Will you stick to the rules if lockdown in the UK is extended for another 12 months?

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Yes or no?

Yes of course, why would I let other people die because I'm too selfish to lose one year of my life.

So do tell how you have spent all the other years of your life unselfishly making sure that other people don't die? Which conflict zones have you volunteered in? Which refugee camps? What charities have you volunteered a year's work for?

Or is that a bit different from a year sitting on your sofa watching Netflix and virtue-signalling about how unselfish you are?

People who are saying yes they would:
Would you really have your children go another year without peers to play with or other adult influences on their lives?

Not a chance.

No

No way. I'm missing my family enough now. And my mental health will be even more shot than it already is.

I'm not sleeping well. I'm anxious and tense all the time..my routine has been disrupted and I fuxking hate it. I'm craving drugs and ordering them offline every month, then using flat out for a week. I'm drinking every night and finding it impossible to stop. Have gone from 5jnits s week to 38 last week.
If this shower of shite carries on that long I may as well just die now.

The thing is it's one step at a time, so nobody would have to face the certainty of a very long lockdown. It'll be decided a few weeks at a time, with varying degrees depending on death rates and other factors. Noone has suggested a year of total lockdown.

No chance.

No.

No. It’s totally unrealistic.

Lockdown for 12 months would scarcely affect me because I am mobility impaired and rarely go out except for medical appointments now.

For the vast majority of people it would destroy our entire society and way of life and ruin the economy so 12 months is not viable. I think most people are going to struggle with another 3 weeks and after that people are going to say "no". In the face of mass disobedience we dont have the police to enforce it.

We will have to pursue other methods such as testing, tracing and controling our borders much more strictly as in the Australian model. After we leave EU fully we will be able to do this so and refuse entry to a lot more people.

No

I think people saying ‘no, I need to see my parents’ are definitely not considering the risk to parents. Would they really be Ok with passing on a potentially fatal illness...?

We’re in lockdown but still the death rate for the last few weeks has been double the rate for this time of year. So when we come out, it may be much higher. And that’s when people comply - when they understand that being out really is meaning more die.

People discussing parents and visiting are most definitely doing a mental risk assessment. Don't visit for an extended period of time and elderly parent suffers from loneliness and heartache. Being fairly confident that you are virus free and going to visit.

People in their 80s and 90s don't have year - 2 years to waste hiding from a virus until a vaccine is available.

Yes, I like being at home. X

Absolutely I'm not a selfish twat.

No, I can go without restaurants etc. But would take the DC to see their perfectly healthy 50's/60's grandparents.

Jesus Christ, we always could control our borders while we were members of the EU, we just chose not to. We could shut it all down now. We could have had loads of controls and checks upon entry over the last few months. We chose not to.

No.
Once we've got the NHS in a position to cope with coronavirus on top of usual seasonal fluctuations, then we need to get people back out and about again. Otherwise the remedy will cost more than the cause.

Peope shielding will likely be on lockdown for another twelve months. They have no choice. It's that or death. That would probably sway your decision.

No I really dont think i could tbh. It's really affected my mental health. It has had me really low at times because I need structure. Also, the age gap between my children means it is quite stressful.
I dont mind being on my own for a length of time and I love that we are all here together but I dont think I could go much longer, my children need a standard of education that I am not able to provide.

I agree with @MiddlesexGirl, it's about getting the NHS (and other international health systems) in a position to cope with coronavirus on top of usual seasonal fluctuations, then we need to get people back out and about again.

That sounded contradictory, I'll correct: I dont mind being at home. I'm not alone

If I was childless, then yes, I could do this for a year (if you ignore the impact on the economy etc). I’m not much into pubs, shopping etc and I would be happy to sacrifice seeing my friends for a few months, as adults we can zoom etc. We have savings, can work from home etc.

But for us as a family- no, absolutely not. Children have a short childhood as it is, a year without any peers to play with, other people to talk to, access to playgrounds or pools or play dates or education? A quarter of my preschoolers life in isolation? (And that’s just my very privileged kids, who knows what this is doing to children living with abuse, poverty, parents suddenly out of work and the rest.) Not a hope in hell, not unless it was to their direct benefit. Not to keep predominantly elderly and late middle aged people from catching a virus that is still unlikely to be fatal even to them. Not to “save the nhs” either. I’m as law abiding as they come, but I’ll be joining the civil disobedience should this come to pass. Which it won’t because however much people want to save lives, we simply cannot afford a year long lockdown even if people would go along with it.

No.

Sorry, but no. Moderate forms of social distancing like avoiding certain activities, sure. But nobody can afford this long term. And I have a toddler who deserves to spend time with other kids. My older daughter needs to go back to school as well.