Easing the lockdown

lockdown was to stop nhs hospitals being overwhelmed with thousands of covid19 patients all at once! in that way it was successful!!

lemsip, all along I've thought that the only logical explanation for government half measures (and inaction) has been 'herd immunity - but just slowed down'.

Therefore, I'm expecting the second wave fairly soon. I'm not taking risks after all this time in isolation, that's for sure, as I've no wish to be in the next batch of victims!

GN is now the home of the truly bigoted small minded who cannot accept that others are entitled to opinions that may differ. Their bullying tactics have seen off many reasonable posters which has been detrimental to the GN forums.

That appears to be the aim of admin, which will lead to the failure of the forum as the boring repetitiveness of those who hijack interesting and unconnected posts, to vent their spite and fury that others had the audacity to vote differently to them.

Their mental health is at serious risk.

The new Wales lockdown lifting restrictions are stupid as it's a licence for multi people street parties to take place NOW . As if this has not been going on ALL the time previously anyway !

This post was meant to go elsewhere but probably as relevant here.

Scorpion. Criticism of Wales is not tolerated on GN no matter how well deserved it may be.

How does a thread survive if we have all got or suppose to have the same opionion?
I think for some this has been a release and yes maybe a tidal wave of emotions but that's got to better than bottling up how you feel especially when lots are on there own during this.

If some posters think that easing the lockdown is only to distract from the ‘Cummings affair’ then why precisely do they think that Scotland and Wales and NI are doing very much the same as England? Doesn’t stack up does it!

The UK has to get slowly back to some sort of normality for the sake of having good mental health, education and the economy.A cautious return to seeing family and friends and
Relaxing outdoors, playing certain sports and garden centres open, with soon some non essential shops opening, dentists etc is all good.
Of course it doesn’t mean that you have to do any of those things, and if you feel that’s the correct course for you, because of age and/or underlying conditions, then stay close to home.

I could give chapter and verse on mismanagement of the Labour administration here in Wales but the English left wing on GN manage to ignore or make convoluted excuses for them!

Try living it folks before you criticise The Tories and believing, against all evidence under your noses, that unicorns exist in Labourland!

That's it exactly Lemongrove your last paragraph, in a nutshell!

Twig14
I’m so very sorry. To lose your daughter from Covid19 is a terrible thing to happen. I’m so sorry. And in addition the loss of three friends. There are no words

Do you know ladies, I’m just weary of it all. I’ve been as spirited as anyone with my opinions, some agreed, some disagreed, but I’m at the stage where I just want it all to end. It’s not going to of course, but the politics, the never ending morbid press, the we did this wrong, the comparisons etc. The one thing I’m certain of is that lockdown was too late in Britain. And the other thing I know is my tooth is hurting and I’m waiting for another phone call from the dentist.

Agreed Maddyone the morbid and morose British press,
With friends like that, who needs enemies??

This relaxing of lockdown is, in my view a cynical move to deflect attention away from the Cummings mess.."and it is working!
In a few weeks time it is entirely possible that more people will die, horribly and unnecessarily. There is very little indication that the infection rate has fallen by anything near enough to do this safely just yet.
I want ‘normal’ as much as anyone....but I also want to feel that the people making the decision to relax lockdown are doing so for the right reasons. I Am not yet convinced of that!

I am frightened.

I shall be making my own decisions, as I have done all along. We had already been in lockdown for a week when the rest of the country joined us. I had spent a lot of that week raging about the government's stupid reluctance to impose restrictions. As scientists have pointed out, the delay probably cost 20,000 lives. I wouldn't trust Boris to lead me across the road.

I have been under self-imposed house arrest, and I am staying that way until I think it is safer to come out. I know it will never be completely safe, and that makes me very scared, but I don't think we are anywhere near safe enough yet. The virus isn't going away just because people want it too. In my opinion, we haven't suppressed it enough yet to start easing up.

Some people say, "Well, you can continue to isolate if you want to." In our case, that's true but for many people it's not an option. I worry about the increased risks that people I love will have to take. I also worry about people I will never know, people I fear will die in a second wave. I fear for myself, for my family, for my country. Maybe that makes me a coward. OK, fine, I am a coward but I believe the danger is real.

In the 1918 flu epidemic, most people died in the second wave. We should proceed with the utmost caution and hope to God that the death rate doesn't rise again.

Not sure if there was an ulterior motive but the regulation says
'The government has to review the lockdown regulations at three weekly intervals. The next update is due on 28 May.'
I think it's a bit sudden but nothing surprises me anymore. Just keep my head down, obey the rules, and pray for it to all be over.

No Bluecat You're not a coward. You're responsible and thoughtful. I'm afraid a lot of very selfish people have shown their true colours.

I don't believe that unicorns exist anywhere.

I do believe that the Conservatives are playing cheap party politics rather than caring about the health and wellbeing of the nation.

Some people seem to be deliberately obtuse or maybe they genuinely don't understand the implications of people flouting the rules/guidelines.

Hmm, sorry to be flippant but I read the title as EATING the lockdown....I’ve certainly done that!

I'm with you bluecat I have said it before you can only control what u do and look after yourself. There's lots out there who are taking it with a pinch of salt. Take care and stay safex

Another yes here, sadly. I am so disappointed in Boris. My main concern is that we have an increased spread of the infection near/in winter. One of the 'plusses' of this current awfulness is the weather being so beautiful. Imagine the increase in mental illness with a regular grey outlook and the impossibility of going for walks or sitting/working in the garden. Unthinkable for me. Ugh.

I have been very careful staying in all of the 10 weeks with the help of my son dropping shopping off and online shopping. I have a garden and am in good health except for my knee injury which stopped me walking too far before lockdown. I am going to carry on as I am. I have a job one afternoon a week which I can't go to as it involves an elderly client. I would be too scared to get on a bus and getting a cab is expensive. I do get fed up but I try and keep busy in the mornings and rest in the afternoon. .. And no trips to the local beach because of all the people gathering there in this lovely hot weather

Just listening to Radio 4 and they are saying that scientists are indicating that lockdown is too early. I can only think that we must all take responsibility for our own health and act accordingly.

Apparently these are the same scientists who are advising the government.