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. A lockdown for 2 years will simply shift Covid deaths elsewhere. But that's ok for some as they don't see themselves being affected by poverty or severe delays in treatment for other things.

A middle approach of easing the lockdown buy continuing to employ other social distancing would seem logical. I can't think why the scientists haven't thought of it. Oh, wait....

Yes.

Luckily Dh has a pretty essential job for a local authority and in the past year they made moves to encourage staff to work remotely anyway, so he’s already been home working for a year.

I would be sad for my eldest though. He’s 18 this year. He could continue his studies on line very easily but he wants to join one of the emergency services or the army - would they still recruit? I’d say I would be sad for his social life but that mainly revolves around shouting at his friends down a headset rather than actually seeing them outside school anyway. I would worry that he wouldn’t be out meeting a girlfriend etc. We moved a few months ago so he knows no one in the new area yet - wasn’t at his new college long enough before lockdown to gel with anyone.

Personally nothing for me has changed anyway, I’ve mostly been living like this for most of my life and I don’t have family outside my Dh and kids who I’d want to see.

I would but I work from home normally anyway, my dc is 12 and really self motivated and my dh is supportive and a partner. I count myself very very lucky. I doubt I'd b saying yes to another two years if I'd been living with my ex, two small children and not much money coming in

It's a fair reality for the shielding group who are not all old, by any means. Or even ill, on a day to day basis - we just happen to have certain conditions that render us liable to severe repercussions if we get Covid.

Our message..."Stay in until we have a vaccine. We may never have a vaccine"

No. I think some people think they can outrun death! It's going to happen to us all at some point.

On the other hand, if that were to happen and lockdown was in place for a long time, I’d hope that medical care would re open fully for non covid things. It would be a good trade off for a longer lockdown.

Nope.

They wont stay in place. The Government cant afford it and more will die from other factors that COVID 19

I am prepared though if the vaccine trials fail to live with a new normal until that time. For example both myself and my husband working more at home, less travel and more time at home, no large gatherings etc

Lockdown well no because at some point lockdown ceases to have an affect and you have to start in a controlled manner to release things at certain times. No scientist would see the solution as a constant 2 year lockdown

Plus if the whole world did it at the same time a 3 month period should be enough to get it into a controlled containment period the next 21 months would be utterly pointless

No. The damage to society and particularly to children would be immense.

no

‘I'm also baffled why people are so terrified to die. I get if you have children then you need to be here for them but I'm part of a young childless couple, if I'm going to die of Corona then that's that. No point living a half life for years on end.‘

I am more scared of being ill than actually dying. Intubation seems like an agonising torture. Then there is rehabilitation from it. Then there are the long term chronic problems those who have been seriously ill are left with. All of that is life ruining. I have been in hospital with respiratory problems in the past. I really don’t want a repeat experience.

I am not saying lock down for two years. I am saying it isn’t a case of you die or you are fine.

It's never been a true lockdown in any case. From day one I've been out daily as I have horses to see to. Also classed as a key worker so working out of my usual workplace with many hundreds of thousands of others up and down the country keeping the population in food and other essentials.

So long as the hospitals and health services are coping then we need to remember that the point of lockdown was never to prevent infections at all, but merely to slow the rate of infection to prevent the health service being unable to cope.

All these prats not wearing masks outside piss me off.

As far as I know this isn't a "rule" can we leave off name calling when people are not breaking any made up laws

No.

No

It will have been a pointless exercise to sacrifice the working age majority or younger people for a much smaller population of at risk over 75s if this goes on too long

Who do you think will be paying for this - it is our children, maybe even our grandchildren. If I was in my 90s I'd be horrified that younger people are having their futures trashed to protect me

No - I want to spend time with my elderly parents and for my kids to spend time with them. They may not be here in two years time, regardless of Covid.

Absolutely not.

As long as someone paid all my bills then yes I would be quite happy with a long lockdown. However I'm still working as I'm Nhs and also don't have school aged kids so might be talking bollocks

Yes if it keeps my family safe

I'd rather die too.

No. That's not living, it's existing, as someone has pointed out on other threads. I'd rather take the risk of the world opening. Same as I risk flying, driving, crossing roads etc etc etc. If there is a short term goal, fine, if it goes on and on then the outcomes will be horrific for a myriad other reasons.

No, unless I was able to take a contract out on the neighbours who specialise in anti-social behaviour.

I would do it if I had to

Fuck no.

What then after 2 years? I'll take my chances of dying free rather than living like that.