Posters who want lockdown lifted

[DianaT1969]

I'm seeing an increase in threads where the poster is impatient for exact details of an exit strategy (even though we can all imagine what it will involve - phased re-opening of some stores and businesses etc,,). Plus we're hearing the usual cries of lockdown is hurting society more than it's helping.
Spain saw a spike in new infections today - the highest since their peak 3 weeks ago. To these posters I'd like to ask what your thread titles will be during our spikes in infections and deaths after this lockdown?
What I'm really getting at is that you don't seem to understand that we're in this for the long haul. There is no quick fix, back to normal.

It would make sense to use a hospital where there are a few in an area and make it clean no coronovirus admissions even use the private hospital which here is lying empty because it was taken up by nhs. Our hospital had six cases four back home now, two doing well. That would be a good hospital for cancer etc.

Well from a lot of the discussions I have seen today from friends on Facebook who are hair dressers and my own hairdresser there will be plenty of people wanting back in as soon as it opens, me being one of them

As soon as we come out we are bound to see an influx of more cases as everyone will be mingling again. We need to over come it eventually, but, i personally think we should wait til another country has

@Tjsmumma hasn’t Germany started gradually opening things including hairdressers? Be interesting to see what happens there, of course they are more on top of testing etc.

@thecountessathotelcortez yes! I believe so, but, like you say we need to see what happens there first and how wr go about doing it here. Like you say they are a bit more hot on testing though so makes it harder to get a real gauge of whats going on really

Yeah let’s carry on with lockdown, other serious Medical conditions can wait.

Lockdown can’t go on much longer (not saying it will switch right back to ‘normal’), I think we’ll have to learn to live with CV. Lockdown also causes indirect deaths, and economic hardship and suffering, that’s reality, no amount of hysteria and outrage and wishful thinking or blaming the government will change that.

I’m not sure the government will formerly exit from lockdown and make a big announcement I think companies will slowly be told they can open but will have to follow guidelines, I think this is already starting to happen.

Lockdown was to buy the government time to give the NHS capacity, they are getting on with that. We cannot be locked down until get a vaccine, its too far away assuming it even happens. You cant fuck the economy this badly and not experience bit time problems. We need to open up as much as we can safely open.

Restrictions are going to be eased by mid may, there is no way round it, people are already doing it themselves.

Those who want schools not to go back until sept, I simply can’t understand why, nothing will magically be over by sept, it won’t have changed and it will be flu season starting, so a double whammy.

I am starting to wonder if many of those who wish lock down to continue and kids not back in school till sept are wanting that for personal selfish reasons, and nothing to do with fear.

For example they don’t want to go back into their work. Having kids at home, lock down in place, means they don’t have to. So they argue it should continue until some random date, that has nothing to do with the virus Ie sept.

I’m sure for some it is fear, but they can continue to lock down personally. They can pull their kids out of school and home school them, nothing is stopping them if it’s fear other than finances.

If it’s not fear however, and they just want this to continue for longer, because they are enjoying not going into to work, doing the school rub, having the humdrum of life, that’s something very different.

I am starting to wonder if many of those who wish lock down to continue and kids not back in school till sept are wanting that for personal selfish reasons, and nothing to do with fear.

This was always the obvious danger with Sunak's nationalisation of the British economy.

I am starting to wonder if many of those who wish lock down to continue and kids not back in school till sept are wanting that for personal selfish reasons

I think this is quite possibly the case. There are many people on here who say they are preferring lockdown to their normal life.

@dotty202 exactly what I think 👍

With a death rate of 0.027% in a 66 million population YES we need to start to relax things slowly

And Sid the nhs?

How nice

Can I also add that Sweden's policy has meant that they are in a better place than UK. Their ppl are embracing voluntary social distancing. Go figure.

I guess you mean 'sod the NHS'?

I recognise the function of the health service as integral to a functional society, but it is a service to the people - not the other way around.

At the end of this extension, we will have given 7 weeks of our lives to the NHS. That is enough.

Because it isn't sustainable.

I am taking an antibody test next week - curious, but don't think I have had it. My work (non NHS) will also begin RT-PCR swab testing all staff weekly. Along with temperature monitoring and social distancing - we are getting people back to work. Our little segment of the economy is moving again.
I was on a government briefing webinar for my industry the other day and one official was saying they are gonna start encouraging workplace testing. I take that to mean a gradual easing of lockdown where precautions can be taken will be encouraged.

I am taking an antibody test next week - curious, but don't think I have had it.
Is this through your work? How were you chosen?

Which industry do you work in?

"Covid death rate up from 0.026% to 0.027% with second wave in UK. Excess death per 1000 people estimated at 0.00004%. Excess deaths from non covid related causes up significantly"

Pharma-Biotech. We sourced it ourselves via a collaborator. Some German government approved kit. The result will mean nothing - is just curiosity to a load of bored scientists really!

"The lockdown should be extended well into the second half of next year"
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

What bluntness said.

You answered your own question OP- we are in this for the long haul.
EXACTLY. Which is why we cannot stay on lockdown for an entire year.
Are you seriously suggesting this happens? because there would be no money for the NHS and it would be gone if that happened, long before an entire year was up. Do you get it now?

I agree that a lockdown is not a permanent solution. It was needed but we also need to know what the next step is.