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 ?

@quitefranklyabsurd

I’m triple jabbed, it doesn’t make me invincible. Nor do my three jabs give me any where near the protection against this new variant as it did against previous variants.

Basically what your saying is you’re too selfish to protect the vulnerable by wearing a mask. My mask doesn’t protect me it protects you but your not prepared to offer that similar courtesy. That just about sums up this rotten nation tbh.

And for those that say they won’t be stoped from seeing loved ones again - you probably won’t but only because this cowardly prime minister wouldn’t bring it such restrictions again.

Honestly why do people get worked up about wearing masks - it isn’t an infringement on your civil liberties and it protect the most vulnerable of society.

Which vulnerable? My autistic son is not being protected he struggles with communication with all the mask wearing, but hey ho at least it's not COVID.

@DappledOliveGroves

I'm not going to wear a mask again. I've had Covid, I could just as easily get cancer, get hit by a bus or die of something else. Everyone will die one day and I'm not tiptoeing around a virus that will mutate for the foreseeable future.

I'm not a Covid denier. I've had both vaccines. But I'm damned if I'm prepared to live like this. And it terrifies me that there's so much willingness to disregard civil liberties in the naive and arrogant hope that we can control a virus.

Then stay home.

Honestly why do people get worked up about wearing masks - it isn’t an infringement on your civil liberties and it protect the most vulnerable of society.

Because the protection offered appears to be statistically insignificant?

@Ireallydontcare55

This wasn’t the right place to post this, I respect people’s attitudes are differing but it’s making me feel stressed reading how people are so accepting of things. I am not and that’s fine. So I won’t post further.

Why is other people being socially responsible making you 'stressed'?

I’m with you OP, we’ve been saying for months that new variants will keep coming and so they have. When does it end and when do we get on with our lives? I’m more worried about the impact of covid on lifesaving treatments and screening put on hold.

Aren't we all supposed to wear masks so we can flatten the sombrero or was it a poncho, I can quite remember or care to remember anymore.

Anyway I am more curious on why the advice on singing happy birthday whilst washing your hands has been dropped.

Southernbellenot
SS had already been notified about that boy.

@Ireallydontcare55

What worries me is how willingly people have accepted the idea of wearing a mask for the rest of their life potentially

You don't need to worry about us, I promise :) It's just not a big deal to many people.

@EileenGC Thanks for the considerate response. I accept that, as with everyone, my personal circumstances skew my perspective on masks, but I know what my sinus issues and soft-spoken voice mean that, even with practice, I will never be ‘comfortable’ wearing one, and will never be able to communicate as meaningfully with others, especially in crowded or noisy spaces. Unfortunately, as I’m otherwise healthy enough and it’s not a recognised health condition as such, I wouldn’t be considered officially exempt.

But I also know I’m far from alone in feeling this way; my family and social circle are all rule abiding, fully vaxxed and about as far from vocal anti-maskers as you can get, and yet the vast majority of them confess to hating masks and stopped wearing them as soon as they possibly could.

@FangsForTheMemory

I'm prepared to do it forever, rather than die of COVID.

HTH.

What would you prefer to die from, just out of interest?

Bearing in mind hardly anyone has a nice peaceful death in their sleep, with no illness?

Oh the "stay home" mantra has started again. Terrific.

Do you people have no idea how stupid you sound?

@BlowDryRat

YANBU. I don't really care about wearing a mask but like hell will I be stopping my DC seeing their family and friends if any of that rubbish comes back. I won't do that to them again. I won't do that again.

We're all jabbed to the nines. We followed all the rules. We've done our bit.

We've all done our bit?

How old are you? You sound like a stroppy young teen!

FFS. It's a virus. A new virus. Scientists are doing THEIR bit, they're creating vaccines & treatments, all we have done is try not to spread it around and kill people, while they do their very best to find ways to control & treat it.

It's understandable to be fed up if it, but be an adult FFS & stop saying stupid stuff like 'we've done our bit'.

We have to continue to 'do
Our bit' until it's totally preventable/treatable/burnt out.

There NO CHOICE, unless you're happy for hundred if thousands more to die unnecessarily.

JFC

People’s willingness to put up with this ‘forever’ (in their own words) really concerns me too. We can’t constantly live in fear of restrictions being brought back - this has to end at some point.

@Ireallydontcare55

You really would care if you did my job.

Good luck. With your attitude you will need it.

@1dayatatime

Aren't we all supposed to wear masks so we can flatten the sombrero or was it a poncho, I can quite remember or care to remember anymore.

Anyway I am more curious on why the advice on singing happy birthday whilst washing your hands has been dropped.

It hasn’t, it’s still 20 seconds. I think you could always choose how you marked those seconds.

@DailyFailstinks

People’s willingness to put up with this ‘forever’ (in their own words) really concerns me too. We can’t constantly live in fear of restrictions being brought back - this has to end at some point.

Concerns you how?

There will always be another mutation.

There are mutations all the time. The problem is a mutation that can evade the high protection current vaccines provide. Scientists in next two weeks will be finding out if this is the case with Omitron or not. Let’s hope protection is still fairly good. If not, then sadly can’t be ignored until a new vaccine is developed. Let’s hope not but sticking head in sand and refusing to accept some temporary restrictions should they be needed will not work, just cause more death and collapse of healthcare affecting all illnesses. I understand people being fed up of CoVid and hating it and understandably venting. I have no time though for those saying they they would not comply with restrictions. At the moment we have to wait and see as scientists find out more about it. It may not require more restrictions or it may. We will find out in due course.

It was inevitable this evening's announcement would bring back the Stay Home, Don't Be Selfish brigade.

People are allowed to moan, you know. They are allowed to moan.

PS you need a preposition between "stay" and "home".

I've been wearing masks in shops all along so it makes not difference to me.

I'd like them to ban events like concerts for a while though: I know a few people who've had Covid lately and most got it after a gig/festival.

I won't be wearing one. For the first time I shall be taking advantage of my legal exemption.

It’s been nearly 2 years.

That’s 1/4 of my DDs life. She barely remembers ‘normal.’

The vaccine I took only because I thought it would protect others have caused side effects that have ruined my life (don’t tell me it wasn’t that, you aren’t my doctors).

Lockdown has had such a profound effect on my mental health that I don’t think I can survive another.

But yeah, let’s lockdown yearly because the hyperbole on mumsnet says we ‘must’ do or everyone will die.

I barely knew I had COVID. How much more must I sacrifice for people who don’t give a fuck about how the ‘protective measures’ impacted me?

FFS. Do you an alternative that doesn't involve thousands of unnecessary deaths

Christ this again? De ja vous.

Some of you lot are loving rolling out your old arguments aren't you! This really spiced up your Saturday night 👍🏻

@Chloemol

"Experts say pandemics run for 4 years, if so we are half way through."

I would be interested in seeing the expert source link referring to 4 years.

History however would show pandemics normally lasting more like 2 years :
Feb 1918 to April 1920 - Spanish Flu
1957 to 1958 - Asian Flu
2968 to 1969 - Hong Kong Flu

OP - I am old enough to remember when seatbelts were made compulsory. Wearing a seatbelt? OUTRAGEOUS curtailment of liberty. And when drink driving laws tightened. Again with the uproar.... When smoking was banned in pubs....

How do you feel about these things now? Would you like people to have the freedom to drink what they like and drive? Not wear seatbelts or put their kids in car seats ( massive inconvenience and expense too!!) I will wear a mask in public until I don't have to. Of course I will. Because I'm a reasonable and thinking adult

@DailyFailstinks

People’s willingness to put up with this ‘forever’ (in their own words) really concerns me too. We can’t constantly live in fear of restrictions being brought back - this has to end at some point.

Exactly. Has flu burn out? Has it stopped killing people? No and neither has Covid. Both are here to stay, as are clinically vulnerable people, so what’s the answer? Restrictions every winter? Fuck that.