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?

Yes, we'll comply. I don't want my parents to get sick and not be able to access hospital treatment, or for that matter my asthmatic child. It's shit and I'm sure we all hoped for better this Christmas.

If the government had made masks mandatory throughout and implemented a decent tracing system rather than the mess we have compared to other countries, we might be in a better position.

I would wear a mask again if we have too, I would queue to get into a shop. I already work from home since this started as does Dh. We’re both double jabbed and have both just recovered from covid. I can’t see what else we can do that people would comply with.

I can’t imagine we will shut businesses again though, the country surely can’t cope with that. I would refuse to stop seeing my family if people could still go to the pub.

And I couldn’t cope if schools shut again. I nearly broke the last 2 times. It’s too much to ask of us.

I will not be told that I can't see my family or forced to wear a face nappy/comfort blanket ever again

Yes.
I still wear a mask, distance myself, don’t make unnecessary trips to places.

I dont really see many people so it’s not hard. But I do know for some, it is. And for those I am utterly livid about Barnard castle, boriss last Christmas (I’m sure there’s a spitting image song in that) and all the other lock down violations.

We’ll use it as an excuse to not see family that do our heads in. 😅 We’ll comply as adults but I won’t be stopping my children seeing friends this time, not when they’ve been mixing in school without masks, bubbles etc since the start of September.

@Fetarabbit

Even if the NHS had its funding increased, there isn't enough staff, and at this point I doubt a pay rise, improved conditions or whatever would tempt many back. You can only train x amount a year as you need qualified staff to mentor them on placement etc. It would take at least a decade to see any real improvements, even if they gave it a billion pounds a day starting from today. The issues run deep, and this winter will be absolutely horrific. I'd be very worried if I required hospital treatment.

This in spades.

We need new hospitals and bucket loads more well trained staff - private or NHS. It will take at least a decade to see any change with floods of money (that may not come)

In the meantime, I would be very very worried if anyone in my family needed hospital treatment (I work in my local hospital)

@Remmy123

I doubt many will comply .. I mean whst is the point of it all if everyone is vaccinated?

Ah, the point of the vaccines passed you by, didn't it?

I wish they'd bring mask wearing and WFH back again. That utter bell end on the news saying that the NHS was stretched, but not excessively, needs to get his head out of his arse. Health bosses are shouting for measures to be put in place but clearly our elitairst "leaders" know better.

I feel so sad for the NHS.

Restrict how many people can be in shops/pubs/restaurants. WFH. Properly enforce mask wearing. It doesn't require too much.

No, I will not comply any more. I mean, I won't be an arsehole and see family/friends if I know we've been exposed to Covid, because I don't want to put anyone else's health at risk, but I'm done with government-mandated restrictions. I can and do risk assess and I don't need to be told what to do.

I will, another Christmas without visiting relatives...bring it on!

No not a virus with a 99.9 percent recovery rate. We need to learn to live with it.

I will, another Christmas without visiting relatives...bring it on!

It does have its advantages. 😂

Complying won't save the NHS for all those saying. Infrastructure, proper wages, better treatment of key workers and GP services and Social Care getting the attention they desperately need will save the NHS.

Us behaving ourselves and never seeing family again will do NOTHING to fix what the Tories are repeatedly breaking.

@User135644

People comply when they have no choice. You can't go to a nightclub that's shut.

Oh that one again. Of course you can't go to somewhere that's shut but you can see who you want in your own home. If my family and friends want to see me they are more than welcome in my home regardless of Boris etc.

It's a no from me.

Restrict how many people can be in shops/pubs/restaurants. WFH. Properly enforce mask wearing. It doesn't require too much.

It's so wrong to say working from home 'doesn't require too much'. It's absolutely destroyed my mental health and my confidence and left me struggling in a job that I actually really enjoy.

It would really depend on wider circumstances - what case figures were actually like at the time, and what form the mixing might take. I couldn't make a judgment in advance of the time.

I do think that if the government are considering this, they need to be explicit NOW that it might happen. What with food shortages many people are already stocking up for Christmas and compliance will be very low if it's sprung on us at the last minute.

@MakkaPakkas

I want to know what government is doing to expand healthcare capacity. They need to put back some of the beds that have been removed over the past 20 years and start a massive recruitment and retention drive for NHS staff. Covid is endemic now, that means twice the number of winter hospital admissions and deaths. They need to think long term what will work. Suppressing the virus can only ever be a short term measure. And no, I will not comply.

I think the answer to this is nothing, the government is doing nothing.

It would be good if more people did ask this question and the government was forced to address this. It's incredibly sensible to deal with covid by increasing capacity to treat it, not by keeping healthy people at home. It might take some time, but they've had as couple of years now to be getting on with it.

I’ll follow the rules but we’re quite happy not seeing anyone anyway. I’d also bloody love to WFH full time again. I’m in the office 2 days a week and don’t enjoy it.
But I appreciate it’s less desirable for other people.

I do think they should mandate masks and stop other events before they look at stopping households mixing though. It’s a blatant prioritisation of economics over people and not about health.

Me, because I want my son to be able to leave the house. He's only now allowed to go to Tesco's to buy a meal deal for his daily exercise.

I'd comply to a degree, but I've never stopped wearing a mask and I'm careful around my parents (do an LFT before visiting and wouldn't see them if I remotely had any symptoms of any illness.)
Like a pp said, I'd risk assess and proceed with caution, but yes, I would continue seeing family over Christmas, albeit carefully.

I won’t be complying. After everything that has reopened and how many crowds there has been at events/pubs/football etc I think it’s silly to expect people to not spend time with family at Christmas

More than happy to comply with further restrictions if it saves lives.

No, I won't comply.

Happy to wear masks, reduce contacts, work from home more.
Home school at a push but weeks not months this time.

Closing businesses isn’t an option for too many people now but there’s plenty of mitigations that can be easier to manage.

I’ll comply. Long Covid concerns me: I’ve got friends really affected badly by it.