Coronavirus.

[Thehooperman]

Am I the only one that just doesn't want to look back over the past year, as seems to be compulsory today?

It's like having a migraine but still refusing to stop banging your head against a wall.

I totally agree but upon reflection of all things that have changed over the last 12 months there is one thing that hasn't changed in the slightest and that is.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................that friggin "emergency" Fray Bentos pie that I bought in a panic buy last year is sitting in exactly the same position on the shelf where I left it and is likely to remain there for the foreseeable

 

[The Notorious A.N.T.]

Am I the only one that just doesn't want to look back over the past year, as seems to be compulsory today?

It's like having a migraine but still refusing to stop banging your head against a wall.

Absolutely bang on pal (you are not the only one!).

 

[proactive]

I totally agree but upon reflection of all things that have changed over the last 12 months there is one thing that hasn't changed in the slightest and that is.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................that friggin "emergency" Fray Bentos pie that I bought in a panic buy last year is sitting in exactly the same position on the shelf where I left it and is likely to remain there for the foreseeable

Fray Bentos has a half life of about 30 years, so no rush to sample its delights just yet. Take your time, savour the moment.

 

[proactive]

I think forcing us back into the office would be a huge backward step. Finally we can have a work life balance. Some people will want to go back in and that's fine. All I'm saving is the fuel as I always took my own food. So I'm actually saving the environment too. Oh, and my time.

Working from home suits some and not others. I've always split my week either at home or at work, just for variety and Covid has not made any difference from that point of view for me.

Most people won't have a choice though and will end up doing whatever their employer decides, whether they liked it or not.

 

[Glam]

I would love to work from home, unfortunately the youngest, or the cat, wouldn't take too kindly to having a patient here.

 

[Carole]

I think forcing us back into the office would be a huge backward step. Finally we can have a work life balance. Some people will want to go back in and that's fine. All I'm saving is the fuel as I always took my own food. So I'm actually saving the environment too. Oh, and my time.

With respect @Lucy those comments are personal to you.
We can all have reasons why we want to do something or don’t want to do something but it was you who specifically said that to kick start economy we should “stop people from traveling abroad.”

So my comments about not working from home were purely to add to the economic reasons not for anyone’s personal reasons.

As I said earlier, I can understand why people like working from home but I can also see why going on holiday abroad is essential to other people for various reasons.

For clarification, and to reiterate my point, my husband works from home and has enjoyed it.
Like @proactive he goes in to the office sometimes. So he wouldn’t want to go back full time either.

So I was talking about economic reasons not personal ones based on your first comment about it.

 

[staffordjas]

I would love to work from home, unfortunately the youngest, or the cat, wouldn't take too kindly to having a patient here.

That's cheered me up with a good giggle @Glam

 

[SketchyMagpie]

Just read about the castle and other places being lit up tonight. Anybody seen any pics?

 

[Gramaisc]

It was at this point a year ago that it became clear to me that the "take it on the chin and shake hands with everybody" idiotic bravado was going to result in rather more of a problem than was 'necessary' and I escaped westwards before the roof fell in.

I am considering living in the Shed for a fortnight, to commemorate the event - it would be a bit more civilised now, in fact.

 

[littleme]

I totally agree but upon reflection of all things that have changed over the last 12 months there is one thing that hasn't changed in the slightest and that is.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................that friggin "emergency" Fray Bentos pie that I bought in a panic buy last year is sitting in exactly the same position on the shelf where I left it and is likely to remain there for the foreseeable

So is my Smash!

 

[BobClay]

I don't feel like I've got a say in the 'working from home' debate as I'm retired. But I'm trying to think back and as far as I can tell I've never had a job where working from home was an option, technology or otherwise regardless. Also all the major parts of my working life would be jobs that had to be done, and couldn't be shut down.

One thing for sure, this last year (sorry @proactive ) is going to change our approach to work and play probably for ever. (Except for me of course, I'll just get more lazy. )

 

[littleme]

It was at this point a year ago that it became clear to me that the "take it on the chin and shake hands with everybody" idiotic bravado was going to result in rather more of a problem than was 'necessary' and I escaped westwards before the roof fell in.

I am considering living in the Shed for a fortnight, to commemorate the event - it would be a bit more civilised now, in fact.

Nearly exactly a year ago, the Dr, over the phone, told me I could stop taking the 3rd lot of high blood pressure tablets I'd been prescribed as they were making me vomit. He said he would re-test me in ca couple of months when things were back to normal...

... A year on, I'm back to doing home readings... Thought I'd got away with it!

 

[Lucy]

The economy could blend to people working from home a few days a week. Little independent sandwich shops might start up, for people to walk to at lunchtime.

The government briefed that we might lose our jobs if we didn't hurry back to the office last summer, mostly because the owner of Pret was lobbying them. Stuff like that will just make me dig my heels in.

I fully expect to go back in twice a week eventually, although we've had no communication yet.

 

[Mudgie]

Am I the only one that just doesn't want to look back over the past year, as seems to be compulsory today?

It's like having a migraine but still refusing to stop banging your head against a wall.

Agreed.
And such looking back should have been a fortnight ago, the delay being why Boris appears to be hanging his head in shame today.

 

[Withnail]

I'm a millennial, I was 14 in 1998.

I think we may be somewhat at cross-purposes, whilst saying the same thing.

The point i was trying, and evidently failing, to make was that the 'new wave' of the anti-vax movement was born in the wake of Wakefield (1998), and the 'MMR Scandal' of the late 1990's. Obviously this was a thing that affected the people who were considering vaccination for their newborns at that time - being twenty years ago, these people are in their late 30s/40s/early 50s now.

These are the next cohort due through the vaccination programme, and probably the first cohort likely to say no on those grounds. Early signs suggest there is some reluctance - we've not needed feckin' eventbrite before now for example.

It is up to us to change their minds.

 

[SketchyMagpie]

Yeah, it will be interesting to see if there's a significant dip in uptake.

 

[SketchyMagpie]

Just realised something positive that came out of 2020: I’ve always considered myself to be a pessimist, but my pessimism about how the pandemic would go turned out to be optimism, so I’m actually an optimist now!

(this is bad news for how I feel this year will go)

 

[rudie111]

I think we may be somewhat at cross-purposes, whilst saying the same thing.

The point i was trying, and evidently failing, to make was that the 'new wave' of the anti-vax movement was born in the wake of Wakefield (1998), and the 'MMR Scandal' of the late 1990's. Obviously this was a thing that affected the people who were considering vaccination for their newborns at that time - being twenty years ago, these people are in their late 30s/40s/early 50s now.

These are the next cohort due through the vaccination programme, and probably the first cohort likely to say no on those grounds. Early signs suggest there is some reluctance - we've not needed feckin' eventbrite before now for example.

It is up to us to change their minds.

I hope you're wrong as we need a decent uptake by all. I don't know anyone who is openly stating they wont have it. Seems there are some rumblings about school children having it. I expect this be a last resort

 

[SketchyMagpie]

Without wishing to be disrespectful, a lot of the people I've seen on social media talking about not having the vaccine are religious folk. Not that there's anything inherently anti-vaccine about religion, but those waters do seem to mix with the murky depths of conspiracy theories and so I think there's some cross-contamination.

A family member is Christian and although they are perfectly reasonable and trust in science etc (they weren't going to have the vaccine originally but changed their mind), I have seen some of the people they have met through Christ who are definitely more on the nonsensical end of the religious spectrum, talking about Bill Gates and microchips and the mark of the beast etc etc etc. So I think (wrongly or rightly) that a lot of reasonable people get exposed to probably the more plateable bits of the "lunatic fringe" (such as how a lot of people at Qanon rallies are just there because they want to save children from abuse and don't really know much more about the movement than that) and the vaccine doubt filters through. I'd like to hope that, with most people, it's more a case of vaccine hesitancy than anti-vaxx as that's at least something you can work with.

 

[littleme]

The carer still hasn't been able to book an appointment, and now the age has gone back up to 48 & 45!