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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.

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HariboMaroon · 23/01/2022 10:04

Also forgot to add never home schooled either, all kids where they need to be academically and MH fully intact.

tigger1001 · 23/01/2022 10:06

@UnicornsReal

If masks masks make such a difference, why aren’t Scotland’s rates lower than England’s?
This!! I have asked this before.

I have to be honest I'm looking forward to the day they are no longer a legal requirement here. As are my kids who have worn them all day long in school for some time now.

User387598621 · 23/01/2022 10:14

NS just on the BBC and it didn't sound like masks were going anytime soon.

tigger1001 · 23/01/2022 10:21

@Mrbob

I find it hilarious how smug people get because they do something that they don't consider any great sacrifice

But everyone on this thread seems to think wearing masks is a huge imposition. So which is it?

No one is saying you can never see your family again FGS. But there are restrictions which can Make a big difference without huge impacts. Masks. Reduced capacity in venues. LFTs.
It’s not all or nothing.

Masks do cause issues in some. Personally can't wait to not wear one. I actually might be able to see in a shop and actually be able to hear what people are saying.

Restricted numbers in venues? Doesn't cause harm?? Seriously? That one thing will cause a number of businesses to shut.

I caught covid from someone with a negative lft. So while I personally don't have strong feelings one way or another, it's only making people feel safe rather than them actually being safe. In addition I still was testing positive after day 10 but now longer had a requirement to self isolate.

Interestingly my covid pass never registered my positive test on my lft (after the rule change and didn't need to do a pcr). Lft was logged correctly and acknowledged with follow up texts from test and protect. But if I had went to a venue requiring my covid passport (not that I would have as I isolated correctly) my negative pcr from the day before my positive lft and my vaccines would have meant I had access.

The restrictions don't always make sense. Currently in Scotland (where I am) I can go to a football match with a large crowd with friends, but we couldn't go for a drink or a meal after unless it's limited to 3 households per table. Changes tomorrow thankfully. That's why people are done. The rules are just nonsense and do nothing to stop covid.

Blubells · 23/01/2022 10:22

Also forgot to add never home schooled either, all kids where they need to be academically and MH fully intact.

Lucky you - many teens were forced to homeschool or watch University lectures online in their rooms with no social interactions

Scornedwoman67 · 23/01/2022 10:23

@Tealightsandd

Anyhow forget France (who are at least trying to mitigate). Lose the western centric focus and look East.

I'm off to enjoy the rest of my evening. 😷

Actually, in terms of deaths per million, Peru is the worst followed by several European countries. Mitigation by mask has not been proven to work anywhere.
IcedPurple · 23/01/2022 10:25

@User387598621

NS just on the BBC and it didn't sound like masks were going anytime soon.
Ireland also dropped almost all rules yesterday, having previously been one of the most cautious countries in Europe.

I say 'almost all' because masks are still compulsory, but up for review in 5 weeks I think. I reckon govts see masks as a, to them, cost-free way 'sensible mitigation'. I don't really mind in shops and public transport, but the theatre of being able to sit for hours eating and drinking in a pub or restaurant but having to put on the wretched thing for a 10 second walk to the toilet or bar, is absolute nonsense.

VikingOnTheFridge · 23/01/2022 10:26

And I can't believe people are still saying that reduced capacity in venues is no big deal. It clearly is to the thousands of people whose businesses depend on full capacity at least some of the time

I can.

There's long been a tendency for people to be fine with restrictions on things they're less bothered about. That mentality hasn't gone away just because those restrictions haven't stopped Omicron cases from rocketing.

tigger1001 · 23/01/2022 10:30

@User387598621

NS just on the BBC and it didn't sound like masks were going anytime soon.
I would be more surprised if she said they were. But it will be interesting to see what happens if the rumours are true that self isolating will stop in England in March.

Scottish government won't commit to the exam process yet either and will only go ahead if "safe". Apparently less safe to be in an assembly hall with kids you are at school with every day than it is to go to the rugby at Murrayfield with thousands of others....

IcedPurple · 23/01/2022 10:31

*I can.

There's long been a tendency for people to be fine with restrictions on things they're less bothered about. That mentality hasn't gone away just because those restrictions haven't stopped Omicron cases from rocketing.*

Yes, that's very true.

Anyone who has issues with restrictions that could destroy their livelihood or otherwise make a big negative impact on their lives is 'selfish'.

Not sure why people are calling for any sort of restrictions in any case. There is currently no crisis. I think it's quite damaging that some people now see 'light touch sensible mitigations' as the default.

Sunnyd71 · 23/01/2022 10:32

Can't be doing with the constant daily update of case numbers! So they happened to have covid in the past 28 days, how many are actually dying of it?!

Well given that deaths with COVID on the death certificate is higher I suggest it is a pretty good indicator.

UnicornsReal · 23/01/2022 10:43

NS has said masks may be needed for years. She’s off her trolley.

VikingOnTheFridge · 23/01/2022 10:45

@UnicornsReal

NS has said masks may be needed for years. She’s off her trolley.
I wonder if she'll try and stop Scottish residents from going to Greater Manchester again. That was japes.
KurtWilde · 23/01/2022 10:48

@UnicornsReal

NS has said masks may be needed for years. She’s off her trolley.
Could it be that she's so entrenched in the idea of independence from England that she's just thought right whatever they're doing I'm doing the opposite even if it's bonkers? Sorry I don't know much about politics in Scotland (I'm in Yorkshire), but NS does seem to have been a bit... extreme.
Lilifer · 23/01/2022 10:53

Yes I'm done and I'll happily own up to being selfish if it's selfish to want to get on with life and if it's selfish to vow that I will never follow rules like that again and never allow my children's lives to be blighted like that again, selfish? Fuck yes, I'll take that as a badge of honour!

blackcurrantjam · 23/01/2022 11:37

Re Japan it has to be obesity and inflammation surely

MarshaBradyo · 23/01/2022 11:43

@UnicornsReal

NS has said masks may be needed for years. She’s off her trolley.
Blimey.. Is that what people want?

I’d not want to hear that

TheRainbow · 23/01/2022 11:48

@IcedPurple

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.

Many people have suffered due to this pandemic. Your argument is very one sided and it has been going on for the last two fucking years when real people with real concerns and difficulties are suffering. No. Not smug. Angry.
IcedPurple · 23/01/2022 11:53

Many people have suffered due to this pandemic. Your argument is very one sided and it has been going on for the last two fucking years when real people with real concerns and difficulties are suffering. No. Not smug. Angry.

You can be as angry as you like but it's not going to make a blind bit of difference.

How long do you expect people to wear masks for 'just in case'? Don't say 'as long as it takes' because it's meaningless. And what evidence do you have that masks are in any way effective against Omicron?

IcedPurple · 23/01/2022 11:54

@UnicornsReal

NS has said masks may be needed for years. She’s off her trolley.
Years? How can she say something like that? Off her trolley is right.

When other countries in Europe make masks optional, as I expect most will quite soon, is Scotland really going to be an outlier?

TheKeatingFive · 23/01/2022 12:12

Re Japan it has to be obesity and inflammation surely

I have been wondering about the very high levels of omega 3 in the diet over there.

Twitterwhooooo · 23/01/2022 12:13

I desperately want to be done with covid.

Unfortunately, one of my children has just tested positive and the other has symptoms, so at least one is back on the SI train...

TheKeatingFive · 23/01/2022 12:16

This is an interesting read

newrepublic.com/article/165092/pandemic-apathy-covid-tired

tigger1001 · 23/01/2022 12:29

"UnicornsReal
NS has said masks may be needed for years. She’s off her trolley.
Blimey.. Is that what people want?

I’d not want to hear that"

I'm in Scotland and I don't think it's what the majority want. People wear them as it's a legal requirement but even that is much more lax than it was. Noses not covered etc.

And from what I have read there is real anger from a lot of people about secondary aged kids still having to wear them all day long.

Not sure what the end game is for the Scottish government but I suspect she's backing herself right into a corner over covid restrictions

secretllama · 23/01/2022 12:38

@UnicornsReal

NS has said masks may be needed for years. She’s off her trolley.
She can ram it. As soon as they're gone in England I won't be wearing one here, same as I didn't wear one last summer. Scottish covid isn't different to English covid ... and plus it made fuck all difference to our rates.
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