Some restrictions back, fed up

[Ireallydontcare55]

Just heard the news about masks returning as of next week and changes to travelling rules.

It’s not so much that wearing a mask is inconvenient, it’s the fact that we were told restrictions were over and that we could get on with our lives.

I know I will get shot down for this post, but if it isn’t the ‘omnicron’ variant then it’ll be something else.

I’m sure many people will be in favour of tighter restrictions ‘until numbers drop’. And then what? In a few months’ time when the latest variant is out, will we have to do the same again?
“it’s just for a few weeks/months”

This isn’t going away. What’s the point of having 3 vaccines?

I’m fed up with it all, are people really prepared to do this for the foreseeable future ?

[quote VaccineSticker]@Getyourarseofffthequattro
Touched a nerve?
We are in a serious situation. The immature ones are the ones kicking and screaming about a piece of cloth. I would hate to think how they would have behaved during the world wars.[/quote]
No...? I'm not crying about anything. Your comment was hypocritical and frankly pathetic.

World wars are obviously totally different because in a war everyone is at risk. In a pandemic they are not.

I don’t want to wear a damn mask forever…although if I wanted to commit crimes, they might not be able to identify me so well, on every damn camera which takes a picture of us, in this country daily 🤣🤣🤣

I'm not happy about the return to masks. They are a hardship to me. I can't see while wearing one as I've never found a mask that stops glasses misting. I feel suffocated and can't concentrate as I can't see properly. I have remember to have one with me and can't just pop in somewhere without messing about finding one. I have just started going shopping again and getting back to popping into town (where I make unnecessary purchases and help the economy).
The return to masks mean my Christmas shopping will be done online, and so will my food shopping. I won't be picking up unplanned items etc. Good for me financially perhaps but the economy will be impacted by those like me making similar decisions.
I've had to work with young children through out the last couple of years. They come in with all kinds of illnesses as the parents don't keep them home. I am exposed daily to a host of viruses. Nobody has worried about us as workers with no way to keep 'safe'. I find it hard to be worried about wearing a mask in a shop. I test regularly ans have been jabbed. The masks seem unnecessary in my situation.

@Zampa I'm aware of that, I meant the on and off between shops, the wearing in shops, the disgusting make up transfer, having to repeat myself because my children can't hear what I'm saying without seeing my mouth, the slight breathlessness from having that extra layer and the fact I wear one all day at work so my leisure time is a no mask zone.
The fact that I don't have to wear one specifically in the wine bar or costa is inconsequential. To me.

Just wear a mask in public space, FFS. It doesn't diminish you, and it may protect somebody more vulnerable.

YANBU at all OP.

@Wormsarecool

I work in a hospital and wear a mask all day every day anyway. I’ve never stopped wearing them in shops etc so can’t get too worked up by the new measures.

This too will pass x

Sensible post

[quote Clumsyvolcano]@Getyourarseofffthequattro

The government aren’t bloody psychic though, are they? As much as I dislike the way this was handled, how the bloody hell did you expect that the rules were never open to change? Wtf?[/quote]
Because we've never been in this situation before? Because people think they can trust the government. Because people, before now, had very limited knowledge on novel viruses. You're assuming everyone is well read on the subject.

You go ahead and feel superior for knowing better, you carry on looking down on the poor stupid people who trusted the government.

It says a lot more about you than it does About them.

@Tumbleweed101 my sentiments exactly

Yes op I'm with you. There are many other illnesses that have numbers on a grand scale that don't get reported on like this. What a farce.

I wear a mask all day every day at work. I am sick and tired and fed up of it. My skin is dreadful and I have headaches from dehydration frequently. I'm triple vaccinated and take part in regular testing as mandated by my employer, but no relaxation is yet on the cards. The masks I wear are commercially manufactured and tested and meet standards for PPE.

I hate the idea of having to wear face coverings in more places, I just can't cope with having even less time without one. I find the difficulties with communication really wearing and I miss asides and non verbal cues. I wear glasses and regularly struggle with misting, especially with the temp changes we're having at the moment. I also really question the benefit of some people's versions of them.

If everyone is wearing commercially produced, medical grade masks then yes, there is evidence as to their worth. But do we really know whether a piece of cloth that someone has taken on and off several times in between different shops, shoved in their pocket or bag, touched all over with their hands, and breathed all over at close range, REALLY makes a difference?? Some people use the same one for days and certainly multiple times. How effective are they?

I will avoid the shops as much as possible and makes plans that don't involve public transport where I can.

Fair enough on masks and SD but the requirement for PCR is utterly pointless, you are allowed to go from the ferry terminal/airport using whatever means, infecting god knows who, only to self isolate (until negative) and infect those in your household, who are free to go to work etc etc etc...

This will cause untold damage to the travel industry, whose taxes we need to fund the NHS.

The Govt should PCR test all travellers (at cost) and use that data to determine public health, rather than make many private companies huge profits for zero gain.

@Treaclepie19

Having seen (well, heard from my husband and son) the state of hospitals, I can see why it's needed. Nobody wants to need urgent treatment and have to wait in a corridor.

This isnt cos of covid.

It's like this every winter regardless, now instead of winter pressures they've got a better excuse- it's due to covid.

@Tumbleweed101 Same here. I struggle badly with masks, back to online shopping for me.

@Getyourarseofffthequattro

Exactly, we’ve never been in this situation before. It’s a new virus and viruses mutate, so even more reason not to assume things will be fine forever.

You can’t expect people to know what is going to happen before it has happened so anyone who thought that was definitely 100% it for restrictions is a fool. We were warned it may not be it.

I don't think OP is BU. It's entirely understandable to have extreme fatigue and to have bought into the restrictions being lifted meaning it was over.

Sadly a pandemic was never going to be over in 15 months. It's horrible and we are not mentally equipped to deal with this or to deal with isolation.

Having said that even in the darkest lockdown days I always saw local people and exchanged a v. distant socially distanced hello and a few words.

Much much harder for the kids. It's worse for them as they can't understand it. Even my best friends kids who lost an uncle to covid think its nothing more than a cold (and they are bright teens.)

From a CV perpsective, I have been out to the shops once since Sept 2020 and that was one of 3 post lockdown trips. Hospitality - not since Sept 2020. Takeaway - August. I've missed a lot of hospital appointments - cancelled due to Covid and deteriotated as a result.

I sometimes wonder about a cruel social experiment. One lot of shops/resturants etc and hospital for those of us who would always wear a mask, are happy to lat flow to enter a shop etc.
The other set for people who want to do as they please.

Insane of course as some of us CV come with kids who'd be happy to do whatever. Life is not that simple.

Quite a few people think those who are CV (including those with common conditions like asthma) are lesser human beings and have less right to remain alive and be treated with the same respect as other human beings. Many of us have children, we all have family, a lot of us work, pay taxes and volunteer in the community (or have done so.)

Porfre

Too right, it's the same in Canada.

I'm with you OP. of course we can't believe a word they say anymore

Wearing a mask is not just a minor inconvenience for some people. I have fluid behind my ears which effects my hearing, wearing the mask effects my hearing. I now have to wear glasses to read, and most of the time I can't stop them misting up. Consequently I feel panic, claustrophobic, and a bit vulnerable. I'm inclined to avoid shops and any crowded places again.

I've just had the last booster I'm ever going to be prepared to accept. None of the half measures this ridiculous shit show of a government have or will put in place will make one iota of a difference in the long run, so I'm damned if I'll go shopping! I'll be safer walking round the fields and avoiding people.....stuff the fucking economy.

[quote Clumsyvolcano]@Getyourarseofffthequattro

Exactly, we’ve never been in this situation before. It’s a new virus and viruses mutate, so even more reason not to assume things will be fine forever.

You can’t expect people to know what is going to happen before it has happened so anyone who thought that was definitely 100% it for restrictions is a fool. We were warned it may not be it.[/quote]
Yes, we get it, you're intelligent we are all stupid fucking idiots for believing the people in charge.

Actually, I think the PCR testing is the weak link. It’s too vague, the results take too long to come in, and they’re relying on an awful lot of public goodwill. When we had positive PCRs they hounded us for close-contact information (after making us wait three days for the results). The system needs to be massively more efficient.

@Babyvenusplant

I think the majority of people would ignore any measures that would stop them seeing their friends and family again. I don't honestly think the government could police it, unless they fine absolutely everyone 🤷‍♀️

@Babyvenusplant I wouldn't. I work in a different school, every day, some with as many as 73% of pupils in a class absent with COVID and 50% of staff. I know of a number of colleagues who have had to give up teaching through long COVID.

I have elderly parents, I won't be inviting them to stay or visit at Christmas. Can you imagine if I passed COVID on and killed one of them.
Just not prepared to take the risk, no matter what the government advises.

@Ireallydontcare55

Why would you die of Covid ? You’re far more likely to die of cancer or Alzheimer’s.

You're more likely to die of those things too while covid is about.

Masks are going to make shite all difference. It worries me that people think they will. I’m still wearing one in shops and public transport because so many people have convinced themselves they’ll make a difference then maybe seeing people in masks makes them feel better and less likely to press for ludicrous limitations like not being able to see family and friends or closing hospitality again.

So while I’m wearing a mask and have been, YANBU OP. It’s really wearing. I feel like I can’t plan too far in advance because fuck knows what will happen next now that lockdowns and social distancing are being viewed like a rational public health measure and not a destructive, once in a lifetime necessity.

I'm happy that people will be more protected and not have to go through what I am going through right now.