Disobeying The Lockdown Rules

[diddlydo]

Why, oh why, can't everyone do as they've been asked/told i.e. no face to face contact with friends or family but only with members of the same household? I've seen 2 large multigenerational groups today walking round the village - probably at least 3 households. Also, some near neighbours are still having their adult children and grandchildren to play in the garden. I despair and wonder if these people have even half a brain. Yes, I miss not seeing my kids and grand-kids but we're getting by with Skype in the national/global interest and wouldn't dream of visiting them at the moment.

[brainiac]

Pleased to say have not seen this in my village - just the odd couple/single person dog-walker when I was out for my daily walk.

[iluvmargie]

Whenever I take my dog out, I'm amazed at how few people there are around actually.

[Milo2]

My next door neighbours are also ignoring the rules. Mum, dad and sister have visited this weekend. Three children under 6 are involved, one of them with asthma. I really can’t understand why they would put the health of their family at risk.

[nailit]

diddly, I *almost* agree 100%. People should be isolating as much as possible but its not practical in all cases. My mum is now house bound and relies on either me or one of my sisters to shop and look after her. She has no computer/internet to Skype with and has no other household members with which to interact.
Shes in the closing months of her life and to deny her any outside contact would be cruel.
But apart from that, yes I agree with your post.

[Tilly2]

Fewer and fewer people out and about on our dog walk, as the week has progressed. I think the cold snap may also be keeping more people in.

[ladybirder]

Not even a mobile phone she can talk to you on Nailitt?

[nailit]

Not many people about here but LOADS of police. Dont think theyve got anything to do since all this started. No drink drivers, muggers or shop lifters about...

[nailit]

She hasnt got a mobile LB but even if she did, she still needs shopping and personal care.

[tiggerblue10]

My mum is a primary carer for my grandmother so has no choice but to visit. She wears a makeshift mask and gloves. Not ideal but no other choice :o(

My mum and sad dropped off some bread she made and left it on my doorstep. They stood away from the gate and we just waved and said a quick hello before they drove back home.

[pixie374]

I've seen loads of extra people on dog-walks, presumably just trying to get out. Everyone is definitely keeping a distance, but there are far more out around here.

[rockyracoon]

Never, ever thought I'd say this, but I agree with you 100%. It breaks my heart not seeing my parents, but I'd rather have many years to see them, than the possibility of one of them dying alone on a ventilator, especially as my dad is waiting for a triple heart bypass. I'm just not risking it.

[TonyV]

Only time I go out is to buy essentials, other than we are on lockdown.

[retrocop]

Distributing essentials to a aged, infirm and chronically ill person is hardly breaking the lockdown rules.

These muppets are and the householder(s) should be forcibly isolated in the nick.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-police-karaoke-party-lockdown-155617425.html

[Peter Pedant]

winos and drug dealers so nothing much different

not everyome dies from this - I mean look at Boris
it didnt kill him !

[Peter Pedant]

// Never, ever thought I'd say this, but I agree with you 100%//

yeah I was in that position with Naomi - no you naughty boy not THAT position but agreeing with her
and I thought the door was gonna get battered down and men in white coats cart me away ...

blimey the english like a set of rules to go by
love - as in luuuurve ....

[diddlydo]

Obviously tending to the needs of an old and vulnerable person is fine and within the rules. What is not fine is healthy family groups of more than one household going for a Sunday afternoon stroll or people who think it's OK to have loads of relatives and/or friends round their house/garden

[ToraToraTora]

"I despair and wonder if these people have even half a brain." - PMSL!

[fiction-factory]

For once, diddlydo, I fully agree with you. Most people are following the guidance of course but I've been surprised at my new neighbours who seem to be bobbing in and out in the car and coming back with different friends and children and sitting in the garden with cans and takeaways pizzas -no idea where they get them from

[tttom_tomagain]

Divisiveness? The usual MO of the so-called peers-that-be??

[douglas9401]

Domino's is open, that could be where.
Yours

H. Poirot