I'm honestly in two minds about all the shops reopening next week. I totally understand why it has to happen. And it will be nice for a bit more normality in the world.
But people are starting to act a lot more like it is all over and are ignoring the social distancing guidence that is still in place. Feels like every other sentence out of my mouth is some variation of asking people to wait outside or to stop walking around the shop (small shop) and getting in the way of other customers.
np- totally understandable that it is a bit of a relief when there's fewer people at your work once they have other places to go to.
Camden- what is it that has you so worried about getting the vaccine?
Cat - that sucks that people are acting like that at your work.
I was in central London this week and actually pleasantly surprised by how good people seemed to be with distancing and masks overall.
The Co-op around the corner on the other hand seems to not care about it at all, but it's been like this since I got here. *rolls eyes*
I feel a bit more optimistic overall because the numbers are still moving in the right direction even after schools re opened and with the easing of restrictions. Quite a few people I know have had their first, sometimes even their second jab and that's fewer people to be worried about.
Getting impatient waiting for my turn, but, y'know, I understand it's because I'm young and healthy, so I've got that going for me I guess. On balance, the world still is slowly becoming a safer place.
It can be difficult to not be anxious.
There is still a realistic risk of things getting worse again with all the people planning to travel and vaccinations happening so slowly everywhere which will probably result in new mutations and if we're unlucky enough one of those will be resistant to the vaccines we have so far ...
But for just now I am trying to hold onto things getting better.
I guess I’m reassured by the fact it was only detected because South Africa have pretty much the best technology in the world for finding new variants, and right now there’s no evidence to suggest it causes more severe illness. New variants were always going to happen and if anything it makes those of us still worried/wearing masks etc in public anyway a little safer. As of right now, not a huge amount has changed so I guess all we can do is wait.
I hope it doesn’t all go south, and am trying to stay a tiny bit optimistic!
'It's an impossible choice ... I'll just have to hope that when I flip the coin it somehow explodes and kills me.'
"You're not scared of climbing mountains. You're scared that you can't make them move."
I think the issue is that while illness is still normally mild, it is more infectious. So because the Government Who Shall Not Be Named have actually reduced NHS capacity to below pre covid levels, as well as actively encouraged the public to disregard all sensible health advice, we’re not in a great position.
If Christmas is cancelled (the Mail would implode, no bad thing), I’m not doing anything anyway, I propose a Christmas Day RYL zoom.
'It's an impossible choice ... I'll just have to hope that when I flip the coin it somehow explodes and kills me.'
"You're not scared of climbing mountains. You're scared that you can't make them move."
Hopefully the 'bubble' thing will be a thing again. Then I can still go to my mum's. Anything would be better than last Christmas tbh! A Christmas day ryl zoom does sound wonderful though
I'm fine! Totally fine. I don't know why it's coming out all loud and squeaky, 'cause really, I'm fine!
i found out that i tested positive for covid today.... but im not showing any symptoms im glad that i got fully vaccited and also i got the booster shot and wore a mask as well otherwise it would have gotten worse
just another floating iceberg in this ocean we call life...….
Am I a failure from birth
Is misery what I deserve
Am I just so void of love
That I'm never good, never good enough
~citizen soldier-never good enough
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