CanI break the rules?

[TooNaughty]

Ok, please don't flame me. My area has gone to Tier 2, although one of the lowest coronavirus rates in the UK. I am a keyworker and have worked all through this and followed the rules religiously. Supposed to be meeting for lunch with 2 friends after lockdown, because I am having surgery soon this will be the only time I will see them until February, last chance for fun for a long time. Would we be completely unreasonable to have lunch together, following social distancing, etc, hand washing, no contact?

IMO, people need to be less hung up on what is technically allowed/not allowed.
Ok, you can go to gym classes from next week but that doesn't mean it's a great idea especially not if clinically vulnerable or if you're a key worker facing exposure elsewhere.

Someone used the idea of a 'risk bank' a while back and I liked it.

I'm allowed to go for dinner with my partner in tier 2 but I'm not taking the risk and would rather have a takeaway and not be sat indoors with lots of other people.

This isn't about gaming the rules or doing everything just because you can, it's about keeping yourself and others safe.

Unfortunately not, but I do see your point in a lot of the rules not making sense.
February isn't too long to meet with friends again, I haven't seen my family since February 2020, will probably be over a year by the time we are safe to mix again. My poor 2yr old is wondering why everyone has disappeared.

littlemissgrinchy Read my last post - I have said I will only meet outside so will be within the rules. As I have made clear, I am not usually a rule breaker, so don't lump me with all the others that do. I have been working 12hr shifts since beginning of Covid and some respite would be great, but I will ensure I am within the rules.

So you answered your own question, no you can't break the rules and the rules apply to everyone even key workers! This shit show just keeps on rolling.. if we all do our upmost to stick to the rules we can picnic with the queen come Easter.

Of course I know the rules apply to everyone even keyworkers, the point I was trying to make is that I can sit with colleagues at work, inside, in our high risk roles, but we can't meet each other inside after work, nor meet others inside.

@TooNaughty

Of course I know the rules apply to everyone even keyworkers, the point I was trying to make is that I can sit with colleagues at work, inside, in our high risk roles, but we can't meet each other inside after work, nor meet others inside.

I hear you and yes, it makes no sense. My MIL can come round to look after my child in my house but cannot come round my house for a cup of tea.

I haven't broken the rules but feel like when things like that are being put in place, people are bound to break the rules.

My husband can meet his colleagues for a Christmas lunch because it's a work meeting but can't meet his family. Where's the logic here?

The rules don’t make sense because you’re trying to apply your specific circumstances to a rule designed to be simple.

You can go to work and interact as safely as possible with other people. You can’t have people in your house for socialising purposes.

Already having an interaction in a different setting with the same people makes no difference. The aim is to reduce the number of exposures, even to the same people, that might result in an infection. There’s plenty of evidence showing that even in the same house not everybody catches covid so reducing interactions absolutely makes sense because you’re playing the odds.

I'd break the rules but then I don't ever really agree with people on MN. Enjoy whatever you do