Would you be happy to lock down for the next two years?

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If the government restrictions stayed in place?

So until May 2022.

No not because of any personal issue with lockdown. It’s not great but I can cope. It’s a no because children’s development and long term jobs, livelihoods etc will all be destroyed.

On the flip side yes people will lose their lives and no ones life is expendable, however if we were to look at how many lives would be lost over 2 years of lockdown and the age profile / economic value and compare this to the same re covid deaths, my guess is that more would die because lockdown and that the ‘cost’ would be higher.

It’s a terrible decision but one that all governments are going to have to make.

No I wouldn't be happy doing the ridiculous made-up thing that isn't going to happen.

@eyewhisker
We have locked down to protect the over 50s at the expense of our children who are virtually unaffected by this. The risk to the vast majority of the population is low (not true for the over 70s). If the over 70s want to lockdown for 2 years, that should be their choice but the rest of us need to get back to work to salvage some future for our children. We owe it to our children to do so.

I find this attitude towards older generations rather shameful
Lockdown was never the result of a benevolent government deciding to protect the over 50s or indeed the over 70s. It was to protect the NHS which could not cope with a mass epidemic (and that was the truth).

You also owe it to the older generations to minimise the rate of transmission - there are millions of older and vulnerable people who stand to lose more than a few weeks of staying indoors - their health and ultimately dying prematurely.
I like many others of that generation have been self-isolating for the last 8 weeks and trying to keep healthy. That I felt was my responsibility - just as the under 70s have theirs.
I applaud the key workers who have kept the country moving.
I applaud the people who have done what was asked of them and used common sense.
I do not have much time for those who see it only from their narrow perspective of their own life - to quote -

• 'furlough is extended till October - how great',
• 'children/teens will get rickets/get depressed not allowed outdoors',
• 'I want to drive to the coast for my mental health'

And then all of those back in February who were saying

• schools must close
• lockdown now,

-who cares about the old

No fucking no. I’m hard pressed to put up with another two weeks.

People die all the time, and I suspect the recession will be remembered much more than the virus in a few years’ time.

MN is a hotbed of hysteria which would advocate locking down for ever, people never driving again because one person got killed on the road, etc. I was hearing the recession discussed at length on radio 4 today, and I kept thinking “it’s what saint Boris ordered, at the behest of MN”.

No and there's zero logic to your question.

How do you think we're going to train new nurses, doctors and other health care professionals? Same goes for the emergency services? How are we going to recruit new members of the armed forces and how are those who are coming up to the end of their service do their resettlement? Or are we just going to stop everyone we've already got from leaving?

Those who are key workers or who are already back at work have to crack on while the rest are furloughed and some volunteers are going to plant a forest of rapidly growing money trees to pay for it. Is that the plan?

How are children going to make up 2 years' of education? It's absolutely stupid question

Yes I would be quite happy as long as still received my pension and had grocery and other deliveries.

I wouldn't count on there being anything to fund your pension if we stay like this for 2 years, and what groceries do you think there will be to get delivered?!

No. But it wouldn't be possible anyway, society could not function.

We all have to accept that for now we will have to live alongside this virus and that some of us will get it at some point. I think we may have a cycle of going in and out of lockdown for a while.

@toolatetooearly that made me smile.

Yes I would be quite happy as long as still received my pension and had grocery and other deliveries.

So as long as other people risk their health is essentially what you are saying?

No.

Absolutely not! I wouldn’t be happy with another two months to be honest. I’ve never suffered with depression in my life, however I can feel my mental health is extremely fragile at the moment. I get a sense of dread waking up in the morning and difficultly sleeping. Every day is Groundhog Day and feels so pointless.

Errrm
No.

Fuck no!

It isn't how I want to live my life, no. Could I? I don't know whether I would want to bother, no. It's probably okay for people who are quite introverted in terms of lack of social interaction, but then there's food and money to consider as well. I can't afford more than a few months with no salary. I am amazed some people have years worth, but good for them.

Absolutely no way.

Absolutely not....there would be nothing to go back to! Industry would shut down, no income, no services, no food.....it would be catastrophic....and also pointless!

Not a chance. I am not sacrificing DS's mental health, education and well being as some kind of sop to the hysteria we see on social media, fuelled by an inability to risk assess along with poor critical thinking and comprehension skills.

Currently some people are clinging to lockdown as if it's the last lifeboat on the Titanic, with no ability to comprehend anything beyond "But people might DIE". Of Covid, of course. We can die of whatever else the hell we like, and no-one gives a shit, or that is very much how it is starting to appear.

Of course not!

No and we won’t. We are not high risk and the chances of us dying from it are negligible. Hell even my 70 year old mother wouldn’t stay shut in for that long.

If it were necessary to lock down for two years to protect public health then yes, of course.

On an individual family level we could do it, although of course it would be difficult. Working from home with one disabled child and one autistic child is far from straightforward, but we are managing.

Everybody is fed, clean, healthy and doing some of what they need to be doing each day, be that learning or work. It's not optimal, but it's doable.

Children (and adults) are resilient and it is possible to create a life on the other side of difficulties caused by social isolation or worse horrors. Stories of people held in captivity for years will show you that it is possible.

This is a horrible situation, but we will find a way out of the other side of it eventually and hopefully be the better for it.

(I recognise the risk of economic and societal difficulties/collapse should this situation be sustained long term, before anyone picks a hole).

Absolutely not !! And tbh it's a bit silly to even suggest that long .
I actually am very gobsmacked that people said yes .
Ok if you wfh
But not seeing family ever even Christmas , birthdays, wedding etc all cancelled effectively.
No holidays etc.
So all pubs/ bars and most restaurants will go out if business. All holiday companies/ flight companies will go out of business.
No leisure so cinemas/ concerts/ theme parks etc etc will no longer exist.
If your single you'll never meet anyone, people won't be able to get jobs .
91% of people that have died have been over 60 so why the hell would I stay lockdown longer than we have done .
Can you imagine all the suicides / mental health problems.
What about operations/ dental appointments/ hair appointments etc.
I literally could go on and on , you've not thought this through have you ?
It's not for me I want to live a life instead of sat at home .

Well to be fair according to some posters on here we might as well stay in lockdown because there will be nothing to go back to. No coffee shops, restaurants, shops, end of going out for a drink with friends as we know it, hair or beauty 🙄

Nope, we wouldn't have anything to come back to if we did that! We need to start getting back into work and getting the world rolling again. Lockdown was about delaying the peak and slowing the spread, not about locking down permanently.

Physically and mentally not too much of a problem for me but eventually my money would run out if I didn't work and I like working currently I am living off my savings and not taking money from the government . financially it would become impossible for the economy of the country , also how can you expect some to work and others sit around doing nothing, comes a point when it's no longer viable

@Madein1995 the Government really need to put out new information stating that instead of what they were using as that is what made everyone think that way