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[Misc] IF there's a Christmas lockdown - would you comply?
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This sis a good idea.
TheJasperCo
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So you love your family. That's admirable, of course.
However, how would you feel if some unvaccinated, bare-faced coughing, filthy handed, non-caring individual gave COVID to a member of your family... and they died.
Would you merrily take one for the team, or would you be a bit pissed off?
Is a fair comment. It's been a long year or two and sometimes you have to balance risks and benefits though. My risk balance may be different to your own and many others'.
I just took your throwaway comment to heart more than I should. With a certain other thread on here making me realise there's more to life than getting pissy with people I don't know
Yoda
English & European
I wasn't able to see my mother for Christmas last year due to the last minute change in rules. She spent Christmas day with my Brother and his family whilst I spent the most part of Christmas day on my own due to my other half working. The original plan was for her to come to us on Boxing day when my partner was off. That turned out to be her last Christmas as cancer finally got the better of her during the 2nd half of this year. I wonder how many people will look at similar stories to mine and think, "I'm not taking that risk not to see them at this special time of year again"?
Nope. Had all the jabs, did everything that was asked, as have the rest of my family. If everyone was happy to go ahead, we'd go ahead.
I think the Government know a large proportion of the population will have this attitude, which is why I assume they won't do it this time.
I think the Government know a large proportion of the population will have this attitude, which is why I assume they won't do it this time.
I've decided to start my own anti-coronavirus regime now to reduce the risk of my family getting the virus.
So no hospitality venues ( including the Amex ) until Omicron is on the down slope - possibly around March.
Unlike Downing Street and Johnson there will be no parties for me this Christmas time.
So no hospitality venues ( including the Amex ) until Omicron is on the down slope - possibly around March.
Unlike Downing Street and Johnson there will be no parties for me this Christmas time.
crodonilson
He/Him
We have reluctantly decided the same. We were having our good friends Polly and Giles over and Mrs Crodo's parents but now the risk is too great so we will be having Xmas day at home on our own.
Depends what you mean by lockdown, if it means like last year I can't travel to Hove and have to leave my 90 year old mum alone again they can do one. She has had her booster, and we are mix of booster and double jabbed. While those **nts had a party last year ignoroning the rules and laughing at us while they did it. I stuck by rules and my mum told me she just wished she was dead sitting on her own on Christmas day and not able to see her son (my brother) who was dying of brain cancer. They can go and *uck themselves, this year.
owenthemonkey
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- Aug 17, 2011
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Thing is. No matter how much of a teat BJ is, the NHS HAS been massively overwhelmed, to the point (in Royal Sussex anyway) that they recently had to announce a “code opal” as they had ran out of colours to how bad a and e situation is.
I guess we don’t know the data yet but it seems like it is pointing to a horrific January. Omicron deaths are happening and they can be avoided.
I’m not in favour of locking up the economy, but plan B or an advanced version which doesn’t involve closing businesses seems the way to go
I guess we don’t know the data yet but it seems like it is pointing to a horrific January. Omicron deaths are happening and they can be avoided.
I’m not in favour of locking up the economy, but plan B or an advanced version which doesn’t involve closing businesses seems the way to go
Lower West Stander
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No - I wouldn't comply.
Triple jabbed and fed up with "experts" getting things wrong fuelled by the press. Not to say I won't be careful - I will, but I'm not having my 85 year old mum spending the day on her own.
And have others have said, I'm not suffering on behalf of those who refuse to be vaccinated.
Triple jabbed and fed up with "experts" getting things wrong fuelled by the press. Not to say I won't be careful - I will, but I'm not having my 85 year old mum spending the day on her own.
And have others have said, I'm not suffering on behalf of those who refuse to be vaccinated.
Ah. I see. Some sort of wind up presumably. Well done.
There have always been plenty of mask-dodgers around the shops since wearing masks became a thing.
The government made it far too easy for people just to claim they were exempt ("it makes me stressed" FFS!) and I never went in one shop where mask wearing was being enforced.
The only thing that pisses me off more than having to wear a mask is seeing all the ****ers not wearing masks and getting away with it. Busineses should be doing way more to enforce the law. If you are legally not allowed to enter a shop without a mask (unless having proof of exemption from a GP) then the shops should not be letting you in.
- May 8, 2018
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A young lady in our local Tesco today attempted to walk out the store with a couple of steaks concealed in her coat this afternoon. From what I gather whilst walking in, she had forgotten her mask and was going to get it from the car but had also forgotten about the steaks in her coat, which were put there temporarily to free up her hands to search for her mask in her pockets!
The obvious first question would have been to ask her to produce some car keys, missed opportunity
The obvious first question would have been to ask her to produce some car keys, missed opportunity
Not at all. There should be some kind of charge for NHS visits to keep the time-wasters away and help to reduce the ever escalating costs of running the service. Who knows, it might even result in lower taxes!
wouldnt conform as the media and scientist currently spreading fear and those i fear becoming the mouthpiece for them. Find it all so tragic.
Double jabbed and parents triple so would go ahead and celebrate
Perspective and balance needed rather than swallow fear
Double jabbed and parents triple so would go ahead and celebrate
Perspective and balance needed rather than swallow fear
atfc village
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Fully expecting a lockdown from next Monday . Undecided as whether to travel North ,we can't keep shutting down . To me the powers that be are lying about the vaccines are working or it's down to the unvaxed clogging up Hospital beds. Now it's a free choice to have the vax ,but here's an idea . If you choose not too be vaxed but take up a bed with Covid you foot the bill.
Brighthelmstone
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Fully agree. If you don't want potentially life saving medicine then its your call, but if you opt out of it then don't expect to go running to the NHS for help when you contract it..
atfc village
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I will say again it's a choice to have the vax ,i'm not saying its wrong to refuse it.
worthingseagull123
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- May 5, 2012
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I didn’t last year and wont this year.
My family are all adults, we all know the risk, it is for us to decide, not the government.
My family are all adults, we all know the risk, it is for us to decide, not the government.
Plan C from next Monday and then Lockdown from around Jan 5th
Assuming Jersey works like other places with privatised systems, you realise those would only be the charges for the initial assessment? A lot of people won't be able to afford those - and hardly anybody can afford the prices of the actual treatment for something serious without taking out a new mortgage. I realise your answer will be 'insurance'. But a) have you ever tried getting an insurance company to pay out? and b) if you've already got something wrong with you that needs treatment in future, forget it.
I'll happily pay the taxes thanks, rather than exorbitant insurance premiums to companies operating for profit.