Will you be taking part in the one minute silence at noon?

[en0la]

Ironically I'll be at a funeral but will you be taking part ?

@99victoria

My radio has just gone silent so I've asked Alexa to play my favourite Jamie Lawson song

I blasted out Bon Jovi's 'It's My Life'. I found it a more appropriate comment on the last 12 months than a silence.

Give my 66 year old type one diabetic dedicated covid-ward nurse friend a pay rise worth having. Clap 24/7 until the government hears you.

I hope no one reminds people during the minute silence the governments absolute refusal to do anything about covid this time last year that has lead directly to the shit show of deaths.

Boris Johnson’s mistakes in the pandemic are depressingly familiar

@Doidontimmm

No. It’s not going to help anyone now.

It helps those who have been bereaved though! I don't think it is a bad thing to stop and pause for 60 seconds to reflect on the enormous loss of life.

No.

I was in a supermarket and the tannoy announcement said they would be holding an anniversary minute silence to remember EVERYONE who had died in the last year. No mention of Covid only.
As far as I could see those present took part.

@Trumplosttheelection

Well as a nhs employee I find those of you sneering at this event really offensive. Just so you know.

Did you want people to continue clapping performing seals as well?

It's possible to recognise that many front line workers, not just the NHS either, have done an amazing job without some sort of performance attached.

@minniemoocher

Yes because I've organised it for my town. All the shops are taking part, town crier is ringing a bell at both ends and the vicar is reading the names of everyone submitted to us - it's 178 names.

Those who have lost loved ones in the past year have expressed thanks that they can mark the loss of their loved one publically in this way

I read this as sarcastic. Was I wrong?

@PanamaPattie

No. The dead don’t care and the people left behind don’t need reminding.

This.

@Trumplosttheelection

Well as a nhs employee I find those of you sneering at this event really offensive. Just so you know.

Oh nooooo, a random person on Mumsnet is offended. 😂

@TheOneWithTheBigNose

To the people saying it's a waste of time, do you feel the same about the 2 minutes silence on Remembrance Day? You would be incredibly uunpopular if you refused to do that

I would be ‘unpopular’? Who with? And why would I be bothered if I was ‘popular’ or not?

I do refuse. It made sense back when most of a generations men were missing. Back when people still lived with the impact. But it’s now been 100 years since one ‚Great‘ war, and 80+ since the other.

Which is why it has morphed into some more amorphous general remembering of dead soldiers, animals or anyone else that people hold up as a reason. Which dilutes what little point there is left.

@Trumplosttheelection you really aren’t helping the hatred towards the nhs with that attitude.

Some of us are nice! Just so you know

I didn’t do it because I was working. I also probably wouldn’t if I was at home tbh. It’s in quite bad taste imo. We remember what and who we have lost every second of every day, a minutes silence is just depressing.

I am genuinely taken aback at Trumps comment, which shows just how divisive the Covid issue has become. Mumsnet is a perfect barometer of this.

I didn't. Seemed pointless and performative.

@PembrokeshireDreaming I appreciate that but I prefer to reflect in my own way and not when told you if that makes sense, I still care.

@joystir59
I am so sorry for your loss, thank you for your timely post

Imagine being in a village where they have a minutes silence and read all the names of the peopel who have died, if your mum has just a major fight with cancer. How will that make you feel? Your mum's fight wasn't important? Your mum wasn't important. Or your son who got killed in a car crash. Nope, he's not mentioned but Betty the 101 year old who had lung cancer and died with Covid will get a mention

This sums it up perfectly. I know of 8 people who have died since lockdown, only one was from COVID. One was a tragic loss of a 19 year old. Why are their deaths and the impact on their families less worthy of remembering? They couldn’t have the funerals they wanted, families couldn’t be by their side to say their goodbyes in hospital. The events of today are almost implying that the deaths from Covid over the last year are the only ones that matter.

I had my jab late morning and was walking home at 12 when this was happening. Totally forgot about it. I wouldn't have ignored it if it was observed in the vac centre if I had still been there, obviously but only to be polite.

Imagine being in a village where they have a minutes silence and read all the names of the peopel who have died, if your mum has just a major fight with cancer. How will that make you feel? Your mum's fight wasn't important? Your mum wasn't important. Or your son who got killed in a car crash. Nope, he's not mentioned but Betty the 101 year old who had lung cancer and died with Covid will get a mention

Do they feel like that when the names of people who have died in a war without on Remembrance Day? Regardless, I would expect the names of everybody who died this year to be read out as we aren't just remembering those who died with Covid. The day of reflection was suggested by Marie Curie.

Well I did it because I was at home and Radio 2 did it.

I thought about those that died and felt nothing but hatred for the government.

And I also thought about NHS frontline staff, including those that died treating others, those with PTSD and mentally damaged by what they experienced in the pandemic, those who have been separated from their family, or not seen their parents for over a year due to high virus exposure.

@RedcurrantPuff

Basically I don’t care any more about Covid deaths than I do about the deaths of other people I don’t know. I don’t stand in silence to reflect on them, not sure why it’s necessary for people to do so just because it’s Covid. Like other deaths it’s sad for their families and loved ones. I find inviting yourself to participate in other people’s private grief a bit weird.

I agree with this. I guess it's different if you know people who died but surely you would stop to remember them on the birthday or the anniversary or something, not just an arbitrary day.

I did it. So suck on that! I watched the news programme, some religious lady said something, it was all silent. I thought about the mad year we have all had. Marie curie were talked about tying yellow ribbons and it was recognising the strain of the last year, all those who died and I reflected that its still going on. I felt quite emotional but wasn't virtue signalling as no one saw me.

In our town people who wanted the name read out of a loved one who'd died this year (Covid or not) put their name forward. I lost my mum last year, but wouldn't have wanted her name read out. I do however understand those that wanted to hear their loved one's name.

I think a lot of people maybe feel the need for a collective moment of reflection over a year that has been something we have all been through together, albeit in very different ways...and that's ok. Others can't see the point of this...and that's ok too.

I would have done if I'd known about it, but I didn't, so I didn't.