Hypothetical lockdown situation

[Colabottles29]

If the Government announced that lockdown that we're currently in would remain in place until at least 2022 because of new variants, would you continue to follow it or not ? Why or why not? Just interested to see.

I'd do it but I'd hate it. Me, too. I would find it extremely difficult but if I had to do it, I would.

Honestly I don't know. I think I could live with some levels of restrictions but I also have a 2yr old who has spent a large percentage of her life with very minimal contact outside her immediate family and I don't think that is healthy. Although she seems ok I'm worried about the long term effects of minimal socialisation on small children. Some restrictions I could live with but maybe with more extensive bubbles (e.g. we could see our parents/her grandparents), groups outside etc. I could maybe support. If it was full on lockdown I think I'd be looking for the places I could stretch the rules or little loopholes to give DD some social contact. And I say that as someone who has followed the rules 99% for the last year (worst breaking of them is when rule of 6 was in place outside we saw friends who had a child a similar age to DD and a babe in arms - so actually 7 people but we all agreed the baby in the carrier basically didn't count).

This is a pointless and goady thread. The government would not announce a 6 month lockdown. The situation is too unpredictable for that government to do such a thing.

@Norwaydidnthappen

Nope. We were like prisoners in our own home during the first lockdown because I was pregnant and scared myself to death reading horror stories. We honestly barely even left to go for a walk, I was too scared we’d catch it somehow and I sanitised food shopping and parcels etc. We didn’t see anyone for months and it was bloody miserable but I thought it would be a one off so I didn’t mind. Then the rules were relaxed over summer and cases were so low, it felt like it was finally coming to an end. We went to restaurants, saw our family and in September DH returned to work and DC to school. Life finally felt a bit normal and good again then they slapped restrictions on us again and the DC were back at home. Absolutely miserable especially considering the average age of death is 82 and our life expectancy is 81. I’m young and healthy so statistically speaking it’s more of a risk when I get in the car or cross a road. I’m sick of hiding away now, I want to live my life and I want my DC to have a decent childhood too. It’s become very Kafkaesque or Orwellian, we’re turning into a police state.

Have you ever actually read Orwell or Kafka? Dealing with a public health crisis is not the same at all.

I'm absolutely amazed that, a year on, people like you are still trotting out the nonsense argument "only old people die so why are we doing this".

The main reason for lockdown was and is to stop the nhs getting overwhelmed. As a recently pregnant woman you should understand that and be grateful. I'm 38 weeks pregnant and I'm very grateful that I've been able to access all the antenatal care I've needed. Without lockdown, this would have not been possible.

Also, thousands of people who are younger have died, or been left very unwell. Without lockdown, that would have been many more.

Finally, your post is horribly ageist.