Say they cancelled lockdown

[frozendaisy]

So say lockdown was cancelled.

No more financial support.

Covid-19 spreads in your local area.

Apart from essentials, work, school, healthcare.

Would you go out socialising under these circumstances? Not indoors with family, but places you spend money, bowling, cinema, pub, farms etc.

Not a cat in hell's chance, no. I'd even have to spray (diluted) bleach on all deliveries.

I'm vulnerable and wouldn't be able to rely on ANYONE being careful under those circumstances. I would still go out for walks though where I could go would be very limited.

No financial support for people in those industries? Yes, I would go out to places like that.

It's the not knowing how long this goes on for that's the problem. I think some people are kicking themselves now for not getting out there and enjoying the summer when we had the chance. Yes to zoos and farms for the kids, they're mainly outdoors anyway. Pub meal maybe very occasionally.

Similar here, we do visit a pub once in a blue moon but even that we think more about as have the NHS app downloaded and if the kids had to isolate for 2 weeks because we fancied a pint we would feel ever so guilty.

We have already had three isolations this year. Even though I am not going far I do not want the little freedoms I have taken away again. Not for a pint. And believe me there is nothing I want more to be able to go and meet my friends, hug them, have a drink and a good catch up. I miss it so much but my DC need me as healthy as possible. They are seeing their friends every day at school so they are getting their socialization. DH and I thankfully get on great but we cannot see friends as they are a mixture of keyworkers so a complete no go for me and covid deniers so we feel they are not safe to be around. But since we are in Ireland and now in lockdown for 6 weeks it makes absolutely no difference.

No I'd do what my friend in Florida has pretty much done - kids out of school, hunker down at home and wait it out.

Where I live, half of these things are open , we just wear a mask and keep our distance. I see kids playing in the playground across from my house all day long and no one is wearing a mask. BUT no, I couldn’t do it because I consider my family a high risk category

No. I'm in tier 1 and we are already not eating out or going to any of those places or on days out to anything with a ticket office - our only real "optionals" at the moment are that I go into socially-distanced work one morning a week in another tier 1 area and DS does his one still-running hobby group outdoors one afternoon a week.
Under rife Covid we would still go on necessary trips to the supermarket/bank/post office/pharmacy/GP and I guess, primary school, but that would be it.

Would you go to a small toddler group though?

They aren't my cup of tea really but with hand sanitiser in good supply, yes, probably.

@Frazzled13

No financial support for people in those industries? Yes, I would go out to places like that.

We are ok going out if there are measures in place for distancing and to reduce transmission but if all restrictions were lifted, Covid-19 spreads we wouldn't go.

Yes. Assuming covid ‘protection’ is still a thing, like masks & extra cleaning. I’m in tier 2, probs moving to tier 3. COVID is fairly rife in my area. I go to softplay, parks, farms, zoos, swimming, cafes, play dates (outdoors or softplay, adults distance), Sunday lunch with my OH & children, we do baby sensory, messy play, art class & gymnastics . Daughter goes to nursery even though I’m on mat leave and it’s not technically essential. We are living life as much as we can within the guidelines. I take measured risks as I do in life in general.

I don’t much agree with repeated lockdowns while we have a failing track & trace, minimal compliance with isolation & tests taking 4/5 days to come back. They are a plaster on a gaping wound. Fix that, then I’ll support lockdowns.

My only caveat would be hospitals. If they were overwhelmed & crippled, I’d absolutely do my bit to try & help.

It's just conversations we have had, that as pants as it is, whilst test&trace is useless is the tier 1, or even tier 2, restrictions, with the small financial help available, a better position, at the moment, than "all open, no money, let Covid-19 do what it will" situation.

We didn't do anything in Summer when the virus was at its lowest. We didn't go on holiday, didn't go to pubs/restaurants, and only went essential shopping, so parties or social gatherings. We're now in tier 3 and it really hasn't changed what we do (or don't do) at all.

No, but not doing them now. Essential things only here. I’ll support local places online where I can and have switched entirely to home shopping and won’t be changing back.

Id carry on as normal yes.

I'd do nothing different than I am now. Haven't been to pubs and restaurants in many years.
Still seeing family, did ur own risk assessment.
My dd would probably decide to complete her studies at home, rather than school, if all restrictions were lifted.

We're in London, Tier 2 and all of those things have been open since the summer. We've been going out to most of our usual activities - not cinemas and pub as we have a toddler. But toddler music and gym classes, museums, farms, bowling, galleries, theatre, swimming, theme parks, soft play, concerts, zoo, aquarium, parks. All the things we enjoyed before lockdown. Everything is socially distanced with lots of extra cleaning. We take public transport there as we don't have a car. I always respect whatever legal social distancing rules are in place. But if they stopped the restrictions and social distancing I'd still continue to go, if it was all legally allowed.

We don't socialise with other families while there (we never did pre-Covid, we're quite introverted and don't hang out with other families much). We're not vulnerable or in contact with anyone who is, so I've never been concerned about our risk level.

I'm in Greater Manchester. Don't get too excited you will all be in Tier 3 soon enough.

Yes I would. We go to everything that’s open now anyway and have done since things reopened. We wear a mask, sanitise and distance and all of the zoos, farms, theme parks etc we have been to have felt safe with the appropriate measures in place. I think my children’s childhood is too short to spend a year sitting at home but I appreciate not everyone will feel safe going out and about

I'd return to normal.
I honestly think a lot of what we are doing is just to make us feel better about doing Something
I quite like the extra space in pubs and restaurants though. I not a very peopley person so it suits me.

@bellinisurge

I'm in Greater Manchester. Don't get too excited you will all be in Tier 3 soon enough.

Yeah I know ......Merry Christmas!

Yes, I would be out and about. More than I am now. If lockdown was totally cancelled and everything started up again, yes I would be at bonfire parties, the theatre, singing in church, out at restaurants and on the train to London.

Since in your scenario COVID is still rife, I would accept the weird looks and wear gloves and mask, especially in crowded transport, but not in the pub or restaurant. I was always fussy about folks sneezing on me while on the tube train long before COVID!
Otherwise I would be back to my usual life.

@Coasterfan

Yes I would. We go to everything that’s open now anyway and have done since things reopened. We wear a mask, sanitise and distance and all of the zoos, farms, theme parks etc we have been to have felt safe with the appropriate measures in place. I think my children’s childhood is too short to spend a year sitting at home but I appreciate not everyone will feel safe going out and about

We do, gave done over summer, a fair bit all with masks and distancing

But what if the measures were removed? Or at least at the "owner's discretion" would that alter your choices?

@99victoria

I'm not going to those places you've listed now and I'm in a Tier 1 area, so I guess I'm unlikely to do it if the virus was just running rife!

Same here.

We were going bowling weekly and attending the DCs sports extra curricular activities, however these are now closed for 4 weeks. We ate out once recently but that just isn't something we do a lot anyway. I was sat in the hairdressers a couple of weeks ago, no customers wore masks, the hairdressers just wore visors - I was quite happy with this. Again, all shut now for 4 weeks.

Yes, I would have continued to use these services had they stayed open, just as I had been right up until they recently were forced to close again.

no, wouldn't go out if ti was let loose in teh community. I am going out very cautiously now.