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

Dear God no. Beachy Head for me and I’d take DD with me. Two years of this would wreck her mental health in a way there’s no coming back from. I’m seeing a real difference in her after only three months. I want to live, not just exist. Living a full life means taking some risks.

No way.

Personally, I could probably cope, DH can work from home, we are comfortable financially. But it would have an awful effect on my two young children.

And it would be an absolute disaster for the country as a whole. We cannot afford the lockdown we’ve already had, never mind 2 years more. We are already set for a deep financial depression with thousands of job losses and huge public debt.

Absolutely not. There would be mass poverty if this happened and there would be thousands of families made homeless

just announced that the economy has shrunk by 20% - tbh i'm surprised it was that little

but we have destroyed the economy for the next 5-10 years or so and everyday lockdown continues, the worse the economy is going to get

God no. I don’t think I’d want to live.

Definitely not. I can't live like this for much longer.

We're opening up ahead of time here in Ireland. The restrictions were due to be more phased but they're fast tracking them. Up until last week it was 'try to stay home but now X,y and z will be opening'. We honestly seem to be the only people I know saying let's hold off a bit and see if there's a second wave but have people ringing trying to organise meet up. Friends called by for a social distanced visit but walked straight over to hand us gifts of food. Mil and Sil came over and sil walked into house to take a look at something kids had out. I know I may be ott but I have a little guy with asthma and havent seen my mum in 3 months. I want things closed a little bit longer

No! For fucks sake, that’s ridiculous.

Republic of Ireland showing some common sense

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BBC
Republic of Ireland 'will not enter full lockdown again'

The Republic of Ireland will not enter full lockdown again even if there is a second wave of the virus, the country’s chief medical officer says - despite EU health experts warning that further lockdowns could be needed.

Dr Tony Holohan says that as the country knows more about Covid-19 than it did in March, when restrictions were first introduced, it will be able to take a different course.

“I wouldn’t be anticipating at this point in time that we would move back to blanket closures in the way we did in March,” he told Irish state broadcaster RTE.

“People understand more about the disease, the risks and how they can protect themselves when it comes to hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette.

“If a resurgence of the disease happened or a second wave, we would know what specific measures to take, having done our work proactively."

The Republic of Ireland, which has seen more than 25,000 cases and 1,703 fatalities, began the second phase of removing restrictions on Monday.

An awful lot of people seem to want to lockdown forever but at the same time they don’t want redundancy.

Absolutely not. The damage (educational, mental health and emotional wellbeing) being done to children, teenagers and young adults and to the wider economy is devastating. It's completely against how humans behave to maintain SD - it may be essential for a while yet but we need in the next few months to start living with the virus and the (for most, small) risk.

No. It’s no way to live.

I can't believe the sad fuckers on mumsnet. I can only imagine your lives were depressing beforehand.

I can guarantee that in a year, there will be posts on AIBU such as:

“I am refusing to go back to work and my employer has now sacked me - can I sue them?”

“I haven’t left my home in 18 months, AIBU?”

I'm shielded but still no! The economy would be fucked and we'd all be more fucked then.

No way. The impact on society would be so much worse than even all the deaths caused by covid-19!

I would. I am managing fine, getting more exercise in, working etc.

Kids need more structure. They normally work really hard, school in the day, plus a couple of hours sports training on an evening. They just aren’t motivated the same way at home and are doing minimal schoolwork and barely any exercise. They’re older teens so us imposing a strict regime is almost impossible, it’s just constant fights.

So lockdown for adults but not for kids would suit me fine :)

People want this hell to go on for another two years??????oh my God really no hope

If they try and enforce a second lockdown, I'm sure there will this time be an uprising.

Two years of what we've had already will send people into mental Institutes. They might aswell use the unused nightingale hospital for the upcoming flock of the mentally ill, due to lack of social interaction.

No. I can't continue teaching from home. I didn't go into teaching to be tied to a laptop for at least 5 hours a day.

No.
My only risk factor is being 60, apart from that I have no fears of this virus at all.
If my kids were still at school age I would be sending them back at the earliest opportunity as well.

What an odd question? Why do you ask OP? Its not as though its going to happen but if you want to stay in, get shopping delivered then you just carry on!

No way

No. I love my children but I need a break. I also need to be able to work face to face with clients