Will disruption over the October half term be the final straw?

[beanburgerandcheese]

Just that - will it be the point that people say enough is enough with this? Summer plans already disrupted, millions have planned for UK breaks through the October half term just to face potential disruption again. ow long will people patience last with this?

Listening quietly well, it seems severe enough to have already killed millions. Oh, but wait, they were only the old people or the BAME people, so that's alright then...

CertieCumboyle I cannot imagine anything worse than the death of a child.

The person I lost who died from Covid had cancer. I expected that, years from now, I would care for them at home in their last days. I expected to see them in their last days. Because of Covid they died with no family present and saw no family during their illness. I remember that also happened to a 13 year old child.

According to the RAC 1748 people died in RTAs last year. Apparently sometimes it is suspected to be a method of suicide. Of course only a small proportion of those were students crossing the road.

We booked an October half term break last November well before anything was even hinting there would be issues.

We moved it. It would have been daft to leave it and just hope it would be fine.

ListeningQuietly - it's not the students catching Covid that's the problem, is it? It's them spreading it to the wider, more vulnerable community both in their university towns and back home.

@beanburgerandcheese

This exactly!

It's meant in the sense of if there is disruption to the half term then will it be getting to the limits of people's patience with restrictions?

Some posters on here seem to be absolutely desperate to go back into lockdown and can't imagine why anyone might actually fancy an undisrupted UK break without concerns about having to cancel last minute.

No one said they are desperate to go back into lockdown. Whether people get to go on holiday at half term quite understandably seems pretty inconsequential to many right now.

People's patience is neither here nor there.

We all know what she should be doing. If we're not doing it, we're twats.

End of.

Zany
Covid has probably killed about 2,000,000 people in the whole world this year
out of a population of 7,700,000,000

in the UK every year around 500,000 people die
in the USA every year around 2,800,000 people die

Covid is not a major cause of death compared with Cancer and chronic diseases, it just isn't

TBH, the end of Transition - which is entirely predictable and avoidable - will make the stress of lockdown look like a walk in the park if the Government bollocks it up as badly as they have everything else lately

The virus might not be going away but if the balance tops to the majority being fed up and getting on with their lives normally then there comes a time when the restrictions are pointless.

No.

The restrictions will mean the NHS will hopefully cope with the number of people needing hospital care. People being fed up won’t change the fact that if everyone is allowed to carry on as normal, the NHS may not cope and more people will die.

@ktp100

People's patience is neither here nor there.

We all know what she should be doing. If we're not doing it, we're twats.

End of.

It's twatty to end posts with "end of".

I disagree with the rest of your comment, too.

ListeningQuietly

Without lockdown and restrictions many more people would have died from covid. And the NHS would not have enough staff and equipment and beds.

To say Covid isn't a serious disease is beyond stupid.

But some think that because it's the elderly and the weak that die from it then it somehow doesn't matter.

It does.

millions have planned for UK breaks through the October half term just to face potential disruption again. ow long will people patience last with this?

Sorry, but if they have that's just daft.
We haven't planned anything for this year holiday or weekend away wise, as it's just so uncertain what's going on!
Surely that's a risk and a consequence you might have to take if you've booked anything.

And the NHS would not have enough staff and equipment and beds.
Because the Tories have under funded it for ten years.

Countries with properly funded and functioning health and public health systems have coped without extended lockdowns.

Its not COVID that necessitates the lockdown
its the broken healthcare system and tens of thousands of Nursing vacancies
caused by Tory Austerity

And Tory pig headedness is taking us towards a cliff edge end of Transition in 100 days
which will make it all much worse

UK breaks in October? Doesn't sound like much fun.

ListeningQuietly

Yes, I agree. But regardless of the reason the NHS is in the state it is in, we need to make sure it can cope now.

I dont think it will be the final straw. If it is, people perhaps need to be more resilient.
Not being able to go to a loved ones funeral may be the final straw. Losing the job or business may be the final straw.
Aston Towers / centre parts/ fill in blank, being closed for half term, no.

*Center Parcs

Uk breaks in October are fab. You can have shit weather any time of year. Crisp Autumn days are some of the finest to have. Much better than soggy, humid August, for example.

Presumably you mean people won’t comply re patience?

We will and our children understand that others need to be protected and that we have give up some things for the greater good of society.

I love holidays but I’d rather have food, a healthcare system and our family safe. Wouldn’t even dream of travelling currently

We’ve booked 2 nights away during half term. We have a refund policy and are fully prepared to not go whether it be due to local or national lockdown.

I was planning on going to Disneyland Paris at half term. But I didn't book cause back in March it was very clear that holidays for the foreseeable future just weren't on the table. I don't have any special insight.

I've got a two night break planned for October half term.
I'm expecting it to be cancelled. It won't be my last straw at all.
My last straw will be more like unable to get any needed medical assistance over winter god for bid any of us are ill.

I think people are increasingly frustrated with the changing rules and generally confusing mixed messages. I really believe the vast majority want to do the right thing and will mostly try to comply. It's just that a lot of what's happening doesn't make much sense e.g. 10pm closing times.
If we do have a 2nd lockdown or tightening of restrictions I think people will mostly comply because it's easier, what's the alternative really? There's always going to be some who have parties or protest but most people will probably just watch a ton of Netflix and do some DIY.

I'm going away at half term, this term has been exhausting.

I guess I'll hit last straw if I have to repeatedly self isolate. The rest I don't like but I'm a coward in a minority.