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 way

I also a think second lockdown will be inevitable as a result of the government too slow to enter the first one and too quick to come out of it.

We're due a huge spike in a couple of weeks thanks to all the selfish bastards partying, dancing and congaing in street parties up and down the land. And that's before we get into packed out parks during the bank holiday and packed out tubes and buses with back to work this week.

The last two months have been the easy part in terms of stemming the flow. The virus hasn't really got started yet and people want pubs opening in the summer or thinking of booking holidays or staycations.

It's pie in the sky.

We're due a huge spike in a couple of weeks thanks to all the selfish bastards partying, dancing and congaing in street parties up and down the land.

I bet you were eagerly predicting a post Easter 'spike' which never happened too.

The virus hasn't really got started yet

Hate to disappoint you, but the virus has peaked everywhere in Europe, which is why restrictions are being eased all over the continent.

The first wave has peaked. The government would not have extended the furlough to the end of October if they weren't expecting a second one. The furlough needs to stay but they need to get people back to work to try and reduce the cost of the furlough and keep the economy going so it doesn't completely collapse.

We have just been getting the first peak of the virus under control but that isn't where it's going to end.

People seem to forget that we once had to 'lockdown' routinely if we'd been exposed to an illness with potentially serious consequences, causing great inconvenience. It was called quarantine and we just had to suck it up.

Whole populations didn't get quarantined - I don't think anyone calling for the end of lockdown is also calling for an end to the self-isolation period for those with Covid symptoms, are they?

No,there are some idiotic questions onMN,this is right at the top.

No I couldn’t. I don’t know how my son would cope either, he misses school, he misses his friends. Wfh full time and home schooling is frankly exhausting. I want to go and see my family and friends too.

This will obviously never, ever happen but...

Yes, I'd bloody love to! Not because I'm particularly afraid of the virus but just because lockdown has been such a peaceful time for us, has made me realise how busy our old way of life was.

I am a stay at home dog mum so don't work anyway but dashing from lunches out with friends to coffee with relatives meant I was always on the move. It's been lovely to have DH home every day, spending quality time and our sex life has become amazing! 😉

I'd love to live like this for the next 2 years!

Absolutely not.

No.

I'm too free. I like being busy. I'm not happy to do it for another 2 months let alone 2 years.

Before anyone jumps down my throat telling me that we wont be back to normal in 2 months. I'm fully aware of that we are a long way off that, but it is not all or nothing. I just mean I don't want to live as I am now for another 2 months. I think its sad I've had to explain this, but I know someone will say it somewhere.

Definitely not

My father in law is in his late 80's and is desperate to see his family. He might die anyway in the next couple of years and we'd all be devastated if we never got to spend some quality time with him in the mean time.,

@myneighbourpete Please tell me your post is a parody.

No way! I have a baby due in September so the first year and a half of her life wouldn't be the same

MyNeighbourPete

I think a lot of people are enjoying the time off, it's a myth that it's some apocalyptic nightmare for everyone to stay at home for a while.

The problem is obviously an economic one. The economy ultimately needs people back in work which is why the message has changed this week. The issue down the line will be jobs and establishments were social distancing isn't feasible because this is the new normal.

Absolutely not

I would probably rather die

Also some of us can’t enjoy being at home if you have lost your job ,such as I have and trying to find another one is not easy , financially I have to still put food on the table , pay the rent etc

@IcedPurple No, just the truth! I think people assume lockdown is hell for all but it's not. Obviously I wish there wasn't a deadly virus on the loose, of course I do, but lockdown has shown me a quieter life I'd be very happy living.

That's great, but I don't think 'stay at home dog mum' exhausted by all her lunches with friends is a) a very large demographic or b) the group that needs the most consideration at the moment...

No, just the truth! I think people assume lockdown is hell for all but it's not.

Not at all. I'm sure lockdown is a great lark for economically inactive yummy mummies whose most stressful activity is running from coffee morning to light lunch.

I take it your husband, unlike millions of others, has no fear his job will be impacted by this crisis?

Well no, because it's impossible for our country to run on that basis. The economy would crash, millions would starve and die if other causes etc etc. On a personal level though, just me? I could do it. I wouldn't love it but I'd adapt and make the best of it if I had to.

Presumably Stay At Home Dog Mum can carry on staying at home whilst the rest of us struggle to clothe and feed our children. 🙄

Nope

Stay at home dog mum

Bloody hell, I've heard it all now; twee or what.

Surely Stay at home dog mum you can carry on living ‘the quiet life’ whether lockdown continues or not? No one is forcing you to rush off for coffee and lunches.