Rule of six having friends over question

[BumbleBee5w]

If I had a night in with 5 friends while my children were in bed and husband upstairs with them would that be breaking rules? With absolute certainly no meeting of more than 6 people. We have a downstairs loo sp no going upstairs from guests....

You and your friends can socialise in the garden provided there are less than six of you gathering rooty.

FrequentcarpetflyerWhat's difficult about understanding that the virus is more likely to spread when people gather together

I have no problem understanding that @NotaKaren.

You’re brave OP. I got pounced on because I mentioned that a friend had meet up with two oaks for lunch. You can’t have any more than two people who aren’t from the same home at the same table, so they booked two tables, two metres apart, but in line with each other and had a great night. Never approached each other, but apparently they were the reason Covid is spreading because they ‘got around the rules’. 😒 😁

that a friend had meet up with two oaks for lunch = that a friend had met up with two pals for lunch 😳

@Doseydots

I think it’s a really bad idea. Five different people who have all been mixing in different circles. They will be touching your furniture. It’s these such indoor gatherings which are causing the spread.

But if her DH and Dc were out and she has the same 5 friends over they would still be touching the same stuff. The ones not there would be people who have already touched things in the house and as they wouldn't be mixing then I can't see the difference.

This is why it's all barking.

@Torvean32

Just takes that 1 person with it indoors to spread. Some scientists say droplets can last on surfaces much longer than past thought. So is it worth it ?

But surely this is the case if 2 people meet up indoors. Only takes one after all.

Just follow the fucking rules!!!

Jesus wept

@MissPoldark

To be honest I don’t know why they didn’t keep the ‘2 households’ rule when meeting socially. The new rule of 6 has led to more people mixing.

I agree. The rules due to this rule of 6 is completely bonkers. I can literally invite 5 different friends over to my house in a morning, then a different set in the afternoon and a different set again on the night every day or the week. One household is so much better.

I personally think that 2 households would be so much better and everyone has a different take.

Someone up thread said that all 10 people would be infected instead of 6 if DH and DC had gone out and a guest had Covid. But how? If guest had Covid, touched stuff, left and then DH and DC came back and touched the same spot they would have it anyway. The rules make no sense when talking about risk of transmission.

When you book a table at a restaurant for 6, they don't give you a table for 12 so you can space out. I have a huge living room so can probably fit in 5 or 6 people with the 2m rule. Surely safer than a restaurant. Or not as safe as not having as many people but apparently this isn't the case. I follow rules but not when they make no sense. I actually don't follow the rules as such but am in turn reducing my risk by seeing far fewer people than the rules would let me have. X

They made it "rule of 6 everywhere" for simplicity because people were having trouble understanding the rules. That doesn't mean it's a good idea for 6 people from different households to meet indoors anywhere (irrespective of whether your DH and kids are upstairs). Even 2m apart, you're all breathing the same air for several hours.

@BumbleBee5w

If I had a night in with 5 friends while my children were in bed and husband upstairs with them would that be breaking rules? With absolute certainly no meeting of more than 6 people. We have a downstairs loo sp no going upstairs from guests....

Nine people is not six people.

HTH.

@Pipandmum

My friend is having five of is over for her birthday dinner. Her son and husband will be upstairs. They are not part of the 'gathering'. Use common sense: you could have those five people out at a restaurant and it would be acceptable for the rest of your family to be at the next table.

Your friend is an idiot.

I am so fed up with people trying to find loopholes or pretending they don’t understand. The rules are very clear, and if you don’t understand, look them up.
All the ‘but why can I do x but not y, it doesn’t make sense’ people who can’t understand that if we stop doing some things (especially the close mixing that happens in homes) then hopefully we can avoid another lockdown. It’s so infuriating. Obviously it all seems a bit arbitrary, but that’s because the lines have to be drawn somewhere and not everyone is going to be equally effected- because it’s a new bastard virus that we don’t fully understand!!
I’m a teacher and it seems bonkers that I can be in school but not meet more than 6 people elsewhere BUT it’s the not meeting other people that will hopefully allow school to stay open. I and all my colleagues are doing everything we can to keep the school open. It’s so fucking annoying when people contrive silly little get arounds, I understand it’s tough but 🤬😱🤯