Disgusted at VE celebrations

[runrunrunrunt]

I absolutely cannot believe what went on last night in this country.

The government should never have encouraged this nonsense and instead should have firmly nipped the idea of celebration completely in the bud.

Absent Boris should have never implied lockdown will be eased on Monday a couple of days before a fucking sunny VE Day bank holiday when we still have 5,000 plus new cases every day.

It isn't rocket science.

I am absolutely appalled.

Do people not feel anxious about actually getting the virus though? I do. I mean not overwhelming anxiety that leaves me unable to cross my door but it’s at the back of my mind for sure.

Like, I will nip to the corner shop once a week for a top up of essentials like bread and milk. i am careful with what I touch, i keep my distance from people, I wash my hands when I come home etc. I feel like every time I go into a place like that I am risking getting the virus and whilst I hate the thought of that I recognise that we need to risk exposure for essential things.

But no way would I risk exposure for something like a street party. Everyone I know feels the same way as far as I can see. I don’t want to catch the virus now or at all if I can avoid it. I accept that the risk of me dying is fairly low (mid-30s, health, no underlying conditions I am aware of) but I also have two very young children and a full on job. I don’t want to be knocked out of action for several weeks by the virus.

Absolutely agree.

Gorgeous sunny bank holiday weekend, with a major VE celebration actively encouraged to be celebrated by the government, including military jet flyovers in areas ... before an announced likely loosening the day after?! Of course the government knew what was going to happen. Even those dimwits aren't that dimwitted.

Guinea pig parties across the country.

Now, another spike of infections is inevitable and the resumption of true normality has been pushed ever backwards

Explain what will enable the 'resumption of true normality?' When the economy collapses because lockdown continues until there is a vaccine?

Get over it. It was the 75 anniversary - that could not be changed. Nothing happened where I am in central London - did not see planes either.

@Bovary are you actually serious 🤣🤣🤣🤣 🙈

Well I would have thought it was quite a nice thing to do, had I not seen my neighbours kids all playing together then seeing them post about their 'socially distant' afternoon. Was it fuck. They were still out there at midnight, pissed up, with her eldery dad, on one of their patios. One of them got home from hospital last week after having Covid19. Fucking morons.

I'm in Scotland and don't think there were as many VE day street parties here
Don't think you can tell that unless you travelled around and checked lots of areas. If I go by my fb feed yesterday the people up there were enjoying a "good party" in similar proportions to anyone else.

Round here dh went out on his bike to deliver flour to various people (we got a 15kg bag and are giving bags away to people who are short) and reported that there were lots of people sitting on their front lawns and happy to chat, as long as you kept the distance.
We did have 1940s music blaring out from somewhere, but it was actually quite nice. People were singing along in their gardens. Normally people complain loudly about any sound of music from others, but this time people felt it was a way of joining together without mixing. And no one complained on the FB page about the fireworks in the evening which must be a first!

@PinkSparklyPussyCat ah but that wouldn't be because of us having no slots - 2-3 week lead times on funerals is to do with funeral director logistics. We normally do 30 services a week and currently are running at 75 and that is every single slot filled - something I've never seen before

Just seen this pop up on Twitter. I have no words....

Oh shut up! People have had enough! It's been 2 months. Let people decide from themselves. As long as you stay locked down you will be okay - just worry about yourself

Attitudes like this annoy me so much - other countries have managed perfectly well - what makes the uk so different? Oh yeah, half the population are fucking thick bastards.

Seriously, so many people think they are special, that they can't abide by the rules, that they shouldn't abide by the rules - well news flash idiots, you aren't special, you and parents and children could catch it just like anyone else, and you, your parents, and your children could die (underlying health conditions or not). I honest to god despair, my husband is having to go out to work still and you fuckers are taking the piss.

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@runrunrunrunt

Serious that you can't answer the question about when lockdown should end? Yep. Which European model do you recommend? Sweden? By the way, the EU are about to tear each other apart because none of them want to bail out Italy. Covid is pushing the EU to an existential crisis. Did you miss that news?

@KermitRulesOk, ok, I understand, however the part about being able to attend funerals still stands, that isn't the same everywhere.

It also lines up nicely with any restrictions being lifted on Monday, then we have a second spike in 1 month's time the gov't can say 'it was you lot on VE day'
Exactly my point on another thread...a spike in a couple of weeks would mean lockdown continues and fault will lie with the daft ness of yesterday.

In the county I live in there is a population of over half a million people. To date there have been less than 900 confirmed cases since the start of the virus. In the past two weeks there has been an increase of less than 100 new cases and less than 40 of those were in the past week alone, despite much more testing taking place across the country and including a recent week of testing at a local car park site setup.
I’m not downplaying the severity of the illness for some members of the population, however I do think it’s time to start gaining a bit of perspective. Our street had a great street party yesterday and the 2m rule was well adhered to throughout.

Not at several metres in the fresh air I’m not worried.

If everyone up to yesterday had abideded by the instructions for lockdown then how exactly would any of them be infected?

I think the everyday lack of respect for the Lockdown is a far bigger issue.

And before I'm accused we weren't out in gardens with neighbours.

The stupidity of the conga video is currently doing the rounds on Twitter; it's so easy to see why the rest of the world think both leader and citizens are off their rocker.
Track and trace will only be effective once the infection rate declines. A new study suggests 400,000 currently have the virus in the UK with 20,000 new infections occurring daily.

Oh shut up! People have had enough! It's been 2 months.

Shut up yourself....I have had enough. It's been 2 months since my papa died and I have had enough of that. Unlike lockdown, that will never end.

Oh shut up! People have had enough! It's been 2 months.

Good grief. It's been 2 months - not ideal, but god help you if you had actually had to endure the war. I'm sure that even you would agree that that was ten times worse.

I don't understand why people are talking about lockdown in this context - people can still behave in a reasonable way in lockdown i.e.social distancing. It shouldn't turn people into imbeciles just because they're sat outside talking to their neighbours.

i agree op and my dsis was one of them-not to the extent of joining a conga line but let my niece play with her friend on the street

i said oh? isnt that a bit dangroues-oh well she doesnt understand social distancing she said

no but my dsis does! i dont want to tell people what to do but shes really wound me up-i understand my niece msses her friends but after 7 weeks of being good shes just undone it all

The police is now a service not a force and been cut to the bone.
They probably feel as unappreciated as the nhs has done for years and think '
Let people get on with it!'
I think the bank holiday should have been put on ice a bit , but policing this was never going to be easy plus some people are never going to do as they told especially after six weeks of this lockdown (or whatever we've had so far. )

Oh shut up! People have had enough! It's been 2 months. Let people decide from themselves.

I have read some incredibly moronic shite on Mumsnet, but this just takes the fucking biscuit.

2 fucking months? Boo fucking Hoo. I really hope you don't get CV, not for you, but for any poor sod that catches it from you.

@Bovary at this point we are sadly not in a position to follow any European model because we have fucked it up so royally. Our R rate and our deaths are not in a place where a model could be chosen or followed.

We are dancing to the beat of our own deadly tune at the moment! We'll need to wait until the government develops a backbone and gets our numbers down.

What do you propose? Just end the lockdown, overwhelm the NHS and let the vulnerable die?

On our street people were sat on driveways drinking pimms by day, by early evening the chairs were getting a bit closer and kids playing more freely, by 10pm kids running wild and people doing the Conga.
We’ll be labelled miserable fuckers today for not joining in but I’d rather be a miserable fucker trying to protect my family than misguided ignorant idiot with a sizeable handover.