I’ve noticed amongst my friends that a lot of people are saying “January is when we will have a vaccine, we just need to wait until January, only a few months now...”
As well as this, I also assume everyone else is also noticing “lockdown fatigue” in general. It’s hard to tell people not to mix households at all when schools are open with no social distancing, workplaces, etc... (At least where I am anyway!)
Does anyone else think we’re going to be entirely f*** if there is no vaccine in January? It feels like it’s being hyped up so much, people are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. People are already ambivalent to restrictions- ie, the poor people of Leicester who basically never came out of lockdown. I can’t imagine how awful that must be.
All I can think is if the North has all these restrictions and cases are still going up WITH restrictions as people are just tired of having no life- again, no blame there, I understand people are only human- surely if there is no vaccine in January, or even an alternative strategy, I really don’t think the government are going to have enough control to get compliance on further restrictions. Maybe even sooner.
Perhaps I am even unreasonable to suggest the gov has control now. I’m in the South and already all of my friends have said they will ignore restrictions on households not mixing.
So AIBU to think a lot will change with the “new year,” vaccine or not?
Also I’m sorry if this thread seems overwhelmingly negative! I’ve tried to stay positive but with rising cases again and more restrictions, I’m simply struggling to care about the virus anymore. I followed everything to the letter the first time, I’m in an at risk group, but now I’m more concerned about my financial situation, my job, etc... I’ve become very desensitised to the virus itself, apart from still worrying about spreading it to my elderly relatives