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sunshineandshowers40 · 09/02/2022 20:19

Yay! Great news! Cannot come soon enough!

Fedupsotired · 09/02/2022 20:25

@User3456 but most children I know aren't poorly at all and are fed up at home missing school

flapjackfairy · 09/02/2022 20:27

well I have a 7yr old who is extremely vulnerable and hasn't even had his first vacine yet so no popping of champagne corks here.
But let's face it vulnerable kids have been sidelined and pretty much ignored throughout this whole pandemic so I shouldn't really be surprised.

BoodleBug51 · 09/02/2022 20:30

Amen.

About bloody time.

Alliswells · 09/02/2022 20:51

Brilliant. Two years of this shite. Time to get on with it and not have rules dictated to us.

BobbyeinArkansas · 09/02/2022 21:05

Amazing news. Go Boris!

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 09/02/2022 21:06

Hope it happens.

sleaf · 09/02/2022 21:09

Just like nothing ever happened.

ISeeTheLight · 09/02/2022 21:11

Cant believe everyone's celebrating this.
I have some very vulnerable friends, including one who's on life long chemo. 3 weeks on, 1 week off - bone metastases following breast cancer which can't be cured. She has 2 young kids. Virtually non-existent immune system from the chemo. Catching covid would be life threatening.

But yay no more tests for the rest of us

GirlInACountrySong · 09/02/2022 21:37

we can test still.nobody stopping that.

we have to move forward now, with employers removing paid isolation what else is there to do?

nether · 09/02/2022 21:44

@DaisyDreaming

I feel for those who are vulnerable. While the healthy celebrate it’s a scary time for the vulnerable

Yes, there is no word on how the critical vulnerable are expected to live,

Presumably, continue as now

avoid indoor crowded places (essentially rules out public transport)
only see people 14 days after their second jab
everyoneto LFT before contact with you
everyone to be masked at home

It's not going to be much fun

Echobelly · 09/02/2022 21:50

I think they really could have waited another couple of months until at least we're in spring and numbers might go down and it's at least easier to meet people outdoors and to ventilate places. I appreciate it can't go on forever and we have to reach a point where we say we have as many mitigations as we are reasonably going to get, but it seems a tad early to do it before even the beginning of springtime.

FrasierCraneDay · 09/02/2022 21:51

I, personally, am over the moon. I do feel for the vulnerable but, and this is a genuine question, what would vulnerable people actually want to happen? I won't pretend to know what it's like to be immunocompromised but I do wonder what the alternative would be.

HailAdrian · 09/02/2022 21:53

Terrible idea. They should have waited at least until Easter. Isolating for 5 days when you have a nasty disease shoukd be common sense anyway

Then employers should stop penalising staff for being ill.

FSVin · 09/02/2022 22:08

@FrasierCraneDay

I, personally, am over the moon. I do feel for the vulnerable but, and this is a genuine question, what would vulnerable people actually want to happen? I won't pretend to know what it's like to be immunocompromised but I do wonder what the alternative would be.

To wait until treatments are more widely available? Paxlovid has only just arrived, and isn't available to everyone who would benefit. i'd also like them to better publicise how debilitating and life changing (life ruining) long covid is for a huge number of people (hi), and that vaccines have been shown to reduce the frequency of LC, but certainly not eliminate it. Let's maybe figure that out more first? It's being treated as an unfortunate inconvenience that only happens to the odd person in the newspaper, sort of like turning orange from eating too many Wotsits.

I'm personally pretty terrified. The only thing I can do to stay safe now is shield 24/7, see no one indefinitely, and likely live with deep depression as a result of that isolation, until someone gets round to figuring out how else to protect us (which doesn't seem to be anybody's priority). The treatment of vulnerable people in this has been inhumane.

Adeleskirts · 09/02/2022 22:11

I also feel for the vulnerable who need to continue to take precautions, but I am also delighted for the rest of society, it’s been two long years of this and it can’t come soon enough.

🥂🥂🥂

savehannah · 09/02/2022 22:13

@HallieLA yes, cases are high in primary schools right now. But the disruption is caused by the compulsory isolation, not the actual illness. If it was only the kids that are actually ill that stayed at home there would be a lot less disruption. The vast majority of young kids currently forced to isolate have little or no symptoms.

Ouchyhurt · 09/02/2022 22:57

[quote savehannah]@HallieLA yes, cases are high in primary schools right now. But the disruption is caused by the compulsory isolation, not the actual illness. If it was only the kids that are actually ill that stayed at home there would be a lot less disruption. The vast majority of young kids currently forced to isolate have little or no symptoms.[/quote]
Agree but unfortunately staff are getting it multiple times in my school, one person has it October and just has it again. They were too ill to work both times, at least for a few days. Staffing is a huge issue

Happyfeet45 · 09/02/2022 23:02

'Back to normal' doesn't look the same for everyone though does it? Vulnerable people are going to be even more at risk so their worlds are about to become a lot smaller.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for myself and my immediate family that we will get some normality but I think the champagne popping is a bit insensitive to those for whom covid is more than just a bit of a cold.

Personally if I tested positive I would still isolate because to me it's morally the right thing to do. I wouldn't feel right going out to busy places knowing full well I was carrying a potentially deadly and contagious disease.

BonnesVacances · 09/02/2022 23:06

@DaisyDreaming

I feel for those who are vulnerable. While the healthy celebrate it’s a scary time for the vulnerable

Indeed. With a bit of luck karma will do its thing and those who don't give a shit about the vulnerable will become one themselves one day.

Madhairday · 09/02/2022 23:07

This thread says a lot about people's view of vulnerable people's worth.

Survival of the fittest indeed.

But yeah. #goyou.

Original poster

Cheekypeach · 09/02/2022 23:26

@Madhairday

This thread says a lot about people's view of vulnerable people's worth.

Survival of the fittest indeed.

But yeah. #goyou.

What do you suggest? Restrictions forever?

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GirlInACountrySong · 09/02/2022 23:38

@FSVin surely you carry on sanitising/mask wearing/social distancing and testing.... like before?

mrsmacmc · 09/02/2022 23:38

@Happyfeet45

'Back to normal' doesn't look the same for everyone though does it? Vulnerable people are going to be even more at risk so their worlds are about to become a lot smaller.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for myself and my immediate family that we will get some normality but I think the champagne popping is a bit insensitive to those for whom covid is more than just a bit of a cold.

Personally if I tested positive I would still isolate because to me it's morally the right thing to do. I wouldn't feel right going out to busy places knowing full well I was carrying a potentially deadly and contagious disease.

Agree 💯 ❤️

GirlInACountrySong · 09/02/2022 23:39

@Madhairday

This thread says a lot about people's view of vulnerable people's worth.

Survival of the fittest indeed.

But yeah. #goyou.

You carry on with the measures YOU put in place to protect YOU....nothing much has changed