It’s the inconsistencies that are bugging people now I think. People are being denied the chance to wfh on spurious grounds, B & Q is open but garden centres can’t be, you mustn’t sit 2m from your friend in her garden but you can see her in the queue in Sainsbury’s. It’s not surprising that people are making their own judgments and risk assessments.
Precisely.
And I will even go one step further because I think it will eventually have to be said.
Posters like @Elieza with inflammatory statements such as "we are at war with a killer virus" and "if you do it we will be in lockdown longer".....
If that was really the case, if two single people (and I do mean two, a couple, not an extended family) hugging and kissing are really such a factor in this war, then why aren't we forcing partners and spouses who live together to sleep on the couch, to keep to separate rooms, to keep 2m away from each other at all times? Why are they allowed to travel in a car with one another?
Countless reasons why, really.
A) Because there would be an outrage, no doubt.
B) Because it's completely impractical, you can't police what two people do in their own relationships in their own homes
C) Because it's completely over the top and unnecessary
D) Because humans are generally a species who have partners and relationships, and have done for 1000s of years, and it's widely accepted
E) Because it doesn't actually make that much difference if you isolate as a group of 3 + 2 people or a group of 5 people. In fact, the risk could be less to the group of 5 people if only one of them is venturing out.
F) Because this is a virus and we are not criminals in prison
G) Because this virus is not going away. The measures must be sustainable.
I could go on but I fear I'm getting boring.
My point is though, why is it any different if a family unit isolates themselves (with the allowed exercise and essential shopping) under one roof or under two roofs?
It is the same group of people we are talking about.