Would anyone support another national lockdown?

[RubyandBen]

Same as the last one. Schools, non essential shops, hospitality etc. stretching on for a few months. If yes, can I ask what are your personal circumstances?

No I would not support it.

I’m also suffering severe mental health issues.

But if we don’t lockdown the virus will flood the hospitals, decimate doctors/nurses/teachers/police/fire/. They might not all be ill but they will be isolating etc.

And with no public services we are truly fucked.

No my severe autistic son really struggled and my husband had to work more hours meaning I was home with the kids a lot on my own , trying to homeschool and meet my sons needs was extremely difficult.

No way oh this Earth. Lockdown again would be catastrophic for our family especially my children.

I personally don't mind it at all, except for the school. But my dc was totally fine with last one, school was fantastic and dc very motivated.

Yet since there are no case at all around my area, I assume many people would object.

Absolutely not. My grandparents are in their 80s, I've had no extended contact with them since March, and it upsets me hugely that my gran is becoming forgetful and they're both slowly declining physically, and I could be missing out on the last times in their lives when they could be out and about enjoying the world. I used to take them to places a lot but obviously haven't been able to.

I WFH as a self employed freelancer with a little business that I've expanded slowly over the past 10 years. This has been completely destroyed due to the clients I work for being furloughed themselves, so obviously they're not hiring me, so I have nothing. This was due to resume in November, but won't if there is another lockdown. I cannot survive any more financial loss.

My stepson struggles working from home, a lot. There are just too many distractions, and short of tying him onto his chair there's not a lot we can do. DP is at work all day, I'm working hard on another business venture (that may or may not pay off, but isn't at the moment) so I can't stand over him either. He's basically missed a huge amount of work for his A Levels, and I honestly think he will fail anyway, but if there's another lockdown it only makes this more likely.

DP's parents have completely locked themselves up since March, so stepson isn't seeing them which he used to absolutely love. Their choice, they're so scared of getting this virus, but stepson used to love staying overnight every now and then, and he hasn't been able to do that for so long .. he can't go round to see his mates anymore as we're tier 3.

It's all such a mess, life is crap, and I'm not even sure how much the measures are helping. Rather delaying the inevitable.

[quote wizzbangfizz]@Hyperfish101 what difference will that make in reality? In a month after opening we will be back to where we are now - the virus is here to stay and our kids, lives and incomes cannot continue to suffer.[/quote]
It would give the NHS breathing space and slow infections. Yes the virus is here to stay but we need to stop it running rampant.

I'd only support a "proper" lockdown, i.e. no movement of people AT ALL. I.e. hospital/carehome staff living on the premises. Police/Army enforcing a full and complete 24/7 curfew for 2 weeks. If we have a half-arsed "lockdown" with tens of thousands of people moving around (public transport, hospitals, emergency services, shopping, etc etc), we may as well not bother as it won't actually achieve anything.

Back in March we had something close to the fullest realistic lockdown, i.e. most shops closed (except food), building sites/factories/schools closed, "most" people not going out except for exercise, etc. That was the situation for a couple of weeks until things started opening up again (those that were allowed), and it still took 3 MONTHS to get infections to the low level they were in June!

I really don't think 2/3 weeks is anywhere near long enough to have any real impact. My worry is that it will get extended and will be 4/6 weeks before we know it.

My son has only just come out of a 2 week lockdown in his university accommodation due to one idiotic flat mate going out partying and catching covid. He wasn't there a week before they were locked down. There's no way he'll cope with another lockdown. He's been stuck in a tiny room for 2 weeks, not even allowed out for exercise (despite no symptoms himself). I think if they're serious about a national lockdown, they need to send Uni students home to study remotely beforehand and refund their accommodation costs.

Personally, yes. I go out very infrequently and my work would not be affected (key worker). So for me, it would change nothing much.

I know many people who would be badly affected, though, so I couldn't support a full lockdown for months on end again. (and it would have to be at least 2 months, IMO, to really stop the spread).

Nope

This whole thing is a joke now.

To say if it happened I wouldn’t have any choice but to comply but it’s disgusting if it’s required.

refund their accommodation costs
Exactly, there was no need for all the students to move around the country except so that they could pay for their accommodation

Yes I would support it, and I'm in favour of it.

DH worked throughout from his normal base. I had 10 weeks off between jobs then returned to work during lockdown, not WFH. Working with people with severely challenging behaviour, community settings, not feeling particularly safe. I am though safer working if community rates of Covid are lower/declining. My job is necessary, and someone has to do it. We can survive on DHs salary, so if we continue on the present course I will resign. Still recruiting to my sector, no one wants this work! I'm not vulnerable, but I resent being at risk to care for other people when I know so few people would make any sacrifices whatsoever. I mean, if you can't reign in your social life why should I put myself in harms way. So I probably won't.

DS at uni, younger DS in GCSE year. If schools closed I'm probably going to have to stay home at get behind DS and see to it that he gets through his exams.

So either way I will probably be resigning. Bonfire is a big thing where I live, cancelled and a bit pissed off at that, shall miss blowing up an effigy of Bojo or Hancock, but hey ho there is next year!

No. I would not support it at all. Obviously if it were to happen then there is a certain amount that I would have to begrudgingly abide by, but I am no longer in agreement with full lockdowns.

The effect of the original lockdown on mental health and livelihoods has been catastrophic for far too many people, myself included.

No

I would prefer something like a repeated 8-week schedule, where it goes 6-week low restriction period followed by a 2-week lockdown, repeat from the start. That way we could all settle into a routine with it, we could prepare for the lockdown periods weeks in advance, get socialising needs met, and businesses could manage the situation more easily.

Of course I don't know if it would potentially make things worse as a lot of people would ignore the 2 week lockdown phases. Just an idea that drifts around in my head sometimes.

I strongly oppose locking down again.
My children need their education and I need to work. I’m self employed and can’t work from home.

rushjob
I wouldn’t support another lockdown (now branded as a Circuit Breaker to fool people) but we will have one soon because the press are pushing for it.

This^ and I can’t understand why. Everyone I speak to neighbours, colleagues, family is against it, yet surveys keep quoting that the public support it.

I would like to know if Covid deaths are kept separate from flu and pneumonia death figures.i was looking at an ONS document recently and I noticed it said the word estimates about infections, so not even real figures but estimates! I would also like to know the age of people dying. This isn’t because I think older people are expendable ( my parents are in their eighties) but perhaps we have to be realistic about life span and frailty in older age groups.

No - what would be the point. As soon as we open up again, the virus spreads. And there is an inevitability about this that we need to wake up to. It's not going anywhere, lockdown was only make sure the NHS isn't overwhelmed - not to stop people catching the virus. I will not support stopping the lives and NHS treatment of younger people to prevent a virus which almost always is dangerous to the very old. It doesn't mean their lives are expendable (before the hysterical finger pointers jump in) but younger lives and health really matter too. People have lost perspective IMO.

no

No I wouldn't support it and would not stick to it either. I have a serious and complex mental illness and that coupled with the lock down has very much exacerbated it. I will distance etc but I will just go out and about. Also I worry about people who will be unable to work, lose income and potentially their homes. It's all very depressing.

Nope, my son needs his education and it wasn't adequate what was provided during lockdown. I also would like to keep my job, another lockdown would likely cause a third round of redundancies.

Yes I would support it if they sort out test and trace and it means lower deaths overall, lower children bereaved, NHS not overwhelmed etc.

However, if they don't sort out test and trace then they're just delaying the inevitable.

I would support people who can homeschool being supported to do so so that there is more space in schools and less spread. And ECV parents and children should especially be supported in this. But there would need to be investment to make sure they do not fall behind educationally.

Is support it. It much really changed. Dh was at work, the children where learning from home was new, I worked from home as normal. Never been busier at work tbh.