I dont think life will be normal for years and years

[ssd]

Its the pictures coming out of india, with the recent festival and hundreds of people crammed together, during a second covid wave. This virus will just mutate forever, its too global to contain. Its just never going away. What the hells going to happen to us or our kids futures?
I can't see a way out of this. Science can't catch up, its too far spread to ever get a handle on it.

[siestalady]

@katfold

The pandemic will end, but I think peoppe are beginning to cotton on now to the fact that the pre covid world is gone.. we live in a covid world now, and social distancing, masks etc are here to stay.

At the moment this is hard to accept but I think over time we will all come to embrace this new, healthier way of life! Staying apart, sticking to your household, staying at home.. will all become second nature. And that is great! Instead of holidays and restaurants we will enjoy jigsaws and cooking at home. Instead of socialising, we will focus on our own household! Single people will learn to be happier on their own, and take a long time to get to know someone to have children with...which is great! Instead of chatting to each other, we will keep our distance and all mind our own business.

In time we will learn to love the new healthier happier quieter way of life!

Is this post trying to top the coffee/cheese post from c.lockdown#1? Because I think it may just have trumped it.....

Literally pmsl at the idea of getting used to a life where jigsaws at home is considered socialising. Umm, that'll be a hard no from me.

[RedcurrantPuff]

@katfold

The pandemic will end, but I think peoppe are beginning to cotton on now to the fact that the pre covid world is gone.. we live in a covid world now, and social distancing, masks etc are here to stay.

At the moment this is hard to accept but I think over time we will all come to embrace this new, healthier way of life! Staying apart, sticking to your household, staying at home.. will all become second nature. And that is great! Instead of holidays and restaurants we will enjoy jigsaws and cooking at home. Instead of socialising, we will focus on our own household! Single people will learn to be happier on their own, and take a long time to get to know someone to have children with...which is great! Instead of chatting to each other, we will keep our distance and all mind our own business.

In time we will learn to love the new healthier happier quieter way of life!

Aye you crack on love

I’ll be in the pub

[XenoBitch]

@katfold

The pandemic will end, but I think peoppe are beginning to cotton on now to the fact that the pre covid world is gone.. we live in a covid world now, and social distancing, masks etc are here to stay.

At the moment this is hard to accept but I think over time we will all come to embrace this new, healthier way of life! Staying apart, sticking to your household, staying at home.. will all become second nature. And that is great! Instead of holidays and restaurants we will enjoy jigsaws and cooking at home. Instead of socialising, we will focus on our own household! Single people will learn to be happier on their own, and take a long time to get to know someone to have children with...which is great! Instead of chatting to each other, we will keep our distance and all mind our own business.

In time we will learn to love the new healthier happier quieter way of life!

This has to be a joke, right?
I stuck to my household (just me) during the first lockdown and attempted to take my own life. I am sure jigsaw puzzles was what I was missing.

[IcedPurple]

This has to be a joke, right?

Going by what has been put forward as 'serious' arguments on MN this year, I wouldn't bet the house on it.

[DontBeRidiculous]

It won't go on forever. It can't. One way or another, it will end. If it's freaking you out, the best thing you can do is focus on something else intensely enough that you stop thinking about it. Even if your prediction is correct (which I don't believe it is), worrying about it won't make any difference.

[poshme]

@XenoBitch hope you're ok.

@katfold if you're serious what a fucking stupid thing to say.

Because sitting at home and not seeing people is what makes the human race happy?

[TempsPerdu]

The pandemic will end, but I think peoppe are beginning to cotton on now to the fact that the pre covid world is gone.. we live in a covid world now, and social distancing, masks etc are here to stay.

At the moment this is hard to accept but I think over time we will all come to embrace this new, healthier way of life! Staying apart, sticking to your household, staying at home.. will all become second nature. And that is great! Instead of holidays and restaurants we will enjoy jigsaws and cooking at home. Instead of socialising, we will focus on our own household! Single people will learn to be happier on their own, and take a long time to get to know someone to have children with...which is great! Instead of chatting to each other, we will keep our distance and all mind our own business.

In time we will learn to love the new healthier happier quieter way of life!

Oh FFS. You read this sort of utter drivel on MN and know it’s time to go to bed.

[RaspberryCoulis]

Now I like a jigsaw as much as the next person but what a pile of shite.

[YouCanStopNowThanks]

Nobody liked the idea of having to use condoms to avoid catching HIV, but we still got used to it. Right now it's the same with being forced to care about how close we stand to people, wearing masks sometimes, ventilation, testing for some even quite mild disease symptoms and so on. It's a pita and it kills some of the spontaneity in life. No one likes it, but being outraged and insisting that people won't stand for it and we have to get back to normal doesn't mean we have an actual real choice right now.

[julietmanchester]

I was literally getting ready to write this exact thread.

As for me, personally, I don't feel particularly in the mood to just pop on out for daily things anymore. Those rights were taken away from me (rightfully so) due to the pandemic.

One more thing- cases are rising in India and Brazil and mildly in America, so I don't see how to go back to planning holidays or festivities anymore.

DC's bday is coming up, and we are planning something very special due to his sad birthday last year. It is the one thing I'm trying my hardest to do as 'normal' as possible (with a mask and obscenely sanitising my hands/phone/tables!!!!! Argh!!!!)

[XenoBitch]

[quote poshme]@XenoBitch hope you're ok.

@katfold if you're serious what a fucking stupid thing to say.

Because sitting at home and not seeing people is what makes the human race happy?

[/quote]
Thanks. I am in a better place right now.
Katfold's post seems to be spoken from a place of privilege... that being living in a nice house and family with them. Get out the jigsaw and bake some bread... FFS

[RedcurrantPuff]

As for me, personally, I don't feel particularly in the mood to just pop on out for daily things anymore. Those rights were taken away from me (rightfully so) due to the pandemic.

No they weren’t

[julietmanchester]

I don't think things will just go right back to normal for a while- like shaking hands with strangers or at work, hugging DC's friends, etc.

Masks, distancing, etc except with close friends and family is here to stay for a while.

DH is in denial and thinks it's over.

[Bearclaw]

Being unable to go out because of Covid is not the worst thing that could happen. I’ve certainly lived through worse times. The world changes, you can’t expect the future to be the same as the past. I’m fine with my DC living in a different world - the old world wasn’t so kind to me anyway.

[RedcurrantPuff]

Hand shaking and random hugging can get in the sea at the best of times

[Mamanyt]

I don't know that things will ever be what we think of as "normal" again, but I do believe that things will be far more normal than they are now. We may see very strict travel restrictions...countries slowly getting under control may restrict travel to countries that are not (or require full isolation on return), things like that. But things will ease over time.

[julietmanchester]

@RedcurrantPuff


I understand there is the anti lockdown camp and a pro lockdown camp.

I'm neither, I did what I was told to do with mixed feelings about it.

[RedcurrantPuff]

[quote julietmanchester]@RedcurrantPuff

I understand there is the anti lockdown camp and a pro lockdown camp.

I'm neither, I did what I was told to do with mixed feelings about it. [/quote]
I was the same, but your rights not to pop out to buy stuff were not removed. It was a made up MN rule that you could only go shopping once a week 😃

[julietmanchester]

@RedcurrantPuff

I'm actually referring to getting a cup of coffee from my nearby cafe every morning, then weekend hunt for chocolate made in other parts of the world, stuff like that.

But I didn't know the rule to leave once a week or to limit it was made up on MN.

[RedcurrantPuff]

Ah yeah non essential places were shut of course, I’m a pleb and as long as I could go to the supermarket I was fine ;)

[OnTheBrink1]

@katfold

The pandemic will end, but I think peoppe are beginning to cotton on now to the fact that the pre covid world is gone.. we live in a covid world now, and social distancing, masks etc are here to stay.

At the moment this is hard to accept but I think over time we will all come to embrace this new, healthier way of life! Staying apart, sticking to your household, staying at home.. will all become second nature. And that is great! Instead of holidays and restaurants we will enjoy jigsaws and cooking at home. Instead of socialising, we will focus on our own household! Single people will learn to be happier on their own, and take a long time to get to know someone to have children with...which is great! Instead of chatting to each other, we will keep our distance and all mind our own business.

In time we will learn to love the new healthier happier quieter way of life!

And the winner is...
I have read some things in my time but this is quite possibly the most hilarious thing I have ever read on MN.
I doubt that is your real opinion but I really hope it is.
Thank you for making me smile- this whole thread was worth it for this one comment - pure MN gold 🤣

[OnTheBrink1]

@julietmanchester

I was literally getting ready to write this exact thread.

As for me, personally, I don't feel particularly in the mood to just pop on out for daily things anymore. Those rights were taken away from me (rightfully so) due to the pandemic.

One more thing- cases are rising in India and Brazil and mildly in America, so I don't see how to go back to planning holidays or festivities anymore.

DC's bday is coming up, and we are planning something very special due to his sad birthday last year. It is the one thing I'm trying my hardest to do as 'normal' as possible (with a mask and obscenely sanitising my hands/phone/tables!!!!! Argh!!!!)

Why on Earth are you obscenely sanitising things? Your hands , phone? What the... just why?
Please just think rationally for a minute. You do not need to do this and in fact are actually inadvertently causing other health problems by doing so!

[GiveMeNovocain]

After containing hormonal teens for a year I reckon some 90s style lectures on condoms might be more relevant than thinking that they'll accept distancing for much longer. Let's make sure stds aren't the next thing to spread through the population.

[julietmanchester]

@OnTheBrink1

What other health problems am I causing to myself? My cousins are both doctors and told me to sanitise whatever I could.

[ResIpsaLoquiturInterAlia]

I truly hope the past year is not simply a light warm up for some real forthcoming pain and suffering to follow!

In the UK the past year has taught us:

1. Brits don't (all) follow rules eg science of masks, lockdown, testing, vaccination and physical proximity etc. Many (of us Brits) are blasé and believe this will not directly impact us - be it health and safety nor economic and mental challenge. Some Brits even claim fake self declared exemption to evade community mask benefits.
   

1. Some Brits rather take the risk of potential medical illnesses or fatality including consequential rapid and mutating super spreading to the detriment of others. This is the "I don't care I'm alright" attitude. Civic duty of care to others is not my bag. However ideally and selfishly I don't mind others treating me with more care. It is also generally considered and labelled as unique British exceptionalism entitlement.
   

1. The UK and regional governments are not astute nor alarmed that possibly 0.2 million UK excess Covid fatalities plus millions more with lifelong related illnesses are gobsmacking shockingly "acceptable" as inevitable. Compare this on a per capita basis with comparable advanced economies!
   

1. UK medics and scientists are otherwise world class despite the Covid statistics. Scientific community are world leading in vaccination development with NHS and UK military excellence in mass vaccination logistics.
   

1. Political and economic business matters and decisions are of somewhat equal importance to public health and safety.
   

1. Civic and personal freedoms are paramount and override privacy invasiveness to effectively block any potential likelihood of successful test, track, trace and isolate possibilities. This has meant the ill and contagious has not be isolated and treated away from the otherwise healthy and so has meant lockdowns of mostly healthy and economically productive populations.
   

1. The UK government believes helicopter quantitative easing of printing money and national debt on an unprecedented level for furlough of uneconomically viable pre pandemic jobs is preferable to a natural business evolution of new economic sectors and jobs.
   

1. That political leaders have too much faith and trust in the general public to be sensible and some not forever senseless to exceed the boundaries of expected Covid risk mitigation moderation behaviour for mutual community benefit.
   

In summary much will change in the new normal but many fellow Brits will carry on as if nothing has happened preferring to good old days than any post pandemic lifestyle moderations!