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What happened to the letters the government were writing to every household?

228 replies

Bearbehind · 08/04/2020 10:54

About 10 days ago I thought it was announced that the government was writing to every household in the country to reiterate the advice regarding CV

I thought it seemed a waste of time and money as you’d have to be living in a bunker to have not heard to before but that’s beside the point

Did anyone actually receive this letter?

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Inappropriatefemale · 10/04/2020 12:20

Posting letters through doors makes it far more likely for everyone to see rather than media announcements, not everyone watches TV and/or listens to radio.

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Egghead68 · 10/04/2020 14:57

Not had mine. Waste of money anyhow.

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LuluJakey1 · 17/04/2020 23:28

Anyone still not had theirs? We haven't and PIL and SIL - live locally - haven't.

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kazza446 · 17/04/2020 23:40

No, we’ve not had one yet! I was hoping for one so the kids could make a time capsule!

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UntamedShrew · 17/04/2020 23:43

No we haven’t (in London)

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EmpressMcSchnozzle · 18/04/2020 00:11

We've not received ours yet either. Rats. I was so looking forward to framing my Lockdown 2020 (Now A Compulsory Global Multiplayer Game) "Protect and Survive" letter for posterity....

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ButtonMoonLoon · 18/04/2020 00:12

No, nothing here (South East)

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Davros · 18/04/2020 00:23

We haven't had it here either, London too. I was wondering about it

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MsPepperPotts · 18/04/2020 00:41

Got mine last week - went straight in the bin...God knows how many people were involved in the processing of this mountain of letters and envelopes and the astronomical cost and waste of money.

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Midnight0 · 18/04/2020 00:42

We got it twice about a week ago in East Midlands

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Geepipe · 18/04/2020 02:12

Got mine 2 weeks ago as did everyone i know in the area and adjoining city and towns here north west.

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 18/04/2020 06:53

We still haven't had it. Farcical

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MaxNormal · 18/04/2020 06:58

Nothing here either. Scotland.

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Egghead68 · 18/04/2020 07:06

Nothing here.

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VashtaNerada · 18/04/2020 07:17

None here (London). How pointless. If it takes this long for letters to arrive then clearly there’s no point. Advice is changing so quickly at the moment.

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LuluJakey1 · 18/04/2020 10:42

Like everything the government have 'rolled-out' in this pandemic, it seems to have been haphazard, chaotic and badly thought-through in the first place. No doubt they are 'working night and day' 'straining every sinew' to get them out. Hmm

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Mystraightenersarebroken · 18/04/2020 10:43

If you didn't get one you haven't missed anything

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Lordfrontpaw · 18/04/2020 10:47

We got ours ages ago - 2 in fact.

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Hearhoovesthinkzebras · 18/04/2020 10:50

We've still.nit had ours either. Live in London. I'd forgotten all about it until.i saw this thread.

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Lordfrontpaw · 18/04/2020 10:51

I’m trying to remember if they were names or just addressed.

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Pelleas · 18/04/2020 10:54

Nothing here!

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WrongKindOfFace · 18/04/2020 10:57

Still nothing here. Normal post is arriving ok and only delayed by a day or two.

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sanealaddin · 18/04/2020 11:00

I'm in London and we got the letter about 2 weeks ago.

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Davros · 18/04/2020 15:22

I can't fault their response to the "extremely vulnerable" of which, I discovered last week, I am one

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LuluJakey1 · 05/05/2020 01:48

We still haven't had our letter. Not expecting it now. None of our neighbours or friends locally have had theirs. I bet it was a pile of poo anyway. Wasted taxpayers' money.

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