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Anyone else anxious about getting back to normal?

Kit McDaydream

It's been announced shielding will end at end of July. Already I'm feeling anxious about the expectations I know will be coming to 'get back to normal', mainly people wanting to be able to visit. 

I can't even look at my phone incase they've seen the news in papers and texted me already talking about meeting up. I've felt more myself during lockdown with absolutely no social pressure than I've felt for years. As I've had no need to mask or use alters to deal with any face to face interactions with anyone.

Is anyone else getting this?

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  • It won't be normal.  The killer virus is still out there, we still have no vaccine and people are still dying.  Life will not be normal for many years.

    But saying that it will become the new normal.   I am a shielder and I started going out as soon as shielders could meet one person.  I use a P3R / N100 respirator and wash my hands after doing any shopping with alcohol gel.  On returning home all clothes im wearing go in the washer and I take a shower.  i dont take any major chances.  Saying that I havent been to a supermarket yet.  I have been to Homebase to get compost a few times.  Been for blood tests.  Went to Halfords to get supplies for a project.

    If you treat the situatkion like if you screw up you will probably die, then you will probably be fine.  if you go out without a mask, take no precautions, socialise actively with people and dont social distance, then you may as well buy a coffin now, because you may need it down the line.

    We are probably heading towards another lockdown at this point.  China has new cases and they will probably hit the second wave soon.  Expect it to happen here after all those idiots protesting the last few days.  I honestly dont see lockdown for shielders fully dropping until September.  Sure the government and NHS will play it up like its going to happen, but whether it will be safe to do so is a completely different matter.  For now we have no working contact tracing system in place and even the WHO says that needs to happen and be fully operational befor ethe lockdown is fully dropped.

    On the bright side, dexamethasone looks to be a good treatment drug for severe covid.  So survivability will probably go up.

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  • It won't be normal.  The killer virus is still out there, we still have no vaccine and people are still dying.  Life will not be normal for many years.

    But saying that it will become the new normal.   I am a shielder and I started going out as soon as shielders could meet one person.  I use a P3R / N100 respirator and wash my hands after doing any shopping with alcohol gel.  On returning home all clothes im wearing go in the washer and I take a shower.  i dont take any major chances.  Saying that I havent been to a supermarket yet.  I have been to Homebase to get compost a few times.  Been for blood tests.  Went to Halfords to get supplies for a project.

    If you treat the situatkion like if you screw up you will probably die, then you will probably be fine.  if you go out without a mask, take no precautions, socialise actively with people and dont social distance, then you may as well buy a coffin now, because you may need it down the line.

    We are probably heading towards another lockdown at this point.  China has new cases and they will probably hit the second wave soon.  Expect it to happen here after all those idiots protesting the last few days.  I honestly dont see lockdown for shielders fully dropping until September.  Sure the government and NHS will play it up like its going to happen, but whether it will be safe to do so is a completely different matter.  For now we have no working contact tracing system in place and even the WHO says that needs to happen and be fully operational befor ethe lockdown is fully dropped.

    On the bright side, dexamethasone looks to be a good treatment drug for severe covid.  So survivability will probably go up.

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