Photos of crowded night clubs

[toffeeandcream]

Is it just me feeling a bit weird and uneasy looking at all the photographs of sweaty people literally crammed into packed clubs across the country?

I thought it was rather uplifting. Happy for them

I'm not the target demographic for clubbing - covid or not, I'm not really inclined to cram into hot, loud, sweaty places any more. However I'm delighted that the youth are back to doing what they've done since time began, after being locked down for so long. I do wonder if some people are just fun sponges in general and get uppity at the thought of people enjoying themselves, so covid is the perfect cover.

Nightclubs will be extinct once the infections from Freedom Day come to light and they’re forced to close again. This is the government saying adios to bailing out an industry that is not viable as long as Covid is in the mix.

They are the ultimate for infection risk due to poor ventilation, close contact, rapid breathing for extended periods of time, all of which mean they’re unviable.

I can't wait to go! My babysitter is currently recovering from an op so as soon as shes better, I'm straight out! I'm double vaccinated and regularly tested. A night of dancing is just what I need after the last few years (not just covid related)

I’m not looking forward to my adult DS going back to nightclubs. I’ve got to go back to being woken up at any hour when he returns home, in whatever state he’s in and then him staying in bed all the following day with a hangover.

@lavenderlou

Given that Covid cases in the Netherlands just rose by 500% in one week after they opened nightclubs it does seem a rather dubious decision. Especially as those going to clubs are more likely to be in the younger, unvaccinated age groups.

And in the Netherlands you had to provide a negative lateral flow or be double jabbed - and even that wasn't enough to stop a surge. I was there in the two-week period when everything was open - people were taking zero precautions.

The way I see it, the next couple of months are going to be all about letting those that want to socialise freely, all catch the virus, and pump up the natural immunity levels as a whole for the nation. Just in time for us to enter the difficult autumn/winter period.
It's a calculated risk at a pseudo-herd immunity plan.

I have no plans to change anything I've been doing for the last few months, and if anything I may avoid busy places and venues even more. But shops and restaurants are going to end up closing anyway due to lack of staff/sickness - these same clubbers are probably the backbone of retail and hospitality.

I just wished I was 20 years younger - you could feel the joy and release coming from the photographs. I hope many dodgy post-club kebabs were consumed and many hangovers sustained.

I do hope these nightclubbers are going to be prosecuted for manslaughter. Mark my words, their grannies will be dead within the month.

Nightclubs won't be open for long. A month maybe? Unfortunately for those in the business I think the government are ready to let them go to the wall now with no further taxpayer support. Far more hope for outdoor music festivals in the medium term, living with Covid future.

It's all very well saying let the young live their lives. I'm in my 40s now, had glandular fever at 18 and periods of chronic fatigue since. While I've still achieved a lot it's definitely changed and limited my life to a certain degree and some days are remain quite tough. I worry about long Covid for teens and young adults.

@GrannyandTom

I do hope these nightclubbers are going to be prosecuted for manslaughter. Mark my words, their grannies will be dead within the month.

Good one 🤣

It's so good to see young people out enjoying themselves in the way young people like to do (I realise this makes me sound very old).

25 years ago I would have been there!

I’m going to carry on being careful but I am also pleased to see people going back to normal life. That makes no sense really but there we go.

Probably a bit of snogging going on too in those night clubs.

I'm.uneasy about the new freedom.day rbh but also at a point of thinking, how can we continue as we have been.

I have 3 kids 19, we and 22. They've bee sat at home, in thiwr rooms, friends gardens and sat at tables.in puns/pub gardens for the best part of 16 months. They need to be clubbing, bumping into people at crowded bars socialising, mixing and meeting people in a similar way lots of usfid back in the day and pre covid.

My late 50s self quite enjoys having a nice table to sit and dip my cocktails at but young ones are over due done proper social interaction.

My only problem.with "freedom day' is that I've already been called a sheep and asked (shouted at)wtf I'm frightened of you paranoid bitch by some gobby arsehole in Sainsburys this morning because I chose to still wear a mask. It's now personal choice. Once again it'd sbout respecting each others choices and avoiding situations etc that you're not comfortable with.

@GrannyandTom

I do hope these nightclubbers are going to be prosecuted for manslaughter. Mark my words, their grannies will be dead within the month.

Good to see you are being calm and measured about the situation.

Made me so happy to see the young people having a great time! Exactly what they should be doing - having the time of their lives!

@GrannyandTom

I do hope these nightclubbers are going to be prosecuted for manslaughter. Mark my words, their grannies will be dead within the month.

Troll

Have you misuderstood what troll means @wasthataburp ?

@GrannyandTom is poking fun at the posters who consistently wait gleefully for the end of days

@caughtinanet

Wonderful to see!

If I was younger, I'd have definitely been there. Let's get everything back open again, especially for the youngsters who have given up so much over the last year.

I think it's great that something has happened for the young people who have been regularly shafted over the past 18 months.

@GrannyandTom

I do hope these nightclubbers are going to be prosecuted for manslaughter. Mark my words, their grannies will be dead within the month.

I suspect this will be lost on a lot of posters!

Wouldn’t go clubbing if you paid me but people looked happy and it made me happy to see.