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STAY AT HOME

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Themaraudersmap · 20/03/2020 09:19

No you can’t meet your friend for coffee
No you can’t get your hair done
No you can’t go to pub or restaurant
No you can’t go to the gym or swimming
No you can’t go visit your elderly parents with your children
No you can’t go to the playground
No you can’t have a play date
And so on and so forth.

If you have to go to work go and then go home. If you want to exercise go for a run on your own or exercise at home on your own. If you go to get food please be very careful and only go if essential.

PLEASE START TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY

STAY AT HOME
OP posts:
Pluckedpencil · 20/03/2020 14:46

People don't get it until it's really enforced hard. Even Italy on my last day in the office (two days before they locked is down) my friend was debating whether to cancel her bikini line wax....

ilovesooty · 20/03/2020 14:48

I am being responsible. I am only leaving the house to go to work and any essential shopping. I don't need people like the OP shouting at me and telling me what I can and cannot do.

Dibdabdobdop · 20/03/2020 14:49

I keep bringing this up on threads but I am so anxious, I have asthma and I work in a shop that sells non essential items. We have no safety measures in place for staff. I was told we aren't allowed to wear gloves, even latex free ones, just in case any of our customers have a latex allergy Hmm. Even though I have asthma the company isn't supportive about isolation or anything to do with their employees well being. I'm angry at the company and I am angry at the people who persist in coming to our shop, some of whom are coughing all over the till area not always covering their hands, licking their fingers as they peel notes out of their wallets and purses, handing my money but not accepting change from me in case I'm contaminated I presume. At least make an effort to pay with card instead of cash. I'm not the only shop worker I know of who is terrified during their shift because we have families at home and we don't want to get this virus and die or put our families at risk just so you can have some bloody wrapping paper.

Crazybunnylady123 · 20/03/2020 14:52

Im self isolating because I’m pregnant, I’m with my 3 year old. My dp is a key worker and people will not give him any space while he is at work and so terrified about how many people he sees in the day and comes home to us. My anxiety is through the roof. I’m scared to loose my dp we have been together 16 years, Im scared for my daughter and my unborn dd. I need a c section and I’m terrified I’ll have to do it alone, as dp will have to stay with our dd. All of our parents are in the at risk group, my parents are not leaving the house other than to take the dog for a quick walk. These people are only interested in getting there 100th bag of pasta, he’s tired, covering other people’s shifts and the general public are rude and selfish. But he still goes to work because he has too.

RuffleCrow · 20/03/2020 15:02

Actually that's not true - it's prolongued social contact which spreads the serious cases. Walking twenty feet from someone in a park isn't going to put anyone at risk. It will lift your mood and boost your immune system. Being realistic about the risks isn't 'not caring'. Kids up and down the country are still at school so yes it's extremely authoritarian to come on here and shout at people in order to pretend there's some ban on leaving the house.

WobblyAllOver · 20/03/2020 15:09

I really wish people would separate social
distancing from self isolation.

An NO we don't need to stay indoors. It's perfectly fine to go for a walk or talk to someone but keep a distance from them.

I do think this brings out the worst of people who decide the 'rules' and then try and make everyone stick to them.

Even OPs heading is daft. No we don't all need to stay at home. You can be sensible and still go outside or chat to your neighbour from a sensible distance or walk the dog. It might surprise you but lots of people are even working in many essential industries so I am bloody glad they aren't staying at home.

BreatheAndFocus · 20/03/2020 15:10

Oh piss of. There's no lockdown in the uk. There's no ban on going to the park or the hairdresser

There’s no lockdown because the government wrongly assumed people would use some bloody common sense! “Essential” doesn’t mean a manicure or having your hair done.

There will be a lockdown soon though, and that’s because people are so f**king thick that they can’t use their initiative or adapt to the situation.

This virus needs killing, and it needs killing by isolating it - ie by stopping yourself being a stepping stone for it to continue to reproduce and increase. The quicker and fiercer we do that (strict social distancing), the sooner things are going to get back to normal.

People can carry the virus for up to 14 days with no symptoms. If they go out, they’ll infect others and those others will infect more people. Stay at home and cripple the virus’s ability to spread.

PurpleDaisies · 20/03/2020 15:16

I don't need people like the OP shouting at me and telling me what I can and cannot do.

It clearly isn’t aimed at you. Haven’t you seen all the threads asking about going to visit family, going to the pub, getting your nails done etc?

Plenty of people don’t know what social distancing means.

Duchessofblandings · 20/03/2020 15:16
  • PatchworkElmer

I’ve been running alone in the evenings- it’s been mega quiet but last night it was incredibly busy in my route- never seen it like that before. I think that people are starting to absorb it- but I’m now wondering if I need to stop using that route to avoid others!*

This has been my problem too. 2 vulnerable people here so 12 week isolating. I’m fine but obviously need to do the same for them. Thought I might be able to take dog for a quiet walk at odd time 4 days ago but so many people about, I felt really unsafe, zigzagging here and there to avoid them. Won’t be out again until this is all over. Have brought the rusty old treadmill in from the garage- just wondering how the dog will feel about joining me 😁

ilovesooty · 20/03/2020 15:20

It might not be aimed at me but I think that shouting at and hectoring people like this isn't helpful for the mental health of those reading. And unfortunately people who are careless and selfish won't behave any differently until the government steps up, does its job and imposes restrictions.

Inkpaperstars · 20/03/2020 15:21

Oh piss of. There's no lockdown in the uk. There's no ban on going to the park or the hairdresser! Perhaps lockdown like you're clearly gunning for will happen soon. If so, i'll make the most of my last little bit of freedom, you authoritarian-sounding person

It's because of people like you that there will be a lockdown, not because of authoritarianism! Your comment is a really unpleasant mix of stupidity and toxic attitude. I wish there was a way to ensure it is people who are so clueless and cruel that will take the worst hit, unfortunately there isn't.

Escapetab · 20/03/2020 15:21

Aaaaaaarrrrgggh a haircut is NOT ESSENTIAL, why aren't people listening?

daisypond · 20/03/2020 15:23

I'm not planning to do this but why can't you drive to a beach and go for a walk on it on your own?
Because it is non essential travel.

Lots of people are ignoring it where I am because there are only 3 cases in the whole (very large) town.
There will be many more cases than that. 3 is the number in hospital, tested. Even now where I am, there’s no space in hospital and people are being left at home struggling to breathe, and it’s barely started yet.

Escapetab · 20/03/2020 15:23

It might not be aimed at me but I think that shouting at and hectoring people like this isn't helpful for the mental health of those reading.

Maybe not but the mental health of those who are seeing this stupidity repeated again and again IRL and here might be pushed enough that we forget to be patient and courteous when addressing the entitled and foolish.

EarringsandLipstick · 20/03/2020 15:34

Daisy Dear Lord

I'm not planning to do this but why can't you drive to a beach and go for a walk on it on your own?
Because it is non essential travel.

You're reading this entirely wrong. Of course you can drive to the beach & walk on it.

The non-essential bit refers to things that are risks
You will NOT put anyone at risk by walking along an empty beach, whether you drove to it or not.

Conversely, if you walked to your local shop & stood less than 2 m away from someone, you HAVE put people at risk.

It's not about the 'rules', it's the why of them.

I keep being so thankful we have (much) clearer, consistent advice here. Not perfect, and people not behaving perfectly either. Bit much less of this daftness in Ireland.

daisypond · 20/03/2020 15:43

You will NOT put anyone at risk by walking along an empty beach, whether you drove to it or not.
It’s the Driving to the beach that is the problem, not the walking. Read the OP’s query.

EarringsandLipstick · 20/03/2020 15:45

OP doesn't mention driving. Why would driving anywhere be a problem? For goodness sake.

It's the INTERACTION that's the problem, as explained in my post.

daisypond · 20/03/2020 15:47

I'm not planning to do this but why can't you drive to a beach and go for a walk on it on your own?
That is the quote. Maybe the OP didn’t say it, but someone asked.

EarringsandLipstick · 20/03/2020 15:50

Yes I think someone else did. But my point still stands: driving is NOT a problem. Driving to the beach is NOT a problem.

You said it was because it was non-essential.

No.

The problem is interaction - driving: fine. Driving with 10 people squashed in the car: not fine. Walking: fine. Walking with a big group: not fine.

Interacting outside your immediate family, closer than 2m, is the problem. Not any form of driving.

daisypond · 20/03/2020 15:51

It is not just interaction. Viruses live in the air for about an hour and on surfaces for hours or days. A bench, a dustbin, a playground. Even with no one else there. That’s why we are meant to avoid all non essential travel.

EarringsandLipstick · 20/03/2020 15:55

Daisypond please consider informing yourself.

Yes, viruses live on surfaces. So don't go to a playground, avoid public transport.

But drive your own car - that's fine. It'll only be you touching it.

Walk on beach - still fine. Open air, no surfaces to touch, as a rule

Once again, the travel is fine. The interaction is not. Interaction means with other people AND surfaces. There are areas of risk & areas of very low risk. Driving to the beach & going for a walk is really really low-risk.

One of the things public health experts are keen on is that people know what is ok to do and not. If you make life unliveable (with misinformation like yours), you increase the risk, as people start doing all sorts of silly things as they can't decide what's ok & not.

So drive to the beach PP & have your walk.

SingleDadReally · 20/03/2020 15:57

OP-hear hear. I work in the NHS. We’re trying to ramp up available beds, oxygen supply, mechanical ventilation, protective equipment and comb through all staff, including admin staff like me, for clinical experience. Infections are doubling every 3 or 4 days. At a death rate lower than that currently that still means tens of thousands of deaths by the early summer. Do not leave your house or have contact with people other than for essential supplies or if you can’t work from home. It is possible to exercise alone or with members of your household. There is limited ventilation capacity. The only weapon we have is to limit infections by STAYING AT HOME.

orangeicecream · 20/03/2020 15:59

Apparently the government's expectation is that 50% of people or more will not self isolate or quarantine properly. Seriously worrying!!

daisypond · 20/03/2020 16:00

I am extremely well informed. It may be low risk, I agree, but it is not without risk, and if someone is in a vulnerable group they should be avoiding all risks as much as possible.