Page 8 | People using 'bubbles' as a way of not social distancing

lozjay · 2021-01-06T18:16:07+00:00

I'm getting so angry with rule breakers who keep justifying seeing friends and family by claiming they are in their bubble , as I was aware the whole point is not to have so called 100 bubbles of people that's why we are in this shite mess does anyone relate to these kind of humans ? 🤯🤨

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lozjay · 07/01/2021 10:08

Some of these posts including yours had me howling with laughter I must ask you though what do you feel is the way out of this ?

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Itsnotlikethiswithotherpeople · 07/01/2021 10:09

My child has a keyworker place very part time (and they are home today, hence why I’m having a Mumsnet break already ). I have zero trust in the government but I am rigidly following the rules. Very aware that our actions impact lots of other keyworker families. I do have some inherent risk because I work in a food bank, but I wear PPE and SD as much as possible. YANBU to think that people should be more careful if their children are in a keyworker place.

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lozjay · 07/01/2021 10:09

Last I knew you weren't allowed to stay over someone's house , is this not true ?

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PoppiesinOctober · 07/01/2021 10:09

@lozjay

Your not meant to be staying round other households how thick are some people that's the damn point of STAY HOME these people are INSANE

People using 'bubbles' as a way of not social distancing

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lozjay · 07/01/2021 10:11

Woooohooooo there we go then let's all have sleepovers 😂😂

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lozjay · 07/01/2021 10:11

We defo getting out of this pandemic

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lozjay · 07/01/2021 10:12

Don't you agree that by having that , that encourages rule breaking therefore increasing infection and limited social distancing

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VanGoghsDog · 07/01/2021 10:14

You can only meet one person for exercise each day if a) they live in the same village/town/local area as you, b) they are happy to use their one exercise a day session on you, c) you are both available at the same time, for those of us who work and given the short days, this is pretty tricky.

I literally have no one to do my daily walk with. I have acquaintances in the village but I don't know anyone who is single, and they all do their stuff with their families, plus they would need to be available at 1pm for a maximum of an hour on week days. Easier at weekends. Even my friend in the next village three miles away is technically not allowed to come for a walk with me (and we haven't since the full lockdown started, we did when we were tier 4).

It is pretty grim living alone right now.

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lozjay · 07/01/2021 10:15

How about this one for instance , someone I know of had COVID at Christmas shouldn't of left tier 4 but had elderly parents come collect them as they would be on own for Christmas does that make any sense to anyone ?????

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80sMum · 07/01/2021 10:15

I think there are a great many people who, quite legitimately, have formed bubbles. So there is quite a lot of mixing of households going on.
I am part of two bubbles, for example: a support bubble for an elderly relative who lives alone and a childcare bubble for informal (ie unpaid) childcare for another relative.

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lozjay · 07/01/2021 10:16

But the law said they was allowed a bubble cos of isolation 😂😂😂😂😂

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PurpleDaisies · 07/01/2021 10:16

@lozjay

Some of these posts including yours had me howling with laughter I must ask you though what do you feel is the way out of this ?

The way out of this thread?

I guess the necessity to go and do something more important.

Organising sock draw, shredding old bank statements, checking the cupboards for our of date food.
That sort of thing.

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lozjay · 07/01/2021 10:16

Go do that then sis 😂😂😂

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VanGoghsDog · 07/01/2021 10:16

@lozjay

Woooohooooo there we go then let's all have sleepovers 😂😂

So you admit you don't know the rules at all and are just talking shite?

How is a single adult joining up with one other household any different to them living together in the first place?

I bubbled with my mum and have not broken any rules so I can't see how the bubble rules encourage rule breaking, no. People who break rules will break rules no matter what the rules are. I'm pretty much a rule follower, so I won't.

PoppiesinOctober · 07/01/2021 10:17

@lozjay

But the law said they was allowed a bubble cos of isolation 😂😂😂😂😂

I mean, that's totally different and you know it. But then again, maybe you don't ...

PurpleDaisies · 07/01/2021 10:17

@lozjay

How about this one for instance , someone I know of had COVID at Christmas shouldn't of left tier 4 but had elderly parents come collect them as they would be on own for Christmas does that make any sense to anyone ?????

It is illegal.

Why do you keep bringing up examples of people breaking the law to argue against people being allowed to behave within the law?

We don’t ban driving because some people speed.

Grenlei · 07/01/2021 10:18

Does anyone else find it worrying that the OP is allegedly a counsellor?!

On the point made by @picklespark that we should all just meet a friend in the park - that would be no help for someone like my DP, who doesn't have anyone he could meet. He has a parent and sibling locally (the 2 of them are in a bubble, DP is in a bubble with me) but although neither is housebound they also aren't well enough to do an hours walk outside in the cold and wet. So he would see no one. There will be lots more in the same boat. It's really bad for people to be so isolated and that's EXACTLY why the bubbles were introduced.

And in answer to the OP's point, you clearly can stay with your support bubble. It's because you are one household - so for me whether I travel to my DP and stay with him, or he comes to me, we're still in the same bubble!

HarrietteNightingale · 07/01/2021 10:19

And in answer to the OP's point, you clearly can stay with your support bubble. It's because you are one household - so for me whether I travel to my DP and stay with him, or he comes to me, we're still in the same bubble!

Exactly. Same here.

cadburyegg · 07/01/2021 10:19

Childcare bubbles can also apply when the parent is working from home. So it’s not always a case of “dropping off at the door”

VanGoghsDog · 07/01/2021 10:19

@lozjay

How about this one for instance , someone I know of had COVID at Christmas shouldn't of left tier 4 but had elderly parents come collect them as they would be on own for Christmas does that make any sense to anyone ?????

No, it doesn't.

But what the fuck does it have to do with support bubbles?

(Support bubbles still existed in T4 and you could cross tiers to form them, but the isolation rules applied in the case you state)

PoppiesinOctober · 07/01/2021 10:19

Does anyone else find it worrying that the OP is allegedly a counsellor?! hmm

That's the most laughable thing in this thread!

VanGoghsDog · 07/01/2021 10:21

@lozjay

But the law said they was allowed a bubble cos of isolation 😂😂😂😂😂

No it didn't.

trulydelicious · 07/01/2021 10:21

@lozjay

I get the impression you are a bit frazzled under all this stress

But in essence I agree with your view

Lurkingforawhile · 07/01/2021 10:21

I don't think there's much point in saying no more bubbles - it punishes those who've been complying and will continue to comply and those who've been ignoring the rules will continue to do so!!

ProudAuntie76 · 07/01/2021 10:24

It makes a mockery of the whole thing.

The vast majority of households are not entitled to form a bubble. All the time I’m seeing families of 4-6 people in a household “bubbling” with two or three different households of the same size a week. Two friends who have babies are passing those babies round like pass the bloody parcel as they are entitled to form a bubble as they have a child under one..... really? You are allowed to form a TWELVE HOUSEHOLD bubble? One that spans three counties! They have different people round every night.

Before the November lockdown 24 elderly people from my church went to a local buffet (how buffets were even legal I don’t know?). They said they were all allowed as they were all single households but booked in tables of 6. They were celebrating a 90th birthday! The birthday girl got Covid.

I don’t understand why people are so thick. We’d be out of this mess if it wasn’t for the cool little rebels and their ever expanding bubbles.