6 months?!

[november90]

What's this 6 month talk about?
6 months of the rule of 6 or worse 😰

See I find that quite reassuring. Scientists said 6 months as well. Does that mean they think things will then start to improve significantly ? Vaccine?

I could do 6 months of this level of restriction. I hope it doesn't get tighter, especially a complete ban on travelling out of your local area. That was the worst thing for me out of everything.

Apart from the being redeployed to covid ICU of course.

It's 6 months of really harsh rules and restrictions (in whatever form that may be) with the collective thought that by the spring, things will be better - in terms of vaccine availability etc.

Obviously come spring, that might not be the case but I think they think it's the best case currently.

I think they all agree we should be on the home straight by then... Vaccine approved in January or Feb and vulnerable vaccinated by March or April. Once that is done we will not need restrictions anymore.

That's the hope anyway!

I think if the rule of 6 stays meaning we can continue socialising, I can do 6 months. Even though it is a bit daunting and I thought it would all be over by now.

Yes - what’s your point? We’re living through a pandemic..

I'm not sure where the info that by the end of 2021, only 12% of the population of the globe could be vaccinated based on production ability. Do they think we will have a lions share and less developed countries will have less? (Harsh)

@HoneyBee03

I think if the rule of 6 stays meaning we can continue socialising, I can do 6 months. Even though it is a bit daunting and I thought it would all be over by now.

I agree. For me, 6 is manageable. I could live with this level of restrictions for 6 months. However if you have a large family and you cant all visit the grandparents together because it would be more than 6, that is more difficult.

The rule of 6 is totally manageable. I can go and have dinner with 5 girlfriends, I can go and visit my parents with DH and 2 kids. I can meet with friends and their 2 kids for play dates.
DH office is open, my gym is open, the pub is open! (Til 10pm).

If this is as bad as it gets, I can totally live with it.

6 months and then an easier summer and hopefully a vaccine or faster easier accessible test and track and trace which works plus more treatments and hopeful winter 2021 will be much better. Either way it’s been clear since Easter that we are in this for the long haul.

I suppose it provides a certainty. I'm not a fan of the restrictions but it's preferable to putting them in for a couple of weeks and endlessly extending.

We are in local lockdown with numbers not improving. I haven’t seen my parents for weeks and won’t until it’s relaxed (they live 4 hours away so can’t meet outside to see them but we would go down for weekends regularly). I have two kids under two and I’m not coping I don’t think I can do 6 more months without losing my mind.

Vaccine approved in January or Feb and vulnerable vaccinated by March or April. Once that is done we will not need restrictions anymore

That assumes that the vaccine which emerges is safe for the most vulnerable. Some exceptionally vulnerable people cannot receive live vaccines, so may not be able to have the Oxford one (live, attenuated 'carrier')

And to suppress a disease with a non-lockdown R of 2-3, you need about 60% of the population immunised. So the lifting of restrictions will not be rapid and total. Same slow incremental steps (as proportion of total population immunised rises) but with the rather more optimistic mind set that when they go, they're gone for good.

(Assuming that, if jab needs repeating, people do keep turning up for them)

Have they said that the rule of 6 will be in place for 6 months at least?
Me and my sister have just had babies so our 2 households are 9 incl the babies 😢

@november90

Have they said that the rule of 6 will be in place for 6 months at least? Me and my sister have just had babies so our 2 households are 9 incl the babies 😢

They've said restrictions will be in place for at least 6 months but not specified at what level - it could get worse and they stop socialising or numbers get better and they open it up (I doubt this tbh).

But I think if things start to improve in 6 months that’s manageable ? My DM can’t have vaccines, so I can’t go in her house until I and dd are vaccinated, I’m expecting that to be about a year away. But just knowing it’s on the cards for sure would be something. And once the vaccinations start , things can be gradually relaxed as most of vulnerable are safer (even if it’s not 100pc protection)

It's just crazy isn't it. It's crazy that all of this has happened and this time last year we would have literally never been able to comprehend it!!!

6 is shite for us. There's 5 of us during the week 6 at weekends with dsc.
Apart from my dad and sibling who are out bubble as he's a single parent..
We can't mix with anyone as everyone we know is couples or have kids.
7 or 8 max I'll be doing but not multiple households. Only 2 households a time.
We don't socialise as a family with many others anyway due to different commitments. So it's only ever inlaws really.

It's well rubbish if you live in Scotland like I do. I can't do 6 months of no household mixing at all.