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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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theDudesmummy · 22/10/2021 12:20

I am in the west of Ireland. I have always complied fully and will continue to do so. Same for nearly everyone around here.

MrsArchchancellorRidcully · 22/10/2021 12:24

Nope. Will not be complying to anything more. No siree.

MrsArchchancellorRidcully · 22/10/2021 12:31

@zombiedog21

I think a better question is - how many people saying they won't comply actually will (and know it)? I bet it's A LOT.
I really will not!

I didn't last yr. we used to go over the border to England when wales was more draconian and worked out our explanations in advance in case the police stasi stopped us. Never did.

Reallyimeanreally2022 · 22/10/2021 12:31

What about the people who can’t get vaccinated?

Well, again. I feel for them
But I’m not prepared to restrict the lives of my children, family, friends, work, life… for them

Reallyimeanreally2022 · 22/10/2021 12:34

@zombiedog21

I think a better question is - how many people saying they won't comply actually will (and know it)? I bet it's A LOT.
That’s just an odd question.

So you think lots of people are saying they won’t comply but actually will?

I’m saying i won’t comply. Why on earth would I lie about that?

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 22/10/2021 12:36

@zombiedog21

I think a better question is - how many people saying they won't comply actually will (and know it)? I bet it's A LOT.
Well it depends on the people around me. I obviously won't be forcing my way into the homes of family and friends, or dragging them into mine, but if they are happy to see me then I'm more than happy to see them.
EffOrf · 22/10/2021 12:40

I don't think people will comply much now as the fear has mostly gone, people used to jump in the road to avoid others and stuff like that.

Egghead68 · 22/10/2021 12:41

Yes I will comply

PerfectHotChocolate · 22/10/2021 12:41

I have an issue. Both my Dcs are too young to be vaccinated and the older one has chronic asthma and also have a suppressed immune system that he is under treatment. It's like playing Russian roulette for DS1 right now every time he goes to school. It scares me.

Is home schooling is a safer option for you and your family @SevenZebrasDancing? If we locked down to the point of school closure you would be home schooling any way? Your dc who needs specialist healthcare for their asthma, will not be served well at all, if people don't pay taxes but tax monies are being paid to workers for furlough as there won't be an NHS to offer these treatments that are free at the point of use.

Anyone who is highly vulnerable to the effect of Covid needs to be supported with home schooling, furlough etc. Everyone else needs to live a normal life and contribute to the economy. I am all for mitigations, such as masks and SD but that's about it.

Yes but if you’re aiming for herd immunity through vaccination, children count as part of the population. Indeed, and children are getting vaccinated and develop herd immunity by catching Covid, it's ok.

Reallyimeanreally2022 · 22/10/2021 12:42

@EffOrf

I don't think people will comply much now as the fear has mostly gone, people used to jump in the road to avoid others and stuff like that.
Good point

Everyone I know without exception for colds, shivers, no taste or…. Absolutely no symptoms whatsoever.

It didn’t look pleasant (all my family had bar me) but was over in few days. Other ailments over the years have been far more unpleasant

elastamum · 22/10/2021 12:53

We will be following our own version of the rules, as we have always done. We still wear masks in shops and enclosed public spaces. We all test regularly, particularly if we have cold symptoms as the current delta symptoms are far more cold like than the government fever, cough and loss of taste trio. We do limit our interactions, so no unnecessary cinema or restaurant trips, but will be inviting family members over and my young folk can invite their friends to stay if they wish, we just ask everyone to test. When we previously allowed younger visitors they were so grateful to be allowed to go anywhere, it bought home to us how difficulty the pandemic has been for them. IMO the government rules are a pile of incoherent bollocks, they are an utter shambles.

WitchyNameChange · 22/10/2021 12:54

@zombiedog21

I think a better question is - how many people saying they won't comply actually will (and know it)? I bet it's A LOT.
No. Saying I won't comply means just that. I won't.
zombiedog21 · 22/10/2021 13:31

I mean, it's very easy to dramatically state "I'm not complying!" anonymously on the internet like it's some great revolutionary statement. But I honestly think most people who are saying this will, if and when it comes to it, stay home this Christmas and follow the rules - because we're a nation who love to grumble but ultimately do as we're told. Me included!

Anonanon1234 · 22/10/2021 13:37

Not a chance.

No longer being coerced into being controlled and not living fully. What kind of life is it, 'living' an isolated existence indoors, away from society.

I think they'll have a job getting the general public to cooperate after the way Hancock, Cummings etc behaved last time. A collective FUCK OFF from me and everyone I know.

moregarlic · 22/10/2021 13:37

I won’t comply. And to the PP who said but really won’t you: really, I won’t. Really really.

I didn’t last Christmas and I lost a relatively shortly after, so I’m eternally grateful she was a rule breaker too.

Worldgonecrazy · 22/10/2021 13:40

As I said earlier, I will give the same level of compliance as those making up any rules.

Anonanon1234 · 22/10/2021 13:42

@EffOrf

I don't think people will comply much now as the fear has mostly gone, people used to jump in the road to avoid others and stuff like that.
Because people are realising that Covid isn't as terrifying as they will have us believe. 98% survival rate. Mild symptoms. A vaccine which has proven to be pretty pointless (funny how it generates revenue from the big guys though eh, so they keep pushing it and dividing society)

Covid will go nowhere. It will still exist in 100 years, just like 'flu' - lots will continue to catch it, lots will recover, some will die despite having had a vaccine to try and lower their chances. Just like flu.

I am glad people are seeing the bigger picture: the segregtion, the control, the corruption, the betrayal - a government which can't follow it's own rules when a whole nation watched on.

Mantlemoose · 22/10/2021 13:44

@zombiedog21

I think a better question is - how many people saying they won't comply actually will (and know it)? I bet it's A LOT.
Well I will wear a mask and won't be sneaking in the back door of any pub but apart from that I'm carrying on as normal.
MumbleCrumbs · 22/10/2021 13:57

I live in a village that would have happily assembled a wicker man on the common to burn covid rule breakers during the height of the last lockdown, so compliance will be high here. I'd still have my mum over, I won't deprive her of her grandchildren for that long ever again, and I'm CV so pretty risk averse generally.

I think universities should give students a choice about how they access learning again. I'm being forced in in person for every single lecture and seminar in packed, unventilated classrooms. It makes me so uncomfortable and anxious.

neededafart · 22/10/2021 14:01

@Comefromaway

No I will not comply
Same
bluetuesdayy · 22/10/2021 14:04

@zombiedog21 well I don't mean I will break into the hairdressers or host a rave but friends round for dinner? Sunday lunch with my family? Yes.

HenrysBeautifulEyesAndSmile · 22/10/2021 14:16

Sunday lunch with my family? Yes

You subversive woman!

Grin
StrangeAddiction · 22/10/2021 14:18

I would comply to the best of my ability, that means I will stay away from mil as she is 92yo and has family that she will see who will help her daily but I won't be staying away from my dm, dgm and db2 as they live together and are disabled/elderly/cev so I need to be there for them daily and they don't mix with others anyway.

My dc won't be seeing any friends outside of school and I will go back to online shopping. That's the best I can do.

LyricalBlowToTheJaw · 22/10/2021 14:27

@zombiedog21

I mean, it's very easy to dramatically state "I'm not complying!" anonymously on the internet like it's some great revolutionary statement. But I honestly think most people who are saying this will, if and when it comes to it, stay home this Christmas and follow the rules - because we're a nation who love to grumble but ultimately do as we're told. Me included!
Honestly though, for a lot of us it's just as easy to not comply as to post saying we won't. I get that a lot of MN live far away from relatives, in areas where people are more likely to ring the police etc, so I understand that some people are more scared than others... but a lot of us don't have this setup either. My brother and I don't even have to cross a main road to get to each other's houses, for example. None of the neighbours would give a fuck and some of them have their own very good reasons for not wanting the police to turn up.
PurpleOkapi · 22/10/2021 14:36

I have an issue. Both my Dcs are too young to be vaccinated and the older one has chronic asthma and also have a suppressed immune system that he is under treatment. It's like playing Russian roulette for DS1 right now every time he goes to school. It scares me.

I'd quite like it if people considered children like him when they go out and about. I'd dearly love to be able to shrug things off. I'd be really grateful if others could consider that not everyone has things so easy.

I'd quite like if you considered his health issues before subjecting him to close contact with other people. He's your child, not mine, so I can't force you to do that. But your unwillingness to rearrange your life to protect your child's health doesn't obligate me to rearrange mine because you've inexplicably decided that protecting your child is my responsibility rather than your own.

Seriously, people, if your child is CEV and you believe covid poses a threat to their life, they shouldn't be in in-person school. If you know that and put them there anyway, that's on you for intentionally risking their life. And when the inevitable happens and they get covid from a classmate, it won't be the school's or the classmate's fault. It will be yours. You can scream and yell all you want about how everyone else in the world should have been more careful, and maybe you'll even be right, but they're not everyone else's child. They're yours. Protecting their health is your responsibility. And if anyone has to make lifestyle sacrifices to that end, it should be you.