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.

but really it’s what the government want

The government wants people to contract Covid and die? Do you think the UK government is benefiting from the situation?

I have a family member who shared a Facebook petition to get sunbed salons and nail salons opened. Because of ‘mental health’ Makes a mockery out of those with genuine mental health issues.

FFS, give me strength.

@KermitRulesOk that's disgusting and I'm sorry you and your colleagues have to go through that. I know feelings run high at funerals (I nearly fell out with my uncle's partner at my Mum's funeral) but there's no excuse for that.

I know some areas have banned mourners altogether from funerals and while I understand there has to be limits, banning family altogether is cruel.

Not at all Megatron and if anything it simply makes life harder for those with genuine mental heath issues.

@WelcomeToTheNorth WORD!

OP I fully agree with your rationale. A lot of people will have put themselves in danger by flouting the rules. It’s ironic that some may die as a result of celebrating the sacrifices men and women made for our freedoms by ignoring guidelines for their own selfish gain. All in the spirit of let people get on with it. Madness.

Where on earth are you all?? Where I live in the southeast absolutely nothing was on. We went for a walk and were the only people out.

We had a street party. We sat in huge circles each household a safe distance away from each other. Some of us even consumed alcohol !! But we all managed to do it safely.
I cant tell you how nice it was to talk to people for a couple of hours.
There are a few who can't do or won't do the social distancing rules but there are many that can. I'm sure the medical council added a percentage of people who will ignore it to their workings out. I doubt for one minute they thought everyone would follow the rules.

twitter.com/MerseyHack/status/1258758842680254465

"Socially distanced" conga where they're all moving into each other's slipstream and inhaling the breath of the person in front.

WelcomeToTheNorth Sat 09-May-20 10:11:33
“Mental health” though. Where is the resilience?
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I quite agree. The NHS has badly let down those with mental health problems time and time again over the years, it's almost as if mental illness is the 'poor relation' amongst diseases and it certainly isn't. I'm speaking as someone with experience and who worked for the NHS for many years.

At the moment it's more difficult than ever for people to access professional help and I dread to think what the upshot of that will be.

Even if the mental health services, such as they are, are not resilient enough in the current circumstances, we can try to be kind and helpful to anyone who is ill, whether it be on the 'phone, by email, ordering goods to be delivered to them, trying to find local groups active in providing help. It is a bit like putting a plaster over a wound but it could prevent a suicide.

Everyone is going to be 'down' at times during this pandemic but those with existing illnesses are more vulnerable than ever. Those of us who are reasonably well and able to keep our chins up are very fortunate but it is nothing to be complacent about, it's just the way we are - at the moment. There are plenty who are far less robust in all sorts of ways who deserve our compassion and help as far as we are able to give it.

Not at all Megatron and if anything it simply makes life harder for those with genuine mental heath issues.

Absolutely @WelcomeToTheNorth.

oh Jesus Christ runrun you sound like the Grim Reaper!

The overwhelming majority still observed social distancing. They did here where I am and from what I can see on my SM - my friends area did too. Just because you see a handful of pictures of people not observing the rules it doesn’t mean that everybody isn’t either

It reminds me of the photos that are taken on ladies day at the races. You always get dreadful photos of young women absolutely plastered, falling about, legs a kimbo. It makes it look like all the women there are an absolute disgrace. When actually they are not - these photographers are paid to hunt out these snaps because there are people like you gasping and clutching your pearls at home when you see them. People love to offended and outraged.

At no point have we ever been fighting for hospital beds. There are beds available in the hospitals and the nightingale hospitals are about to be stood down as they are empty.

Maybe you should stay off SM or turn the need off as it sounds like it’s effecting your MH

Some people take lockdown very seriously, others never did, others did at first but not after a while. This is why behavioural scientists were involved in the initial decision. It is just a fact that the government cannot control what everyone does, we are an essentially free society used to taking our own risks and our own responsibility for it. Obviously we have never been totally locked down because the new infection rate would have been nil after three weeks if we had been. It's all just about keeping R below 1. Vulnerable people will just have to have a lower risk appetite. But I doubt very much the government ever had the pointless goal of controlling what we all do.

Lots of people abided by the rules but we saw loads staggering home from the direction of town last night and apparently 2 pubs were open.

It was always going to happen whether the government "encouraged" it or not.

When the bank holiday was changed to the Friday specifically to celebrate VE day nobody dreamed in their wildest dreams that a pandemic was going to happen.

Stop blaming the government for the stupid people's actions.

In fact at the daily briefing it was very much emphasised there was no chnge to lockdown and to stay in the weekend WHATEVER THE NEWSPAPERS said. On radio 4 the interviewer tried to trip a and ex PM with this mixed message approach . He very clearly said that people should listen to the ministers not the media, here here and that includes the BBC

We had a socially distanced street party at lunch and it cheered up the 80 + year olds who had been stuck in their houses for weeks. As no one in our part of road had been going out apart from exercise or food shop throughout lockdown it was perfectly safe for us to be in front gardens two metres apart in a cul de sac with no traffic. Those who did not observe social distancing at parties yesterday probably haven’t been following the lockdown rules anyway.

There was absolutely no social distancing being observed on our street and I'm actually quite shocked at the stupidity of a lot of our neighbours. Started out well with everyone on their own driveways, but predictably by the end of the evening they were all congregating together following the last of the sun down the road. Increasingly drunk and roudy well into the night too which made it almost impossible to get DS to bed.

My kids school staff were out celebrating in the streets having people in the gardens too... when ironically the school sent a email out asking people to abide by social distancing and lockdown a few days ago and they wonder why I don’t want my kids back at school! Couldn’t make it up!

@MeganBacon
Good post

This situation has taught me that many people have no resilience. I'm so glad I'm shielded so the actions of those breaking the rules won't affect me or my family. Selfish perhaps, but then I'm not out and about potentially spreading the virus either.

Call me a cynic but I suspect this is a strategy of herd immunity by stealth

Why is it when Sweden does it, it’s great And sensible but if Boris does it, he’s murdering people?

Oh an OP who insults those whom disagree

Get over yourself .

We had a VE Day social distancing party in our street. It was lovely to see every one in their front gardens and people talking and acknowledging each other, at a distance.

@Toomuchspinach Well said! I LOVE your post 😁

We do not live in a police state, people need to take responsibility for themselves and others. I think it has been the press that have made things a 100% worse not the government.

We had a party on a green area near our homes, about 10 households all at least 2 meters or more apart. It was lovely, it was low key and a much needed catch up.

Socially responsibility all round.