I have a stupid question

[Closingtime94]

Hello,

I'm sorry about my stupid question but this six people rule, is it that you can only meet with the same six people again or can you meet with 6 people in the morning and and a different 6 people at night etc?

I don't quite understand so just want clarification as don't want to break any rules.

You can meet different people.

It doesn't have to be the same six.

Now my question seems less stupid, that's not really going to stop the spread is it if you're meeting six different people a day thank you for clarifying x

You are still supposed to be social distancing with those 6 people! I think that is what people are forgetting. They are thinking you can meet up with people and hug and kiss and share drinks etc. You are still supposed to be staying apart and not touching etc.

Yip, you can meet 5 people in the morning, 5 more for afternoon tea and 5 more down the pub later

Or you could use your own brain, ignore the government and do what the scientists suggests which is as little social contact as possible

And when you go stark staring batshit due to loneliness, at least you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that you went above and beyond!

To be honest I say I don't want to break the rules but I don't have six mates anyway so probably will have as little social interaction as possible anyways but yeah, it's a bit of a shambles

Depends where you live

From what I can see England is any 6 at one point, inside or out can swap in and out

Wales is 6 people inside but that has to be from your 4 household bubble (and all households should be part of same bubble so you can't have your 4 and then one of those 3 have 2 different ones to you) - outside is 30 and doesn't relate to bubbles. Under 12 don't count towards your 6

Scotland, 6 people from 2 households inside and out. Under 12s don't count - but I think you could say go and visit your parents this morning and then your inlaws in the afternoon and still be obeying the rules

Not sure about Northern Ireland

You’re also asked to socially distance when meeting them, and to consider the number of social interactions you’re having.

@midgebabe

Yip, you can meet 5 people in the morning, 5 more for afternoon tea and 5 more down the pub later

Or you could use your own brain, ignore the government and do what the scientists suggests which is as little social contact as possible

Tbf the guidance does say you should limit the number of different people you meet over short periods of time and has done for a while.

The government actually publicising their own guidelines properly might take a while though.

Those six people can only be from two households. So you couldn't meet up with five different friends at once if you did have them op 😂

England is 6 people upmto 6 different households
.....I think

Yes Boris did say when the restrictions first eased that we were not really supposed to meet different people in succession but for some reason this sensible advice hasn’t been widely publicised.

Are you in Scotland @Scbchl?

England's rules are different and make less sense.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing#seeing-friends-and-family

@Scbchl-yes you can. It’s ridiculous but the 6 can be from any number of households

The six includes yourself.

So if you have six friends you can only meet with five of them at once.

@user165423256322

The six includes yourself.

So if you have six friends you can only meet with five of them at once.

I know sorry I did mean that but I know I've typed it as meeting 6 people - I really just meant meeting in groups of 6

@Scbchl as the others have said, that’s not true - the 6 can be from 6 different houses in England.

It's worth noting that in Belgium, which had rapidly growing numbers which they have more or less got under control, the limit is 5. But not different groups of 5. Actually 5 people that you can choose to socialise with and only those 5 people which you can't change.

I do wonder if this might be a more sensible policy for us right now.

@BrieAndChilli

You are still supposed to be social distancing with those 6 people! I think that is what people are forgetting. They are thinking you can meet up with people and hug and kiss and share drinks etc. You are still supposed to be staying apart and not touching etc.

100% this! I've seen so many threads (and posted on a few) where people talked about say a family of 5 meeting both sets of grandparents at their home plus DB and SIL and I have wondered how big their home is to allow all those households to social distance from each other. Similarly, lots of people seem to be merrily eating in restaurants with another household, with no concerns about ensuring a big enough table to allow for SD.

To be fair the 1m plus rule is easily misinterpreted, and lots of people think it's 1 m when 2m isn't sensible