If lockdowns didn't work we wouldn't have seen the massive drop in infections after the first lockdown. Later lockdowns have been much less effective because people didn't observe them. Compare how quiet it was during April with how busy it has been since. For lockdowns and tiers to work people have to play their part and far too many are too selfish to do so.
I don't know how old you are @debs64 but just because you are middle aged and think you are in good health will not stop you from getting the virus and dying from it. My son was fifty and healthy when he got it and almost died. The dedication of the consultants and nurses not forgetting the cardiac team etc was wonderful, I'm sorry if I appear rude but I think you should take a look inside a critical care unit and see just what goes on in there and perhaps you will change your mind.
...........I am not at risk from the virus, I am only middle aged and perfectly healthy so I am extremely unlikely to put any pressure on the NHS and as for dying! I think the statistics prove that I am more likely to be hit by lightning......
I think you must be the first person I’ve ever heard say that they are NOT at risk from the virus. I’m just wondering how you know this and what your secret is?
@Obelixx, here is a list of all the people that perhaps should have stayed at home and protected their family.
The police officers like my friends son in law who has spent a lot of lockdown checking on dead bodies with Covid in their homes to ascertain if there was any foul play.
The teachers, who have spent their lockdown looking after NHS workers children to they can go to work and look after people who have caught the virus. Even though they were not thought important enough to have PPE
The shop workers who have been stacking shelves so that people who are isolating can eat.
All the NHS staff who have worked despite having unsatisfactory PPE
On the other hand perhaps it's a good job they did go to work even though they have been putting their families at risk for almost a year.
The later lockdown &tiers haven't worked because schools and non essential shops stayed open, as well as people relaxing too much. I agree that the current regulations are contradictory. We have abandoned our Christmas plans because of family testing positive, 2 in the house are still negative but if they suffer it now it's too near the day for them to be clear in time. OH's 80 plus Aunt would rather wait till she's vaccinated and we can hopefully meet at Easter instead. With luck we will have been vaccinated too , by then but we are quite a way down the list .
It's astounding to read some of the posts above. As if the only outcome from a Covid infection is just death. We don't know enough about the long term effects of it on the body and even if you think you're not in immediate danger from it. How about if you end up with chronic lung scarring or other organ damage? Missing out on Christmas festivities is a small sacrifice to make for long-term good health and to safeguard your loved ones.
I will only be briefly meeting my in laws out of doors this week to give them their presents and that will be it. They have done well so far and I would like them not have to discover what it's like to catch it. They usually come and stay with us for 3-4 days but this year we stay apart and healthy. And we are all happy with our choice.
When you get to January, and you see the numbers go up just realise that those numbers are actually people. People with families who never thought it would happen to them. You may be lucky and be immune to the symptoms - your family may be as well - but are the people that you and your family then come in contact with when 'they go to work on the bus' or 'work in the shop' or 'arrest someone' or....
Edited to add: The other thing to bear in mind is the NHS pool - they are, and have been, working flat out and luckily, apart from a few areas, haven't been overrun. That has then, whether we like it or not, affected other illnesses. Should the NHS be swamped after Christmas, it's obviously going to affect Covid and non-Covid alike - so you and I may be Covid asymptomatic (grand if we are), but it won't just kill Covid patients.
I called at my parents' house on Monday to drop off a car full of grocery shopping and some Christmas presents. I won't be seeing them again for at least a month and then it'll probably only be to drop off more shopping.
We had our first Covid death in the family this week, elderly uncle living alone with support from his daughter (in a bubble) and seeing no-one else. He had a fall, nothing broken but was admitted to hospital for checks. Tested negative for Covid on admission, was doing well, having some physio and expected to be able to go home soon, then developed respiratory symptoms, tested positive for Covid and died of it soon after that. It focuses the mind - obviously someone in the hospital (staff or another patient, he wasn't allowed visitors) was carrying the Covid vaccine around but was asymptomatic. Everyone has a responsibility to do everything they can to not be an asymptomatic spreader even if they think that they and their family and friends aren't vulnerable.
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It's astounding to read some of the posts above. As if the only outcome from a Covid infection is just death. We don't know enough about the long term effects of it on the body and even if you think you're not in immediate danger from it. How about if you end up with chronic lung scarring or other organ damage? ...
You don’t have to be old or unwell to suffer life changing conditions as a result of Covid ... this chap is 54 ... he’s had his leg amputated as a result ...
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I will only be briefly meeting my in laws out of doors this week to give them their presents and that will be it. They have done well so far and I would like them not have to discover what it's like to catch it. They usually come and stay with us for 3-4 days but this year we stay apart and healthy. And we are all happy with our choice.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You don’t have to be old or unwell to suffer life changing conditions as a result of Covid ... this chap is 54 ... he’s had his leg amputated as a result ...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13486853/crede-bailey-age-who-covid-donald-trump/
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.