Will some people stay in their own personal lockdown even after vaccines?

[GoldenOmber]

Earlier this year, and even into the summer when things looked better, there were a lot of people who wanted to stay as locked down as they possibly possibly could despite not being vulnerable or shielding or living with anyone who was. People saying they would homeschool until vaccines rolled out for children, not taking babies out of the house at all because they can look out of the windows if they need to see the world, that sort of thing.

I think life will ping back to normal fairly fast around/after spring, and a lot quicker than many people think. But curious about what's going to happen with the people who were that worried about leaving the house earlier on. Will they all be happy to go back to their lives when mass vaccinations are over and cases are down to near nothing? Or are we going to see a small number of very anxious people too worried to leave their houses for the long term, or waiting years until they're happier to take the vaccine? What do you think?

(asking entirely out of curiosity, and asking about the future, please do not huff at me for not understanding how scary it is to be CEV/shielded/already dealing with anxiety at a time when the virus is all over the place and there's no licensed vaccine)

Sheepandcow bit unnecessary

Are the BO comments supposed to be jokes, or are you just really rude?

SheepandCow - they post on Facebook on a regular basis about the dangers of Covid and staying home. I’ve suggested they seek some mental health help but that was rebuffed.

@SheepandCow seems a bit obsessed with other people's bodily odours. I'm guessing trolling or they've spent too much time with the sheep and cow's themselves and are feeling defensive.

...the type who mops her shopping down and quarantines her post...

We do both of these things. Can't wait to stop doing it, but that's not yet.
No need to be snarky.

@RegularHumanBartender

Are the BO comments supposed to be jokes, or are you just really rude?

It's speculation. It happens a lot. People too embarrassed or not wanting to hurt somebody's feelings by telling them they honk. Perhaps not the case here, but it might be.

It's kinder having it pointed out by a stranger online than your friends, family, and colleagues continuing to think up excuses to avoid you. There's no harm having a sniff just to check.

I'll be going back to normal pretty much as soon as I'm allowed a vaccine. I'm not as affected as a lot of people, as I'm still going out to work in a secondary school, so I really can't avoid contact with people at the minute. I'm hoping to be allowed a vaccine relatively soon, and then I can go back to my normal life which isn't much different to my life now tbh

I think it will depend on the ultimate efficacy of the vaccines and how much they break chains of transmission.

@Funkypolar

SheepandCow - they post on Facebook on a regular basis about the dangers of Covid and staying home. I’ve suggested they seek some mental health help but that was rebuffed.

But at the moment it is dangerous. And perhaps they have an underlying condition that you don't know about.

If it is mental health, hopefully eventually they'll get help and are surrounded by friends with empathy. Perhaps try to signpost them again - once things are safer Covid wise.

@Winter2020

cReateAName “I won’t be personally having the vaccine neither will my dh or adult dc. But we will go back to normal once things improve”

Improve because other people have the vaccine?

Exactly!

I certainly fucking will not be. Screw that.

I can't wait to get out and travel.
DH on the other hand loves being a hermit and won't like me twisting his arm to come on holidays

[quote Flowersinthewindowstill]@SheepandCow seems a bit obsessed with other people's bodily odours. I'm guessing trolling or they've spent too much time with the sheep and cow's themselves and are feeling defensive.[/quote]
My flock smell lovely! Eau de mouton

@SandysMam

I hope people continue to wash hands properly rather than a quick flick under the tap I see so often in public loos 🤮

But I also hope people live life and are grateful for it and the freedoms we had previously, I know I will be if we are lucky enough for this situation to resolve.

You're lucky they even did a quick flick - so many people don't even do that!

I hope that hand shaking and hugging virtual strangers never becomes the norm again. We have to hope the lasting legacy of covid is more awareness of personal space and hygiene.

We don’t live near family and that has been very hard for us, I miss my Dad so much and knowing how he was close to my girls having that relationship back again. To be able to go ‘home to my family ’ without feeling I’m breaking a rule/guidelines.
For my husband (who rarely goes out before lockdown) but to catch up with friends who we haven’t seen over a pint :)
We never really did the shopping things etc so none of that will change. But it’s during holiday pop into London or go to the coast to see the sea!
It’s the smallest tiny things I’m looking forward to freedom of choice.

It’s the smallest tiny things I’m looking forward to freedom of choice.

Yes, this. I can't wait to be able to to be spontaneous again, and not have some lurking suspicion that some twat will disapprove of me for hugging my own family and friends.

I can’t wait for this to be over.

I intend to get vaccinated as soon as I’m offered it (vulnerable) and as soon as I can I want to get back to normal. I do think it’s going to be a big adjustment though.

"But at the moment it is dangerous.
And perhaps they have an underlying condition that you don't know about."

But if they're not vulnerable it's not dangerous. Yes, they could get a serious case of Covid, but a lot of other things could happen as well. You have to look at the risk in context. For a healthy person, being inside all the time is more harmful.
The reason for lockdown is to protect vulnerable people and to protect the NHS.

"I hope that hand shaking and hugging virtual strangers never becomes the norm again. We have to hope the lasting legacy of covid is more awareness of personal space and hygiene."

Outside of Covid times, there is no hygiene problem with hand shaking and hugging. No personal space issue with hand shaking either. Hugging should be mutual and not pushed on anyone, but that's all.

I think most people will get back to normal. I was never normal in the first place but I'll have the vaccine and give it a go.
I have quite enjoyed lockdown, particularly the chilled, slower pace of life and quiet roads with hardly any traffic. I don't drive and I've been able to get back on my bike for the first time in years without the fear of being mowed down. I will miss that.

@DameEdnaFitzgerald

I can’t wait for this to be over.

I intend to get vaccinated as soon as I’m offered it (vulnerable) and as soon as I can I want to get back to normal. I do think it’s going to be a big adjustment though.

Me too. I'd go back to normal now if allowed. If I could make myself 'essential' at work like some of my colleagues are, I would do it tomorrow. This isolation is so bad for people.

Fuck no. I will be dancing down the street! I want my old existence back

Suggesting lightheartedly (which went over some people's heads) a possible reason why somebody might stay away from somebody, i.e. possible BO, rather than health anxiety. On a thread that whiffs suspiciously of slagging/taking the piss out of people suffering mental health issues (health anxiety), with people asking 'just out of curiosity'. That gets deleted.

Yet another thread somebody compares people protecting the vulnerable with perpetrators of genocide (Nazis, who did kill off the vulnerable), and personally insults other posters (for caring about the vulnerable and listening to scientists and doctors (rather than far right YouTube conspiracy theorists). Ok then.

@FuzzyPuffling your post made me excited for you! (Also great username, pufflings are extremely cute )

I’ve got a list. Actually several:
When DF gets the jab
When DMIL gets the jab
When DH and I get the jab
When theatres reopen properly

I’ve got bookmarked saved and a whole itinerary ready to go.

My problem is that DC is teenaged, autistic, rule abiding, with a dash of health anxiety and isn’t going to be vaccinated any time soon. So I’m not quite sure how that’s going to pan out in terms of what they’ll feel able to do. I want to whisk them off to New York or somewhere equally fabulous for a family holiday as some form of consolation for everything they’ve missed, but I’ve got no idea when that’ll be possible.