Would you call the police...

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...on your neighbours?

My neighbours are having friends around atm. They have people around often and don't care about lockdown rules. They never cared really. I am a bit jealous tbh that they are having people around having fun/ drinking, when we can't have friends around due to obvious reasons.

I think there are 6people in the house.

What would you do?

What does it matter if they did know it was you? Your not best mates.

They're breaking the rules. As you say there is a dedicated police force - because it's that serious.

People still don't get this do they.

They could have formed a bubble. Their situation could be different. Ie special needs/metal health issues. Even domestic violence.

Have people read the OP's posts? Absolutely fine if it was mental health support or someone seeing their Mum but boozy, loud parties with lots of people turning up at different times late into the night do not constitute that kind of help, and are bloody antisocial at the best of times.

@confuseddotcom090

Jesus this site is filled with petty minded arseholes. Mind your own business.

They are not frightened of this virus. Lots of people are. They are different perspectives. There is no right or wrong. Just different assessments of risk.

Some dipshit lunatics on here are too scared to drive on motorways for instance....but they don't insist nobody else does, at least.

Completely illogical comparison. It's not about one persons individual risk.

Every extra social interaction leads to a potential new cascade of infection which can eventually hit someone who is either CEV or is vulnerable for reasons we haven't established yet. Every time someone is infected, it increases the chance of mutations, which can lead to the emergence of new strains.

All these factors are directly delaying the end of lockdown, schools reopening and causing further damage to the economy.

Lots of suggestions about how the neighbours might be doing this legally which is fine, but then this can just be explained to the police if the OP did decide to act, and the they did decide to pay them a visit.

Contrary to what PPs have said, the police have specialised departments set up to deal with COVID breaches and are encouraging people to report in if they're worried. In general, crime rates have actually dropped due to people not leaving home (check the latest ONS report if interested- with the exception of potentially domestic abuse) and no- the police are not "overwhelmed".

No. I would mind my own business.

Just another thought for people who would "mind their own business'
If you knew that a single parent who was desperately lonely and went out for the evening leaving her 6 month old alone would you report or mind you own business?
Similarly if a neighbour regularly went out driving when well over the limit, would you again mind your own business.
The point I am making is that all these activities involve risk to others and that the perpetrators have control over their actions.

But you don’t actually know the level of risk this particular gathering is creating do you? It depends where else all the participants are planning to go afterwards, and who they’re planning to see. And whether all of them have had Covid, been vaccinated, plan to isolate for the next few weeks, or whatever.

You know nothing. So it’s in no way analogous to leaving a 6-month old baby alone which is objectively dangerous in literally any scenario.

I really hope all those who say ‘report them’ have entirely clean consciences. Ever heard of the expression ‘judge not that ye be not judged’?

Apt quote from @epiellie on twitter here:

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Do the “it’s a free society, my COVID risk decisions are no one else’s business” people also think that we should abolish drunk driving laws?

Because the same principle is at work here. Your actions can put other people in harms way.

The drink driving analogy is actually a good one. I doubt anyone on this thread doesn’t know someone who has driven slightly over the limit. Have you reported these people to the police - really?

Likewise I assume we all approve of speed limits. Have you ever driven at 75 on the motorway? Or do you know anyone who has? Have you reported them to the police too?

My bet is you haven’t and wouldn’t. But people are sad at the moment and bored and desperate to blame other people for this current situation. Hence the curtain twitching and obsession over ‘Covidiots’. Just like the anti-lockdown fanatics blame the government for ‘taking away our freedoms’.

It’s a terrible situation and everyone is dealing with it slightly differently. You should be able to understand that and have some empathy.

@Doimatter

They could have formed a bubble. Their situation could be different. Ie special needs/metal health issues. Even domestic violence.

Omg I can promise you there's no domestic violence in that house 😂

Sorry you have to live next door to idiots op!! Sadly this is why the UK are still in such a shite situation because people don’t play by the rules, this has gone on too long and with people like your neighbours being selfish and just doing what they want the virus will continue to spread and this year will probably be another right off!!

@joanneg36

But you don’t actually know the level of risk this particular gathering is creating do you? It depends where else all the participants are planning to go afterwards, and who they’re planning to see. And whether all of them have had Covid, been vaccinated, plan to isolate for the next few weeks, or whatever.

You know nothing. So it’s in no way analogous to leaving a 6-month old baby alone which is objectively dangerous in literally any scenario.

I really hope all those who say ‘report them’ have entirely clean consciences. Ever heard of the expression ‘judge not that ye be not judged’?

I agree with you . We are a large family /support bubble. There are sometimes 8/9 people in the house. So bit of music on laughing/singing etc could mean people make assumptions that we are rule breaking.