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I’m not doing this shit anymore

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struggling8888 · 21/02/2021 13:41

I’ve had enough!!!!!!! I’m sick to death of walking around my boring area, sick of the muddy fucking park and having to feed my baby in the cold because we’re not allowed indoors.

I hate the fact we’ve gone into mass fucking hysteria over a virus where 1/3 of people who get it don’t even realize and the vast majority of others get mild flu symptoms AT MOST.

I thought the vaccine was going to be our way out of this shit but no - suddenly there are new variants, it’s not good enough for the whole of the UK to be vaccinated - the WHOLE WORLD has to be vaccinated before we’re truly safe, and we’re now aiming for zero fucking Covid which was NEVER the original aim.

I just want family and friends to come round my house, indoors. I want to go to shops and sit in a cafe and not have to stand in a bloody queue to get in. I want someone to take my baby off me for one bloody afternoon so I can have a bit of peace and quiet.

I thought I’d feel better now the warmer weather’s here but I don’t at all. DP and I had a row earlier because he said it’s hard for him too and it’s not all about me. I never said it was, but surely I’m allowed to have a rant about how shit this is to my own partner?!!

I want the madness to end, now.

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itsgettingwierd · 21/02/2021 14:11

Have a look at the news from Israel today.

They finished almost all their vaccine programme of both doses. They are opening up a lot.

We are heading that way.

Vaccination still is our way out - I just think people didn't reconcile themselves with the time it would take in total as the focus was always groups 1-4 and mid feb. That wasn't ever the end date it was a target date for dose 1 for groups 1-4.

It was positive but it was also spun because the government needed the British people back on board after their dismal failures.

They are now doing it right and the good news is this is likely to mean end of all lockdowns

cushioncovers · 21/02/2021 14:12

I hear you op. I'm so fucking sick of it now.

Tanfastic · 21/02/2021 14:13

I think most of us feel this way, I was having a similar rant to my mum (who is in my bubble) yesterday....wrong! Apparently everyone this day and age is selfish and impatient and "what do you think they did in the war"....oh and I'm hard faced and have no compassion.

Prob the wrong person to have a rant to ...but I do hear ya op.

MargaritasAndFajitas · 21/02/2021 14:14

OP, yes there have been loads of threads like this, as Frenchdressing so kindly pointed out Hmm but that doesn't mean that your feelings don't matter.

I think the vast majority of people have hit their wall several times now.

The only thing that keeps me going, keeps me seeing the light, is when I imagine how I'd feel if we didn't yet have a vaccine. I don't think anybody thought we would have one vaccine by now, let alone several and with such a high efficacy.

Yes, there are new variants and there will be more, but our amazing scientists are working on tweaks as we speak.

We will, you will, get through this xx

midgedude · 21/02/2021 14:14

Because she is not guaranteed to be protected and the nhs don't want any more clients

Because it's unfair to have rules for the have and have not when vaccines are not available to all

Because it's bloody hard to have strong lockdown compliance which is still needed if some people are allowed things others are not , and impossible to police

You are stronger than you think you are , the end is close, you've done this for 11 months , a couple more should see things so much better and with much less chance of recurring restrictions

Count the weeks .. shall we check in every week . I think by week 8 life will be unrecognisable from today

Tanfastic · 21/02/2021 14:15

@struggling8888

Also what I can’t understand is - why am I still not allowed to see my mum when she’s had her first dose of vaccine? Can anyone tell me that?

Because the vaccine does not stop transmission, so you could pass it to your mum, then your mum could pass it to someone who hasn't had it.

I assume this is why.

Mammaaof · 21/02/2021 14:18

Apparently there will be a few weeks apart from any changes 🥺🥺

TemperIWasLosin · 21/02/2021 14:18

OP

I your post and felt sorry for you. Then I read Bonnevacances post and felt devastated for her. Then I read your further posts in which you responded to other posters in a self absorbed manner and totally ignored Bonnevacances.

And I stopped feeling quite so sorry for you.

TemperIWasLosin · 21/02/2021 14:19

Bonnevacances

May the spring bring your daughter hope and healing.

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struggling8888 · 21/02/2021 14:19

Because the vaccine does not stop transmission, so you could pass it to your mum, then your mum could pass it to someone who hasn't had it.

Then when is the end to all this?! Is it really (as I think it was Chris Whitty who said) when the WHOLE WORLD is vaccinated? Because that could take a decade or more.

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dreamingbohemian · 21/02/2021 14:20

I would think another lockdown is a real worst scenario, like if a new variant emerges that the vaccines don't work on. I wouldn't worry about it at this point.

Things will start opening up in a few weeks, we are in the home stretch. We just need to hang in there.

It is hard yes but whenever I start to lose it, I think of families like @BonnesVacances who are really suffering, and I remember that my situation could be so much worse.

@BonnesVacances Flowers

OP your partner needs to be more supportive!

LemonadeBudget · 21/02/2021 14:22

@BonnesVacances that sounds so tough Flowers

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struggling8888 · 21/02/2021 14:23

He is supportive in that he does his bit around the house and with the baby. But his attitude is that ranting and feeling miserable doesn’t help anything and that it’s selfish because we’re all in the same boat and struggling. That’s why I posted on here.

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LimitIsUp · 21/02/2021 14:24

I don't see your feelings as invalid because some people / families have had worse experiences

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struggling8888 · 21/02/2021 14:25

I’m at rock bottom mentally. I think the fact it’s nicer weather and that hasn’t changed anything for me has really brought it home. I was banking on spring to feel better and it just hasn’t happened.

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cruisecrazy · 21/02/2021 14:25

BonnesVacances for you I am so sorry. I hope things improve for you and your family. Flowers

inmyslippers · 21/02/2021 14:26

Rant away op! I hate how people just can't express their misery without the "don't you know it's a pandemic" crew piling on. Sometimes you just need a good moan. Hopefully we'll have some good news tomorrow. Failing that could you meet friends outdoors? It's what's been keeping me sane

Janaih · 21/02/2021 14:26

This has to be the last lockdown. Furlough and the cold weather are the only things stopping civil unrest.
We are on the home stretch, try and hang in there Flowers

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struggling8888 · 21/02/2021 14:27

DH will be back with the baby soon and I’ll have to keep going and get on with things. But I just want to run away from it all.

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BiggerBoat1 · 21/02/2021 14:27

OP you lost me at
I hate the fact we’ve gone into mass fucking hysteria over a virus where 1/3 of people who get it don’t even realize and the vast majority of others get mild flu symptoms AT MOST.
This is incredibly disrespectful to those whose lives really have been ripped apart by this virus.

You hopefully only have to suck it up for a few more weeks. It is hard, but its hard for everyone. Be grateful you're not mourning the loss of someone you love.

Redrunbluerun · 21/02/2021 14:28

I’m also feeling down right now BUT the warmer weather and lighter evenings are coming AND the take up of the vaccine in the very vulnerable groups has been excellent.
The main aim of lock down is to prevent death and NHS overwhelm. The vaccine WILL provide that Smile

RelaisBlu · 21/02/2021 14:29

@TemperIWasLosin

OP

I your post and felt sorry for you. Then I read Bonnevacances post and felt devastated for her. Then I read your further posts in which you responded to other posters in a self absorbed manner and totally ignored Bonnevacances.

And I stopped feeling quite so sorry for you.

This
TheRealJackieWeaver · 21/02/2021 14:30

I hear you! I'm just so board. I'm a nurse but now in 9-5 hours. So working the same days every week, homeschooling on the same days. Eating the same takeaway and drinking the same bottle of wine every weekend. I'm just so bloody board!! The radio was playing such good songs when I was driving home the other day. I actually had a wee cry because I just miss getting dress up, having a few drinks and dancing all night with my friends. It was our once a month escape from life/kids/work etc and I just miss it so much it actually hurts a bit! Just getting the kids ready now to take them on the same walk AGAIN. It's just groundhog day. That's my rant over!

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struggling8888 · 21/02/2021 14:30

Be grateful you're not mourning the loss of someone you love.

I’ve lost plenty of people I love - just not to Covid.

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supersop60 · 21/02/2021 14:30

Rant away OP. That's what MN is for.
I am clinging on until I have the vaccine, and as soon as I am confident that I'm not going to die, I shall feel a lot happier.
It WILL pass.

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