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Is anyone actually going to follow the rules from spring?

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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?

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KriekAndWaffle · 09/02/2021 00:37

@inquietant I mean following the restrictions. People were getting pissed off, we have a vaccine, better keep up the fear factor..

I am no conspiracy theorist and completely get the severity of Covid but if you just believe the word of the government on everything you are a less cynical soul than me

RedToothBrush · 09/02/2021 00:39

@KriekAndWaffle

I don’t disagree RTB but equally I am very cynical of the timing of these “new variants” being put out there, just as people are getting fucked off with all this shite. Believing the “new variants” are a substantial threat involves believing more crap from the government, which given they have lied to us throughout, I am not inclined to do.
Its not the government who are most concerned. Its the scientists. The government has plenty of cabinet ministers and back benches who which to ignore the variant stuff and are actively campaign for a quicker opening up.

Johnsons issue is actually managing the split within his party on this. It would suit him better not to have issues with dodgy variants. It puts him in a politically vulnerable position.

And thats how you know its not made up shit.

RedToothBrush · 09/02/2021 00:40

Also you would expect the emergence of new variant when you have a very high number of cases.

Which is exactly the pattern weve had.

Nothing sinister or dodgy about the timing. Its exactly where youd expect it to occur.

RedToothBrush · 09/02/2021 00:41

[quote KriekAndWaffle]@inquietant I mean following the restrictions. People were getting pissed off, we have a vaccine, better keep up the fear factor..

I am no conspiracy theorist and completely get the severity of Covid but if you just believe the word of the government on everything you are a less cynical soul than me[/quote]
I am not exactly one to trust government.

Im reading the other signs and tells. Not just what the government are saying.

inquietant · 09/02/2021 00:52

[quote KriekAndWaffle]@inquietant I mean following the restrictions. People were getting pissed off, we have a vaccine, better keep up the fear factor..

I am no conspiracy theorist and completely get the severity of Covid but if you just believe the word of the government on everything you are a less cynical soul than me[/quote]
If anything I think the government are downplaying things. I try to focus on scientists and medics.

Rhiannon13 · 09/02/2021 00:59

Yes because I'm not a selfish arsehole. But I will go insane in the process. Nearly there already tbh.

Carrotcakeforbreakfast · 09/02/2021 01:59

Yes I will be.

I should stay off these threads when I've had a shit night at work.
Only have 2 fridges left at work now for our covid bodies so we are now moving to a temp morgue.

But yeah you all get out there and do what the hell you want.
The " I'm alright Jack" attitude is vile and it is astonishing that after nearly 12 months people cannot see that this kind of attitude has just prolonged it all.

IdblowJonSnow · 09/02/2021 02:00

We don't know what the rules will be in Spring! And do you mean march or may OP?

I will follow rules more or less I should think. No desire to catch it or spread it and I won't be eligible for vaccine for months.

I do wish boris would just close the borders for a month or so.

Mockolate · 09/02/2021 02:04

I haven't bended the rules yet, but I'm starting to need to know when I can see my mum again.
Seeing as MIL can come over as much as she likes as "in a bubble" but mine I last saw on Christmas Day going on for two months ago.

Wingingit15 · 09/02/2021 02:47

@Carrotcakeforbreakfast

Yes I will be.

I should stay off these threads when I've had a shit night at work.
Only have 2 fridges left at work now for our covid bodies so we are now moving to a temp morgue.

But yeah you all get out there and do what the hell you want.
The " I'm alright Jack" attitude is vile and it is astonishing that after nearly 12 months people cannot see that this kind of attitude has just prolonged it all.

Couldn’t agree more with this. Am astounded by people on here
Catsmother1 · 09/02/2021 03:03

I’m not going to have big parties, or drive the other side of the country to see my parents, but I am planning on letting my daughter’s partner come over. They’ve been apart for most of the last year, and neither our family or his has mixed with anyone else, so the risk will be very small.
My daughter has anxiety and depression, and needs support from him. I do think it’s unfair that long term partners aren’t able to see each other. If my daughter had a baby, then he’d be allowed over now - but because she’s not got a baby, then she’s not allowed to see him??!!

Dontknowmuchabouthistory · 09/02/2021 03:10

Yes. Will be following whatever rules the Govt and scientists come up with, as will my family. I don't actually know anyone directly who isn't following and won't continue to follow the rules.

You do realise a Coronavirus thread on MN isn't necessarily indicative of a balanced cross section of society?

PhilCornwall1 · 09/02/2021 04:15

If SAGE have their way, we'll probably be boarded up in our houses by then, as there will be a million mutant strains that are transmitted by sunlight.

TheClaws · 09/02/2021 04:17

I've long since had enough of this vacuous existence and living like a sick person stuck in the house. It was bad enough when I was genuinely stuck in the house for months with poor mobility some years ago.

BogRollBOGOF, lovely way to dismiss a huge sector of the population's existence. It isn't easy living confined to one place (primarily, as you haven't had a true lockdown and you can leave the house), but honestly - you have only lived this way for a year. Ill people, in many cases, live solitary, confined lives for years, and you don't hear their their complaints - because they don't.

dazzlinghaze · 09/02/2021 04:20

No. I won't be having big parties but if my friends are happy to have me in their house/come visit me in my house I will be seeing them. I've had the first vaccine and should be getting the next one in April. I just am not willing to lose another year of my life, it's time I won't get back. My loved ones could drop dead for any number of reasons and I would be distraught if I hadn't spent time with them because I was abiding by rules that I don't agree with.

The government have had plenty of time to sort things and the fact that they haven't shut the borders shows me they don't actually care about sorting things. I have no goodwill left.

WanderingMilly · 09/02/2021 05:03

I follow the rules and will continue to do so where I can.
However, I'm currently furloughed but have just been told I'm to go on a First Aid course for 3 days for work, next week.
I know it's going to be socially distanced and all that, but I'm absolutely livid that in lockdown I can still be sent off to sit with total strangers, for three days, all huffing and puffing into "blow-up Annie" but I can't drive over to see my own daughter.....

PhilCornwall1 · 09/02/2021 05:14

However, I'm currently furloughed but have just been told I'm to go on a First Aid course for 3 days for work, next week.

If you are furloughed, are they even allowed to do that?

Frenchdressing · 09/02/2021 05:18

Yes because we’ve already been told that continuing transmission will enable the virus to mutate. If it mutates enough it will escalate the vaccine. I don’t want to be in this mess forever.

shamalidacdak · 09/02/2021 05:32

@Cloudsurfing

I don’t think I actually care any more about future lockdowns. I’m still going to see my family so won’t make any difference to me. I agree with a pp, our freedom is more important than covid, it’s not morally justified for us to be kept from seeing who we want.
Don't be so bloody ridiculous you're not in jail or a labour camp! It's selfish people like you that will keep everyone back in lockdown. You have the rest of your life to see family, this is a small price to pay for the safety of all of us.
NiknicK · 09/02/2021 05:43

Whilst I’m happy to follow some rules come spring, eg still limiting the number of people I see at any one time, seeing friends outdoors rather than indoors, I fully intend on seeing my parents, husband’s parents and my dsis, indoors once we’ve all had our second vaccinations which is in the next 4-6 weeks. I really don’t care if people think I’m selfish. I’m not perfect, I’m no martyr to misery. Like many others I feel I’ve sacrificed enough and lost valuable time that I’ll never get back. Judge all you want but like I said, I don’t care.

GoldenOmber · 09/02/2021 05:50

You have the rest of your life to see family, this is a small price to pay for the safety of all of us.

It’s not a small price to pay. It has been an absolutely massive price to pay for a long long time. I think it’s been a price worth paying, just about, and I’ve stuck with it all myself. But surely we all recognise that it can’t go on indefinitely.

We need to be able to have a realistic, grown-up conversation as a country about what the end goals are here and what we are prepared to do to get there. I’ll sign up for living like this until the adult population are vaccinated, which won’t be that much longer given current rates. But I would not sign up, for example, for living in lockdown for another eight months and then keeping all the borders closed for years+ in order to keep the virus out totally.

(Although I don’t think this will be an issue as there is no chance the governments going to want to keep these restrictions in place once many people have been vaccinated, and things will be looking much brighter gone spring.)

GoldenOmber · 09/02/2021 05:56

I would also point out that in the UK we’ve had really high levels of compliance with lockdowns although it’s come at great personal cost to many.

If you want people to stick with it for just a little longer (I do), you aren’t going to get very far by calling them selfish and telling them it’s ‘people like you’ who are the reason we’re in this mess and minimising the impact that this has had on them.

3rdNamechange · 09/02/2021 06:10

@WanderingMilly

I follow the rules and will continue to do so where I can. However, I'm currently furloughed but have just been told I'm to go on a First Aid course for 3 days for work, next week. I know it's going to be socially distanced and all that, but I'm absolutely livid that in lockdown I can still be sent off to sit with total strangers, for three days, all huffing and puffing into "blow-up Annie" but I can't drive over to see my own daughter.....
Missing the point , but no one 'huffs and puffs into Annie' anymore.
ItMustBeBedtimeSurely · 09/02/2021 06:17

This thread is so fucking childish. COVID doesn’t disappear just because you’ve decided you’ve had enough.

PCar20 · 09/02/2021 06:18

No, I’ve been vaccinated and will be socialising with anyone else who has been