Those who are still going out and about and not socially distancing.

[FatAlbert]

Schools have closed, round here teenagers have been out every night celebrating impending closures. Some people seem to think this is an excuse to party, to go and visit friends.

Do people not understand what’s going on?

Have you not seen what’s happening in Italy right now?
627 new deaths today.
This will be happening here very soon.

FFS stay in unless you absolutely have to go out, keep your children away from other people, have some social responsibility!

All those still going out right now, you’re no better than drink drivers. You will be partly responsible for the NHS being overloaded and for people’s deaths.

@PrincessPain if you are self isolating why is your dh still working. Surely he should be self isolating too?

We have to go out. There’s fuck all in Mr Sunak’s emergency deal for us (self employed, very small business). I have to shop for my family because, like a decent person I didn’t panic buy/hoard.

Will that do? Don’t blame/flame me. Blame this govt.

I had an argument with someone on fb about this earlier. She’s planning on spending Mother’s Day with her mum and grandmother because their meal out for cancelled. When people pointed out that she needs to be social distancing she said “Those are just GUIDELINES not RULES”
I told her she’s selfish and people like her are the reason we need the bloody guidelines!

TheLadyAnne I don’t think people are angry with those that have to go out for work and food? I am furious with those going to the gym, to pubs, etc - but I think that grocery shopping is a very different matter. DH is still going out to work and I wish he didn’t have to.

@TheLadyAnneNeville Nobody is denying anyone the need to buy food supplies, food shopping and a few drink's in the pub are very different as is 10 teenager's hanging around swapping germs. Social distancing is being mocked by many.

People are being stupid !

I have no choice but to go out tomorrow with the kids because I’m completely out of food and have absolutely no one else to get any for me nor can I get a delivery slot.

Apart from that I’ll be in the house or garden with them and isolated walks only.

Wondering if the selfish lemmings are going to start meeting in parks for boozy picnics.

I'm more pissed off at the 'lads' I see, the football loving, beer swilling groups of grown men who just have to have a pint with the lads.

The sooner lockdown the better.

A school Mum has sent her 3 kids to her in-laws (both 70+) house tonight for a sleepover. Idiotic.

I'm sick of the pathetic excuses why social distancing cannot possibly apply to them.

This crisis a hidden killer amongst us. I'm sure if there was a man with a gun stood on your street then you'd find a way to keep your teens inside.

Oh how fucking marvellous if must be to have your head shoved so far up your own backside that you actually believe you're just that little bit too special for social distancing to apply to you. Maybe when they or thier loved ones are suffocating to death eith no prosoect of an smbukance let slone a UCU bed the penny will drop.
Chances are by then well be in the same sorry state Italy is!

For all of you that think it does not apply to you because "im with people all day at work so why shouldn't I mix eith people on my day off" or "i feel fine" get a fucking grip of yourselves.

Is it really all that surprising, given the current political climate, that teens and twenty-somethings are perhaps not as concerned as maybe they would otherwise have been about a virus that mainly effects the over-50's.

They are being asked to make big sacrifices for a generation that has consistently voted for their own best interests first and against what the younger generation would have wanted.

I've heard it's called the 'boomer doomer' (among other things) in younger circles.

Not saying I agree with it at all, but you do reap what you sow to a certain extent.

I really hope that non essential shops are closed soon. I'm terrified of going to work tomorrow. We aren't allowed to wear gloves or masks and the store's always really busy, even more so than usual. There's no chance of staying 2 metres away from customers. I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight. Every other retailer in the shopping centre we're in has put limits on customer entry and/or provided gloves and antibac to their employees, or has closed. I'm not usually a worrier but I nearly cried today during my shift. I just can't believe how selfish some people are, including the owners of the company I work for.

If that "boomer doomer" thing is true, that's absolutely disgusting.

Bluebooby are you in a vulnerable group? If so, you need to self isolate now.

@Bluebooby i understand. I am not one for panic or anxiety usually but I work in a school and will be back at work next week, with no provision to keep us distanced or sanitised. No gloves, no sanitiser, no masks. I am surprised that I actually feel quite nervous about it.
Also not a panic buyer or hoarder and have only been able to shop after work this week so not been able to get a lot of essential supplies. My 70 year old dad has offered to post me some hand sanitiser bless him!
Really wish everyone could stay safely at home but is just not the case. Cant even imagine how front line workers must be feeling at the moment.

Every night this week my dh has received texts asking him if he fancies meeting a group of mates in the pub. Tonight he was invited for a final blow out at their local pub, which was selling pints for £2 to get rid of their beer stock before shut down. One of these mates has a wife with severe asthma. She's has been begging this man not to go anywhere that may heighten the risk of catching covid 19 because she's so fearful for her own health.

On FB I've seen school mum's trying to organise massive group play dates for their kids.

Whenever I say to anyone (other than family) that the children, dh and I are social distancing they look at me like I'm mad. I don't understand why people are not getting it. They can see everyday on the news what is happening in Italy and yet they seem to think it's nothing but hype. It's mind boggling.

I don't know if I am. I have very mild asthma but haven't been called by my gp - my uncle was called by his. I'm just scared and angry that they don't care enough to let us have any protection at all and that some of the customers think it's all a big joke. I think I will resign tomorrow actually. I have to go in but I don't think I can keep this up much longer, it's not good for my mental health.

She's has been begging this man not to go anywhere that may heighten the risk of catching covid 19 because she's so fearful for her own health

Can you imagine having a partner who is more concerned about having his fill of £2 lager than you dying?

@SanFrancisco49er sorry, it's a really horrible situation. I think it's seeing all the other retail outlets taking precautions and hearing people in other jobs talk about WFH that really made me upset at the injustice of it all. Would you be allowed to wear gloves if you supplied your own? My company has obviously said no but I've been bringing hand sanitizer in which is something at least. In your position I think I'd bring gloves, hand sanitizer and maybe some cleaning supplies to clean your desk area and door handles quickly each day.

@Bluebooby its what we have been doing with our own cleaning products but supplies running low and cant get any more. Plus gloves and masks not allowed but we may have to break this!
I hope you are ok and things change for you soon.

I got the "tin foil hat" look from my neighbour earlier. I told her now that school was finished, my two, 13 and 15, would not be meeting up with anybody or going anywhere. We'd all be at home, exceptions being food shopping by me.

Apart from school and work we've cancelled pretty much everything over the past week/10 days. My parents, both late 70s, are in 12 weeks isolation, started last Sunday.

My neighbour said she and her friends, with all their children, were planning on meeting up outdoors, walking etc. She said that's ok isn't it? I said well, the virus can travel 4 metres, and people in Italy and France are watching us in horror, pleading with us all to just stay home, apart from essential outings. She made a puzzled face and walked in her house, acting as though I was spoiling her fun. Not sure I'll ever feel quite the same about her.

@Bluebooby It sounds awful. Is there usually many jobs in your area? I think i'd resign too. My employer's let most of us go, keeping the favourite's, now they don't want to work, he texted me earlier to come in tomorrow, I've already applied for the coronavirus out of work payment, he'll probably sack me but I'm not going in.
It is horrendous people off work and deciding to shop instead, DIY stores are out the door, we live in a very selfish world.

And yes, that "boomer doomer" sentiment is vile if true.

So, the over 70s should be left gasping for breath in a hospital corridor, because some little entitled scrape can't get a foot on the housing ladder. Grow the f**k up.

I have a partner like that TuenofftheTV. And tbh I'm ashamed of him tonight.

@FatAlbert

Embarrassingly for me, I'm only in a higher risk group because of my BMI, which plenty of people aren't taking seriously, including people taking the piss on MN.
I'm trying to do the best for me and my babies, if I got it and brought it home to them, I'd be devastated, so we're staying in.
My DH is a key worker with no health problems, he has to work.