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Anyone else feeling depressed about Covid?

295 replies

bluetuesdayy · 19/10/2021 18:38

Cases, deaths and hospitalisations all rising.

Media drip feeding about pressure on the NHS and new variants.

Feel like it's Groundhog Day with this government. Surely they cannot lock us down completely again?

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Lilifer · 20/10/2021 07:54

@aurynne

The problem is, a lot of you are "not worrying" because you are not one of the nurses or doctors who will have to spend shift after shift caring for COVID patients in an understaffed, overstressed ward with half the other nurses and doctors sick with COVID or in isolation at home for a sniffle. Or teachers who will work among covid-infested students. If this continues like this, health professionals and teachers will eventually resign en masse, because they will get tired of carrying the majority of the pandemic work and responsibility on their shoulders while the rest of the population "doesn't worry" and "goes on about their life as normally". I bet they would like to, also.
It's a respiratory virus so it will always rise in the winter months, it's going to to this for as long as it's around and masks and social distancing will not stop an RSV doing what an RSV does.
MrsJackWhicher · 20/10/2021 07:54

I have recently had some fab evenings in crowded pubs, dancing and hugging strangers no masks and thinking thank f*ck I am not in ‘mainland Europe’ with masks required indoors grimly sucking the joy out of everything. We are social animals and if we are forced into an uncontrolled experiment of isolating from others we might as well just give up on the human race entirely.

Reallyimeanreally2022 · 20/10/2021 07:55

@rrhuth

Life is good. Really good.

As an aside, it’s not super local. A very large highly densely town on outskirts of London.

But I don’t really care a hoot anyway. Life for me and for my family and my friends and my colleagues all seems good and full and talk of holidays and socialising and meals out and plans and kids enjoying team sports etc etc

So I will relish it

Lilifer · 20/10/2021 07:55

@Mynameismargot

I don't know what to think anymore. I'm in Ireland and our cases are just going up and up. We wear masks in public places, where I am there is 100% compliance with mask wearing, literally everyone wears them. Social distancing is still a thing. We have one of the highest vaccination rates in Europe. Teens wear masks all day at school and can be double vaccinated. We have covid passes for indoor dining etc. On paper we are doing everything right but our numbers are still going up? I dont think we will go back into lockdown here and our current restrictions like mask wearing and social distancing have just been extended but I really don't know wtf is the right thing anymore.

It's a respiratory virus so it will always rise in the winter months, it's going to to this for as long as it's around and masks and social distancing will not stop an RSV doing what an RSV does.

LadyCrawley · 20/10/2021 07:55

Yes and it's very sad. I attended a wedding very recently and it's possible that 50+ people could have been infected. There's a person announcing their positive result each day from there.

tinyteepee · 20/10/2021 07:56

@Sunset999

Random one but did anyone like the lockdowns? I did....slower pace of life, quiet roads and got to really appreciate simple things
This is a very privileged viewpoint tbh, for many of us lockdowns were absolutely horrendous. It did bug me during lockdown 1 when a few other parents were talking about how much they were loving it- they were the ones with big houses, gardens, not having to go to work, no children with disabilities, happily online shopping all day for things to make the ‘experience’ fun.

I do raise my eyebrows a bit when a poster on here is calling for more restrictions then drops it in that they actively enjoyed being locked down.

rrhuth · 20/10/2021 07:57

have recently had some fab evenings in crowded pubs, dancing and hugging strangers no masks Wow, that's so brilliant!

Like when Johnson shook hands with all the COVID patients!

Confused
rrhuth · 20/10/2021 07:59

[quote Reallyimeanreally2022]@rrhuth

Life is good. Really good.

As an aside, it’s not super local. A very large highly densely town on outskirts of London.

But I don’t really care a hoot anyway. Life for me and for my family and my friends and my colleagues all seems good and full and talk of holidays and socialising and meals out and plans and kids enjoying team sports etc etc

So I will relish it[/quote]
Yes rates are lower in the London area.

There is no shrug emoji which always annoys me...

That doesn't mean there isn't a problem nationally.

MarshaBradyo · 20/10/2021 08:01

Op I’d suggest Andrew Pollard on R4 this morning. Good to hear and more reasoned than some of the more frantic stuff.

Overall picture of increasing immunity in U.K. and a bit about community numbers impacting data.

Reallyimeanreally2022 · 20/10/2021 08:03

I shouldn’t have referred to a stats

Because ultimately they are irrelevant to mine, my family, my friends health and happiness.

notanothertakeaway · 20/10/2021 08:16

@MrsJackWhicher

I have recently had some fab evenings in crowded pubs, dancing and hugging strangers no masks and thinking thank f*ck I am not in ‘mainland Europe’ with masks required indoors grimly sucking the joy out of everything. We are social animals and if we are forced into an uncontrolled experiment of isolating from others we might as well just give up on the human race entirely.
That sounds so irresponsible and unnecessary
TheKeatingFive · 20/10/2021 08:23

I do raise my eyebrows a bit when a poster on here is calling for more restrictions then drops it in that they actively enjoyed being locked down

Quite 🙄

Sunset999 · 20/10/2021 08:31

Only liked the first one as gave me time to slow down, luckily I do have a home with lots of space and gardens so I appreciated I am fortunate. I also spoke to friends and family all the time and all of us were locked in here together as a family, it was ok I'm being honest that's all. Obv each lockdown is not good and not saying Id want any more.

Sunset999 · 20/10/2021 08:51

[quote Myusernameisnotmyusernameno]@Sunset999 you sound very hopeful of a lockdown and us all walking round with a piece of fabric over our mouths. I have to say the prospect of another Xmas without seeing my baby niece- yeah sounds great Hmm[/quote]
Of course not hopeful for a lockdown, never said that?! I said there may be one, or be prepared just in case, obv I want a big family xmas this year too !
Masks though should still be compulsory!

Sunset999 · 20/10/2021 08:56

@trappedsincesundaymorn

I find restrictions more depressing than actual virus if you have lost a loved one I imagine you would feel differently

FFS why do people always feel the need to trot this out.
Like the PP I find restrictions more depressing than the virus...and guess what...the virus killed my mother. Stop telling me how and what I should feel.

So restrictions are WORSE than someone dying? WTF?

Restrictions are temporary , losing a loved one is forever?

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bluetuesdayy · 20/10/2021 08:59

How are Matthew Taylor call not meeting people indoors a 'minor inconvenience' and that doing it allows life to go on.

It's terrifying that this is acceptable to expect us to do repeatedly. Even with vaccines.

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bluetuesdayy · 20/10/2021 08:59

How DARE

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bluetuesdayy · 20/10/2021 09:01

@Sunset999 restrictions are temporary? Starting to feel like they're not. What about all the people that have lost loved ones from other things (because Covid isn't the only thing people die of) but they spent their last year or so away from their families and friends.

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MarshaBradyo · 20/10/2021 09:03

@bluetuesdayy

How are Matthew Taylor call not meeting people indoors a 'minor inconvenience' and that doing it allows life to go on.

It's terrifying that this is acceptable to expect us to do repeatedly. Even with vaccines.

I’ve not heard of NHS confederation before but listening to others I’m less convinced plan b will happen, atm anyway
ilovesooty · 20/10/2021 09:09

@MrsJackWhicher

I have recently had some fab evenings in crowded pubs, dancing and hugging strangers no masks and thinking thank f*ck I am not in ‘mainland Europe’ with masks required indoors grimly sucking the joy out of everything. We are social animals and if we are forced into an uncontrolled experiment of isolating from others we might as well just give up on the human race entirely.
No wonder cases are rising while some people like you behave so irresponsibly.
ilovesooty · 20/10/2021 09:10

@Reallyimeanreally2022

I shouldn’t have referred to a stats

Because ultimately they are irrelevant to mine, my family, my friends health and happiness.

No societal responsibility factoring into your thinking evidently.
KrispyKale · 20/10/2021 09:19

Elderly relatives may not have another winter in them. So it's not just a case of don't visit now because you'll be able to do so later.

MrsJBaptiste · 20/10/2021 09:19

@notanothertakeaway What do you mean?

We're allowed to mix in pubs, hug each and we don't have to wear masks anymore. I don't see anything irresponsible in the PP's post.

ilovesooty · 20/10/2021 09:21

[quote MrsJBaptiste]@notanothertakeaway What do you mean?

We're allowed to mix in pubs, hug each and we don't have to wear masks anymore. I don't see anything irresponsible in the PP's post.[/quote]
Just because the government is stupid enough to allow risky behaviour doesn't mean it's a good idea.

TheKeatingFive · 20/10/2021 09:24

Elderly relatives may not have another winter in them. So it's not just a case of don't visit now because you'll be able to do so later.

Exactly. There seems to be a belief among certain people that you can't die from anything other than covid.