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Is anyone actually going to follow the rules from spring?

999 replies

Cloudsurfing · 08/02/2021 22:01

It will have been a year since being allowed to properly see friends and family. Even in summer last year you still had to social distance so seeing family was difficult, and some areas had tighter restrictions throughout. Everyone I know is going to see family and friends from spring, regardless of what restrictions there are. I am too. The government do know that most people won’t stick to it from then, right?

Is anyone on here actually going to not see family at that point? I know Mumsnet seems to be full of people who are happy to isolate for years if need be, but are you actually going to?

OP posts:
duffeldaisy · 10/02/2021 18:41

Well said @Sarahrellyboo1987

GreenShadow · 10/02/2021 18:42

Of course I am.

Even when I've had the vaccine.

It's all about being part of a civilised society that respects others.

StealthPolarBear · 10/02/2021 18:42

Sarah so what is the plan? Once thw majority have been vaccinated, hospitalisationa will reduce to the point the NHS can cope. So why are we continuing to lock down?

earthyfire · 10/02/2021 18:42

No.

IcedPurple · 10/02/2021 18:43

@StealthPolarBear

Sarah so what is the plan? Once thw majority have been vaccinated, hospitalisationa will reduce to the point the NHS can cope. So why are we continuing to lock down?
Good luck with that. I already asked her the same question and got no response.
FionaJ10321111 · 10/02/2021 18:43

No

StealthPolarBear · 10/02/2021 18:44

And there are always a few people at risk of being seriously ill from other diseases, who cannot be vaccinated. Why havent we ever locked down for them,?

TheCatThatGotTheCream · 10/02/2021 18:45

Yes, I will be.

pam290358 · 10/02/2021 18:47

@PaulinePrescott. I’d much rather be a timid drone and alive than an utter moron and dead.

Whtf1 · 10/02/2021 18:47

Hi, I was wondering if anyone here in their early sixties will be saying a big fat NO to the vaccine?

ChelleMum85 · 10/02/2021 18:48

I'll continue to act like a mature, responsible adult who thinks of others rather than what I want. Humans move the virus and I'm not dense enough to ignore that fact.

ravenmum · 10/02/2021 18:48

I have to say that as time passes I feel more worried about getting / passing on the virus, not less - as the longer the time period in which it's going round, the higher my chances are of catching it. In the autumn no-one close to me had caught it; now my FIL has had it, my ex's aunt and her husband ... the more time passes, the more people have caught it. It's making me more determined to stick to the rules. The kids and I now have a weekly Google Meet. It feels right at the moment. (That's my personal experience.)

I haven't seen my parents since the end of 2019, and won't be able to see them for a good while yet as long as it's so hard to fly into the UK.

Skyblu · 10/02/2021 18:48

I’ll be continuing to protect the people I love as I would HATE to think that I infected someone who went on to be seriously ill or die!
So, yes, I will be sticking to whatever rules are required BECAUSE there are still other ways to stay in touch:
Telephone
FaceTime/Zoom
Good old fashioned letter if needs be!

KorumamaT · 10/02/2021 18:49

Yes yes yes a thousand times yes... we are going to stick to the rules.
It’s the law and protecting people in the NHS..... perhaps watch some covid ward videos and the impact on hospital staff and stop being so selfish.
FaceTime, zoom etc to see people... oh my days the ignorance is so frustrating

JemimaRacktool · 10/02/2021 18:51

I went out today for the ninth time in a year.

I drove today for the first time in over a year.

All the same I will stay in until I am very very very unlikely to get C - 19.

I'm too scared to risk my life.

VinylDetective · 10/02/2021 18:51

@Whtf1

Hi, I was wondering if anyone here in their early sixties will be saying a big fat NO to the vaccine?
Absolutely no way! I’d drive hundreds of miles to get it. I can’t wait. I’m hoping to get it by the end of the month. I think vaccine refusers are insane.
Lunaticmess · 10/02/2021 18:51

"so far the vaccine only reduces the risk of transmission"

That is right, which is why some people who have had it have still contracted Covid and died. I don’t understand why people don’t understand this. If the vaccine was a miracle cure, we could all get out of lockdown. Over 1,000 people still dying a day, but those of you who want to see loved ones don’t care. I hope, for your sake, that it doesn’t affect your loved ones. I’ve lost people, but it doesn’t matter if it hasn’t affected you and yours, right?

lindyloo57 · 10/02/2021 18:52

Yes I will wait till my husband and I have both had the innoculation, we've got this far safely, a few more weeks won't hurt.

bossyrossy · 10/02/2021 18:54

If we can meet up with six others outside as we did last summer, then I will be happy. If people break the rules, we will be back to square one before you know it.

toastandbutterat5am · 10/02/2021 18:56

Nope, all the nopes.

Richdebtomdom · 10/02/2021 18:56

I suppose it’s down to your priorities ... stay socially distanced- or risk death.

I really don’t get it... it’s a deadly global pandemic!

Mind you... people wouldn’t shut their curtains in the blitz too... 🙄

hbcrfvr · 10/02/2021 18:59

@Freud2

I am 70 years old and my friends and Family have had our their first vaccine. I think we’ll probably meet up indoors in a couple of weeks but social distancing etc and just one or two at a time. The risks are low then to catch it or to transmit the virus. We have to learn to live with a small risk.
Grow a back bone??? So everyone who breaks the law (because that's what it is now..LAW) doesn't have any courage? What absolute twaddle! Just because 'we' obide by the law, it doesnt make us cowards. I don't want blood on my hands thank you and don't want to be responsibile for passing on the virus to those who are vulnerable. If that's not having a 'back bone' then sobeit. Personally Id call it 'giving a s* about everyone else. Sorry but its selfish of you. Lets hope you or none of your loved ones suffer. You might give your head a wobble then!
LalalalalalaLand123 · 10/02/2021 19:00

Is anyone actually going to follow the rules from spring?

Yes of course OP: everyone who cares about their family, friends and wider society will follow the rules. Sad that you won't OP. I desperately want to see my family and friends - but I definitely won't do so when it is putting them, and wider society, at such a high risk of illness/death. It is utterly selfish to disregard the rules.

Callingallskeletons · 10/02/2021 19:00

Yes we will and we have been in practical isolation since early March 2020, our household has a CEV member - they are far more important to me than seeing anyone else in the flesh

hbcrfvr · 10/02/2021 19:00

@Mamafaye

Nope. Sick of it all. For those of you that are “following the rules forever and ever” grow a backbone and get on with life. Use common sense, be respectful, mask etc, but go see your bloody friends and family! Enough is enough!
Grow a back bone??? So everyone who breaks the law (because that's what it is now..LAW) doesn't have any courage? What absolute twaddle! Just because 'we' obide by the law, it doesnt make us cowards. I don't want blood on my hands thank you and don't want to be responsibile for passing on the virus to those who are vulnerable. If that's not having a 'back bone' then sobeit. Personally Id call it 'giving a s* about everyone else. Sorry but its selfish of you. Lets hope you or none of your loved ones suffer. You might give your head a wobble then!
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