After 19 July, Rather than ask about flipping masks, may I ask ...

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How many people do you reckon will continue to follow the rule of 6 when indoor meeting?

And keep to gatherings < 30 for outdoors?

We have kept the rules and will probably still follow them to s degree

A degree

I will be, not because it was a rule just that I am never likely to have more than that amount of people round anyway, rule of 6, 30, etc never affected me anyway, I think DS on the other hand has probably not followed this rule for a long time, from what he says to us.

@Katie517

No! 60,000 at Wembley, 100,000 at Silverstone next weekend but only 6 in my house?!? That ship has well and truly sailed I think.

Exactly this. The rule of 6 ship has well and truly sailed.

I doubt there were many groups of just 6 last night

I don't follow those rules now so won't after the 19th.

I think the difference is, I can choose who I have in my house and stick to the rule of six or none whatever I feel safe with, the same when I go to another’s house . However if I need to go into a shop, it’s other people’s choices to wear or not wear a mask that affect me.

I suspect that’s why people are talking about one and not the other. Like others have said, looking at Wembley, 6 doesn’t make sense.

Only the not very bright will dispense with all precautions.

Use of the word 'continue' is very optimistic! But no, there's not a chance in hell I'll be limiting my activities in that way.

It sounds like people are thinking "I can choose who to have in my house so of course I know they are safe to be with -- we can be close to each other safely for hours and hours, but I don't know who I walk by in supermarket for 2 seconds so the unmasked supermarket contact is obviously very dangerous to me" logic is at work.

So forget about proximity, duration and symptomatic illness, now it's more like "Don't trust strangers" risk assessment.

Absolutely won’t be worrying about having >6 in my house - we are a family of 4 and that rule is ludicrously restrictive. Also looking forward to be able to book a table for 6+ in a restaurant rather than booking 2 next to each other which is what we’ve been doing for months.

No one I know is social distancing anymore, hugs etc are already back. So that’s already gone. Masks I will wear probably on the tube but not anywhere else.

Big gatherings - would probably avoid a crowded bar or packed museum but that’s about it. Have to move on with life.

I don't care what Queen Nicola says I can or cannot do in Level 0, or Level Infinity, or Level whatever @Emusareweird.

I have been restricted more than other parts of the UK for longer than anywhere else, living in manky Glasgow.

I think people are heartily sick of being told what they can do in their own homes.

I haven’t met up with my immediate family for 16 months. If it’s ok for thousands of people to congregate for sporting events, cinemas and theatres to open, people having to return to work in close proximity of colleagues, clubs/pubs/restaurants, to allow 50 people in a room the size of my living room then it’s ok for me to have 10 close family members round for my 50th birthday next week.

The govt can’t have one rule for one, when it suits, them and a different rule for everyone else.

No. It won't be a rule will it?

Not sure what to do about masks yet - will probably keep in shops and indoor places that aren't well ventilated - but I don't actually want the rules about limited indoor socialising to end in some ways! I've never enjoyed socialising on most levels (not even that keen on meeting friends for coffee on a random weekend morning - not because I don't like my friends but because I've never really enjoyed the whole 'crowded places/city centre/town centre' vibe, let alone trying to get parked, trying to walk through crowded, narrow pavements full of idiots who dawdle in front of you .

I've also really not missed having to 'tidy up' before a friend might come round for coffee at my house either! I'm quite happy to continue not socialising in most ways to be honest

So I'm in no hurry to return to pre-covid levels of socialising, either in my home, other people's homes, or out and about, tbh. (Conclusion - I'm a miserable so--and-so ... and may have possibly turned into a slattern who hates housework )

I haven't followed that rule for a very long time. I'm surprised that anyone else is.

A friend of mine had a family gathering of about 9/10 a couple of weeks ago, as one of her siblings and family were visiting their area. A couple of people at the gathering have not had any jabs because of age.

Two days later one of her DC (double jabbed) tested positive.

Not one other person at the gathering has had symptoms or tested positive, despite the variant being so, so rampant.

We rarely have groups of more than 6 inside, but glad we could from next week if we so wished (eg another family for a meal). Life has to try and return to normal at some point.

I will definitely still follow that rule!

Not because of Covid though. I don’t know that many people who I’d want to see at any one time.