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So we are staying lockdown until June at the earliest?

448 replies

Mummypig2020 · 30/04/2020 10:51

Just seen on daily fail (sorry!) that Boris is going to announce that we will be lockdown until June at least.

Not sure if I can cope that long. 😩

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Kingjarvis · 02/05/2020 05:07

amelisa

You can work even if it’a not essential.

Echo08 · 02/05/2020 06:12
  • @TopBitchoftheWitches* i get you .You may have come across harsh but at the end of the day we are all stressed so i do get you .I am working not in retail but in the community and yes i get scared too .My DS (sister ) works in a supermarket .She is scared too but she goes like you every shift .She actually had someone say well you will definitely catch it stood there .That really upset her .She has been spoken to like crap and she has worked in retail over 20yrs so she is used to customers .Mental health is going to suffer whether you are working,staying home .We all handle a stressful situation differently best we can all do is try stay as safe as we can .I really feel for everyone struggling .It is a shite situation. Stay safe .
whatswithtodaytoday · 02/05/2020 06:18

@Kingjarvis No, adults from different households can't meet up.

YouStupidBoy · 02/05/2020 06:59

Fucks sake, stop whining about how you can't last that long. You just have to stay home, it's not that difficult, I am still having to work every week day as a keyworker, I'd rather not tbh, we are scared. Stop moaning.

I understand the people struggling to remain at home. I am a key worker too, working long hours in an environment with lots of other people and some of my colleagues have tested positive for Covid - 19. I feel some anxiety about work but ultimately I am pleased that I am working.

My husband is at home on full pay bar having to attend work once or twice per fortnight on a rotational basis with very few other colleagues in attendance and it is really getting him down. I don't think I would want to be in his position as I would feel powerless and frustrated that I wasn't "doing" anything despite it only being because he has been instructed not to. He is envious that I am working even though it is putting me at some risk and I understand that envy - it means that my life is more close to "normal" than his.

It comes down to us all being individuals and we are all allowed to feel whatever it is we are feeling about the current situation. For the people who are at home facing job uncertainty with far too much time on their hands to think about it I feel a great deal of sympathy and really cannot see their anxieties as moaning, it's natural to be very worried indeed.

Orchidflower1 · 02/05/2020 07:08

Tbh we’ve had / got some of the easiest lockdown rules in the whole of Europe and people are still moaning and flouting them. It makes me so very cross.

Stay at home

Starduststatic · 02/05/2020 07:24

The just stay home for goodness sake it's easy is a bit like the cheer up if you're depressed brigade.

bellinisurge · 02/05/2020 07:55

No it isn't Starduststatic . People can see how hard it is for everyone. But it is still better than massive fatality rates remaining on the increase.
That's even harder to bear.

AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter · 02/05/2020 08:03

People can see how hard it is for everyone

Unfortunately they cant. I havent seen a single person saying theyre flouting lockdown but I have seen people saying theyre struggling- saying you are finding something hard doesnt mean you arent going to do it anymore! Bu they get told "dont be selfish- PEOPLE ARE DYING".
Its OK for people to find this hard and to express that. It doesnt mean they are going to throw a party or ignore the rules. People are allowed to express their feelings about it- its healthy actually.
This sucks and its good to acknowledge that.

Its also people in poverty that this will affect the most.

Starduststatic · 02/05/2020 08:05

@bellinisurge it is, for some people it's beyond hard, they need actual support not just: stay in FFS, all you have to do it not leave your house, you'll kill grannies if you go out. Those words are as effective as saying cheer up.

AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter · 02/05/2020 08:06

@starduststatic

I agree with you. Its horribly dismissive.

bellinisurge · 02/05/2020 08:10

AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter . I disagree. Obviously many people react with bluster and bullshit - the last War taught us that - it's a selfish and pathetic way of keeping your own spirits up while trampling on others feelings. But the effect on everyone's mental health is not being ignored. And the disproportionate effect on people in poverty. And we are still in lockdown because, despite those increasingly obvious problems that we will have to address, it is still better than risking a second wave of ever increasing fatalities.

userxx · 02/05/2020 08:13

I fucking hate "stay home", where is the at.

AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter · 02/05/2020 08:15

But the effect on everyone's mental health is not being ignored

I work in mental health and I'm afraid this simply isnt true. We didn't have enough MH resources before covid, we have even less now.
Not only that, there is a stigma attached to MH issues and that isnt helping by people getting attacked for expressing perfectly natural feelings and told they dont care about grannies dying. There have already been suicides due to lockdown but noone ever talks about them because it feels like if you dont die of covid, noone gives a crap.

Starduststatic · 02/05/2020 08:17

@bellinisurge I'm guessing you are fortunate enough to not have anyone you know who is genuinely suffering beyond oh this is a bit shit isn't it.

bellinisurge · 02/05/2020 08:27

Starduststatic well, you imagine wrong.

By the way, this is how you lead a country. Even as a caretaker PM.
www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-the-reopening-ireland-plan-in-detail-1.4242985

Raaaa · 02/05/2020 08:28

I don't think a lot of people will listen anyway I've seen people are starting to gather and meet up and no one is batting an eyelid. Then at the other end of the scale people are bleaching their shopping.

Starduststatic · 02/05/2020 08:30

Maybe have some empathy for them then, because people like you who seemingly dismiss MH issues are a big problem.

Starduststatic · 02/05/2020 08:31

@AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter thank you for the work you do, especially at the moment.

AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter · 02/05/2020 08:34

👍🏻

AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter · 02/05/2020 08:34

That was meant to be a thumbs up but it looks weird lol

PrimeroseHillAnnie · 02/05/2020 08:35

At least I should think , maybe longer.

KatherineJaneway · 02/05/2020 08:37

For most of us, yes. I suspect he'll announce another 3 weeks lockdown on May 7th but will say who can open after that. Lockdown will likely be lifted in stages as in other countries. I doubt I'll be back in the office before the end of the year.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 02/05/2020 08:40

I bloody hope I'm back in the office by the end of the year, I'm sick of working from home! I know I'm lucky that I can but I feel I can't switch off as I can see my work stuff all the time.

Dranktoomuchpepsi · 02/05/2020 08:43

It reminds me of that immediate postnatal period when every day is slow and gruelling and relief seems like it’ll never come.

Postnatal period was utter bliss for me and close family who've had babies! Especially with the first. They just sleep

Drivingdownthe101 · 02/05/2020 08:46

Postnatal period was utter bliss for me and close family who've had babies! Especially with the first. They just sleep

Fab for you and them (genuinely!). I agree that it was dire with all three of mine (mine far from ‘just slept’) and feel the same now.