Do we use our common sense or do we stick to the rules?

[StealthPolarBear]

Because as far as I can see it's not possible to do both

[Alsohuman]

if everyone visits every relative and friend they have we're all fucked

Or we get the second wave over and done with in the summer, when hospitals are least busy and we stand a much better chance of recovery. We’re probably not fucked if it happens now but we will be if it happens in December or January.

I’m going to see my son now we can travel. We’ll meet at a wide open space and take a walk together because that’s common sense and the rules allow it. Just like they allow you to visit your mum. There are no prizes for martyrdom.

[ludicrouslemons]

The government didn't want to lockdown at all.

Now they're lifting it and setting it up to blame ordinary people if numbers spike, rather than being held accountable themselves.

Just like how benefit cheats were somehow made the biggest boogie men of the financial crash.

[IHaveBrilloHair]

Im in Scotland and going for common sense.
If my daughter needs me, she needs me, she may be 18 but sometimes you need your Mum.
So far only once in almost 8 weeks so not loads, but she can come to my house if she wants, at any time.

[mynameiscalypso]

I think when it comes to babies, they shouldn't be treated as a person when it comes to gathering with others. As far as I'm concerned, DS spends so much time trying to eat my face and stick his hands in my mouth/eyes that we've either both got it or both haven't. As he's not mobile, I don't see why I can't meet my mum with him in his pram and we all socially distance.

[Pinkblueberry]

I think if more people had common sense rules wouldn’t be that necessary.

[alittlerespectgoesalongway]

Problem for me is that it's common sense not to give the vague 'instructions' which have been issued this week. It's also common sense not to suggest in mid-march that you can only catch the virus through prolonged contact with someone and suggest a the end of March that walking past someone and spending 1s less then 2m away puts you at risk of catching it. It's common sense not to say 'go back to work if you can't work from home' and then at the same time not allow pubs, restaurants, hairdressers etc to open as this is where lots of people work.

I'm all up for doing what we can to prevent the spread. Just would like some actual real clarity on what that is.

[Dowser]

I’m with riftgibbons

I follow rules which are logical and practical, and which are beneficial to myself and others. In cases where rules are in place for the sake of rules then I will look at common sense.

We’ve got to come out sometime. It’s never going to go away anytime soon. So as someone up thread said, better to start meeting up now than waiting till October and the weather changing and more chance for anything to spread.

However we will know soon enough , if the congestion on the tube has caused cases to spike up again.

[StealthPolarBear]

Mynameiscalypso, completely agree. And that is common sense but against the rules

[Abbccc]

I can't see why you cam't do both.

[Oopsiedaisyy]

Common sense. And risk analysis.

[okiedokieme]

I've used common sense combined with knowledge of how viruses transmit, advice from experts etc. (I personally know, yes I'm fortunate) the official advice is muddled, simplistic and discriminatory against those who do not live in standard households. As my ex is on advisory panels I trust his advice over the government.

[RhymingRabbit3]

I'm using my common sense. Technically I can't meet one other person because I would have to bring my child, so whoever I meet will be breaking the rule by "meeting" two people from another house.

However common sense is that meeting me and my child is no more likely to pass on the virus than just meeting me, so I'm still going to see my mum socially distanced in the park.

[RhymingRabbit3]

I think if more people had common sense rules wouldn’t be that necessary.

Agreed

Unfortunate that people couldnt use their common sense that first weekend and realise that if the national trust car park was overflowing, it wouldnt be a good idea to go in there.

[StealthPolarBear]

Abbcc, you can't do both in situations like rhyming rabbit describes. As a single parent (I aasune) she can't meet someone out of her household one-on-one in the park

[Abbccc]

That's true Stealth! Although I don't agree with Rhyming that "meeting me and my child is no more likely to pass on the virus than just meeting me", unless of course you have both been isolating together.
Hmmm yes it's not always easy to interpret thw rules, is it?