Family breaking lockdown rules

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My family are not following the guidelines as they've had enough of it. I'm finding it really difficult.

Mum and sister plus family live together so are in a bubble with my Nan. However my Nan and mum have both had my other sister and cousins in their houses.

I'm so worried for them all. Walks outside would be fine but they're popping round for a cup of tea like there is no lockdown.

I broached it with my Nan earlier and she said her mental health and my cousins are more important than Covid and she'll suffer any consequences, health, legal or financial.

I'm so torn as I don't want anyone falling apart buy equally don't want anyone to fall ill. Nan is 82 and mum has asthma.

I don't know what to do or say. Probably nothing will make any difference and they're all adults. I just think it's insulting to all those struggling that they've just chosen not to bother and are being flippant about it all.

Urgh. Just needed to rant.

What would you all do / say if anything?

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It'll be months and months more because the longer people don't comply with mask earing, social distancing and keeping their interactions limited the longer it will continue to spread and impact on the NHS

NO! Its people on low pay who cant afford to self isolate. Its the PPE and testing shambles because of giving it to private companies. They cant expect people to give up their civil liberties when they are not even willing to give up their ideology.

The rich had their ski trips They had their Cheltenham (whats the betting there is a lockdown to save Cheltenham 2021) They had their holidays in the summer. As someone who rents, who has done these lockdowns in a tiny flat who hasnt been abroad since the 80s, does not go to pubs or restaurants I want my family Christmas.
In this months Good Housekeeping it states that the Samaritans usually get 400,000 calls throughout December, 11,000 on Christmas Day alone. IMO there is a good chance it could be worse this year if the Government put restrictions in place. Also i would bet a penny to a pinch of shit that MPs and advisors will want to see their families regardless but wont want another Barnard Castle type scandal. Because lets face it the papers and journos will be watching them like hawks to see if they do practice what they preach. And after watching Dispatches Lockdown Chaos and the PPE and testing scandals im tired of being made a mug of while they cash in. For some people this could well be their last Christmas. Covid is not the only killer And dont forget the MPs took their summer recess rather than work through it to get this sorted. So Covid not serious enough to cancel their summer recess but serious enough to stop ppl seeing their families at Christmas?

i would encourage them to keep on top of local area case rates and hospitalisation rates, point out increases where any of them live and encourage a risk-based approach

Seems sensible but could well be used by then as an argument why not seeing each other is daft

I’m in a very large urban SE town with no fewer than 6 big secondary schools in very close proximity to each other (grammar school system)

There was 116 cases per 100,000 last week.

@Torvean32

It's amazing the amount of ppl who have had no history of mh problems suddenly using it as an excuse to see anybody they want.

• im not saying ppl have not developed mh problems. However i believe some ppl are blatantly lying.

I fear you'll get flamed for this,but I agree, and have thought it for a while(also agree many will have developed mh problems through this). In same way people suddenly saying they "can't live on universal credit" may not have cared about it when some other poor sods been on it for no fault of their own for a while.

* It's amazing the amount of ppl who have had no history of mh problems suddenly using it as an excuse to see anybody they want*

Surely you’d agree that a pandemic and lockdown may have aroused mental health issues that were otherwise dormant or not present?

@Ridcully82 Thats one of the reasons why Piers Morgan has pissed me off He didnt spend every weekday for nine months demanding that MPs come on the programme to explain why so many people were dying after loss of their disability benefits.
Hes only interested in vulnerable people when he can use them to emotionally blackmail others. There is a lot of it about!!

Its not always people on low pay who are feeling that they cannot isolate. This thread shows people are making up rules to suit their own circumstances. I have a work collegue who has been mixing their family because she says they all feel fine and after all in the old days (as in 5 years ago!) they all lived together anyway.

Needless to say he has now caught CV19 and so has another member of the family. I think this is the majority of the issue. People not giving a stuff about anything else, saying they feel depressed and that only a visit of a family member will help them feel better.

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that taking away absolutely everything that makes life worth living for months is going to cause depression and mental health issue in the majority of people.

There is a reason why imprisonment is used as a punishment.

Some people just love sitting up on their moral high horses and accusing others of lying.