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Anyone else done now?

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VeryMuchSo13 · 21/01/2022 19:26

Know I'll get slated but I'm so past caring.

Anyone else just completely done with it now? Ran out of LFTs ages ago and I'll never do another again, wouldn't even go for a PCR now with symptoms tbh. I'd stay in until I felt better like I do with everything else and then crack on.

The only reason I wear masks in shops is because of people moaning if you don't. As soon as it's no longer required that'll be in the bin.

I actually took it really seriously the past two years and did everything we were supposed to. Triple jabbed etc etc... But I can't be arsed giving it anymore headspace now. I'm sick of hearing about it, sick of seeing it on the news, sick of people talking about it.

From today on I highly doubt I'll ever voluntarily think about Covid again, in a way that restricts anything I do anyway.

OP posts:
Sparklingbrook · 22/01/2022 23:26

What's the matter with wanting to take back control of our lives? Confused

BillMasen · 22/01/2022 23:27

@Sparklingbrook

For me the 'I'm done' relates to the mental toll this has taken and I am looking forward to not battling through every day worrying about all this. When the mask restrictions lift I will carry one in my bag for when I deem it necessary and helpful to wear one, it will be my decision.

As for staying at home if the restrictions are also lifted and you don't have to isolate then I am sure my work will say I need to go in.

And that I get. I get the mental too, and being done with that and I also understand the sensible position of carrying a mask and potentially using it in future. Also going out when restrictions allow, yep yep spot on

It’s the “fuck this I’ll do what I want even if there are rules” that I have an issue with but I should learn not to argue on the internet

Flaxmeadow · 22/01/2022 23:31

But I can't be arsed giving it anymore headspace now. I'm sick of hearing about it, sick of seeing it on the news, sick of people talking about it.

From today on I highly doubt I'll ever voluntarily think about Covid again, in a way that restricts anything I do anyway.

Yet here you are, on the Covid topics board, along with all the other 'done with it's

Sparklingbrook · 22/01/2022 23:34

@Flaxmeadow

But I can't be arsed giving it anymore headspace now. I'm sick of hearing about it, sick of seeing it on the news, sick of people talking about it.

From today on I highly doubt I'll ever voluntarily think about Covid again, in a way that restricts anything I do anyway.

Yet here you are, on the Covid topics board, along with all the other 'done with it's

If you read the thread that has been discussed already. This morning, I think, or maybe last night. it was decided that it was ok to start this thread in the correct topic and discuss it.
2X4B523P · 22/01/2022 23:35

My hope was that the “done” people would still have a shred of consideration and whilst getting on with their lives would at least do it in a mask. It seems not

For some masks have been the worst part of the last two years.

toomuchlaundry · 22/01/2022 23:36

Would posters be over it if Omicron had turned out to be a lot more serious than thank god it seems to be?

Ronaldo2004 · 22/01/2022 23:38

@toomuchlaundry But it isn’t

Whitefire · 22/01/2022 23:40

@toomuchlaundry

Would posters be over it if Omicron had turned out to be a lot more serious than thank god it seems to be?
What kind of question is that?

Anyway as it stands I am more concerned about what is going on with my own health. I don't have the headspace to concern myself with total strangers.

Sparklingbrook · 22/01/2022 23:40

@toomuchlaundry

Would posters be over it if Omicron had turned out to be a lot more serious than thank god it seems to be?
Ah now we have to think about all the possible the 'what ifs'? Confused
TheRainbow · 22/01/2022 23:45

@Katieandthekids

I am 100% with you OP. I only wear a mask so I don't get abuse. I can't do it anymore. I know people are scared especially those who were on the shielding list but they have to realise they were at risk before of other bugs too we just didn't talk about it.
NO. Many CEV are not vulnerable to other viruses, having built up immunity since childhood and/or yearly jabs. And I'm not asking people to restrict their lives by posting this. But I'm sick and tired of hearing that CEV people had to shield from other viruses (some have had to and I'm more aware than ever of how hard that must be for them ) but many CEV haven't had to shield. And many of us CEV are younger with young children and have not been able to WFH, concerned about catching covid and not being around for their children whilst at the same time bearing the burden of restrictions along with everyone else over the last two years.
TheRainbow · 23/01/2022 00:19

@KurtWilde

Selfish people never like to be called selfish, will never understand others points of view. These 'I'm done' posters are the regular same posters that have been saying 'I'm done' since March 2020 - unfortunately they have shouted the loudest throughout.

The fact is people have no clue what us 'selfish' people have sacrificed over the last couple of years in order to protect perfect strangers. You don't know if we're HCP that you were once upon a time clapping for and we're at the end of our tethers, or retail workers who carried on filling your delivery orders while you peeped from behind your lace curtains too afraid to go out, or small business owners who watched their savings disappear as their business went bust thanks to lockdown and had to sign on to support their families, or people who have been suicidal throughout due to weeks and weeks of isolation and cut off from our support network.

You don't know, but you call us selfish anyway, because you think we still owe strangers what little bit of ourselves we've still got.

Well no. We don't.

If you wish to carry on with your masks and what not, then do so. But you're going to look like a bloody idiot when you realise you're one in a hundred and then one in a thousand and then one in ten thousand .. and so on, as the rest of us grasp back little bits of our lives until we at least resemble something whole again.

No. Not a lacey curtain twitcher. CEV, two young children, had to work, high risk of exposure to Covid, unable to work from home. My family have suffered mentally and emotionally from all the restrictions and at the same time from the reasonable concern about the effects of covid on health and what it might do to us as a family. Yes, of course things are looking better now that vaccines /boosters seem to be doing their job for many people and this pandemic will hopefully become endemic soon. I'm also done with the last two years. But, at least I give a damn about others, even people I don't know.
WhiteJellycat · 23/01/2022 00:20

I would still be over it if omicron was more serious. I had either the original or the Kent variant tail.end of 2020. That was serious. I cant get past my personal experiences with his virus. Ds is on his third night sleeping next to me with confirmed covid. I can still go out and mix. He still doesnt get a PCR. I still haven't officially registered his positive case. He still shows no sigh of anything being wrong. How ever much I should whip myself up over this I just cant feel any fear anymore. He is fine. I'm going to catch it and it will most probably be fine too.

If covid mutated to be more deadly that the original strain tomorrow I still dont think I could unsee my personal experience of the kids being confirmed and dh going to work. In a school. But that's where I am.

greenteafiend · 23/01/2022 00:38

She probably caught it off someone who was 'done' and thought wearing a mask was too much effort.

Look, I think you need to take a look at the figures from France and Germany and the like if you think that popping a mask on makes much difference to omicron.

If you want the virus to stop being transmitted, you'll probably need Chinese-type restrictions. It's not feasible and you can't ask for this.

Do you drive a car? What do you say to those who have lost a loved one through a traffic accident? Are you OK with getting rid of your car and never driving again?

Tealightsandd · 23/01/2022 01:20

Look, I think you need to take a look at the figures from France and Germany and the like if you think that popping a mask on makes much difference to omicron.

Nah. Better to look East. Wearing a high quality mask properly as part of an arsenal of tools does work well.

Do you drive a car? What do you say to those who have lost a loved one through a traffic accident? Are you OK with getting rid of your car and never driving again?

Do you drive a car? If so, take any mitigations eg. measures that, whilst not preventing all fatalities and disabilities, mitigate aka reduce the risk? Seat belts? Child seats? Obey speeding limits? Don't drink drive?

Anyway don't worry. I only popped in briefly before bed. Continue your denial/downplaying/Othering fest gloating over the plight of the vulnerable, overwhelmed exhausted HCP, and soon to be vulnerable (the newly disabled Long Covid sufferers).

Night night.
😷💉

Tealightsandd · 23/01/2022 01:25

Oh and quickly one other thing. East is more countries than just China (and who are we - with our ageist and ableist approach - to criticise China's policy?)

And, no, they're not all the same. Different people, cultures, regimes, and politics. Varied. Just like the west.

dipdye · 23/01/2022 01:36

Yup. Done.

Sparklingbrook · 23/01/2022 01:46

Anyway don't worry. I only popped in briefly before bed

Oh nobody’s worried but thanks anyway. Confused

greenteafiend · 23/01/2022 03:43

(and who are we - with our ageist and ableist approach - to criticise China's policy?)

I'll criticize China's approach as much as I like, actually, given their human rights record.

I actually live in Japan, and cases are going bananas right now.

Few deaths and hospitalizations, true, but it's not clear what's going on; genetics, gut bacteria and prior immunity from previous coronavirus infections have been posited, but there appears to be some unseen "mystery" factor protecting people in Japan from serious disease. It also helps that few people here are overweight. That's not something that the UK can import as a "policy."

Emergency73 · 23/01/2022 05:21

No I’m not done at all. I feel desperately sorry for anyone vulnerable to the virus - the government seems to view them as expendable. Why a simple measure like mask wearing is now not mandatory in shops, or essential places that the vulnerable need to access is beyond me.

Againstmachine · 23/01/2022 06:31

Oh and quickly one other thing. East is more countries than just China (and who are we - with our ageist and ableist approach - to criticise China's policy?)

Yes we can criticise China, theirhuman rights records, their boarding up of homes,if you think our policy's are bad you don't know nothing.

Againstmachine · 23/01/2022 06:33

Why a simple measure like mask wearing is now not mandatory in shops, or essential places that the vulnerable need to access is beyond me.

But it isn't always simple, I have worn a masks it makes want to vomit, my glasses steam up my ears hurt and other annoyances, masks wearing is anti social, anti deaf.

greenteafiend · 23/01/2022 07:32

Whoa. Just back from the park, chatted with local mates (here in Japan). Covid is suddenly everywhere in Tokyo (everyone's school and workplaces is reporting positives)! Magic masks, ventilation and 3Cs ain't working any more, it seems.

Not many people severely ill, but as mentioned, we seem to be protected by some unknown or unseen factor in Japan that makes hospitalizations less common.

I'm happy to wear a surgical mask indoors for the moment anyway, but it doesn't seem to be doing much to put a dent in the figures.

Blubells · 23/01/2022 08:08

Why a simple measure like mask wearing is now not mandatory in shops, or essential places that the vulnerable need to access is beyond me.

What about schools? What about workplaces? What about government agencies? What about cinemas? Etc etc...

Where would you stop?

VikingOnTheFridge · 23/01/2022 08:17

Whoa. Just back from the park, chatted with local mates (here in Japan). Covid is suddenly everywhere in Tokyo (everyone's school and workplaces is reporting positives)! Magic masks, ventilation and 3Cs ain't working any more, it seems

Gosh, sounds like the European countries who've tried this and still seen Omicron rates soar.

IcedPurple · 23/01/2022 08:37

But, at least I give a damn about others, even people I don't know.

Other than wearing a mask to Tesco's, how does your great concern for strangers manifest itself? Do you spend a lot of time volunteering? Donate lots of money to charity?

I find it hilarious how smug people get because they do something that they don't consider any great sacrifice. There have always been people in need of help long before this pandemic, but for so many here, the only way of showing how wonderfully caring and unselfish you are is to be 'mask compliant'.

I do feel people are unhappy that they can no longer throw the 's' word around with abandon.