can't say hand on heart that in the odd occasion I've walked with a friend we haven't got closer than 2m- some paths are narrow. We haven't sat next to each other on a bench.

I certainly haven't been in anyone's house (or had anyone in mine).

Toilenstripes · 11/03/2021 15:22

I have. Only now is it getting difficult. I want to go out, meet friends and shop.

UserTwice · 11/03/2021 15:22

Sigh.
Not going out more than once a day was never a law.

I think an awful lot of people have stuck to the actual law (as opposed to the over-interpreted version) 100%, yes. Unless you're talking about things like not always being 2m away from someone when you momentarily walk past them.

LadyDanburysCane · 11/03/2021 15:23

I can say that! I NEARLY hugged my daughter when I met up with her (outside) in the autumn but she stopped me.

I’ve been working (in school) throughout and that is risky enough in my opinion so I won’t take any additional risks.

Landofthefree · 11/03/2021 15:28

Yes, I’ve stuck to the rules and will continue to do so.

ValerieMorghulis · 11/03/2021 15:29

I think we have been consistent.

The only thing I can think of is taking DD into a supermarket with me one time in 2nd lockdown; I’m not sure if there is/was an age limit for an accompanying child (she was 13 then and didn’t want to stay in the car in the dark)

It is difficult as there is pressure to bend rules now coming from all sources but I’ve got momentum so will stick it out

Murtaghjames · 11/03/2021 15:30

Yes I have stuck to the rules.

RJP1989 · 11/03/2021 15:31

I haven’t stuck to the rules entirely. Especially in the last month or two. We have been vaccinated , have home testing , and WFH so limited exposure to risk of infection.

So having had my parents round for a cup of tea a few times has greatly helped us both, in many ways.

from the people I speak to most appear to carry out their own risk assessment. The rules are very much ‘one size fits all’ - which they need to be. But in reality this doesn’t then pick up nuances.

Snookie00 · 11/03/2021 15:31

You’re going to get the competitive lockdowners out in force polishing their self-appointed halos of virtuosity.

DanaScully53 · 11/03/2021 15:31

Yes, followed all laws and guidance. We are apparently the village idiots for doing so though Confused

Figgygal · 11/03/2021 15:32

We did bump into friends of ours on a walk last weekend and continued the walk as two families so 4 adults 4 children and two dogs socially distanced

But yeah that’s about it we don’t meet up with more than one person not been inside anyone’s houses haven’t travelled anywhere. All of our friends and family have been the same unless in a specific bubble with other households for various reasons

AgnesNaismith · 11/03/2021 15:32

Yep 100%

Not because I’m showing off or I want to be a dick, but because I think anyone who didn’t is a selfish fucker.

speakout · 11/03/2021 15:32

No.
I don't know anyone in my immediate or wider circle who have kept to the rules 100%.

SinusOhSinus · 11/03/2021 15:34

Inside yes 100%
Outside no. Kids have met friends to play, more than one at a time and we have taken them to the park/on walks with friends.

justcannotwithyou · 11/03/2021 15:40

Yes, I can honestly say that and I have a really hard time accepting people's excuses for not doing so.
"But I hadn't met my family since easter so we just had to go over Christmas!!" was one excuse. So you got easter and Christmas with the family in a different part of the country then while loads of us were sat at home doing our bit. You Muppet.

happymummy12345 · 11/03/2021 15:43

Yes. I hardly go anywhere at all, even in normal times. I literally go to my sons school (previously his nursery), and to my nail and eyebrow appointment once a fortnight. That’s it.
In the first lockdown I didn’t go anywhere at all from when it started until July when my son went back to nursery. Then when it was allowed I went to my appointment. The second lockdown obviously schools stayed open so I had to go out. This third lockdown I haven’t been out since Christmas Day (which was to my dads house and we are in a support bubble anyway so agaIn no mixing happened). I will not go anywhere until I have to take my son to school, then go to my appointment. I literally have not left the house at all even once during either of the full lockdowns.

OverTheRainbow88 · 11/03/2021 15:44

I just say I thought we were doing very well with the rules... until; the latest announcement. Lots of the things Boris said we could do in March/April we were doing thinking it was ok!

LadyDanburysCane · 11/03/2021 15:44

@AgnesNaismith

Yep 100%

Not because I’m showing off or I want to be a dick, but because I think anyone who didn’t is a selfish fucker.

Totally agree with this ^
OverTheRainbow88 · 11/03/2021 15:45

@happymummy12345

May I ask why? Are you feeling ok?

XenoBitch · 11/03/2021 15:45

I haven't, no. But if I had not broken them, I would be a burden on the NHS but as it is not Covid, it doesn't seem to matter. Happy to stand against a wall for someone to shoot me.

SchoolMarks · 11/03/2021 15:48

Yes, 100% until last week when there was a sudden, unexpected death in the family and the IL’s were desperate to see the DC so they came over for lunch.

Madcats · 11/03/2021 15:50

I am fairly certain we've kept within the rules since last March (though we did lift-share with another family over the summer). I think having both sets of neighbours and some close friends get ill last February concentrated our minds. Some had a really rough time of it.

Our life has been exceptionally dull, socially.

oldwhyno · 11/03/2021 15:52

No, not 100%. But I would say in all important respects, 99.9999% though. "Transgressions" like walking side by side with somebody closer than 2m never really bothered me.

If you're one of those people that crosses the street a hundred yards in advance, vaults a railing, dramatically flattens yourself against a wall or chooses an entirely different supermarket isle just to avoid coming within 2m of somebody for perhaps less than half a second, well sorry, I think you're, at the very least, utterly daft.

Littlecaf · 11/03/2021 15:53

Have I stuck to the law?

Yes of course.

Have to stuck to the guidance?

98% of the time, yes. Taking your child to the supermarket is not against the law. But I have taken them once or twice as there was literally notice else to do and it was raining.

Did I need to go into the office last week? Not really but I did (first time since March 2020) because I needed some sort of a connection with work.

Did I stand 2m away from my Mum when I went on a walk with her last week? Not all of the time but we didn’t hug.

So yes, I have stuck to the law but not always the guidance.