Anyone nervous about lockdown restrictions ending?

So Boris is gonna make a speech on Sunday about lifting some restrictions. Anyone nervous about what this will mean for expectations to return to daily struggle of 'fitting in' and going out.

I hope the 'bubble thing' happens but is more restrictive than 10 or clearly not more than 2 households (regardless of how many live in each household - my closest family members also live alone so technically that's only 3 of us)  so I can see close family without the expectations of having to meet up socially again with other 'acquaintances'?  (who want to see me more than I want to see them)

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  • Greetings. In certain parts of London, "Lockdown" meant nothing. Kebab and Curry Restaurants reverted to "takeaway only but it's okay if sitting down to have seconds". People gather in groups of five and hang about. They used to keep children indoors but now the children have run out of Phone Apps to play with... or something.

    I have been wanting to say (moan) this publicly for a long while... in large cities some people live in East-facing Flats, and so how are they going to keep all of them indoors inbetween June-September, without starting a 'Human barbeque' en-masse...?  Disappointed

  • I am still confused about what the stay at home advice really means.

    Does it literally mean, stay at home?  Don't go out.  Or go out,  but stay in the local area and don't travel 50 miles to exercise in a national park.

    Social distancing is also confusing.  2 metres?

    Outside my local Waitrose people are queuing over 5 metres apart.

    Yesterday at Asda, well, this certainly wasn't 2 meters.

    Should we stay at home?  Like this sunbather?  

    Hint, look at the attic window.

    Or should we visit local parks.

    This was yesterday's VE Day crowd in my local park.  Everyone enjoying the warm sunshine and still keeping their distance

  • I find the govt messages confusing too. Personally if I didn't have a dog to walk I wouldn't go anywhere but I do and he's a large active breed so there's no way he can't have exercise for months. so given that I have to be as careful as possible. Luckily I live rurally , its my understanding you can only get it from an infected person coughing or breathing near you.

    I go out really early so we're first to the fields I don't touch anything anyone else has touched. I use a mobility scooter anyway cos I can't walk enough to manage the dogs daily walks (arthritis is knees) so I stay on that and no-one else uses that except me.  I usually don't see anyone on the walk other than the odd jogger in the distance or maybe another early morning dog walker but I keep a large distance away from anyone.

    Shopping and prescriptions (and other deliveries) get left outside my door. Only other contact is brother coming to cut grass and drop off food. we chat from a distance through the back door (into the garden, which is glass).  I've been doing this since early march and had no symptoms yet of anything (other than stiff painful knees!).

    I won't be going to any pubs this year even if they do open before xmas. Hoping to be able to go to brothers for a BBQ at some point in the summer where we can sit in the garden with plenty of space for a longer chat for a couple of hours and still see him xmas day so hopefully there's no second wave hitting us by xmas!

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  • I find the govt messages confusing too. Personally if I didn't have a dog to walk I wouldn't go anywhere but I do and he's a large active breed so there's no way he can't have exercise for months. so given that I have to be as careful as possible. Luckily I live rurally , its my understanding you can only get it from an infected person coughing or breathing near you.

    I go out really early so we're first to the fields I don't touch anything anyone else has touched. I use a mobility scooter anyway cos I can't walk enough to manage the dogs daily walks (arthritis is knees) so I stay on that and no-one else uses that except me.  I usually don't see anyone on the walk other than the odd jogger in the distance or maybe another early morning dog walker but I keep a large distance away from anyone.

    Shopping and prescriptions (and other deliveries) get left outside my door. Only other contact is brother coming to cut grass and drop off food. we chat from a distance through the back door (into the garden, which is glass).  I've been doing this since early march and had no symptoms yet of anything (other than stiff painful knees!).

    I won't be going to any pubs this year even if they do open before xmas. Hoping to be able to go to brothers for a BBQ at some point in the summer where we can sit in the garden with plenty of space for a longer chat for a couple of hours and still see him xmas day so hopefully there's no second wave hitting us by xmas!

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