Are people planning to social distance when they see family and friends this week?

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I am seeing so many people saying they are excited to hug their mum etc this week now that the stay at home is going to be lifted and it made me wonder how many people are planning to abide by the rules?

It seems to be taken as a bit of a free for all

It’s making me a bit sad as we’ve really stuck to the rules and ended up missing out on Christmas etc and other plans as lockdowns were introduced due to the spike and I know for a fact a lot of people weren’t sticking to the rules so have happily seen family and friends etc
I’m sick of missing out on seeing loved ones

I have to admit it’s making me wonder if the fuck it attitude is worth it to see the in laws who we haven’t seen in over a year

What are you planning on doing? Not being goady, not going to have a go whatever people say I’m just curious to see if we are among the few who were planning to socially distance inside still?

I’ll be sticking to it.

Give people an inch...

We're planning to stick to social distancing as adults but I'm not going to stop my 2 yr old hugging her grandparents when we go and sit in their garden at the weekend. We will also nip inside to go to the loo. Although against the rules it seems less risky than stopping at the service station down the road so that's a judgement call.

I haven't social distanced for months anyway

@mn81987

I haven't social distanced for months anyway

Why?

Some people are too special to follow rules and obey the law

Because I think social distancing is a load of bollocks! Not one of us that have met up have caught it or our families.

Going to see extended family Easter Monday indoors will include a very quick hug. All of us vaccinated ages ago.

We will be keeping to the guidelines and social distancing when meeting others outside.
I do get the idea of ‘making your own risk assessment’ and why people are doing that. The problem is though that it makes sense on an individual level, but far less so on a larger public health front which is what we’re dealing with so I just hope the measures we have in place are enough at this point, going backwards after reopening would be hell.

No!! We will be outside. Also having a bbq and doubt I'll catch it from a burger either.

@User133847 it's not law to social distance.

Another depressing thread!!!

You’re alright.....til you’re not.

Tbh we don’t live close by to many friends and family so the meeting outside rule doesn’t really change our lives. But if I did I certainly wouldn’t be hugging / kissing and would try and stay at least a metre away.

@mn81987

Because I think social distancing is a load of bollocks! Not one of us that have met up have caught it or our families.

You didn't catch it because none of you were infected with it - you got lucky.

If any of you had been infected, the rest of you would most likely have caught it. That doesn't make social distancing bollocks, you just gambled and won.

I agree @whatswithtodaytoday

Statistically the people most likely to kill you from covid are your own family. And vice versus. There is a psychological phenomenon where we are programmed not to see loved ones as a threat, but that doesn’t change the risk.

I’m not special, in slightest, I just can’t take anymore of this. If that makes me weak or selfish so be it. Like with many other people my own mental health has been bad, even before covid. 2019 was the worst year of my life and I swore in 2020 I would do my best to pick myself up and start again. Then we went into lockdown and since then I feel like I’ve been existing rather than living. I realise other people are in the same boat as me and I’m not using it as an excuse to break every single rule but I simply refuse to be apart from my family any longer.

@whatswithtodaytoday I don't care, we haven't done it and I don't intend to start! It's never been the law to do it anyway!

Sticking to the rules. No hugging. I would hate to be asymptomatic and pass it on.

They've said there's a 1 in 10 chance of catching from someone inside in your household the chances of catching it outside are practically 0!!

We won’t be hugging!

I cant imagine ever allowing anybody into my 2 metre orbit now! I am screwed up for life about this. But i am not going to be constantly nagging my kids to stay away from others though. I will give the kids a prep talk about keeping their distance but i am not going to enforce it as much as i enforce it on myself

I don’t care what are other people do. Hug if you want to. Don’t hug if you don’t want to

I will invite my sons and have a socially distance meal in the garden. I have seem them individually once since Christmas outside. It won’t be today because it is persisting down and cold and blowing a gale but hopefully Easter Sunday as they are all furloughed still. We have enough seats and tables outside and two of them work together and will be starting back soon. Just have to hope the weather is ok or it will have to be take away for them😂 My birthday is coming up so hope we can have a bbq in the future. I can’t see my sisters yet and one is very ill and the other has just become a granny. They are in Scotland so I will have to wait. Can’t see DD as she is stuck on the other side of the world. She is safe which is the main thing.

No to be honest, we are seeing a couple of friends, we are all vaccinated and the male in the couple is tested weekly also. I will still socially distance with others and obvs when out, but for us, we will judge each situation seperately.

Statistically the people most likely to kill you from covid are your own family

Um you do understand the death rate from Covid is approx 1 to 2 percent, and fhen if you move to vaccinated people and lower age groups it’s even lower right? Like a fraction of a percentage point. “Kill you from Covid” is an extreme thing to write.

Yes outside, social distancing. Following the rules