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So done with This covid crap.

55 replies

CharlotteRose90 · 20/12/2021 16:44

This isn’t a goady past btw but I’ve had enough and I’m at breaking point

Just seeing the update that another lockdown is possibly coming on the news and I keep thinking when it will it end.

I’ve had my vaccines, I spent a year isolating as I’m cev and now I’m back at work full time they want to lock down again. I spent my 30th and 31st birthdays isolating and now as im a March baby possibly might be my 32nd one in lockdown too.

I’ve had enough. Im sick of having no life. All I do is work, walk the dog and stay at home currently. I haven’t seen my family either for 2 years as they live in Europe and it’s currently full of covid.

Sorry for the rant I’ve just hit a block today and it’s broken me. If anyone else wants a rant feel free.

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Sadmac · 20/12/2021 16:45

Rant away, OP. I feel exactly the same. We've had the vaccines and this should make a massive difference, as promised a year ago. Enough.

Burnt0utMum · 20/12/2021 16:47

Completely agree. Enough is enough.

Serenschintte · 20/12/2021 16:50

I’m in Europe. Come if you can. Or go to a country you can both meet in. It’s awful. I know. Life needs to continue. Sadly I suspect governments will try and subject us to these rules which do not seem to work for some time to come

CrapSticks · 20/12/2021 16:52

I agree. We simply can’t go on like this. Boris and co didn’t seem that concerned about their own safety last Christmas after all. Something doesn’t add up. We’ve had the jabs, we’re wearing the masks - enough is enough now. After omicron there will be another variant and then another … life is short, time to get on with it.

Something does NOT add up.

TerraNovaTwo · 20/12/2021 16:59

Agree with the above. No more fucking lockdowns!!

anne2650 · 20/12/2021 17:06

Totally agree. This could continue forever. The damage that will be done as a result of more lockdowns far outweighs that of catching the virus. We have the vaccines, we may still get it but recover. Please, let's just get on with life!

paranoidnamechanger · 20/12/2021 17:09

I agree but from what I’ve read there may be a circuit breaker where just indoor mixing is banned so if things in Europe improve you’ll probably be able to see them soon. They won’t want to pay out furlough.

Fishlipandtoeface · 20/12/2021 17:12

No lockdown is coming so calm Brew Boris is more concerned about turning his reputation around right now rather than whether we lose emergency services for a month.

Youdoyoutoday · 20/12/2021 17:15

I know its bollocks. We were meant to spend Xmas with my father last year after my mum passed away but couldn't due to my ds getting covid from school!
Now this year, there's been an outbreak in my DDs nursery plus she has an upset tummy (waiting on poo test results) and we were meant to spend Xmas with my dad again and his brother who has cancer but i just can't risk it. I'd never forgive myself if we passed something on to him.

My DS has had a friends party cancelled that he was looking forward to.

It's just sucking the joy out of life and everyone is fed up with it all. I know we have to be safe etc and understand the vaccines, boosters, wearing masks etc but I'm so bored of it.

We booked a week away in February, is that even going to happen now? Our wedding is in the summer, will that be affected too??

Bored of booking stuff with covid hanging over us all the bloody time.

bigbabs · 20/12/2021 17:19

I do totally see where you're coming from OP and I feel the same. We are all utterly sick of it. My ds has had covid recently and so many of our Christmas plans had to be cancelled. I still darent actually look forward to Christmas Day in case one of us picks it up this week. It's shit.

But......the way I see it, if you or a loved one was seriously ill or involved in an accident and needed hospital care that wasn't available because the NHS is either swamped with covid cases or too many staff are isolating, how would you feel? That's what I try to think of when I'm getting pissed off. No point dwelling on what the corrupt Tories did last year, they don't need to worry about things like that like us mere mortals.

But yeah I do agree things are very bleak and depressing.

StrongSunglasses · 20/12/2021 17:20

Yanbu Flowers

rrhuth · 20/12/2021 17:22

YANBU to be really fucked off but it is not in our control and the only healthy response is to a) take good care of your mental health and b) try to put things in place to help you cope.

Covid doesn't run to a timetable unfortunately so we are stuck with this mess for a bit longer it seems.

Mischance · 20/12/2021 17:23

Rant away - everyone is sick of it. I am even more sick that scientists are working their tripe out on the vaccines - chasing their tails to catch up with new mutations - and there are people refusing to have it. The vaccine, the only way out of it all, will only work if everyone who can have it, has it.

People are ranting about individual freedoms - I am ranting about collective responsibility and how this is the most important thing in a global pandemic.

Maggie Thatcher said there was no such thing as society and her emphasis on the individual and every person for themselves set a trend and has eroded the sense of community that glues us all together. We are reaping the harvest of all this with folk thinking that only they matter and feeling no sense of responsibility to their fellow human beings, both here and abroad.

paranoidnamechanger · 20/12/2021 17:34

@Mischance

Rant away - everyone is sick of it. I am even more sick that scientists are working their tripe out on the vaccines - chasing their tails to catch up with new mutations - and there are people refusing to have it. The vaccine, the only way out of it all, will only work if everyone who can have it, has it.

People are ranting about individual freedoms - I am ranting about collective responsibility and how this is the most important thing in a global pandemic.

Maggie Thatcher said there was no such thing as society and her emphasis on the individual and every person for themselves set a trend and has eroded the sense of community that glues us all together. We are reaping the harvest of all this with folk thinking that only they matter and feeling no sense of responsibility to their fellow human beings, both here and abroad.

I have no dependents and therefore I’m not responsible for anyone else.
howdiditcometothis666 · 20/12/2021 17:35

@Mischance you do realise Pfizer is on course to make £55billion next year the GDP of a country like Croatia. Meanwhile some people have lost absolutely everything- maybe they didn't get vax or didn't wear a mask occasionally or broke a rule to see their family but they still gave you everything they had. It really is not black and white

Schulte · 20/12/2021 17:38

I’m with you OP. What really hacks me off are travel restrictions. We know they don’t work, the WHO has asked countries not to impose travel bans, yet it’s still happening. Why???

Smileyoriley · 20/12/2021 17:41

OK Paranoid
By your reasoning no one is responsible for you if you get sick or when you get old and frail👍🏻

CorrBlimeyGG · 20/12/2021 17:43

Why have you not seen your family? There were many months where we were able to travel without restrictions.

Schulte · 20/12/2021 17:45

@CorrBlimeyGG

Why have you not seen your family? There were many months where we were able to travel without restrictions.
When was this please? There have been restrictions one way or another for nearly two years now. Either imposed by the UK or by my home country. It’s like ping pong.
paranoidnamechanger · 20/12/2021 17:46

@Smileyoriley

OK Paranoid By your reasoning no one is responsible for you if you get sick or when you get old and frail👍🏻
No, I'm not talking about counsellors, nurses and the like Confused
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CharlotteRose90 · 20/12/2021 17:47

@CorrBlimeyGG

Why have you not seen your family? There were many months where we were able to travel without restrictions.
Because where they live they were locked down for months longer then us and also because they are elderly and vulnerable so I took the decision not to go until it was safe. They had to wait much longer then us for the vaccines sadly.
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SaskiaRembrandt · 20/12/2021 17:52

I have no dependents and therefore I’m not responsible for anyone else.

And the logical conclusion for that sentiment is that no one is responsible for you. Let's hope you remain fit, strong and in control of all your mental faculties until your very final moments because the alternative is someone will have to take responsibility for you.

paranoidnamechanger · 20/12/2021 17:55

@SaskiaRembrandt

I have no dependents and therefore I’m not responsible for anyone else.

And the logical conclusion for that sentiment is that no one is responsible for you. Let's hope you remain fit, strong and in control of all your mental faculties until your very final moments because the alternative is someone will have to take responsibility for you.

I'm not a nurse or doctor, am I? Why aren't you getting the two different contexts?
CorrBlimeyGG · 20/12/2021 17:59

Where do your relatives live?

paranoidnamechanger · 20/12/2021 18:02

I’m not biting as I’ve been crystal clear on how I feel.