Very anxious

[SpongeCake23]

Sorry for the post and I hope it isn’t seen as self indulgent, but I keep reading that this might go on for ‘the best part of a year.’ Obviously I know this self isolation and social distancing is for the greater good, but I don’t know how I’m supposed to keep it up for a year. I thought I saw a glimmer of hope that China had lifted their restrictions slightly and people were starting to go back to work etc (I have a friend who lives there). Then I read that here it might go on for that long.
Do they mean constantly in a locked down/social distancing scenario for a year or do they mean intermittent throughout the year all depending on how the virus is progressing?
Please can someone help me understand. I know you probably don’t know either, but I’m so scared right now. Scared that I won’t see my parents for 12 months. Scared they’ll miss my DS turning 2 in October, scared at the thought of being trapped in my house for the best part of 12 months and not seeing anyone.
Please be kind. My mental health is currently hanging by a thread.

[PanicOnTheStreets85]

Here's the link. The relevant bit is page 15
www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf

There's not a date because the "off" switch will be when the number of people in hospital falls below a certain number. They do suggest that we'll be self-isolating for at least 2/3 of the time, unless we can come up with more efficient strategies that look at local numbers of cases.

[SpongeCake23]

@paniconthestreets85 thank you. Did they say when? Will they relax the rules in the summer intermittently?

[PanicOnTheStreets85]

It will be intermittent. They need to "turn the tap on and off" to get a steady flow of people into the ICU. They explain it well towards the end of the latest BBC Coronavirus Newscast podcast episode.