COVID-19 What do people think about the lockdown restrictions being eased?

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I personally thiink its a mad idea to start easing things from Monday(as is bring reported) The rate of deaths in hospitals and care homes is still too high. The number of new cases is still high. I just fear if they ease up so soon things will get worse. What do other people think about this?
 
I agree, too early I think.
My husband is going back to work next week. He is self employed and has been off since the lockdown started but can’t stay off any longer. He’s trying to make it as safe as possible though.
I will stay home as long as I possibly can - it’ll be schools reopening which changes things for me. I work in a preschool and have two school aged children (one primary, one secondary).
 
I'm worried about it happening too soon but suppose it depends on what the new instructions look like. It looks like it will be being able to go outside more but keeping social distancing. To be honest though I'm also worried about my mental health if the restrictions are in place much longer. I will be waiting until Jessica's had her 1st immunisations at 8 weeks before doing too much. I think it's inevitable that cases will go back up but I think that's inevitable if we lift restrictions Monday or in a years time, we can't get rid of the virus so at some point we have to return to something resembling normality alongside this horrendous virus
 
I think the issue is two-sided. There is very much likely to be a second peak and ‘renewed vigour‘ in infection rates. But then there’s also the economy which is suffering greatly due to the lockdown. I honestly don’t know what is best because either way can be problematic.

Having said all that, I have noticed more cars on the road in the past 2-3 weeks. And social distancing in shops isn’t being as rigorously enforced by some people 🤷🏾‍♀️
 
On the one hand..I've spotted 2 guinea pigs I want to adopt, neither will be possible with how things are currently. Ones in a branch not adopting out yet and ones the other end of the country..so in that respect, I'm looking forward to everything being lifted!

But! Common sense and the adult side of me says this is way too early and it's rediculous to be considering it just yet. Countries who were locked down way before us are only just starting to ease restrictions, we were weeks behind them for everything else, we should be weeks behind with this too. There is no point giving the virus a chance to create a second wave of infection.
 
Bill & Ted said:
I think we’ll all be back in lock down for July and August again with another spike of this hideous virus, it’s too soon, we need to watch and see what happens in other countries and get this PPE shortage sorted out first
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So do I. I’ve said it hubby to keep his jobs planned with a second lockdown in mind
 
It's money v health I think

No work, no money, no health

No health, no work, no money.

I think it's too soon to come out lockdown, but like said above, depends what plans they have and how far they ease lockdown.

Furlough pay being decreased is a bit of an issue at 60%. I can live on it still, but my vet funds will sink and sink and I've got a pig that needs this right now
 
As much as I am keen for schools to go back, secondary for my son especially, I also think it's too early, I work in primary school and there is no way the youngest can be kept at the correct distancing, they wouldn't understand and whilst we can wash our hands regularly etc if they are carriers the spread will continue. Equally though, how will some go back to work if schools aren't back, will employers be flexible to cover this aspect?
If they relax the stay at home message what does that really look like? We won't be going to pubs and restaurants, or cinemas so is there any point or difference?
I'm lucky that I live in a village and have a good garden, I don't feel particularly"locked down" I only really shopped once a week before but I guess the just popping to the shop for odds and ends is what has stopped so I'm perhaps slightly better organised. I rarely saw people on my road as they are older and generally keep themselves to themselves so again not much difference, I do want to have that option of just popping out to see a friend/family but am wary of how it will work, so many unknowns in all of this. My husband is in no rush to go back to the office, the hours traveling either end of the day is not something he has missed but he has said he misses the banter of the office.
Whatever is decided there will always be criticism, too early too late, should have done more etc
 
In Switzerland most restrictions are being lifted this coming Monday.
Kids will be back in school, non essential shops will open, etc.

But from what i can see so far, strict guidelines will still be in place when out and about.
For example my daughter will start back at orchestra, but with the orchestra broken down into much smaller groups, and training in a large room, well spaced out. It sort of gets them back into it, but keeps the numbers small and the distance between them quite large.

I will personally still do as much as possible to limit contact with others, and I hope a lot of others will do the same.
The shops that opened a couple of weeks ago like garden centers have been very well policed, with numbers still restricted and a sensible queuing system in place.

But our hospitals and health care workers also have capacity and PPE, so that is a big difference.
I expected the numbers here to spike after Easter as many people did go out and about but so far that hasn't shown up on the data, so who knows what this next release will do.
 
Spaghetti & Noodles said:
As much as I am keen for schools to go back, secondary for my son especially, I also think it's too early, I work in primary school and there is no way the youngest can be kept at the correct distancing, they wouldn't understand and whilst we can wash our hands regularly etc if they are carriers the spread will continue. Equally though, how will some go back to work if schools aren't back, will employers be flexible to cover this aspect?
If they relax the stay at home message what does that really look like? We won't be going to pubs and restaurants, or cinemas so is there any point or difference?
I'm lucky that I live in a village and have a good garden, I don't feel particularly"locked down" I only really shopped once a week before but I guess the just popping to the shop for odds and ends is what has stopped so I'm perhaps slightly better organised. I rarely saw people on my road as they are older and generally keep themselves to themselves so again not much difference, I do want to have that option of just popping out to see a friend/family but am wary of how it will work, so many unknowns in all of this. My husband is in no rush to go back to the office, the hours traveling either end of the day is not something he has missed but he has said he misses the banter of the office.
Whatever is decided there will always be criticism, too early too late, should have done more etc
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I work in a special needs school. Social distancing is not gonna be understood by many of our pupils.
 
I think that since we’ve learned that there will be an announcement on Sunday regarding starting to lift restrictions people are beginning to become more complacent. I went to Tesco’s this morning and there were more people not observing the rules. One woman came right next to me and when I told her to observe social distancing she said ‘sorry I forgot’ . I’m more wary about going out now and I won’t be going to Tesco’s. I guess we will have to see what happens on Sunday. unfortunately people are suffering not being able to earn money at the moment. I think individuals should have a choice whether to go back to work/school. I don’t think there will be any radical changes for a long time yet. Let’s hope a second spike doesn’t occur and we’re all back to square one. Take care everyone
 
I think a lot of this is politics and public opinion, we all trusted government advisor Prof Ferguson who published the research saying if we did the lockdown we'd only have 20,000 deaths... but now we have 30,000 deaths and Prof Ferguson was caught disobeying his own lockdown instructions, which is a pretty big vote of no confidence!
So now there's a new government advisor on the block who thinks we should just shield the vulnerable and their carers and everyone else should catch the virus and hopefully mostly be ok then we'll have herd immunity... or not because nobody knows if we can catch it twice!
Scientifically just nobody knows enough yet to even guess what will happen, but if public trust and patience with the lockdown is gone then its either lift restrictions or face a big public backlash...
Personally I like staying home and I think it would be safer to keep the restrictions until at least June/July if not September, but that's easy for an introvert with a secure salary and no kids at home to say isnt it!
 
PigglePuggle said:
Personally I like staying home and I think it would be safer to keep the restrictions until at least June/July if not September, but that's easy for an introvert with a secure salary and no kids at home to say isnt it!
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Even with kids at home, I’d still rather stay in! I’m dreading them going back (and also me being back at work) to school. My youngest wants to see her friends, but we have had tears from my eldest child too scared to even go on a short walk round the village with us so I dread to think of her reaction to going back to school (a school with at least 1000 students)
 
wow really I have really bad anxiety from staying indoor crying everyday it's a whole different situation for all people, but to be honest I would do anything just to get some freedom. Miss the pet shops to much already !
 
I agree people need to get back to work, the impact on health, mental or physical through not earning will be huge for a good number of people but it's difficult to work out how to achieve a safe return without triggering a second peak and sending everything back to another lockdown, which I personally feel would be worse than continuing as we are.
I don't understand a lot of the political stuff and to be honest I'm not sure if I want to.
 
Winniepeg said:
I think that since we’ve learned that there will be an announcement on Sunday regarding starting to lift restrictions people are beginning to become more complacent. I went to Tesco’s this morning and there were more people not observing the rules. One woman came right next to me and when I told her to observe social distancing she said ‘sorry I forgot’ . I’m more wary about going out now and I won’t be going to Tesco’s. I guess we will have to see what happens on Sunday. unfortunately people are suffering not being able to earn money at the moment. I think individuals should have a choice whether to go back to work/school. I don’t think there will be any radical changes for a long time yet. Let’s hope a second spike doesn’t occur and we’re all back to square one. Take care everyone
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I agree with most of this. But I can't see how giving people the choice to go back to work will work, for example, if my workplace opened, it needs all or most of its staff to stand a chance of making any money and to be worth opening the doors, with the costs of powering up a factory and offices again.

Its all a mess 🤣
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
I agree with most of this. But I can't see how giving people the choice to go back to work will work, for example, if my workplace opened, it needs all or most of its staff to stand a chance of making any money and to be worth opening the doors, with the costs of powering up a factory and offices again.

Its all a mess 🤣
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You’re right. It’s so complex.
 
I would be very cautious about easing all restrictions too quickly but every person and everyone’s situation is so different there isn’t a solution that will solve all the issues.
I’m not a historian or a scientist but what I have read suggests that pandemics last about 2 years before the virus stops spreading. Society and the economy survived and recovered before and will do again.
I will wait and see what Boris actually says - speculation can too easily add to anxiety
 
Lockdown is fine for people with money coming in, my neighbour is gaily working from home and loving it, she even got overtime this week! It's hearbreaking for those facing losing their jobs and homes. I've been there once in the 90s crash, I'm hating facing it again I'm far too old to start again.
 
piggieminder said:
Lockdown is fine for people with money coming in, my neighbour is gaily working from home and loving it, she even got overtime this week! It's hearbreaking for those facing losing their jobs and homes. I've been there once in the 90s crash, I'm hating facing it again I'm far too old to start again.
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I could not agree more.
We live in quite a small street and all houses are lived in by the owners (no rentals).
One family have already left to live with family and put their house on the market becasue both parents have lost their jobs, and can't risk getting into debt with 2 young kids to think about.
My heart breaks for those who are struggling, and just as much for those who don't realise what a privilege it is to be able to stay at home with nothing to moan about except having to stay at home.
 
The lockdown has had no effect on me as I've still been in work, only difference for me has been working half my usual hours on a deserted motorway for full pay.
 
I think it’s far too soon. Too many deaths and virus still going strong. I worry for my mother especially who works in a supermarket and has to deal with customers getting too close.

i think another month of isolation is still needed. England has been so lax on our isolation compared to other countries. I don't want a second worse spike :(
 
I think it is still too soon. Our mortality numbers are horrendous and we were too slow with lockdown. Boris should stick to his guns and not lift restrictions before it is safe to do so. Many people seem to have decided to come out of lockdown now anyway so perhaps we need even stricter measures.
 
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