Page 8 | Will the new law on social gatherings make you reconsider your activities?

WanderingMilly · 09/09/2020 02:16

No different for me.....I'm on my own and never in a group of more than 6 even if I meet family (in the garden) anyway.

jessstan2 · 09/09/2020 03:17

Doesn't make any difference to me either, I have a good excuse not to go out and meet up. It's been a good time for introspection and making a few tentative plans. However I do realise it isn't so easy for people with children and young people generally.

donnadenise · 09/09/2020 03:45

@LouisBalfour

I think most people are so pissed off with it, they will apply their own judgement. If I want to have 8 family members over for lunch, I will.

Hope u get a criminal record then

MrsFezziwig · 09/09/2020 04:03

Simply put, unless the pubs and bars are serving food and therefore have tables that can be booked and separated out then they should not be open. You should have to book a table in advance, and stay at that table... but its not working like that just now.

I’ve just been to Edinburgh and the four or five city centre pubs I visited were working exactly like that. Tables distanced, no standing at the bar - drinks brought to the table by staff. Only place you could wander to was the loo. Little speech when you sat down as to how things worked. Seemed pretty safe and chilled tbh.

MrsFezziwig · 09/09/2020 04:09

Also I think I’m going to be one of the people who benefit from the new guidance as I’m in a group of 6 friends who in the last few weeks have been able to meet up a couple of times outdoors. We were debating what we would do when it gets too cold to do that, but now it seems we will be able to meet indoors?

We’re all pretty careful though so won’t be taking liberties, I’m not even sure everyone will want to do that even if it’s allowed.

PhilCornwall1 · 09/09/2020 04:32

Will just carry on as we were, as I expect a lot of others will too.

ChanceChanceChance · 09/09/2020 04:36

We were not meeting in big groups anyway, so whilst it might make a technical difference it doesn't feel much change to me.

Haven't been in another house, or had anyone in our house, since February. Which seems very very weird when you write it down but inside with non-family members seems a risk.

It all just shows how worrying it is to be sending 1000 kids into school with no SD imo.

The UK is in a terrible mess.

WeNo · 09/09/2020 05:06

@Titsywoo

Will have to as we had an event for 30 people organised in a function room in 11 days time. Nightmare as it is people travelling from all over the country and everyone has paid for hotel rooms.

The current rule for 30 people (until changed on Mon) is for only two households (including bubbles) according to the BBC news website... BBC News - Coronavirus: What are social distancing and self-isolation rules? www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51506729 So Titsywoo your gathering would have been breaking the law anyway I assume by 'people travelling from all over the country'.

I only discovered today that the limit had been changed to 30 so I'd still been sticking to 6 anyway

littleowl1 · 09/09/2020 05:12

Yes it will, but so will the number of cases in my local council!!!

We have had this frustration for some time - the national numbers are really worrying - but are there any cases in my local area??? On my doorstep???

We were struggling with whether to let our daughter return to school during the summer when school reopened. We felt we were sending our daughter back with NO knowledge of the local coronavirus risk - much to our dismay.

Born out of total frustration (and I am an ex data analyst), I sourced the daily coronavirus cases in each council in England (it is actually published by the government daily but it is a pain in the you-know-what to extract).

I felt everyone should have easy access to the number of cases in their area so I built a daily email service which is free to sign up.It tells you the number of cases in your area each day and whether the number of cases is rising/falling etc.

You can sign up for free at www.covidmessenger.com/

We found knowing how many cases were in our local area on a daily basis invaluable. When we realised that there were virtually no cases over the summer we felt happier with our daughter returning to school. We also feel reassured that when cases start to rise locally we will know quickly, and can start taking extra precautions early – as opposed to waiting to hear about it from the government/in the media which tends to happen too late (IMO!).

Anyway, you are welcome to sign up and I do hope it helps – www.covidmessenger.com

GreenGoldRed · 09/09/2020 05:43

Yes, will change plans.

As an aside, I do find it interesting the majority of people on this thread saying they will not change plans etc and their reasoning (I have to teach in bigger groups etc). When they were considering the first lockdown one of the big issues was concerns if you go too soon, people get fatigued and won’t comply later on.

I do feel we need an education campaign about “reducing risk”. So many people on this thread seem to be, “well if I can do x then I’ll do what I want”.

The analogue my epidemiologist friend was Dodgeball. We have to play. Certain activities (and all the evidence shows it’s meeting in homes that are the biggest source of infections at the moment) mean more balls are flying at you and therefore more likely to be hit. Reduce the numbers of balls flying at you - less likely chance of being hit. So yes my kids are back at school (increased risk) - so I need to reduce the number of balls coming at me.

YouJustDoYou · 09/09/2020 05:50

Stopped caring.

maverickallthetime · 09/09/2020 05:52

@nameychange

Yep, we just this weekend put plans into place for DDs 18th after waiting and waiting and now these are not possible. We’d only planned a meal out but we’d be 7 people which isn’t allowed now. Seems unfair that 6 different households is fine but 7 people made up of 2 households isn’t.

I'd continue with that! Especially if only 2 households.

PremierInn · 09/09/2020 05:56

@monsterad

So I can spend a full day on and out classrooms with 90+ young children in a day but I can't go and remember my FIL with 6 other people - ridiculous really when you actually look at it.

You've used a lot of risk 'budget' during the classroom exposure, so no you can't then use more budget mixing with other people.

It's easy to understand

Hilarious

I genuinely love this. I've read all sorts on here justifying the most mad illogical rules but I love this 'risk budget' idea. Covid is the gift that just keeps giving

Oliversmumsarmy · 09/09/2020 06:02

No.
Don’t know that many people

I think I will carry on wearing my mask and attempting to SD. But after that I don’t think I can do any more

HaggyMaggie · 09/09/2020 06:02

Oh god what’s changed now ..... goes to bbc news

CKBJ · 09/09/2020 06:04

The rules are now so confusing. I was under the impression you could only meet up with 6people anyway so no won’t be changing anything.

A point made up thread about pupils leaving/going to school after spending all day with them in groups of 30 just makes it contradictory in the eyes of some and I can see their point.

Racoonworld · 09/09/2020 06:06

@HaggyMaggie

Oh god what’s changed now ..... goes to bbc news

It’s now illegal for gatherings of over 6 people to take place.

Racoonworld · 09/09/2020 06:08

@MrsFezziwig

Also I think I’m going to be one of the people who benefit from the new guidance as I’m in a group of 6 friends who in the last few weeks have been able to meet up a couple of times outdoors. We were debating what we would do when it gets too cold to do that, but now it seems we will be able to meet indoors?

We’re all pretty careful though so won’t be taking liberties, I’m not even sure everyone will want to do that even if it’s allowed.

I’m not sure that will be allowed. Before two households of any number could meet inside, this law puts a stop to that as its 6 people max now. It will probably still be two households only.

PhilCornwall1 · 09/09/2020 06:10

I genuinely love this. I've read all sorts on here justifying the most mad illogical rules but I love this 'risk budget' idea. Covid is the gift that just keeps giving

Risk "budget" is an absolute corker. I'll see if I can weave that one into a project meeting I have today. I'm sure the so called Project Manager I'm working with will be lapping it up if they hear this one.

KatherineJaneway · 09/09/2020 06:11

No because I've not met, and have no plans to mingle with, a large group of people.

Friendsoftheearth · 09/09/2020 06:14

Actually I will definitely be following the guidance, I hope we won't have another lockdown, so this seems the best way to avoid that.

I will just meet friends outside in much smaller groups as per rules, and we will stop meeting up indoors altogether now.

I am taking this pretty seriously, the implications of a second wave are really enormous.

Graciebobcat · 09/09/2020 06:18

Can't wait for Christmas, we won't even be even able to eat together in our usual group of nine.

AmelieTaylor · 09/09/2020 06:20

@CarolEffingBaskin

No, because it’s beyond a joke and now just completely random bollocks. I’m getting on with life, like everyone should.

If people behave selfishly & stupidly - people will die. How can you not care about that?

theviewfromhalfwaydown · 09/09/2020 06:20

Well that's me pretty much on my own again as I'm a single mum of 3 and everyone I know has kids or lives with more than one other person.

Graciebobcat · 09/09/2020 06:21

I haven't been meeting up with friends anyway. I just hope the health/fitness stuff that I do in socially distanced groups can continue.