Who is carrying on as normal/going out and about and sticking to plans?

[DennisReynoldsDuster]

There seems to be a real divide.
Among my friends, ,many are staying put, cancelling plans and hunkering down for the next week and waiting to see how the land lies.
The other half are still of the 'pfff it's going to blow over' camp and are merrily talking about their trip to thailand and making plans for summer bbqs.

It's really unnerving. I flip between being utterly terrified to that reading about Nadine Dorries who seems to be recovering well, and hoping it's not going to be as bad as I expect.

Im not in the ....its going to blow over camp

But i will continue as normal til told otherwise

I've had a normal weekend, went to see a band Friday, pub yesterday, carvery lunch today. Am travelling home now, and the train seems entirely normal.
I have washed my hands a lot more than usual.

DS played a sporting fixture, our sport has not yet cancelled. He will have been in a stadium with a few thousand I expect.

Until official guidance changes it will.be life as normal.

I think you have different type of people.
The ones who are still planning to go away fir the Easter hols. I think they are crazy.
The ones who hope, like myself, that I will be able to go to France this summer and that things will be settled enough. I probably wouldnt go there on hols but my parents (in their 70s...) are there and they are (bar my dcs) the only family I have left. So yes I’m hoping to be able to go and see them!

Currently carrying on as normal. Went to the theatre last night and it was full.

I am going to follow the guidelines that the Government set for myself and my children but l am considering suggesting we cancel our Mother's Day meal as my Mum is in her 70's and l don't want her exposed.

Carrying on as normal with added hand washing, sanitizer etc. If it’s going to be as bad as some are prophesying I want to make the most of still being able to do things now.

I’m mid sixties, fit & healthy, no underlying conditions. I am not making any unnecessary trips to the shops, washing hands & changing hand towels a lot more frequently. Spending days at home doing chores & gardening but other than that carrying on as normal. I have a 96 year old parent to look after, other elderly relatives to keep an eye on, elderly neighbours to shop for, I am trying to be proactive rather than dwelling on the negatives of the situation.

For the day to day basis...,
Some of it is carrying on as normal. I’m going to work (self employed, can’t work remotely) abd thus involves taking the train.
The dcs have gone to their activities as normal (all outdoors with minimal contact with people).
But, There is a lot if hand washing. I wouldn’t go out shopping bar fir essentials etc...,

Pretty much as normal just extra strict on hand washing, carrying hand gel around just incase. I've also disinfected all door handles, switches etc. I tend to keep well stocked up on things like toiletries etc so haven't bought any more when doing the weekly shop than I usually would.

We have a weekend away coming up, it's on a caravan park so it may actually end up being closed. We'll wait and see.

I'd obviously self isolate immediately should any of us get a cough or a temperature.

Going about life as normal. Having said that, I'm a sahm to a child who isn't old enough for school yet so it's a pretty simple life.

I was. Now I think we're going to pull the kids out of school and stay home.

We are going the same way as Italy, theres no reason we aren't. And even young people over there are now dying, no pre existing conditions. Plus theres talk of possible permanent lung damage for those that survive a bad case.

I no longer trust our government, I think they're more concerned about money than lives. So we are not going to do as we are told.

Feet in both camps ... Washing hands more and fortunate enough to be able to work from home so can avoid public transport.

However, I'll still be going to the gym and the shops and hopefully out for dinner with friends on Friday (unless they cancel). A part of me feels that I should be supporting local businesses whilst we still have some.

Really hoping we can still take our UK holiday at Easter (and again support the local economy) but think my 75 year old Dad will feel unable to join us.

Me, because there’s no need to panic while the number of deaths from this thing is only 0.00005% of the population. The only people who should stay home are the immunocompromised and the elderly.

Going on as normal
Washing hands more
However making sure my elderly father is aware of the risks and am not visiting him but calling daily
Herd immunity here

We’ve been proceeding as normal up to now, shopping when I needed to, going to pregnancy related appointments, DIY store as in the middle of redecorating our lounge, hall, stairs and landing - painter came today to give us a quote and we’ve arranged a date for him to start, got carpet people coming to measure up in the week and give us a quote. Went to friends for dinner last night.

However today I was going to go to the supermarket and decided to leave it and make bread at home, have that with tinned soup for lunch, and made a store cupboard dinner too that will give leftovers for lunches this week. Just couldn’t face supermarket madness and felt I didn’t want to go out. I will have to get some fresh stuff at some point, I looked at switching to online delivery but no slots for next 3 weeks so that will just have to try local shops. Have decided not to go to my aquanatal classes this week and we were going to a sporting event next weekend, one of the few things not yet cancelled which I’ve said I’m going to give a miss. DH thinks it will be cancelled at some point anyway but even if not I just don’t think it’s worth it.

All a bit pointless as I am a supply teacher and will be in school until they either close or I show any symptoms because otherwise I don’t get paid. DH has said he’s happy to support us if I don’t feel comfortable working - this following the news yesterday that a newborn baby was diagnosed with COVID-19 and we both felt very panicky for a bit. We could theoretically get by with just his wages for a bit but it’s very tight. I have been saving a bit of a buffer but need that for maternity leave as I’m not entitled to maternity pay, and if school closures do happen and do go on for a long time I won’t be earning at all so best to keep going now whilst I’m in a long term placement and things are open. I also don’t want to let the school or the (SEN) class I’m covering down, and don’t want to burn bridges with the agency in the future who could simply not offer further work if I leave them in the lurch now.

If I wasn’t pregnant I don’t think I’d have any qualms about just working as usual, but as it is I am definitely agonising over whether I’m doing the right thing. Definitely at a point where I’m going to ‘distance’ myself outside of work though.

Carrying on as normal at the moment, to be fair we have no plans until May anyway, no nights out etc. Just work then home, plus we're in an area with a tiny number of cases, at least that have been recorded anyway.

I'm not. OH decided tonight that he's going to stop going to the gym and the pool (he's been going almost daily lately) and we're not going to take toddler DS into the supermarket when doing the shop as he's going to touch and lick everything. DD still has to go to school, for now, and OH has to go to work occasionally (not much work on at the moment so most days he's at home anyway), but otherwise we're pretty much staying at home except to buy food. Might make an exception for a trip to the library when we've run out of books though!

Carrying on as normal here. Most of my family and friends are doing the same.
Going to meet a friend for breakfast tomorrow after I drop dd at nursery. Have plans for the rest of the week.

Everything as usual - not had any advice to do otherwise either from NHS or work/school etc.

A bit pissed off I’ve lost my Fitbit somewhere in the house this afternoon

Carrying on as normal here

Gym, work, school, socialising

Expecting school to finish a week early (28th) but that's just a hunch and not based on anything concrete

BAU at the moment but haven't really had anything planned that would require cancelling. We have a Mother's Day meal out booked next weekend so I guess that'll be the test but I feel like we'll know more about the situation by then.

DH and I are still going to work but both have the option to work from home if necessary. DC still going to school, dd1 has GCSE's this year so I don't feel like keeping them at home is a reasonable option at this stage.

Going about my usual business, but with caution. I wouldn’t go to fucking Thailand though!

I am , I refuse to get drawn into the hysteria until I’m forced to do so . From tomorrow dh has to WFH so my routine may change slightly to accommodate that .

Well, I'm a teacher surrounded by kids all day long, my two teenager kids are still going to school every day and my DP's company haven't yet told them all to work from home, so life has to go on more or less as normal really. Since the govt doesn't seem to think we are worth quarantining I don't see much point in not doing extra-curricular stuff/going to the theatre etc while things are still open. It's going to be shitty enough when things get locked down without starting early. I guess I am Boris Johnson's ideal citizen (oh, the irony!) and am also prepared to acquire some herd immunity for the team. We are all relatively fit and well. Our elderly relatives live miles away and I hope are being cautious and careful but we won't be visiting as wouldn't want to bring them a virus we can cope with but they can't. I will carry on seeing friends and making plans for now because I am being forced to go to work anyway so might as well enjoy life while we still can.

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