no social distancing

[UntamedWisteria]

DS (18) & his pals are very good about wearing masks in shops etc, but have no regard for social distancing or any of the other rules/guidelines.

I feel this is becoming increasingly 'normal' now among his age group.

There have been parties - albeit outdoors, trips together to the seaside to share an Air BnB with friends from different households, small gatherings at other people's houses where they sometimes camp but often end up sleeping inside.

Now, I know they've had a really crap time - DS's post-A-level holiday with his friends obviously couldn't go ahead, and now they are getting increasingly anxious about their A-levl grades, and an online-only University experience in the Autumn, so want to cut them some slack.

I just wish they would be a bit more responsible - especially now we are seeing these new regional flare ups. Although our area is rural and has never had a high infection rate.

Doesn't bother me at all. Their lives have been turned upside down, all the usual exams, rights of passage stopped, job prospects fucked. Vulnerable people should look after themselves and let others carry on with their lives, we cannot carry on with this paranoia over a mostly mild illness. Death rates continue to fall despite more social mixing despite govt scaremongering.

My DD is 22 and has been meeting up with her friends at the beach and in their homes and gardens. Last week a group of 7 of them went away overnight together. However it is always the same group and they are all taking sensible risks I would say. They cannot keep their lives on hold forever. The rate of infection is extremely low in our area so I am not worried about it at all.