Have people forgotten about social distancing?

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Went to a big family get together yesterday. Everyone was hugging and kissing and there was no social distancing at all. Is this the norm these days? I got a lot of weird comments for saying I didn't want to kiss anyone hello or goodbye!

Yes many of us have decided to get on with life as most are jagged or double jagged.

is this the norm these days? Of course it’s the bloody norm to hug your family!

You are "allowed" to hug and not be socially distanced from F&F now, I think it was mid may that we were given permission.

What’s good for the SoS....

Of course people can hug, and I think it's absolutely crazy that people have accepted the government giving us a date when hugs were allowed. It's like we've lost the art of rational thought and just follow what we're told like a bunch of sheep.

The vaccinations have been rolled out, we have to accept that covid js part of live just like flu is and has been for years. If you're waiting gif there to be no cases before you hug your family and friends you're going to be waiting till hell freezes over.

Yep. Fuck it

I thought we were "allowed" to hug now?

Social distancing with family and friends stopped on May 17th

You don't have to hug if you don't want to but it is allowed and others can if they so wish.

I’ve never really socially distanced as can’t do so at work or commuting to work and have seen my family throughout.
If other people want to that’s fine, up to them

I still try and distance when out and about but hugging is ok since May

Though I've never been a big hugger

God you’re a hoot 🤣🤣

I'm gutted hugging is back 😂

@lynsey91 - sorry to hear about your parents, that's incredibly hard.

I really couldn't care less what the government says. We have one the highest per capita death rates in the world, they have shown themselves to be incompetent throughout.

I've been avaliable for hugs throughout but respected friends that weren't ready. That's had a gear shift since May. I did get a few in 2020 and they were never actually banned.

I can barelyremember what family is thanks to distance and ultra-caution.

Casual social distancing died back around March-April.

The bush-leapers mainly calmed down by this time last year but some anomalies persisted into the winter. Walking past a stranger was never a substantial risk.

Hugging and not social distancing has been allowed with friends and family since May.

Is this the norm these days?

It's always been the norm and was a temporary measure put in place. Quite sad that people think like this tbh.

Gosh, are some people still staying 1m apart from friends and family? Apart from anything else, you must have massive houses/gardens!

Apparently all social distancing (in restaurants etc. I guess) due to go on July 19th.

I am concerned that leaving it all down to individual choice will result in tension (or, more likely in this county, awkwardness!) between people with v different perspectives and priorities.

Matt Hancock says it's fine

‘Everyone was hugging and kissing and there was no social distancing at all. Is this the norm these days?‘

I’m so sad about how much the pandemic has changed us that people are literally asking if it’s normal to hug family.

@kowari

Yes, Hug Day was in May. Though my family who wanted to hug did it earlier, and some still prefer not to, but you are certainly 'allowed' now.

There's a 4 day swingers festival around near here this weekend... think we progressed long past Hug Day a good while ago.

It is glorious.

I hate hugging and value my personal space, so if a social distancing law were to come into effect, I would not be upset .
But I remember the government saying hugging was allowed from a few weeks ago.
Agree the various permutations of guidelines/restrictions/relaxations has been a confusing mess.
I would have assumed hugging was allowed now

Like fuck I let the government dictate whether I get to hug my family and close friends and I never did. Don’t see them often but I never didn’t hug them when I saw them between lockdowns.

But I don’t hug or kiss people other then my DH generally, and personal space is still important to me, pandemic or no pandemic.

I haven't social distanced for months I also don't know a single person still doing it