How many of you will comply?

[LifesTooShortYOLO]

I am interested to know if people will comply or not if they bring in Restrictions again about not mixing households, not seeing family or lockdowns etc again.
So many people I've spoken to are pretty much all of the same mindset of 'Fu#k that I'm not not seeing my family again, enough is enough and we have to get on with our lives now'
I also read this a lot on comments of articles where people are saying no they won't do it again and not see their loved ones or be told what to do over Christmas etc.

What are everyone's overall feelings as things stand right now?

Of course not.

I live alone. My mum lives alone. We're 180 miles from one another. If they think we're both going to spend the winter alone again, they really can fuck off. We're both jabbed, I've had the virus, and she will have had the booster.

But complying is just enabling the government to carry on placing the burden on the public to keep the wolves from the door of the NHS. If people comply, they'll know they can rely on annual winter lockdowns for ever more and continue to underfund and under-resource.

You seem to be suggesting we let infections run riot to show the government how bad a state the nhs is in. You do realise that could result in thousands of deaths?

Absolutely not!

The NHS is ON ITS KNEES. There is a gigantic backlog of people waiting for treatment, the 999 emergency ambul;ances services are backed up for hours , unprecedented numbers of exhausted NHS staff are resigning, retiring early, going on long term sick leave because the NHS just can't cope and their workload is impossible.

I'm not going to deny that, but me not seeing my family and having another depressing terribly lonely winter is not going to fix this.

We've done enough. Time to start governing like grown ups.

I will not comply. I can't work from home, I am double vaccinated. I refuse to do any more damage to the mental health of my children by keeping them isolated from our family because Tory nobbers (who don't comply themselves) say so.

I'll wear a mask if I have to (though their actual impact seems to be debatable). The anti-vaxxers can take their chances and take up hospital beds through their own ridiculous choices which pisses me off and those who want to lock themselves up, feel free. I will not be.

I won't comply and don't know anybody else who will at this point either.

I don't think it will happen though.

@smilingthroughgrittedteeth

I will comply with any restrictions, i have a CV child and partner and DM is the manager of a care home for extremely vulnerable people some of whom werent able to be vaccinated so as a family we are being cautious and have done our best to stick with guidelines however i wont be judging those that dont comply. That said id like the same respect and understanding back from those not complying and for them to give the whole 'sheeple' type comments a rest, when they have a child who ends up in hospital on oxygen for a simple cold perhaps they will realise theres a reason some people are being careful.

My child too is CV (2 yrs old) and feel this way. I haven’t judged people on this issue for a long while, since it’s clear it’s not the fault of individuals but the government full stop, but agree.. would really appreciate understanding from others.. I don’t fear my child getting covid, I fear him getting the usual viruses that have potential to put him into intensive care (as they have done several times in his young life) and the NHS not being a safe place to care for him. Last winter it was compromised. They waited longer than usual to begin oxygen therapies/ 1:1 care on high dependency unit was stretched and I had to keep alerting them to his needs. I’m still scared, as are a lot of people for valid reasons.

@HoardingSamphireSaurus

Find me a viable party *@siestalady* and I will vote. Any viable party. I only have 2 criteria:

1. They have actual policies.
2. They don't spout all the transwomen are women crap.

I am in my late 50s and have never missed a vote, until the last GE.

Labour lost me due to point 2. All parties made me politically homeless due to a combination of both. Even our local "Hug the Trees" independent candidate fails.

That's what I'm looking for as well. If we have a reasonable independent candidate they will get my vote but at the moment I can't vote for any of the other options.

Complied and will carry on. Was on the very vulnerable list due to medical condition and I still wear masks in closed places and sadly I am one of few where I am. Meet friends and family outside and do not allow anyone in immediate family who is not double jabbed to come round.

@siestalady

The NHS is ON ITS KNEES. There is a gigantic backlog of people waiting for treatment, the 999 emergency ambul;ances services are backed up for hours , unprecedented numbers of exhausted NHS staff are resigning, retiring early, going on long term sick leave because the NHS just can't cope and their workload is impossible.

But its not for the public to solve that by forcing everyone to hide away every single winter; its for the government to urgently add more capacity to the NHS. I completely appreciate that;s not something that can happen overnight, but as far as I can see, they've not even tried to increase capacity/recruit/extend; and all responsibility/blame has lay on the general public.

This. It's been nearly two years and they've done nothing about it, except build some hospitals that they had no staff to run.

This is what happens when you have crap staff/ patient ratios, the lowest number of ICU beds per capita of any OECD country, yet spaff public money to your mates while freezing normal people's pay at the same time as causing skyrocketing inflation with stupid pointless policies like Brexit. And refuse to shut down international flights at the start of a pandemic because the PM is busy sunning himself on an expensive holiday with his pregnant mistress.

The public are not to blame for any of it and have suffered enough for the Government's mistakes already. I am sure there'll be worse to come but it is entirely their fault. Well, theirs and those who voted for them. My conscience is clear.

I was thinking about this today. No I won't comply. All my family have been double vaccinated, we will have all had boosters in the next few weeks too. This is probably as good as it will get, Covid isn't going anywhere. My mental health cannot cope with another winter being isolated from family and friends.

I will not comply.

No. Having seen my elderly mum's health deteriorate after 2 falls which meant time in hospital, plus the unexpected death of my mother in law this week, I will not comply. As a family we need to be together. As a teacher I will no longer go along with the gaslighting of I'm ok mixing with 100s of people a day but not my mum. All or nothing.

*This is what happens when you have crap staff/ patient ratios, the lowest number of ICU beds per capita of any OECD country, yet spaff public money to your mates while freezing normal people's pay at the same time as causing skyrocketing inflation with stupid pointless policies like Brexit. And refuse to shut down international flights at the start of a pandemic because the PM is busy sunning himself on an expensive holiday with his pregnant mistress.

The public are not to blame for any of it and have suffered enough for the Government's mistakes already. I am sure there'll be worse to come but it is entirely their fault. Well, theirs and those who voted for them. My conscience is clear.*

Perfectly put!

I will not comply with any further restrictions.

I will not comply with mask wearing again either I will just apply my valid exemption reason.

I'd comply, am v concerned about the NHS, it's a total mess, so many people off sick, either ill with covid or having to isolate with their kids, my DP is an administrator in a department that has had no staff in for 2 weeks and is in absolute chaos. It's not just hospital admissions that have an impact on how hospitals function, they haven't been able to get any agency staff as none available.

I will not comply with mask wearing again either I will just apply my valid exemption reason

If you have been wearing a mask then you care capable of doing so, and you are not exempt.

It's not yet having a condition, it is that the condition also renders you unable to wear a mask.

Nah, enough is enough.

I will happily wear a mask, use hand sanitiser, get the vaccine and continue to get tested when I display symptoms.

I need social interaction, especially with my family.

I'm double jabbed, had Covid, still struggling 4 weeks on.

DCs have had Covid from school - different times.

DH, double jabbed, not had it.

I might have complied had this country not lurched from crisis to crisis, had my kids actually been protected in school a bit, rather than left to just catch it (thus infecting me and then the worry my 75 year old mother was infected).

My kids have sacrificed so much to protect others and we were just expected to get on with in.

Too little, too late.

I will comply. Everyone I know would too.

my MIL (who is the main person I would see) is low income and she wouldn't be able to afford any fines and while there is a tiny chance she would be fined, I don't think that its nice to possibly put her at risk of that, even if its a tiny risk.

I won't be complying, no. I just don't think I could take the mental toll of it again.

No.
Not a fxxking chance.

Nope if we can mix households for childcare we will mix for Xmas. The vulnerable have been offered a 3rd jab, we have a decent sized house so wouldn't be on top of each other. My vulnerable parents have just finished isolation after testing positive neither had more than general viral I feel rubbish but could most likely drag my rear to work if needed. I generally wonder what condition the majority of the really sick are in before getting the virus having seen many of our vulnerable friends and family catch if post vaccination with minimal symptoms.

I can't believe he hasn't stood down routine surgery if the NHS is under that much pressure.

Joining the masses ranks of the non-compliers (waves) .

Very much doubt it’ll come to another lockdown though. Another mask mandate maybe, but the rest of the current escalation of scaremongering is to panic us all into accepting vaccine passports, which they’ve been desperate to implement for ages but have met with more opposition than they expected.

I might end up complying by happenstance. I haven't finalised plans yet, so it's possible I wouldn't have seen them regardless. But I wouldn't not do it just to comply.