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Are people no longer bothered by Covid….?

785 replies

Iwannabelikeyouohh · 30/09/2021 18:35

Is anyone actually bothered about Covid?
From places I’ve been recently, everyone is just “normal”

I took my son to a toddler class this morning.

I walked in wearing my mask. Room full of 19 other adults and their toddlers.

Not one single adult had a mask on (expect me)
There was no distancing in the class.
It was as normal as normal can be.

I joined a new slimming class tonight.

Again I walked in wearing a mask. No one else had one on.
All chairs pushed up together, people sat close.

I don’t get it.

How can we go from distancing, mask wearing, avoiding people on walks (which is exactly what it was like) to nothing….

OP posts:
AnnieSnap · 02/10/2021 21:03

@MissMaple82

Yawn
Why post on the thread? 🤷‍♀️🙄
Egghead68 · 02/10/2021 21:17

@Againstmachine

As said many times you do your own mitigations, it's no one's job to protect anyone else, and before anyone starts with society, society didn't give a shit about most peoples health before this.
Yes it did which is why there were and are all sorts of public health measures like no smoking in offices, pubs and restaurants, compulsory seat-belts and speed limits etc.
curlymom · 02/10/2021 21:50

@Chris08

My point is perfectly justified. This whole country has had enough of unnecessary restrictions.
How do you know what the whole country wants? I have had enough of your ignorant remarks but I know you are just doing it for attention so I’m laughing
TheKeatingFive · 02/10/2021 22:28

Yes it did which is why there were and are all sorts of public health measures like no smoking in offices, pubs and restaurants, compulsory seat-belts and speed limits etc.

None of these measures curtail people’s lives to any kind of significant degree. They are absolutely not comparable to the extreme measures taken to curtail covid.

Egghead68 · 02/10/2021 22:30

I am old enough to remember that people really kicked off when smoking was stopped in public places. It was seen as a huge deprivation of liberty.

TheKeatingFive · 02/10/2021 22:31

It was seen as a huge deprivation of liberty.

And totally objectively, compared to lockdown measures, it barely registers.

SweetBabyCheeses99 · 02/10/2021 22:34

@user1472151176 ffs you were already supposed to wash your hands regularly!

Warhertisuff · 02/10/2021 23:07

... still bathing my kids and washing their clothes after school.

Obviously I ensure my children wash regularly and have clean clothes, but I had completely forgotten that changing clothes and bathing straight after school was even a thing - takes me back to 2020!

Waxonwaxoff0 · 02/10/2021 23:28

@Warhertisuff

... still bathing my kids and washing their clothes after school.

Obviously I ensure my children wash regularly and have clean clothes, but I had completely forgotten that changing clothes and bathing straight after school was even a thing - takes me back to 2020!

Was never a thing for me at any point, no way was I partaking in that nonsense!
user1472151176 · 02/10/2021 23:29

2020? 2021 as well. Schools closed at Christmas 2020 and didn't reopen until March 2021.

milkyaqua · 02/10/2021 23:33

@Againstmachine

As said many times you do your own mitigations, it's no one's job to protect anyone else, and before anyone starts with society, society didn't give a shit about most peoples health before this.
A pandemic is about public health.

I think you'll find there were a number of measures in place before the pandemic and throughout it to care for people's health, also.

DifferentHair · 02/10/2021 23:44

I am moving on with my life while taking reasonable precautions to protect others because I'm not a selfish tit.

I stay home when I am sick. I wear masks in small spaces like shops and public transportation. I visit a vaccinated hairdresser and my children are cared for by vaccinated babysitters.

I am vaccinated and relatively young and healthy, I am not worried for myself. But I do not want to spread Covid to anyone. It hasn't disappeared, it's not 'like a cold' ffs. I don't find my precautions onerous and I am just fine to make these small changes to keep other people safe and keep society ticking along which is of benefit to everyone, including me.

Many Asian countries have lived with masks for decades. Wearing one is a sign of consideration for others, and that's how I see it.

OP if I was at that toddler group I would probably have worn a mask unless I was far apart from the other participants.

Egghead68 · 03/10/2021 05:11

@TheKeatingFive

It was seen as a huge deprivation of liberty.

And totally objectively, compared to lockdown measures, it barely registers.

But no one’s suggesting lockdown measures now. The discussions are around mask-wearing.
MrsHookey · 03/10/2021 06:09

@changingstages

I care. DSS has Covid right now and it looks like DD does too. We experienced a big loss early this year. Someone I care about a lot is destroyed by long Covid. I really, really care. But I don't think anyone gives a fuck really. On a very busy train right now and I can see maybe... five people wearing a mask? I really hope you're all right and we're going to be ok but I do think, until the case numbers are lower, there should be more mitigations.
I agree.
Egghead68 · 03/10/2021 08:19

I agree too.

TheKeatingFive · 03/10/2021 08:23

The discussions are around mask-wearing.

The potential impacts of mask wearing are still very significant though. Those who rely on lip reading are totally disadvantaged by them. Issues with those whose skin can’t cope with wearing them. Those who find them panic inducing. Plus, I think we’re totally under estimating the impact on the human race of not seeing people’s faces properly.

Smokers getting a bit cold strikes me as minimal compared to that.

I personally don’t have a problem wearing a mask, but there are obvious costs to mandating them, which are being constantly glossed over.

DifferentHair · 03/10/2021 10:19

@TheKeatingFive

'Those who rely on lip reading are totally disadvantaged by them.'

Not saying this is you, but my child is deaf and I am really sick of people I know using him and his community to reject the concept of mask wearing. It's always people who have done fuck all else to be inclusive or in any way interested in what it is like to be deaf or hard of hearing.

If you hate masks, just say so. Don't pay yourself on the back for being inclusive towards deaf and hard of hearing people unless you are actually doing something useful as well. If you're so concerned about their ability to communicate then I assume you spent lockdown learning BSL over zoom, right?

Backofbeyond50 · 03/10/2021 10:26

I do still care but despite what some posters would say I am not cowering in a corner. I am pretty much living my life as normal as possible.

I stil don't want to catch it and pass it on to my immunosupressed dh so I will still take some precautions like mask wearing and sd when I can. Probably pointless though with kids back at school.

Backofbeyond50 · 03/10/2021 10:27

@caspersmagicaljourney so sorry for your loss sbs I hope you recover.

TheKeatingFive · 03/10/2021 10:27

If you hate masks, just say so.

I don’t hate masks at all actually.

I’m saying there are costs that need to be weighed up against benefits.

Do you disagree that a culture of widespread mask wearing has costs to the deaf community (quite aside from any benefits, which is a separate question)?

FancySomeChips · 03/10/2021 10:32

I think is disgusting that people aren’t wearing masks in shops/public transport.

Just because you don’t care, just because you don’t think you are at risk doesn’t mean the people around you forced to breathe your germs feel the same.

TertiusLydgate · 03/10/2021 10:47

I was just in my local M&S Simply Food.

Did a quick tally when queuing. 14 people in 3 queues. Only 3 in total wearing masks. It’s interesting to see how it’s dropping off.

puppeteer · 03/10/2021 10:50

Who’s being forced?

Get an (FFP3) mask, and you’ll be fine.

Far better protected, in fact, than if you rely on a bunch of randoms to wear a dirty piece of cloth.

Or even just sit apart from other people.

Good grief. It’s as if the concept of protecting one’s self had never occurred to people.

Waxonwaxoff0 · 03/10/2021 10:52

@FancySomeChips

I think is disgusting that people aren’t wearing masks in shops/public transport.

Just because you don’t care, just because you don’t think you are at risk doesn’t mean the people around you forced to breathe your germs feel the same.

No longer a legal requirement and not your place to decide what others should be doing. Simple as that.
MarshaBradyo · 03/10/2021 10:54

@FancySomeChips

I think is disgusting that people aren’t wearing masks in shops/public transport.

Just because you don’t care, just because you don’t think you are at risk doesn’t mean the people around you forced to breathe your germs feel the same.

You’ll have to modify your own behaviour eg wear a better mask if you feel so strongly.
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