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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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Lilifer · 25/01/2022 11:38

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Emergency73 · 25/01/2022 12:30

‘Unhinged’ = reading and watching rubbish crap on YouTube and other social media usually pedalled by very right wing fanatics and using the experiences of vulnerable people/children to advocate your own personal agenda without ACTUALLY giving a flying f for the rest of society.

You are in a minority with your views and there is a very good reason for that.

People’s lives aren’t expendable, however much you would like them to be.

Ring fence the vulnerable? What a hideous idea. Who else shall we ring fence? BAME communities? Who else doesn’t deserve to be part of society?

Lilifer · 25/01/2022 14:19

@Emergency73

‘Unhinged’ = reading and watching rubbish crap on YouTube and other social media usually pedalled by very right wing fanatics and using the experiences of vulnerable people/children to advocate your own personal agenda without ACTUALLY giving a flying f for the rest of society. You are in a minority with your views and there is a very good reason for that. People’s lives aren’t expendable, however much you would like them to be. Ring fence the vulnerable? What a hideous idea. Who else shall we ring fence? BAME communities? Who else doesn’t deserve to be part of society?
Maybe step away from you tube and social media etc it doesn't seem to be doing you much good.😐
KurtWilde · 25/01/2022 14:28

@Emergency73 with respect, you sound like you need some help with anxiety. You're the one with 'extreme' views on this thread.

And MN isn't social media, it's an online discussion and support forum.

Topseyt · 25/01/2022 14:34

[quote Emergency73]**@VikingOnTheFridge

You KNOW that letting Covid run rip across the world would have a far bigger impact on vulnerable people everywhere. You know that full well.
You are self interested, and trying to use vulnerable people as ammunition in your quest for your own personal liberty.
What you are suggesting would result in millions of extra deaths. DEATHS. Yet those DEATHS mean nothing to you. Because you view those people as expendable. Shame on you and others who agree with you.
And for coming on social media to share your extremist views.[/quote]
Oh dear. Actually, I don't think the extremist views are coming from @VikingOnTheFridge here.

2X4B523P · 25/01/2022 14:34

Wanting normality is now an extremist view?

Unbelievable.

SnappedAndFarted18 · 25/01/2022 14:39

@BettyfromBristol

No, not done here. Was diagnosed as CEV last week so will be doing my best to avoid people who simply don't care about me and the very many people in the same situation.

Lucky for you to be "done" with it though.

Oh @BettyfromBristol behave yaself it’s not about people not caring about others it’s about people having the choice (yes choice) to do what is right for them !! Please just out of curiosity how many lockdowns have we been through for the flu? How many people wear masks for fear they might catch the flu? How many people are guilt tripped/forced/(pick a word) into having the flu vaccine (every year) & lastly how many people are referred to as selfish/not thinking about others when they choose not to get the flu vaccine? 🤔 by all means do what is right for you but don’t label others uncaring/selfish etc when their choice(s) are different to yours
justasking111 · 25/01/2022 14:41

Before covid CEVW folks had to manage risk health-wise that hasn't changed

blackcurrantjam · 25/01/2022 14:42

I'm not convinced letting covid run through the country would result in millions of deaths. Tbh it looks to me like it's already happened Confused

I think that there have been some really inhumane things happen because of the lockdowns and we should never have one again and things should open right back up again

SnappedAndFarted18 · 25/01/2022 14:43

🤦‍♀️ Strikerhrough fail there haha 😂 oh & OP yep im definitely done with it it’s so draining although I’ve not worn a mask from day one & refuse to take the vaccine but I’d never judge anyone who does either of those things as everyone has their own choices to make & I respect that 😌 x

Whitefire · 25/01/2022 15:49

I'm not convinced letting covid run through the country would result in millions of deaths. Tbh it looks to me like it's already happened

Yes it does seem that at the moment it is "ripping through" everyone seems to have it, (well apart from me and my family.)

grapewine · 25/01/2022 19:33

@UnicornsReal

Had a conversation with a friend who hasn’t been anywhere for two years apart from to see her elderly mother. She tells me she is fine having a coffee outdoors but won’t go inside anywhere. She foresees no end to that and is happy with it. This is what lockdown has done to people.
That's beyond sad. Was she anxious prior to covid?
UnicornsReal · 25/01/2022 19:47

I think she was, but I didn’t realise it. Her 30 year old son and his gf are the same. I just find it incomprehensible. It’s made me want to end my friendship with her.

UnicornsReal · 25/01/2022 19:55

When I told her how sad I found her attitude she just couldn’t see why.

frazzledali · 25/01/2022 20:05

how many times do we have to have people wanging on about flu for something that... isn't flu?

There are VERY good arguments for not having more lockdowns but at least address the disease we're actually dealing with, eh?

jaspercabbage · 25/01/2022 20:05

I mean yeah, I'm sick of it as much as everyone else is. I think the key thing is to remember that it won't be a 'mild cold' for everyone though. For those who are CEV it can be serious or even fatal. We know this but yet people 'are done'.

I don't blame them for feeling this way. Life must continue. But it's important to remember that dropping all precautions and being 'done' might give you normality but it will create more restrictions for the vulnerable who will have to be even more careful.

I guess I just find it sad that we have become such a selfish society. If it doesn't affect us personally we are happy to just ignore the repercussions on others.

KurtWilde · 25/01/2022 20:27

@frazzledali

how many times do we have to have people wanging on about flu for something that... isn't flu?

There are VERY good arguments for not having more lockdowns but at least address the disease we're actually dealing with, eh?

Countries are planning on dealing with it like flu now anyway.

Also they're both respiratory disease and spread in the same way, so it's closer to flu than any other virus really.

UnicornsReal · 25/01/2022 20:38

@jaspercabbage

I mean yeah, I'm sick of it as much as everyone else is. I think the key thing is to remember that it won't be a 'mild cold' for everyone though. For those who are CEV it can be serious or even fatal. We know this but yet people 'are done'.

I don't blame them for feeling this way. Life must continue. But it's important to remember that dropping all precautions and being 'done' might give you normality but it will create more restrictions for the vulnerable who will have to be even more careful.

I guess I just find it sad that we have become such a selfish society. If it doesn't affect us personally we are happy to just ignore the repercussions on others.

Vaccines are supposed to give good immunity to all. We can’t be expected to live our whole lives trying g to prevent other people from getting Covid . It isn’t sustainable. Two years is enough.
KurtWilde · 25/01/2022 20:44

I guess I just find it sad that we have become such a selfish society. If it doesn't affect us personally we are happy to just ignore the repercussions on others.

Seriously?? So by that token those who are CV are equally happy to ignore the repercussions of lockdown on those with suicidal thoughts or trapped with an abuser etc. Making them equally as selfish.

It's time that ALL of us started making our own risk assessments, just like we did before covid.

Tealightsandd · 25/01/2022 22:38

Seriously?? So by that token those who are CV are equally happy to ignore the repercussions of lockdown on those with suicidal thoughts or trapped with an abuser etc. Making them equally as selfish.

Because no CV or their loved ones were suicidal with lockdown or trapped with an abuser Confused

Talking of suicide. Bereavement can hit hard.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-father-covid-death-son-suicide-b1997689.html

Tealightsandd · 25/01/2022 22:39

It's time that ALL of us started making our own risk assessments, just like we did before covid.

What, like with drink driving or speeding?

Or smoking in pubs, even.

DockOTheBay · 25/01/2022 22:45

@Tealightsandd

It's time that ALL of us started making our own risk assessments, just like we did before covid.

What, like with drink driving or speeding?

Or smoking in pubs, even.

Show any adverse effects of banning drink driving and speeding and I will agree with you. Lockdowns and other covid restrictions have many adverse effects. For example, causing businesses to close, people to lose their jobs, mental health consequences and so on...

Has anyone lost their job because we banned smoking in pubs? Anyone had a mental health vrisis because they weren't allowed to speed?

KurtWilde · 25/01/2022 22:53

@Tealightsandd yes of course bereavement hits hard, do you think I've never lost anyone? My dad died of a complication from a cold virus.

And stop making comparisons of restrictions to the banning of drink driving etc, it's absolutely nothing like it.

Tealightsandd · 25/01/2022 23:04

And stop making comparisons of restrictions to the banning of drink driving etc, it's absolutely nothing like it.

I haven't made that comparison. I was referring to mitigations eg..masks, vaccines, and good ventilation, that allow us to genuinely 'live with' (including keeping the economy and jobs going) a still new and evolving disease that kills and disables many.

You spoke of making our own risk assessments. I pointed out that, as with drink driving, that doesn't work when it affects other people and the rest of society.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

Tealightsandd · 25/01/2022 23:07

You talk about mental health. Far more people suffer psychologically from the lack of mitigations (NOT restrictions) eg. masks and good ventilation, than from following the mitigations, eg. masks and good ventilation.

Has anyone lost their job because we banned smoking in pubs?

Well yes. The tobacco industry was/is a major employer.

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