Are we getting a bit low?

I think we do have a long way to go and wonder at our impatience (i include myself in that) but then look at my parents and think they endured WW2 for 6 years - not quite the same but with it’s own massive challenges - if they could manage I should be able to..........

I think craftycat was trying to cheer us up and I appreciated it!

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I am getting fed up, not that we have many restrictions here, in fact we dont notice a big difference, only distancing. I dont like not to be able to plan, I so miss going to my house in the UK, and its frustrating not knowing when I can get back there, I just want planes to start to fly,and I will be on the first one!

I wouldn't bother trying to boycott Chinese goods, as suggested above. Many, many everyday goods, or their components, are made in China. Medicines, for instance. Are you going to boycott paracetamol and antibiotics?

Trump goes on about China and the "Chinese virus" in an attempt to distract from his own disastrous handling of the crisis. Maybe he should remember that the so-called Spanish Flu, which killed at least 10 million and maybe as many as 50 million, is believed to have begun in the USA. The American virus?

As for a low mood during lockdown... Personally, I have good days and bad, and I imagine most people do. I wish I could be like my DH and be able to occupy myself with something and shut out all intrusive thoughts. Don't know if the ability to compartmentalise is a male thing or if it's just him.

I am appalled that, after all this time, hospitals and care staff still don't have enough PPE. The clapping and silence are all very well, but calling them heroes, and of making sacrifices, suggests that their deaths are inevitable rather than the result of incompetence by the very people who are so fulsomely praising them.
Where is the rage?

One lesson this has taught me is not to waste time We tend to hibernate a bit in the winter but plan a lot for the better months so when I was just looking forward to spring the whole lot has gone down the plug hole
I have instead have to cancel holidays or wait to see if we will get refunds We have our own small Company so by the time this is over probably wont be able to afford to do much.

It's most impractical to suggest boycotting Chinese goods, whatever you feel about the country.
Anyone using an iPhone or iPad here, or drive a Volvo car for example?
China has stakes in many UK based companies, as do many other countries.
UK have long outsourced manufacturing abroad and few companies are UK owned.
We live in a multinational age.

I am by nature an Optimist. I also enjoy my own company, 7 years since DH died, I'm only 64 so I hope for many more years to enjoy life. My worry is that I may never see my DM again, she is 91 & lives 300 miles away.

I am fortunate that I drive & I am doing my bit by helping older (I won't call them elderly & vulnerable) neighbours. I only go out once or twice a week & rarely go outside my small Town. I also resist using large Supermarkets more than once a month

Unfortunately I think there are only 3 ways out
1. We get vaccinated
2. We get it and become immune
3. We die from it

I liken lockdown to branding sheep. You know how they filter a few through at a time until all are done. I think that's what lockdown is doing so the NHS can cope with a few at a time its not to protect us and lifting it bit by bit is all they can do.

Don't you just love a cheery post? ?

This might be cheer you up merlotgran - Prof Hugh Pennington says he wouldn’t put money on a vaccine being found any time soon but that “the virus could still be "seen off by Christmas" through social distancing, testing and contact tracing.” He also said he played down fears of a second wave. Fingers crossed

Thank you for that SirChenjin !

There are so many theories going around, it changes every day. I am just trying to live as best I can with the current situation, and avoid too much news. One thing I enjoy, I work from home 2 days a week. I like the routine, and being useful.

I am very unfit, can hardly walk, and needed a hip replacement which is now on hold. But I have just started the Joe Wicks 10 minute workout for older people, and it has made me feel better. More invigorated, and happy. Must be those endorphins!

You’re welcome

We’re definitely not nearly there and I don’t think blind optimism helps anyone but there’s some light at the end of this long tunnel.

So if we've had the virus and have developed antibodies, will we be branded so that we can go out without being told Stay At Home?
A friend said she was going for a short walk the other day. Police were stopping cars at the end of her road and quizzing the drivers about where they were going. Fair enough.
But then the policeman quizzed her and when she said she was going for her daily constitutional, he told her to go no further than a few hundred yards (about a 10 minute walk), pointing out how far she could go and back again.

ExD
Due to illness I can't drive, and at high risk re coronavirus.
My husband is shielding, due to his health.
We would love to go out and drive somewhere, even if we stayed in the car.
The GPs receptionist rang to tell us to stay at home.
We miss seeing our family.
However we will stay at home, protecting ourselves and others.

@Craftyear. I'm with you, we're closer to the end than we were 8 weeks ago. Research and development are moving quickly. Anyone who is going out just needs to be smart and safe and not taking any risks beyond what they can bear. Sitting around winging our hands will get us nothing but more stress which increases our likelihood of getting sick (not necessarily CV, but stress related illnesses).

We choose our attitude. And, if you enjoy the lockdown, continue to enjoy it. If you're ready to very out and about, then do it wisely.

We choose our attitude

If only managing our mental health were that simple, there would be no problems at all. A bit like saying " we choose whether or not to be poor"

I agree coronavirus could not have started anywhere. It comes from wild bats which are sold as food in China.

A highly infectious and more lethal disease would have started from most western farms but for antibiotics mixed with the animals' food .

Chezzal wrote:

"I think that's what lockdown is doing so the NHS can cope with a few at a time its not to protect us and lifting it bit by bit is all they can do."

That is correct. Old people and other vulnerable people have to be protected , and protect themselves, as they are so very likely to need high dependence beds if they get it. The NHS can cope only with a limited number of covid patients.

I feel very privileged to be able to not have to worry about money, having to go out to work on the frontline and possibly lose my business etc. I miss my family and miss being able to go out and socialise and my solitude moments when I can do absolutely what I want when my husband was able to go out and do his sports activities. I seriously worry about the impact this lockdown has done for people’s livelihoods. I feel frustrated with the media the way it has dealt with the Coronavirus epidemic. I feel anger that when the media whip up heroism of people who are just naturally kind as if it’s not normal behaviour. I feel like the time being stuck at home with only my thoughts and mixed messages I am receiving in/on the media is damaging. I tell myself all will be well when they find a vaccine. This epidemic has frankly frightened me as to how we move on when life goes back to normal?

I think the prediction that "we will lose many loved ones" is likely to be true, despite lockdown.
It'll just be more drawn out, meaning people who need hospital care should be able to get it.

"All over by Christmas" - where have I heard that before??

GrannyLaine. I agree. If only it were true. A very simplistic assessment of mental health.

Far North, same here! I am thinking a lot more than usual about death and dying. Bereavement scares me more than anything.