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Is there any point continuing the lockdown if no one is socially distancing?

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Notcontent · 19/05/2020 23:20

I was in full support of the lockdown and in fact withdrew my dd from school a few days before schools closed. And I have been very diligent about complying with it. However, now that many of the rules have been relaxed, it feels like floodgates have opened and no one is bothering to comply.

I went for a run after work today and ran past two local parks. Both parks were heaving with people having picnics in large groups, children playing together, etc. It felt like a bank holiday weekend, rather than a Tuesday during a pandemic. Lots of people are also having parties and inviting friends over.

I know it’s complicated, but I am just a bit fed up, as the current situation may result in me losing my job (due to the economic impact) and is having other adverse impacts on my life, yet here all these people are having a jolly time, enjoying the fact that they don’t have to be at work. Sorry, just had to get that off my chest...

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milveycrohn · 24/05/2020 08:17

Walking up the road to the shops, I was in a bit of a dream, forgetting about social distancing until a woman coming the other way, jumped into the road to avoid me, narrowly missing the bus, coming towards her. (Yes, towards her, not behind her; the bus was actually behind me).
Honestly, someone like this is going to get killed, long before the CV-19 gets her!

GreekOddess · 24/05/2020 08:28

People are posting photos of themselves on social media "socially distancing" mixing with others in people's gardens. People either don't understand the rules or they are choosing to ignore but they are annoying me with their "socially distancing" photos 🙄

YeOldeTrout · 24/05/2020 09:45

I'm amazed by folk posting their social activity (right now) on Facebook. It doesn't happen in my circles.

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