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To think some people are ‘enjoying’ the pandemic

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Flynnqwer · 14/01/2022 22:05

I’ve noticed an attitude amongst some people where they’re nothing short of praying for a new, more lethal, variant.

I’ve noticed it amongst people I work with and people I do a hobby with. Any discussion about going back to our workplace (we can work from home but not easily or particularly effectively) once the Government ends the restrictions on waiting from home, or back to our hobby in real life instead of on Zoom (the hobby is controlled by a central board who are following the WFH advice until it is lifted) are met with cries of ‘No! We can’t do that! It’s dangerous!’ and it anyone points out that, thankfully, it looks like the vaccination programme is working and Omicron is less severe, they come back with ‘but what if there’s a more lethal strain that appears and kills millions?’

My workplace has one element which has legally got to be done in person. I have had emails today from managers begging us to cancel said work thing and do it online. We cannot do it on line lawfully (it’s along the lines of witnessing signatures). We have told them no, we must go into the building for an hour to fulfil this function. They are saying that that is breaking the working from home directive, that it’s unsafe, and what if a deadly variant is discovered? Then we’d have to find a way around the law.

AIBU that some people are actively hoping that the situation worsens and we are locked back down? Why would anyone want this to happen?

OP posts:
chaosrabbitland · 15/01/2022 09:32

@OhWhyNot

Furries read some of the threads were someone mentions they forgot to wear a mask for a few minutes in the supermarket or took their mask off for a short while the drama is ridiculous
this , i cant stand these threads , i have to just have a quick skim ,and thats normally all it takes to get me into a frothing rage , darent reply to any as id probably get banned , its pathtic , some of these wasters have convinved themselves that if someone takes off their damned mask for 5 minutes everyone in the whole place is wiped out with omicron
queenMab99 · 15/01/2022 09:36

There are always some people who make a drama out of everything and how it affects them, and there are always others who are irritated by this. Just avoid having conversations with them and get on with your own life as best you can.

blackcurrantjam · 15/01/2022 09:37

@ViceLikeBlip

Teachers (and doctors, nurses, shop workers etc etc) reading this and pissing themselves laughing at the thought that a small number of adults doing a small amount of work in an office could be seen as dangerous 🤣🤣🤣
This
SmellyOldOwls · 15/01/2022 09:37

I have to admit there is a small part of me that goes ooh that's exciting when another new development occurs like a new strain or whatever. It's like a real life disaster movie that you can't switch off from. Having said that though, I do think it's on the way out and we will all get back to normal soon.

Stormbraver99 · 15/01/2022 09:38

I don't know anyone who is enjoying it all.
We're all pig sick of it.
There will always be people who misinterpret other peoples thoughts.
Maybe you could reverse it around and say, "There are people who "think" that other people are enjoying the pandemic.They seem to want them to enjoy it so they can have a good moan about people supposedly enjoying it!"
As far as I can see we all just want normaility.

OhWhyNot · 15/01/2022 09:41

And then there are the skivers

How often they were in close contact with a confirmed Covid case was bizzare and now how often then have Covid symptoms should be alarming

The pandemic has been the greatest excuse for some to take loads of paid time off work lazy fuckers

chaosrabbitland · 15/01/2022 09:47

@OhWhyNot

And then there are the skivers

How often they were in close contact with a confirmed Covid case was bizzare and now how often then have Covid symptoms should be alarming

The pandemic has been the greatest excuse for some to take loads of paid time off work lazy fuckers

i know someone who is cev ,shes hardly worked since the pandemic started , constantly got signed off sick , doesnt worry about going out and about and meeting people , close contacts that sort of thing , its every excuse not to work ,shes worked out how to milk it just enough that she still manages to keep her job though , whilst the rest of us cover for her in the meantime , covid has been a godsend to these people
Enzbear · 15/01/2022 09:48

Not in real life, everyone I know is sick of hearing about it.
On MN definitely some COVID zealots praying for more varients, restrictions, lockdowns etc but at the same time claiming they're the ones saving everyone Hmm

AllThePogs · 15/01/2022 09:54

@OhWhyNot

And then there are the skivers

How often they were in close contact with a confirmed Covid case was bizzare and now how often then have Covid symptoms should be alarming

The pandemic has been the greatest excuse for some to take loads of paid time off work lazy fuckers

You need proof you are a close contact. You don't just choose to be one.
JaninaDuszejko · 15/01/2022 09:55

My workplace has one element which has legally got to be done in person. I have had emails today from managers begging us to cancel said work thing and do it online. We cannot do it on line lawfully (it’s along the lines of witnessing signatures). We have told them no, we must go into the building for an hour to fulfil this function.

I find it hard to believe that there's not an electronic way to do this. We have, e.g. been using DocuSign since the pandemic began to sign documents. But if there's not an electronic way to do what you need to do then it's fine to go into work. Does your work have policies about doing LFTs, checking temperatures, social distancing, monitoring cases etc? That will give people more confidence about going into work if they have to.

Some people like to make a drama out of everything, some people have benefitted from WFH, some people are genuinely terrified. I think the best option is to make things as easy to do electronically as possible so people can WFH as much as possible but also recognise some people will want to go into work as well. Hybrid working has to be the best way forward.

ontana · 15/01/2022 09:55

Or the app told them. I can't believe an app told people to stay in for 14 days and people did it.

AllThePogs · 15/01/2022 09:55

@chaosrabbitland if she is constantly signed off sick, then I expect she is ill.
I had this from a colleague pre-pandemic when I was seriously ill. And no I don't share my medical details with colleagues, especially not judgemental ones like you.

Toanewstart22 · 15/01/2022 10:04

Mumsnet HQ should have taken a much more stricter stance with some of the nonsense I read on this site

One poster said she knew personally forty people that had died of covid
I said bollocks you do
My post was deleted
Hers remained

AllThePogs · 15/01/2022 10:06

@Toanewstart22 why would that be wrong? In some areas, the mortality rate has been high. In large extended families, you may know hundreds of people.
I know four people who have died of covid and I don't know that many people.

Toanewstart22 · 15/01/2022 10:07

@AllThePogs

You need proof you are a close contact. You don't just choose to be one.

No you didn’t
You could say that you were in close contact but knew that they were not on the app and had no registered result
It would be a brave employee that would force people to come in as colleagues could say they weren’t coming in. It would be in the DM

MarshmallowFondant · 15/01/2022 10:08

To be fair, I reported a post this last week which had a graph with no references, the labels and text were fuzzy and you couldn't read what it actually said. The poster said it showed that the numbers of children dying from Covid were increasing dramatically.

They deleted it right away.

I think when you have someone saying "my experience is X" you can't really argue with it, it probably wasn't true but how do you prove it? But purposely posting a graph/statistics whatever and saying it is proof/evidence is different.

There was a lot of nonsense all over the internet, and there still is tbh

FrippEnos · 15/01/2022 10:09

Aimeehedge
Flynnqwer

It’s not people liking working from home or not socialising that irritates me. It’s those who want to stop others doing anything in real life too. And they can’t give any good reason for it other than desperate cries of a looming ultra lethal variant which may be discovered.

I don’t know anyone doing this. At all

There was/is a vocal group of posters on here saying exactly that about teachers whilst also saying "schools back at any cost" (except ventilation, masks, having actual teachers in the classroom etc.)

Its quite amusing that its those that the OP "supports" that were/are being nasty about this.

HarrietPierce · 15/01/2022 10:12

echt

"Only on MN have I seen claims that people enjoy the pandemic and lockdowns."

Me too . I don't know anyone in real life.

Toanewstart22 · 15/01/2022 10:12

[quote AllThePogs]@Toanewstart22 why would that be wrong? In some areas, the mortality rate has been high. In large extended families, you may know hundreds of people.
I know four people who have died of covid and I don't know that many people.[/quote]
Nah… no way would she have personally known more than 40
Before I commented I advanced searched the poster
She was unmarried, no children and unemployed. She seemed to spend her time on mumsnet trying to whip up people in to frenzy

AllThePogs · 15/01/2022 10:13

@Toanewstart22 legally it only applies to people contacted through test and trace. If employers are simply accepting someone saying they are a close contact, then that is something they are choosing to do.

AllThePogs · 15/01/2022 10:15

@Toanewstart22 okay maybe not relevant for her.
But I do see people on MN with I assume limited experience of different types of lives, assuming people are liars when it could be true.

Toanewstart22 · 15/01/2022 10:19

[quote AllThePogs]@Toanewstart22 legally it only applies to people contacted through test and trace. If employers are simply accepting someone saying they are a close contact, then that is something they are choosing to do.[/quote]
** 7.1 I think I have had contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, but I have not been notified and advised to self-isolate. What should I do?
Contacts who need to self-isolate will usually be notified and advised to do so by NHS Test and Trace, including by the NHS COVID-19 app. If you believe that you are a contact of someone with COVID-19 but have not yet been notified by NHS Test and Trace, you should carefully follow the guidance on how to stay safe and prevent the spread of COVID-19.**

And that guidance is to work from home if possible

Pinkandpink · 15/01/2022 10:20

My neighbour keeps saying she’s to scared to go back to the office because of covid. She must think I imagined the endless parties, kids play dates, three week trip down south during lockdown she had. Why dosent she just say, I’m comfy wfh, hate the commute. Don’t use covid as an excuse!! It’s annoying.

Wheresthebeach · 15/01/2022 10:21

People are scared. Their lives have been turned upside down and we’ve had daily news about Covid deaths, case numbers etc. For two years our basic freedoms have been trampled on because of Covid. Of course people are speculating about the future.

Toanewstart22 · 15/01/2022 10:23

@Pinkandpink

My neighbour keeps saying she’s to scared to go back to the office because of covid. She must think I imagined the endless parties, kids play dates, three week trip down south during lockdown she had. Why dosent she just say, I’m comfy wfh, hate the commute. Don’t use covid as an excuse!! It’s annoying.
Because if she said that to her boss…. She’d be made to come in!

But to say she’s paralysed by fear - the employer is put in a corner

She has to keep up the pretence