PM Press Conference. Anyone else feeling despair?

It does feel like deja vu, but I’m just resigned to it I think. I do feel that it’s really not a big ask to wear a mask again although I’ve worn mine whenever I go somewhere busy. I’m sorry you are feeling so low I hope you feel lighter soon.

Thank you tanith. I suppose it's just the 'covid fatigue' many of us are feeling.

Resigned to it....yes, there's that, too.

I feel as if this Covid nightmare is never going to end, and it is beginning to get to me.

Sorry you are feeling low but we are far better off than we was last year and since July things have been pretty much normal
We don't know enough about Omicron yet so we will have to wait and see
It will reduce in numbers at some point look at Japan Covid seems to have disappeared up its own exhaust pipe there
I suppose it depends how much you dwell on it or just get on with normal activities have no intention of cancelling any Christmas events

It certainly feels that way right now, Gravy! let's hope for a brighter 2022.

I know how you feel. I, too, watched the presentation and felt very depressed. However, I have read several articles now by people who have been following the covid pandemic and comparing it with the progress of Spanish flu that killed so many people after the war. They are of the opinion that covid is following the same path as Spanish flu and, if that is the case, it should start dying away by March 2022. It won't disappear altogether but will become more like a common cold, or the flu, something which is a nuisance if you get it but not something we worry about unduly. Hope that cheers you up a bit!

Yes, it does seem all doom and gloom still and I was hoping it would be on the wane and becoming less virulent by now.

It will reduce in numbers at some point look at Japan Covid seems to have disappeared up its own exhaust pipe there

That more cheering news hasn't been widely reported!

Yes, annie61, normally I am an optimistic and upbeat person, but even I am feeling low. One activity after another being cancelled, my choir's concert on Dec. 18th and now my lovely GS's school nativity for the second year running. He will never get to be a Wiseman with his parents' proudly watching and for that I cried today. In fact I feel I am more likely to be an angel or a star in heaven before this is over.
But tomorrow is another day and all we can do is make the best of it.

Yes, the Spanish flu is a good comparison virus trajectory. At least science is gaining new and valuable knowledge, especially as we are a little more high tech than in 1914!

Hang on to the good things you have!

I'm just glad I'm not the parent or grandparent of one of the people who drowned in the Channel. They won't get the opportunity to see their offspring performing in a play - and much more.

As we are discussing cancelling our trip to spend Christmas with family, and all our close family bar one having Covid at the moment- yes, today it really got to me- for the first time.

Been in tears all day- and I feel so worried for grand-kids who can't have a normal life now. Grand-daughter so upset as she is missing all the end of term sport matches, concert and plays that she has prepared for so hard.

That's an unfair growstuff if it was meant for me. Is one not allowed to have a down moment without having to think outside one's own box just for one day? No one mentioned not being grateful.

Kali2

As we are discussing cancelling our trip to spend Christmas with family, and all our close family bar one having Covid at the moment- yes, today it really got to me- for the first time.

Been in tears all day- and I feel so worried for grand-kids who can't have a normal life now. Grand-daughter so upset as she is missing all the end of term sport matches, concert and plays that she has prepared for so hard.

Yes Kali2 I sympathise.

My 10 year old grandaughter has covid,she' not worrying about end of term activities or even finishing making her christmas cakes ,her priority is her mum and how to avoid being near her in case she catches it .Her mum is chronically ill!

Children cope much better than most adults give them credit for ,in fact after watching a young friend who was 13 fighting a rare cancer I believe children cope much better than adults with most things life throws at them

Josianne

That's an unfair growstuff if it was meant for me. Is one not allowed to have a down moment without having to think outside one's own box just for one day? No one mentioned not being grateful.

No, it wasn't specifically meant for you, but I don't have much sympathy for anybody with first world problems.

growstuff given how many families have lost loved ones to Covid your comment was ill judged on this thread. Just bear in mind they won’t be enjoying themselves either.

I don't think telling people who are feeling down that other people have it worse does any good at all.

growstuff it is perfectly possible to feel sad on behalf of one’s family circumstances due to Covid as well as acknowledging the dreadful unnecessary deaths which occurred in the channel last week.

It is depressing to think it's all beginning again, but at least this time we are vaccinated and learning more about how the virus works.

It costs us next to nothing to wear a face covering. Surely that's the least we can do?

I suppose I'm just used to it. Automatically wear a mask in crowded places or where I feel uncomfortable and thinking twice about social events.

growstuff I am sure nobody for one minute is downplaying the tragedies that are going on worldwide. But it is not helpful playing the "somebody is worse off than you" card every time people have a down moment. Taking on the whole world's problems would be overwhelming for most people on top of the personal troubles that we are trying to cope with. Perhaps you are more resilient that everyone else?

annie61 I have also felt despairing at times, but I have now come to the conclusion that this too will pass. The comparison to Spanish Flu is relevant - that was a terrible event and it must have seemed at the time that life would never be the same ever again, but science has moved on so much that we are in a better position to deal with the challenges that face us at the moment. Tomorrow will be better - I really believe that. In the meantime all that we can do is take sensible precautions that are applicable to us as individuals and try to look after others at the same time.

Sending you best wishes and a little bit of courage! x x x

"than" not "that"

After watching the news conferences, I came out of watching them feeling that the government seems slightly panicked.

Not that it makes any difference really. It is what it is.

We shall takes our own mitigation measures regardless of what Johnson and his crew do. - wonder if they will wear a mask now?

I have ordered the highest specification masks for times that we find ourselves in a crowded situation. We do avoid them but just to be safe.

My DD has tests stored for when we get together at Christmas. If anyone is positive, then the Turkey will be cooked and delivered to the doorstep? Otherwise we hope to enjoy a pleasant Christmas together.

And yes I am beginning to feel covid weary, and miss the theatre, nice restaurants etc. I am only human.

But equally to top up this bog awful year, I cry for those suffering hardship, war, famine, death. It is all so bloody and I can’t ever remember a time in my life when I have felt that everything is so wrong.