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How many of you will comply?

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LifesTooShortYOLO · 21/10/2021 10:34

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?

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EmmaMaya · 21/10/2021 16:40

I will comply.

I am just getting over covid and it has been much worse than the 'mild' symptoms media suggests for me - young / double vacc and nothing underlying. If I can halt any others in my family from going through this I will.

milkyaqua · 21/10/2021 16:44

Covid is endemic now

It is still a pandemic, and a long way from being endemic.

TolpuddleFarter · 21/10/2021 16:46

I won't be complying.

MegaGengar · 21/10/2021 16:49

Yes, I will comply. I work for the NHS and I have a family member who is CEV.

It's so frustrating that we would even get to lockdowns again as it would mean a total failure from the government, but given that they aren't willing to bring in Plan B yet (when they really need to) then that inaction may mean harsher restrictions are more likely in the future. It's avoidable, if action was taken early.

CuriousUnderTheStairs · 21/10/2021 16:50

@AlecTrevelyan006

Sky News have just done a piece and first context piece I've seen for a long time from the MSM. Whilst cases are rising fast, when you compare it to the testing we're doing it actually brings the figure right down as our testing rates are so high. As the reporter said, the more you test the more likely you're going to find positive cases. The chart actually showed the UK way below the US and Japan and more in line with everyone else.

They then showed the fatality rate and same story. Finally they done a break down of deaths, ages and vaccinated. What we're hearing is the scare story of those being double vaccinated dying. When they put it into context the massive % was over 80s. When they then broke it down further the highest % of fatalities were those unvaccinated.

So, I suspect that the govt is well aware of this, which is why they're trying to resist pressure to bring back some restrictions.

No one wants anyone to get covid, let alone become seriously ill or die from it, but the stats still show what we've know for a while - it's a very serious illness for certain demographic but for the overwhelming vast majority of people it remains a mild disease.

I agree with everything you've said and despite not liking the government very much I think they are doing the right thing by not bringing in more restrictions.
Augusta1 · 21/10/2021 16:52

I won’t comply.

Bopahula · 21/10/2021 16:53

I never hugely complied anyway, had a small number of bubbles that I was involved with.

But absolutely not even that this time. I'll carry on as I am now. At places that are open. And if they close (which I think will be hugely unlikely!) I'll carry on socially with whoever is happy to carry on as well.

That said. I will always respect the decisions of those around me who want to comply. People have their own reasons.

cushioncovers · 21/10/2021 17:01

Nope. I'm double jabbed and had the booster jab so I will just get on with life.

TheBlackArt · 21/10/2021 17:01

Won't even consider complying.

HayzCo · 21/10/2021 17:04

Is no one concerned that with limited compliance with the basics they’ll go on to bigger restrictions, like shutting restaurant and bars again?

Also, people who would happily see this government continue because of the Labour party’s position on transgender rights.. absolute madness. Get a fucking life

Waxonwaxoff0 · 21/10/2021 17:05

@HayzCo

Is no one concerned that with limited compliance with the basics they’ll go on to bigger restrictions, like shutting restaurant and bars again?

Also, people who would happily see this government continue because of the Labour party’s position on transgender rights.. absolute madness. Get a fucking life

No, because I don't think they will do that again. Economic suicide.
Pan2 · 21/10/2021 17:09

I will be mask wearing and avoiding crowds and confined spaces. But we've never stopped.
Some of these replies are so....British.

TheBlackArt · 21/10/2021 17:13

@FireandBrimstone

Wow, what a load of extremely selfish, smug, non-compliant people there are on here. Stay well everyone.
Bore tf off 🥱
TheEvilPea · 21/10/2021 17:14

@PurpleOkapi

I understand your point, but much of what you mention - alcoholism, obesity, substance abuse etc - is an illness in itself that exacerbates other medical problems. Deciding not to have a vaccination isn't an illness.

I think it's naive to say that one's free will plays no role in any of those things. For obesity in particular, I don't think it's reasonable to believe that every obese or overweight person has some sort of illness that causes it, because that's half the population. Moreover, I suspect there are mental illnesses or at least mental health issues in play for many of the more conspiracy-minded anti-vaxers.

Pregnancy is a necessary part of life for society to exist at all. Anti vaxxing is not.

It's not as if the world's going to run out of people. If someone knows that their pregnancy is going to be high-risk or complicated, they're choosing to assume that risk, just as someone who doesn't get vaccinated is choosing to assume the risk of getting seriously ill from covid.

Car accidents are by definition accidental and unpredictable so not an issue of negligence.

Many, perhaps most, car accidents are caused by negligence. That's certainly true of drunk driving accidents.

I just don't see why an unvaccinated person with severe covid should go to the back of the line while a drunk or reckless driver who almost killed himself in the process of killing a family of four, or a lifelong smoker with lung cancer, is considered a higher priority.

Hmmmm I'm not sure. Obesity is often caused by addiction. Substance misuse and alcoholism are addictions so are diseases. Anti-vaxxers don't - for the most part - appear to have diagnosed mental health conditions. They are just willfully ignorant people who haven't bothered to develop rational thought. I agree re. reckless driving but the vast majority of car accidents are simply that: accidents. As for pregnancy, most people who end up with a high-risk pregnancy don't know in advance that they'll have one. They also don't endanger strangers by taking the risks that pregnancy entails.
userperuser · 21/10/2021 17:14

@Pan2

I will be mask wearing and avoiding crowds and confined spaces. But we've never stopped. Some of these replies are so....British.
Imagine inserting any other nationality in that comment….
WrapAroundYourDreams · 21/10/2021 17:16

Also, people who would happily see this government continue because of the Labour party’s position on transgender rights.. absolute madness. Get a fucking life

Kind of ironic there... that you are accusing people who actually have a grasp on reality in that debate of 'madness'.

I've never voted Tory and never would. Always labour. But no more, they are equally useless in other ways. So I wouldn't vote if there were an election tomorrow.

Animood · 21/10/2021 17:19

No I won't comply.

I'm not wasting any more of my time stuck inside. I only have one life and covid made me miserable for 16 months. My mental health was completely shot to fuck and my physical health went downhill through lack of every day movement. Everyone has been jabbed who wants to be. Our economy can't take another lockdown. If other people are bothered they can stay in.

Sounds harsh but we just need to carry on now.

Chessie678 · 21/10/2021 17:20

@AlecTrevelyan006
I think this is a sensible post and (hopefully) people are panicking too early. Scotland has started to see a decline in cases so no reason to think England won’t follow the same pattern. I read a report today that a quarter of those in hospital with covid were admitted for something else so the raw numbers don’t tell the whole story.
There was another report that the average profile for vaccinated people who are dying is 85 year olds with 5 underlying conditions - obviously doesn’t make it better for those people and their relatives but does give a sense of the risk to the general population.

I’ve no idea whether we’ll end up at 100k cases a day with a large percentage of those in hospital but if there’s anything we’ve learnt over the last 18m it’s that even scientists are unable to predict changes in case rates with any accuracy and that often cases rise or fall in unexpected ways or following a natural cycle which it is very hard to control. I think it’s right to wait it out for now - often intervention has unintended affects anyway like pushing a surge of cases into the depths of winter.

IceCreamAndCandyfloss · 21/10/2021 17:21

I will comply. With CEV people, deaths, long covid and other health procedures/appointments affected ill make sure we play out part.

IveGotASongThatllGetOnYNerves · 21/10/2021 17:24

If not complying has legal implications then of course I would and in reality I think most people would if the alternative was a fine or a caution or something.

TheKeatingFive · 21/10/2021 17:27

I don't even think they'd expect much compliance. Not after the timely leaks about Boris' Christmas knees up.

It's just scaremongering in the hope of boosting vaccination take up. Maybe it will work?

TheKeatingFive · 21/10/2021 17:28

I think most people would if the alternative was a fine or a caution or something.

They have no real way of policing what people do in their own homes. They absolutely know that.

ppp4321 · 21/10/2021 17:28

No I won't be. We've had our vaccinations and have chosen to get our two teenagers vaccinated. We were in Tier 4 so didn't get Christmas with either sets of parents last year.

I think enough is enough, my dad is 88 and wants to see his family as much as he can. We take precautions when the kids are at school if covid cases are high (as they have been) but seeing his grandchildren is a boost for him. Particularly as he doesn't have many of his friends around now sadly.

Waxonwaxoff0 · 21/10/2021 17:29

@IveGotASongThatllGetOnYNerves

If not complying has legal implications then of course I would and in reality I think most people would if the alternative was a fine or a caution or something.
They can't monitor the entire population at once though so how would they know if I broke the rules? I broke them last lockdown and never got fined.
TheBlackArt · 21/10/2021 17:31

@IveGotASongThatllGetOnYNerves

If not complying has legal implications then of course I would and in reality I think most people would if the alternative was a fine or a caution or something.
You really think they have the resources to fine everyone who doesn't comply and nips round to see their mum?
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