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CriminalOrator · 30/12/2021 19:22

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MrsBerthaRochester · 30/12/2021 19:24

Aahh I wondered how long it would take before people resorted to insults. Folk are allowed to have different views without be subjected to abuse or being treated as pariahs.

fluffi · 30/12/2021 19:25

@Alltheprettyseahorses

FFS! Covid is not going anywhere and we have to get back to normal at some point. The constant catastrophising is too much. This is the first time most of you have had to face up to the fact you're mortal isn't it? Life is wonderful and extremely short, just enjoy it eh? I'm triple vaccinated, I've worn masks, I've worked as normal right through lockdown, no privileged wfh for me, I can't do any more, I'm totally done with it now. The selfish ones are those wanting society to come to a standstill.

Not going to a panto is hardly a standstill! Clubs, pubs, restuarants, theatres and gyms are open, people can travel abroad, children can go to school. Society isn't at a standstill at all at the moment in England.

People are just asked to stay indoors when they have a contagious disease, especially given the NHS is so overloaded at the moment, which seems reasonable to me. The NHS could get back to treating more non-covid cases if only there weren't so many people in hospital with covid.

MrsBerthaRochester · 30/12/2021 19:25

Reported.

humdingle · 30/12/2021 19:25

@SheikhMaraca I agree with some of what you say about what is reasonable. I no longer think it is reasonable to impose restrictions on the entire population to deal with a mild illness with an almost 100% survival rate.

Yes, it is a mild illness in most cases regardless of what anyone says anecdotally. There will always be someone who can share a tragic story about a young life lost but that does not change the nature of the illness as experienced by almost everyone who catches it. We can't legislate to protect every individual against every potential danger. We just couldn't function at all like that.

Time to move on and find a way to live with it as an endemic virus - which I'm sure it will be at some point.

CalishataFolkart · 30/12/2021 19:26

(not addressed to anyone in particular)

“If isolation works why are the numbers going up?” Fucking hell. “If seatbelts work why do people die in car crashes?”

The failure to understand how systems work is staggering. If too many actors in the panto catch it today, YOUR kids can’t see it tomorrow. If too many teachers are off sick, YOUR kids WILL miss out on school. If too many delivery drivers get ill, YOUR groceries will be affected. If too many ICU beds are taken up with Covid patients there won’t be space for YOU if your appendix bursts.

You may well want to carry on with normal life and “just get on with it” (whatever that vagueness means) but actions have consequences. And some of them might affect YOU.

RainbowBabyForChristmasPlease · 30/12/2021 19:26

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ddl1 · 30/12/2021 19:27

That said we've seen numerous politicians fail to quarantine, the PM had a house guest last Christmas, and then all the Downing Street parties.

Is the PM really the person whom we should be taking as a model for common sense and integrity?

Alltheprettyseahorses · 30/12/2021 19:28

BonnesVacances You might want to try rereading my post with a bit more comprehension. I clearly said I can't do any more (i.e. to help prevent the spread, I've done and am doing everything asked of me as I stated). At no point did I say I 'can't do it anymore' - you've actually rewritten what I said to mean something else. That is covid catastrophising, deliberately imposing your own narrative of malicious intentions on a pragmatic questioning of how we're going to move on in the future.

humdingle · 30/12/2021 19:28

@MrsBerthaRochester

Aahh I wondered how long it would take before people resorted to insults. Folk are allowed to have different views without be subjected to abuse or being treated as pariahs.

Unfortunately it's the standard response of a lot of people who are pro-restrictions. I don't think they can see that it damages their argument rather than anything else. Nobody was every persuaded to another point of view by being called an idiot etc.

CriminalOrator · 30/12/2021 19:28

@MrsBerthaRochester

Reported.

If you reported my post you’ll love the next one that was directed at you.

I know a young woman in still an induced coma whose baby was born via C-section four months ago while she was unconscious, and a 38 year old found dead in his bed. Both caused by Covid. I stand by my comment.

Alpenguin · 30/12/2021 19:29

No, you make the decision to cross a road, you accept the risk

Ok everyone that’s a pedestrian and therefore vulnerable to being hit by cars driven by less than attentive people if you could just stay on the same side of the street… forever then we’ll all be ok. Getting hit by a car is your fault, you took the risk of crossing the road, serves you right if a driver wasn’t driving with due care and attention you should have stayed at home if you didn’t want hit by a car.

Have I got that reasoning right @SheikhMaraca?

MrsBerthaRochester · 30/12/2021 19:31

And I know hundreds of folk myself included who had the MILD illness that covid is for near enough 99% of folk.

BonnesVacances · 30/12/2021 19:31

@AsYouWishButtercup

Going against the grain here to say I genuinely don’t give a shit what the everyday person does

Actually I agree with you. We are still broadly living under lockdown as we have no faith in the people we meet on the streets and I am not able to second-guess whether or not they are dickheads like OP's SIL who pose a risk to DD. This will keep everyone happy who wants to get on with life and to not worry about those less fortunate. Many of us are having to still live the life that others found so unbearable that they cannot contemplate another single moment of it, because of people like OP's SIL and some of the other appalling posters on this thread.

Alltheprettyseahorses · 30/12/2021 19:33

I hope that's not referring to me, BoredatHome321

fluffi humans are riddled with contagious diseases anyway and covid hospitalisations are fortunately currently low.

Millionairesshortbreadshort · 30/12/2021 19:34

CalishataFolkart

(not addressed to anyone in particular)

“If isolation works why are the numbers going up?” Fucking hell. “If seatbelts work why do people die in car crashes?”

The failure to understand how systems work is staggering. If too many actors in the panto catch it today, YOUR kids can’t see it tomorrow. If too many teachers are off sick, YOUR kids WILL miss out on school. If too many delivery drivers get ill, YOUR groceries will be affected. If too many ICU beds are taken up with Covid patients there won’t be space for YOU if your appendix bursts.

You may well want to carry on with normal life and “just get on with it” (whatever that vagueness means) but actions have consequences. And some of them might affect YOU.

Well said!!!

ddl1 · 30/12/2021 19:34

*Not at all; the operative word in the Equalities Act 2010 is that Reasonable adjustments should be made to facilitate people with disabilities.

Expecting huge swathes of society to needlessly shut themselves in their homes just cannot be considered to be a reasonable adjustment.*]

There's a difference between complete lockdown, and not going to a pantomime when you know that you definitely or probably have Covid! It's inconsiderate to do the latter even with normal flu, let alone something as contagious as Omicron.

grossnessewwww · 30/12/2021 19:36

@Marianne1234

Fuck right off with the selfish chat. It has been two years. We have sacrificed plenty. It’s not selfish to want to carry on with your life. It’s entirely normal and understandable. Stop trying to demonise people for this.

Some people have a autoimmune conditions or are vulnerable. Are they supposed to go no where.

Or how about these selfish c*nts just stay at home for 7 days - that's all it is. Not a lifetime of worrying like it is for some...

Sadly I know a few who have done the same as OP SIL - they think they are special and superior in some way.

christmaspop · 30/12/2021 19:37

@anotherannoyngSIL

Name changed as I’ve been slated on here before for not allowing my SIL to do as she pleases.

Today I thought we’d made a positive turn as she has taken my older son and hers to the pantomime as I’ve got a broken leg (though she has made a big thing about helping out).

Unfortunately she’s just text me to say “BTW I’ve had a positive lateral and waiting on my PCR but decided to take the boys anyway as xxx (her son) was looking forward to it, I’m sure that’s fine”.

In which universe is that fine?? She’s risking not just my son, but the others she’s gone with and the whole audience!! She is very jealous if people do social things without her but surely there comes a time when sense is more important than FOMO?? I’m assuming she waited till she was there to tell me so I couldn’t do anything.

Husband says I’m being unreasonable for being annoyed as the rules aren’t clear cut and she hasn’t had the PCR test back.

AIBU for wanting to ban her as she’s so irresponsible and only really cares about herself?

Rules are SO clear cut.

Positive lateral means isolate until result of PCR

How can anyone say that's unclear I really despair

Millionairesshortbreadshort · 30/12/2021 19:38

Alltheprettyseahorses

Hospitals are already struggling. They are dealing with cases from infections that started two weeks ago. They are creating extra physical capacity and are talking about being on a ‘war footing’. These are the people you will expect to give you five star care if you fall down the stairs and end up in a coma, or you are in a car crash, get run over etc etc. All we need to do is stay home if we test positive. It’s not that big an ask!!

MrsBerthaRochester · 30/12/2021 19:38

Is that the appalling posters who stayed home? Wore masks,washed hands,social distanced,home educated and got vaccinated? So the vast majority of folk in this country are "appalling"? I strongly disagree but I wont lower myself to personal attacks. Boris is a terrible pm but the best decision he made this year was not to cancel ny. Let people party.

Restawhile · 30/12/2021 19:39

Um, I think the name change is unlikely to be enough to make you untraceable.

BonnesVacances · 30/12/2021 19:39

@Alltheprettyseahorses

BonnesVacances You might want to try rereading my post with a bit more comprehension. I clearly said I can't do any more (i.e. to help prevent the spread, I've done and am doing everything asked of me as I stated). At no point did I say I 'can't do it anymore' - you've actually rewritten what I said to mean something else. That is covid catastrophising, deliberately imposing your own narrative of malicious intentions on a pragmatic questioning of how we're going to move on in the future.

Actually catastrophising is my omitting an it when reading your post and then you accusing me of "deliberately imposing my own narrative of malicious intentions on a pragmatic questioning of how we're going to move on in the future." And then trying (and fairly successfully) to be unbelievably patronising to me in the process. But do feel free to overreact.

MrsBerthaRochester · 30/12/2021 19:40

Hospitals are struggling as they do EVERY winter flu season.

WhatToDo1988 · 30/12/2021 19:43

I used to be on your side until a few weeks go, now I've just snapped. I can't take it anymore. I've had both jabs and my booster. I wfh full time (hate it). Isolated when in contact with someone positive. Have taken more tests than I ever expected. Followed every rule. But this was all under the promise that it will all get better. It's not getting any better, our governments are nothing but corrupt incompetent arseholes and my life is wasting away. Why should the kids miss another event? For the sake of a virus that will likely cause minor or no symptoms? Fuck it.