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!

Never mind all the ads in Scotland about still meeting up outside even if double jabbed and the gal walks into the sunshine in this massive garden in the sunshine. In the West in a flat and clouds of midgies, too bad! 'Let's' make safer choices . . . ' Let's fuck you off.

Omg that advert is fucking ridiculous right! Patronising as fuck. Plus they can go to hell if they think im always going to choose meeting outside over inside even though everyone's jagged 🤣🖕🏼

I've not forgotten just done with it all as are many other people.

I'll keep my distance from strangers but if friends/family/colleagues are happy to not socially distance them I'm not going to either.

You should get out OP! Walking around a large English city last night … queues and queues of people not socially distancing to get into bars and restaurants - music blaring out!! It looked like a normal night in Benidorm lol

I've not SD at all with family and friends since about May last Yr. Our circle is pretty huge and no one has been ill. I refuse to be told what to do anymore. I don't wear a mask in a shop because I'm exempt. I've only ever had one person try to have a go at me which was actually only a week ago.
I was in a lift and she went to get in stood there staring and dramatically said to her dh 'Steve Steve Steve, I can't I just can't, SHE hasn't got a mask on. I can't go in there.' he then said excuse me get out you've not got a mask on. I stayed calm and pointed out the lift states pushchair and wheelchair priority and in was also in there first. He said why the fuck haven't t u got a mask on? I said because I'm exempt. He said so the fuck am I and I'm wearing one. You're disgusting.
To which I then lost it and said be thankful I'm not coughing all over you, now are to getting in or not because I sure as shit am not getting out!

Pressed too early.
Of they're that concerned over masks etc maybe they should avoid a busy city shopping centre at peak time!

@secretllama

Never mind all the ads in Scotland about still meeting up outside even if double jabbed and the gal walks into the sunshine in this massive garden in the sunshine. In the West in a flat and clouds of midgies, too bad! 'Let's' make safer choices . . . ' Let's fuck you off.

Omg that advert is fucking ridiculous right! Patronising as fuck. Plus they can go to hell if they think im always going to choose meeting outside over inside even though everyone's jagged 🤣🖕🏼

It's chucking rain here right now. Fucked if I'm going to meet in the fucking garden now everyone I know is double jabbed. There's another one about testing, even with no symptoms. Nope, not doing that, either. 'We' need . . . nah, you need to stop spending tax money on these stupid fucking ads and leave adults to crack on.

@BiscuitsNoMore

I've not SD at all with family and friends since about May last Yr. Our circle is pretty huge and no one has been ill. I refuse to be told what to do anymore. I don't wear a mask in a shop because I'm exempt. I've only ever had one person try to have a go at me which was actually only a week ago. I was in a lift and she went to get in stood there staring and dramatically said to her dh 'Steve Steve Steve, I can't I just can't, SHE hasn't got a mask on. I can't go in there.' he then said excuse me get out you've not got a mask on. I stayed calm and pointed out the lift states pushchair and wheelchair priority and in was also in there first. He said why the fuck haven't t u got a mask on? I said because I'm exempt. He said so the fuck am I and I'm wearing one. You're disgusting. To which I then lost it and said be thankful I'm not coughing all over you, now are to getting in or not because I sure as shit am not getting out!

Bravo! Sick of twats like this. 'Get out'. 'Fuck off!'

I’m just tired of this whole thing. I’m tired of people being mean and abusive to one another. I’m tired of having all these different rules. I’m tired of people going out of their way to wind others up. I’m tired of everyone arguing.

@osbertthesyrianhamster

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All I hear is the “do not travel info Birmingham there’s a variant of concern. Keep your distance” on the radio.

Oh do shut the fuck up the “variant of concern” is all over the UK you dumb cunt !!!!!

Literally gets me so mad

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@justinhawkinsnavalfluff

Loving the covid is over mentality...

I don't think it is over. It isn't going to go away though and it is extremely unlikely to be eradicated.

So we have to learn to live with it and we can't continue as we have been. It isn't sustainable. People need to run their businesses and livelihoods.

Masks? Well those people who want to wear them can continue to do so. I don't want to continue with them. I'll keep my masks for now in case they are required again, but I am not a fan of them.

I was given a cloth mask by a colleague in a card at Xmas in a passive/aggressive gesture because she has only ever seen me in disposable ones, on those occasion I was forced to wear one. That went in the bin. Disgustingly unhygienic -no thatnks.

Regardless of whether or not any individual agrees with it, I think the guidelines should be the default standard. By which I mean, everyone has their own risk appetite, but if I’m doing something above what’s recommended in the guidelines, I would be particularly mindful of making sure the other party was comfortable with it too.

Of course, they might not be happy with that either, and it’s totally ok if people are having a hard time adjusting to being physically closer to people again. It doesn’t take a lot of effort to check in and make sure everyone’s comfortable.

I've boycotted British Heart Foundation shops for their WAIT HERE signs and obsession with sanitiser. I'm not a vampire, I'm not waiting on a threshold to be invited in. The local hospice charity shop has done very well from me over the last few months instead.

I would think it extremely strange at someone at a family party trying to social distance to be fair. No one is doing this now. Unless you have severe health conditions?

@PiddleOfPuppies

I've boycotted British Heart Foundation shops for their WAIT HERE signs and obsession with sanitiser. I'm not a vampire, I'm not waiting on a threshold to be invited in. The local hospice charity shop has done very well from me over the last few months instead.

BHF are the worst for this. That's where I was told I had to use their sanitiser, not my own, because there could be anything in there. Mine has a hi-vis wearing 'covid marshal' on the door. What's crackers is they have so many extra staff in to enforce their rules, they're constantly having to push past customers (it's a small shop). There's a limit of four customers at any one time but there's usually at least that many staff on the shop floor (having managed chazzas in the past I know there'll be a good few in the back room doing back room stuff, too). I swear they'd make you take an LFT before you went in if they could!

@Thelm

I’m just tired of this whole thing. I’m tired of people being mean and abusive to one another. I’m tired of having all these different rules. I’m tired of people going out of their way to wind others up. I’m tired of everyone arguing.

This !!

It's no surprise that we're continuing to see cases rising exponentially, is it?

What is it with British people and not giving a shit about anyone other than themselves? What the fuck is wrong with our country?

@BiscuitsNoMore

Pressed too early. Of they're that concerned over masks etc maybe they should avoid a busy city shopping centre at peak time!

It's interesting how this is always the case with the mask police. They're the scared ones, but do they think they should stay home then and away from crowded places? No, they think the whole society should be accommodating their anxieties.

And then icing on the cake is they think others are the selfish ones!

@NannyAndJohn

It's no surprise that we're continuing to see cases rising exponentially, is it?

What is it with British people and not giving a shit about anyone other than themselves? What the fuck is wrong with our country?

No, it's not surprising at all, given we were told all along that once society opened up this was to be expected. That's why opening up was delayed until effective vaccines were developed, and until the majority of adults had received at least one dose (which provides up to 94% protection against serious illness/hospitalisation, depending on which vaccine is administered).

It doesn't matter whether we open up now or in a year - cases will rise exponentially when we do. Many places cannot open with restrictions in place - for example, nightclubs aren't viable with masks and SD and many venues are not financially viable while SD is in place.

It's not about 'not giving a shit'. Compliance with lockdown measures has been very, very high - far higher than the 80% that was deemed necessary to make a difference. A quick look at data for footfall/traffic/public transport usage over the three lockdowns bears this out. The British public has been anything but selfish for a year and a half. How offensive - and wrong - to suggest otherwise, when people haven't been able to see loved ones before they die or go to their funerals after. Or home school DC in tenth floor flats. Or being separated from family for months on end. Or work in supermarkets/NHS/on public transport at risk to their own health. Not selfish at all, not a bit of it.

There are a lot of things wrong with our country. But this isn't one of them.

It’s not forgetting! We’re near the end of rules. I can risk assess for my family. Social connection is vital for my family’s health and well-being.
I’m not a hugger but I will hug the people I care about if they need one.

Four friends are double jabbed but they have been told by health professionals that they might not mount a protective immune response to the vaccine. They all have serious health conditions - blood cancer, being a transplant recipient and severe autoimmune conditions.

One said recently that she was were tired of having to explain the reason why they were continuing to socially distance to strangers. We are told that mask exempt people should not have to explain why so surely the same courtesy should be extended to those who have to continue to socially distance to keep themselves safe.

@Elys3

Four friends are double jabbed but they have been told by health professionals that they might not mount a protective immune response to the vaccine. They all have serious health conditions - blood cancer, being a transplant recipient and severe autoimmune conditions.

One said recently that she was were tired of having to explain the reason why they were continuing to socially distance to strangers. We are told that mask exempt people should not have to explain why so surely the same courtesy should be extended to those who have to continue to socially distance to keep themselves safe.

I doubt many people are just randomly walking up to people and hugging them though are they? I only hug/get close to people I know well. That was the same pre Covid though.

Social occasions such as summer BBQs, where the host might know them well enough to know their health conditions but other guests not so much, is the example she gave.