Lockdown: When will we be allowed to see family?

[futuremrsconnor85]

I am getting used to not going to work, obviously not going out and no holidays. But like everyone else I imagine, I am really missing my parents/siblings. After opinions here...when do you think it'll be acceptable to see family you don't live with again?

Yes it’s hard, but a small price to pay. I know there are discussions ongoing, not just about new hospitals but also temporary morgues.

If you have the opportunity FaceTime, zoom, Facebook messenger video are all good. Of course it’s not the same but in the big scheme of things this is for a short period of time even if it feels like forever.

10 weeks from now.

If you were / are my next door neighbour, every day seems fair game...

I rarely see family anyway so no different to me.

I'm the same, that's the only really hard bit. I'm hoping it'll be within a few weeks - not the original three week lockdown as I'm sure that'll be extended, but fingers crossed less than the 12 weeks.

10 weeks minimum

OP didn’t say she had any intention of doing otherwise, no need to be bloody rude.

You all really think 10 weeks? That sounds like an incredibly long time to keep people away from their friends and relatives.

The government are going to have to come up with some proof as to how this is 'slowing the spread' to avoid people flouting the restrictions.
I'm getting mightily pissed off (cracking up!) already and we're only in to the second week.

well it could keep people away from friends/relaticves longer if they dont comply.....

I work in the NHS. Frontline, on a ward with suspected and confirmed Covid-19 sufferers. At the moment it's hard work but not awful. But it will become a lot worse if people aren't careful.

A few weeks might seem like a long time not to see your relatives. But it's a lot better than never seeing them again.

I'm risking my life going to work to care for patients. That's ok, it's my job. But please don't go out when you don't need to and mix with people you don't need to.

I’ve seen someone put pics online this evening into an album called “social isolation” where her and 2 friends went to the park with their kids (10 children in total)

I’ve seen someone else online have friends round to her house.

So yes, I also am a believer that it’ll be increased and it’ll be another 10 weeks because people just can’t seem to do it so we aren’t going to have slowed the spread enough.

You can go see them and stay 2m away. I am staying in totally with no shops etc etc as are my parents . Then if a change in rules come we all know we are virus free .

Try to use Facetime, etc.

I would hope we can see our families again in June, I am abroad, though. So it depends on the effectiveness of each country's measures and the level of their government's precautions.

You can go see them and stay 2m away.

No you can’t.

The INSTRUCTION is to Stay Home and Save Lives. Not to mix households.

The 2m is the distance you need to keep in public from others when you are doing infrequent food/medicine shopping or daily outdoor exercise.

It's really hard isn't it? I'm missing my mum desperately. She's on her own since we lost my dad last year and she's so very lonely. I'm calling her every day but it's not the same. I can't wait to give her a big hug when this is all over 😢

I'm assuming after the end of May. Anything easier will seem like a massive bonus.

I’m with you. Missing my mum and sister madly. We FaceTime each day but not quite the same. I’m due my first baby tomorrow and the thought of them not being able to meet him is awful. However I understand the need for the rules and we have been following them diligently. Just hoping this doesn’t go on for months not being able to see Them

This is by far the hardest part for me. Last year my family spent a lot of time in hospitals and we we’re looking forward to some normality. I’m desperately missing them. I drop off their groceries in their garden and see them through the window and it’s guy wrenching. But it’ll be worth it when they are there at the end of all this for the biggest hugs. That’s what I’m clinging onto.

As they are telling people who are at high risk to isolate for 3 months, my guess is there will be restrictions for a minimum of that time.

What form those restrictions are remains to be seen though.

We haven’t been through this before. The last time this happened was 1918. We are a lot further along in understanding what’s going on and this will set the benchmark for any further pandemics.

Hopefully it will be another 100 years, but you never know.

And remember we are SAFE at home. Not stuck at home

Jane1978xx
No you can't. Gutterton is right.

In Argentina they are talking of lifting lockdown around the 13th April.

I mean from outside if it was walking distance