Do you live in France?

[lostinsociallydistancedfrance]

I live in France and was invited over for coffee by an English friend I haven't seen in a while, who said that they have been having play dates and sleep overs for their dc as normal. We have been socially distancing because I thought that that was required here. Are you socially distancing? This isn't a judgement thing, at all, I just want to find out what most other people are doing.

@notimagain interesting article

Bit more info here in French from 10th feb..

solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/actualites/presse/communiques-de-presse/article/vaccination-contre-la-covid-en-france-au-10-fevrier-2021-pres-de-2-500-000

Well the French don’t sound so anti vaccine as I thought, which is good news.

A friends brother and family live there ( they have done for years)
She tells me it's very strict where they are. The children were being home schooled anyway, but they have to have their papers on them at all times and not allowed outside their village apparently. Not sure why it seems so much more stricter than some of the posts on here?
It is quite rural where they are I think.

@the80sweregreat

There hjave been periods of more restrictions, including confinement where we needed an attestation (signed declaration) to be outside our homes. Only certain reasons were allowed - going to/from work, medical, essential shopping, etc. And yes, travel restrictions have come and gone. But there is nowhere that currently has the restrictions that you describe above - though who knows what is round the corner. Hospitals have been told to go into "crisis management mode" from Thursday, as the variant anglais is starting to gain speed in certainly places around the country - and we still have 2 weeks of holidays, with currently very few restrictions other than the curfew - to go.

@lavenderlou

It's possible they have all had covid and feel they are protected. Also the very very easy testing has probably given people a false sense of security - they take a test just before they go to visit family / friends, and as long as it's negative they assume it's ok, or worth the risk at least.

And like everywhere, people are weary and fed up of living half a life.