Why do people not think that social distancing doesn’t apply to them?

[ItsMyIssue]

Is it because it’s not enforced? a neighbour, couple in the their 70s has a team of decorators in, they started on Wednesday. Another neighbouring couple also retired have just gone out with their golf clubs. There were people in the pub yesterday afternoon when my DH (NHS staff) walked home. For context we live in London.

Amazon delivery guy today left our parcel by the door and walked down the path once he saw me go yo the door which I thought was wise, still polite and friendly but at a distance safe for us both.

My mother (who just turned 70) has declared the guidance "stupid" 🤦‍♀️

This week has just confirmed that the people I inwardly thought were stupid are even stupider than I thought.

JuanSheetIsPlenty

“People to use their brains?”

Therein lays the problem.

(Hope your moniker proves accurate!)

How do you know companies are not buying vans? We just have to let companies get organised as best they can. In the meantime neighbours can help can’t they?!

Hope your moniker proves accurate!

so do I!

How do you know companies are not buying vans?

I don’t, I also have seen nothing to say they are. What I have seen is them encouraging people to come into their stores instead of staying homes. If they are trying to sort the delivery problems then I’d expect them to announce that to assure people they aren’t putting people at risk while doing nothing to fix the issue.

In the meantime neighbours can help can’t they?!

Which applies equally to the elderly.

My parents went out for dinner last night whilst my dad has taken the week off work (food industry) as he has a "bug". My mums a keyboard warrior sharing every little thing about the virus as well, hypocrite.

In laws are going multiple visits with baby in tow, asking if we want to be involved. No.

I despair!

DH and I were supposed to he going out for a meal with 2 other couples tomorrow. We are all in our 60s/70s , one had cancer last year and at least 2 have HBP. I assumed it wouldn’t happen so was astounded to get a text asking if we want to go for a drink first ! The other 4 people cannot understand why DH and I don’t want to go to a pub then restaurant at the moment .
Apparently we are snowflakes 🤷‍♀️

People really aren’t getting it.

My own mum is back visiting my 90+yo nana- as are all her siblings. And they’re all still doing the rounds of the shops and taking what they can find. Some of them are still working. What do they not understand? They could kill their own mother! Mum also asked me if we’d be out for dinner on Sunday. My dad is immune compromised and has a sign on the door saying so. Bad enough my mum is running round the country but now she’s inviting us to dinner.! we’ve been self isolating though so my dad would actually be safer coming to stay with me rather than at home.

The message won’t sink in.

I know the owner of three extremely popular bars in Leeds. He has closed all of them to the public aside from the take away option, so people can go in and buy cans of lager or bottles of wine if they want to take home. I thought this was a sensible approach.

Meanwhile the owner of Wetherspoons refuses to close, he thinks simply stopping people drinking at the bar is enough . Thick twat.

Give it a few weeks the shock will hit them hard, when they can't go to family members funerals, when people they love have to die alone. Maybe they will stop being as selfish as they are now, this will be a very humbling experience for some.

Hospital’s critical care unit overwhelmed by coronavirus patients

https://www.hsj.co.uk/news/hospitals-critical-care-unit-overwhelmed-by-coronavirus-patients/7027189.article

.... message to staff, Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow...:
“I am writing to let you know that we have this evening declared a ‘critical incident’ in relation to our critical care capacity at Northwick Park Hospital.

This is due to an increasing number of patients with Covid-19.

“This means that we currently do not have enough space for patients requiring critical care.

A senior director at another London acute trust told HSJ:
“Given we’re in the low foothills of this virus, this is f+++ing petrifying.

“The thing people aren’t really talking about yet is that we are going to have to quickly agree some clinical thresholds for admissions to intensive care.

This is what the Italians have had to do, and whether it’s set at 60 or whatever, we are going to have to do something similar.

There’s no way we’re going to be able to scale up to the level we need otherwise.

“The trusts in outer London seem to be hit much worse at the moment, probably about two weeks ahead of the rest of the country.
Barnet, Lewisham and Greenwich, Epsom and St Helier, North Middlesex and Hillingdon are all struggling.

“I was in denial about the seriousness of this virus a couple of weeks ago, but not anymore.

“I’m now on calls with commissioners about getting more people out of hospital and into the community,
and they’re saying ’yes that’ll be done in the next week’,
and I’m on the verge of screaming at them.
Things are going completely nuts.

The government have given plenty of advice re social distancing. If people disregard it, it's down to them. Just continued with you own hand washing and safety measures. It is not policeable anyway and cases increasing is an inevitable fact.

The Prime Minister just admitted he'd be seeing his mum soon but not Sunday as he'll be busy