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

612 replies

BirdieFriendReturns · 13/05/2020 12:01

If the government restrictions stayed in place?

So until May 2022.

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Chillipeanuts · 13/05/2020 22:20

Yes: bu where did you get that date from?

maria860 · 13/05/2020 22:21

No everyday is getting harder I miss adults I miss people. I wake up everyday now feeling sad I'm glad I'm alive and the kids and my family but it's hard on the mind. I'm pregnant and on week 9 I think most track but around that and I'm going crazy I can't imagine living like this another six months let alone two years.

maria860 · 13/05/2020 22:26

@Idontknow23 she said it's here to stay social distancing wtf does that even mean? We're like this forever or something I would rather be dead I think

Idontknow23 · 13/05/2020 22:30

maria860 I know as if we can really live a life of social distancing, of course it can't last forever, I mea she probably didn't mean forever but she did say something like it's here to stay! It would be hard to think about your every move without being free for so long!

Raaaa · 13/05/2020 22:31

No way

freedomyes · 13/05/2020 22:31

nope, had enough now ( and yes I DROVE to a beach....no one there lol).

Some people need to stop being hysterical and get some bloody therapy!

Jeffersona · 13/05/2020 22:40

Social distancing until a vaccine or an antidote/medicine that can take away the worst effects. That's the reality. Whether it's months or years. But it can't be forever.

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 13/05/2020 22:41

@Bartlet

This is where I think the government's biggest failing, aside from simply not locking down early enough, lies.

It's a much more personal and human situation than they seem to realise. The economy is clearly priority #1 rather than public health, so it's not really a surprise they've ballsed up so spectacularly with regard to legislature and guidelines for coming out of this.

There's no 'human' touch at all from any of the government figures who have appeared at the lectern. They don't appear to have any real concept of how this is playing out in the minds of the individual UK citizen, nor do they appear to have the skills required to reassure them and communicate the necessary message in a compassionate manner that spells it out to those in doubt that coming out of lockdown is both a natural thing to do, and appropriate as and when it's time to do so.

I accept that people who are likely to climb to the top in politics will often be lacking a bit in terms of personal humanity, the 'common touch' if you like, and may present as cold, sterile, or in the case of Rabb, a raging psychopath, but for an entire government to be completely devoid of it entirely is worrying and hugely problematic.

WildOrchids67 · 13/05/2020 22:49

Fuck no. I ended up crying twice today for no good reason and I'm sure it's because lockdown is getting to me. I don't suffer with anxiety or anything like that but if I had to do this for two years I'd be well on the way to a breakdown. I'd rather take my chances with the virus if it meant I could have a normal life again.

ITonyah · 13/05/2020 22:52

I could, but my children couldn't. Awful for the teens ready to go to uni and the ones who've just started.

LavenderLilacTree · 13/05/2020 22:53

I would prefer it to dying or loosing a relative to COVID-19.

frasersmummy · 13/05/2020 22:59

Christ no.. I was widowed with a, 12 year old 2.5 years ago.

Life was, just beginning to pick up Again.. We were finding a new normal.. A way to cope and this happened..

My now teen is struggling quite badly.. He needs to meet his friends, play basketball go to the movies

Though how any of this works with social distancing... I don't know..

Also my dad, lives alone.. He's desperate for company

In the words of "red" get busy living or get busy dying

Noti23 · 13/05/2020 23:04

It wouldn’t be a matter of me choosing to be happy or not- I know I’d have a mental breakdown. I have followed the guidelines strictly since lockdown but if this were to go on for 2 years then I know I’d eventually break them.

duckme · 13/05/2020 23:05

Nope

FromEden · 13/05/2020 23:07

Shocking that the first replies are people blindly saying yes they would. Wtf, do people not think for themselves anymore? Just do as they're told?

Society would be done for if we had to lockdown for that long. Where would the money come from for a start? Idiots.

TowerRingInferno · 13/05/2020 23:09

No. I’d rather be dead.

PomBearsyummy · 13/05/2020 23:44

No, hell no.

123Dancewithme · 13/05/2020 23:52

Absolutely not.

WyfOfBathe · 14/05/2020 00:01

No way.

I miss too many people and things. My friends, my family, going to the gym, swimming, Starbucks, the local Indian restaurant. I could probably cope (not be suicidal) for a couple of years but it would be a struggle.

For my DC, it would be awful. DD1 is 8 and is already very emotional about her friends. DD2 is 3. Imagine going from age 3 to 5 without playing with another child or going to a playpark. I'm currently pregnant again. I want this DC to meet grandparents before they're 2!

I also miss face-to-face teaching. I'm worried about my vulnerable students, and those who aren't quite vulnerable but don't have great homes or won't be learning anything. While I have some concerns about going back in June/July, I would be 100x more scared if we didn't go back for 2 years!

Oneliner · 14/05/2020 00:11

Yep, no bother.

hopsalong · 14/05/2020 00:13

Nope. As a youngish person with young children in very good health and with lots of plans for the future, no way.

Actually even if I were old or otherwise at high risk, I couldn't do it. I'd rather die than live a non-life in fear.

Bouledeneige · 14/05/2020 00:23

No and it's not going to happen. If the virus goes on that long we will have to learn to live with the risk. Neither society or the economy would survive. That's why the governments risk planning includes strategies for handling civil unrest.

JuneJuly · 14/05/2020 02:08

Yep is my simple answer to your question OP.

EnthusiasmIsDisturbed · 14/05/2020 04:34

No

I think we might go in cycles of some form of lockdown and social distancing will be part of life until there is a vaccine so our norm will be different until then

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