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

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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!

Yup. Although I'm not sure I count cos I've been housebound for years. 😁

The actual law - yes. Except for 1 instance last summer when there were 8 of us in one house so 2 over the "rule of 6". I genuinely had no other options other than sleeping in the car though.

The made up rules/things that were only guidance. No. I only go to the shop with someone else due to my MH issues. I mostly stuck to them as well though.

Yes. I haven't left my house except to see the nurse at my local surgery and no-one has been in my house for coming up to a year.

Yes

because I am not a selfish twat.

There was no lockdown in the summer and we made the most of it, within the guidelines. It's not that hard.

Competitive piety.

Meeee

It's people who disregarded guidelines and rules who caused for schools to shut down in January.

Because it's not just "one" person, is it.

So no, I don't see how hard it can be to be a bit respectful once in a while. On the other hand, I followed common sense but never made up rules that never existed, to become a covid martyr.

The only rule i have broken is i have have gone out to drop my son off to go for walk with his girlfriend quite a few times and a few non essential trips (I'll go to a particular food store rather than the closest, for example). Other than that I haven't met up with anyone or touched anyone. My teenage daughter has rigorously followed the rules; my 17 year old i know has met up with a couple mates - I found them watching a footie match! But he has actually been pretty good and has only done that two or three times.

No i haven't. My Father is the early stages of dementia, he lives alone and i managed to get carers in for him twice a day for 20 minutes each visit. I have to shop, cook, clean and do a host of other things for him. The Government expected me to leave him to his own devices, basically let him die of starvation. So yes i broke the rules because i had no choice.

Yes!

@DebbieGetsTheJobDone agree. I didn't wash groceries or not see friends when the "rule of six" was in place or wear masks outdoors, but it is not "competitive piety" as one poster calls it to follow the actual rules/law to get this over with as quickly as possible.

Only once that I can recall ... A friend came and stood in our garden (came via the back alley not through the house) and brought his own bottle of beer so that he could have a pint from over two metres away with my boyfriend on his birthday. Against the rules for him to be in our yard but he could have legally stood on the pavement while we stood in our front door from less of a distance away. 🤷‍♀️

Yes.

Yes, DH and I have. Every single rule and recommendation. Every single one.

No, I think it's that people were told they could mix at Xmas and because apparently it's fine so long as you're following the rules, people did. Had they not said its OK for a couple of days most people, as evidenced on here, would have stayed separate, following the rules. People have lost all sense of personal assessment and common sense. So rule of 6, 6 different people on 3 occasions, lots if risk but legal. 2 people, not in the right bubble, both of whom live alone, v low risk but according to some on here, selfish twats, murdering people.

I was terrified for the first 4/5 months because I was pregnant and I’d read scare stories about women having premature c-sections then being placed into a coma because they couldn’t breathe. I then had my baby in late July and had numerous problems following his birth so the rules kind of went out of the window. I suppose because we had a baby under one we got around it by saying my Mother was our support bubble and the rules were more relaxed over summer anyway but we needed her help quite a lot with our older DC. My Mum did also visit just before Christmas, again I suppose she’s our ‘support bubble’... MIL has popped around a couple of times when we’ve needed emergency help (she lives much closer than my Mum) so that’s probably breaking or at least bending the rules somewhat. Other than that we’ve stuck to it as far as I know.

We’re going to the seaside over Easter to stay in FIL’s house (he’s abroad on business) and I’m not going to feel guilty about that. We’ve had a difficult year and need a break away.

I've even shielding the entire last year and I can count on both hands the number of times I've left the house. No visitors and no rule breaking.

I went to two funerals, a GP appointment, a hospital specialist appointment, my vaccination, and I saw my parents on Christmas day.

Should say everything we’ve done is seriously low risk. Both of our Mother’s have been vaccinated now and we all have lateral flow tests twice a week anyway so I’d say it’s low risk. We haven’t attended illegal parties or raves or anything...

Yes. we can.

I've broken them..

1..March 31st when I saw my dad to tell him my mum (his wife of 57 years), had died and hugged him whilst he wept. The hospital could not get hold of dad so rang me with the news.

2,.. went back to dad's house after mums funeral with my sister, her partner and mine. It would have been beyond cruel to expect dad to sit on his own, the day his wife was cremated.

3...there were 8 of us at dads bedside in November as he took his last breath from the cancer he had been diagnosed with just 8 weeks before.

4...15 of us went back to a house that was once full of family and laughter and was now empty, after dad's funereal.

Do I regret any of it? No I don't. I am no more "selfish" than those who expected me to forgo any natural human contact during the worst time imaginable, in order that their loved ones stayed safe

Yes

Yes, one hundred percent.

Yep, I’ve stuck to them 100%, didn’t even see my family at Christmas. It’s really starting to get to me, I’m desperate to meet up with friends and go out for a meal, but I’m not going to break them, I work in the medical industry and know how important they are.

Nope, I have definitely bent the rules from time to time. I haven't had anyone in my home, but I have met up with two, rather than one, person for a walk. I have also been on at least three dog walks a day, even when Boris was saying once a day only. I also drove DS and one of his friends home from the bus station one day this winter when it was pouring down with rain and he only had his blazer on. I'm pretty sure they weren't allowed in the same car, even though they had just spent a bus journey together.

Oh, I also had to go in and pay for my petrol when I had forgotten to bring my mask once. I just pulled my jumper over my mouth and went in. Couldn't just drive off without paying.

I can. And at great personal sacrifice.