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Chit-Chat: a good ol' fashioned DCC!

The north Atlantic is evil.
 
I live in a boring place in the middle of nowhere. A place that there's nothing really to special here to do as well.
Keyletters: Oz
(ृ ´͈ ᵕ `͈ ृ )ु
 
I live in the United Kingdom or, as it is affectionately known, "TERF Island" >.>

...there are other names, but since Abigail Thorn called it that in her coming out video I haven't been able to get it out of my head. xD
 
I live in a country that knows how to get into lockdown but doesn't know how to get out of it. We are also good at handling vaccination poorly, have politicians who enrich themselves upon shady medical mask selling deals and even though we have guidelines how to handle the pandemic none of the federal states actually care about them and just do whatever they feel like.

Or to sum it up: we are the country of democratic bureaucracy xD
 
Yeh....the UK has handled the pandemic badly. We should have gone into a full lockdown earlier on. I mean look at New Zealand. I wont get on my soap box as you won't hear the end of it.


Anyhoo! I've just been watching Vikings and this happens:

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~Dill~ said:
Yeh....the UK has handled the pandemic badly. We should have gone into a full lockdown earlier on. I mean look at New Zealand. I wont get on my soap box as you won't hear the end of it.


Anyhoo! I've just been watching Vikings and this happens:

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I'm not sure what season I was on last but I enjoyed watching Vikings lot, I plan to watch it again soon.
I Love Norse mythology~ ❤
 
Each province has some degree of autonomy here, but we all locked down and loosened at the same time. PM's wife cause COVID and isolated with her.
In my province, wearing a mask is mandatory in hospitals, care facilities, stores, restaurants (unless eating), apartments unless in your unit.
You can't have more than 10 people in a house, regardless of if they're family.

If you're having a larger gathering, each person attending is fined $1000.
 
We (Texas) said byebye to our mask mandate last week, and so far we had a lady near my city who got arrested twice for "trespassing", due to lack of mask wearing.

Lots of crazy peeps 'round here.
 
I cannot fathom why anyone would choose not to wear a mask in public right now.
 
I live in New Jersey and we have a whole trash island BEAT THAT — also anyone not wearing a mask in public rn should be forced to live out their days on said trash island period.
 
Well, if you can't wear a mask because of a medical condition or similar, that's another matter entirely, because it's not really by choice that you don't wear one. But if you don't have a serious, valid reason - which personal discomfort is most definitely not - then...yeah, I don't get it.

I'm probably going to start wearing a mask all the time I go out now that the kids have gone back to school...I live in a tiny village and it gets super busy on the streets, so avoiding people is harder =/
 
Dawn said:
Well, if you can't wear a mask because of a medical condition or similar, that's another matter entirely, because it's not really by choice that you don't wear one. But if you don't have a serious, valid reason - which personal discomfort is most definitely not - then...yeah, I don't get it.

I'm probably going to start wearing a mask all the time I go out now that the kids have gone back to school...I live in a tiny village and it gets super busy on the streets, so avoiding people is harder =/
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Oh absolutely! That's what I meant by majority. Simple discomfort is no reason to put other people's lives in danger :)

I have breathing difficulties when wearing one, so I tend to avoid puplic places altogether. My partner will usually go in by herself, while I stay in the car. If I do need to go in, then I have to take breaks and find a quiet area that I can take it off for a while to let my breathing catch up. I get some real evil looks for doing that sometimes, but I have no choice, and I always put it straight back on if anyone comes even anywhere near. I really shouldn't be wearing one, but I'm not gonna make it any easier for this horrid disease 😔

I hope this pandemic eases really soon. The sun is coming, and even moderate temperatures are more than enough for everyone to throw all precautions away around these parts :(
 
Ash Ketchup said:
Oh absolutely! That's what I meant by majority. Simple discomfort is no reason to put other people's lives in danger :)

I have breathing difficulties when wearing one, so I tend to avoid puplic places altogether. My partner will usually go in by herself, while I stay in the car. If I do need to go in, then I have to take breaks and find a quiet area that I can take it off for a while to let my breathing catch up. I get some real evil looks for doing that sometimes, but I have no choice, and I always put it straight back on if anyone comes even anywhere near. I really shouldn't be wearing one, but I'm not gonna make it any easier for this horrid disease 😔

I hope this pandemic eases really soon. The sun is coming, and even moderate temperatures are more than enough for everyone to throw all precautions away around these parts :(
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I just didn't want my last post to imply that everyone should be wearing a mask irrespective of their personal circumstances is all, which it kinda came across as when I read it back, haha.

I mean, obviously people are free to do whatever they want - it's your health, etc. etc. - but if you don't have a medical reason for it...well...wearing a mask in public costs you nothing, and it protects you and others from something that could very easily kill you. I just don't understand why some people have to make a fuss over it =x

Do you think you'll get access to a vaccine anytime soon? I'm not sure what the situation is like elsewhere in the world, but I think the UK has been prioritising people with more serious health conditions alongside the elderly and frontline health and social care workers. Probably the only thing the government has done right with the pandemic is the speed at which the vulnerable and elderly have been vaccinated =x
 
Dawn said:
I just didn't want my last post to imply that everyone should be wearing a mask irrespective of their personal circumstances is all, which it kinda came across as when I read it back, haha.

I mean, obviously people are free to do whatever they want - it's your health, etc. etc. - but if you don't have a medical reason for it...well...wearing a mask in public costs you nothing, and it protects you and others from something that could very easily kill you. I just don't understand why some people have to make a fuss over it =x

Do you think you'll get access to a vaccine anytime soon? I'm not sure what the situation is like elsewhere in the world, but I think the UK has been prioritising people with more serious health conditions alongside the elderly and frontline health and social care workers. Probably the only thing the government has done right with the pandemic is the speed at which the vulnerable and elderly have been vaccinated =x
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I understand exactly what you mean :)

Yeah I had the Pfizer jab a while ago, not had my second dose yet though.

My partner hasn't had any yet, even though our doctor thinks she should have based on her medical problems. I guess it depends on more than just the cohort guidelines they made public 🤔
 
Ash Ketchup said:
I understand exactly what you mean :)

Yeah I had the Pfizer jab a while ago, not had my second dose yet though.

My partner hasn't had any yet, even though our doctor thinks she should have based on her medical problems. I guess it depends on more than just the cohort guidelines they made public 🤔
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Nice! I had my first Pfizer back at the end of January thanks to work, got my second coming up this time next month. We've all had ours now - mother works in a school, brother is in a care home, and father is over sixty - so that's a huge relief.

I've benefited a lot from the pandemic thanks to WFH, but it's been a very stressful time and it's delayed some very important things - like meeting up with my partner, moving out, etc - and it'll come as a relief when things are a little more relaxed. I doubt I'll leave home without a mask on for a very long time - if ever - but still. xD
 
Dawn said:
Nice! I had my first Pfizer back at the end of January thanks to work, got my second coming up this time next month. We've all had ours now - mother works in a school, brother is in a care home, and father is over sixty - so that's a huge relief.

I've benefited a lot from the pandemic thanks to WFH, but it's been a very stressful time and it's delayed some very important things - like meeting up with my partner, moving out, etc - and it'll come as a relief when things are a little more relaxed. I doubt I'll leave home without a mask on for a very long time - if ever - but still. xD
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I'm so glad you all got jabbed! Like you said, it's about the only thing this government has got right! Although they did mess mine up a bit - they sent me the letter then forgot to contact me - so I was a bit late getting it for my group, but I think that may have been my local practice's fault tbh.

WFH has changed everything I think, and the world is gonna be very different in that department in the future. That totally sucks about the restrictions on meeting up with your partner though :(

I hope you won't need to wait much longer :)
 
Ash Ketchup said:
I'm so glad you all got jabbed! Like you said, it's about the only thing this government has got right! Although they did mess mine up a bit - they sent me the letter then forgot to contact me - so I was a bit late getting it for my group, but I think that may have been my local practice's fault tbh.

WFH has changed everything I think, and the world is gonna be very different in that department in the future. That totally sucks about the restrictions on meeting up with your partner though :(

I hope you won't need to wait much longer :)
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Idiots =x
Did you get a shielding letter? I didn't, and that was...unsettling. My health has been monitored for the better part of the last decade and I was mostly forgotten about once the pandemic hit. Not that I mind that to some extent - I hate being checked on - but yeah, I think my local surgery has struggled with things as well. Overworked and underpaid =/

I'm hoping WFH will become a new normal - or at least an accepted normal alongside office working - because I don't think I could ever go back to the office after this (and if they try, I'll be having words with my GP - if nothing else I couldn't do my current hours in office) and really I think the pandemic has demonstrated just how beneficial WFH is and how unnecessary being in an office can be. There have been resource problems, but we've all managed well enough...in fact, considering we've been down one person since November, I think we've done more than well enough >.>

Well, we've waited four years, a few more months won't kill us, haha. Better to be separated and alive than together and ill or struggling!
 
Dawn said:
Idiots =x
Did you get a shielding letter? I didn't, and that was...unsettling. My health has been monitored for the better part of the last decade and I was mostly forgotten about once the pandemic hit. Not that I mind that to some extent - I hate being checked on - but yeah, I think my local surgery has struggled with things as well. Overworked and underpaid =/

I'm hoping WFH will become a new normal - or at least an accepted normal alongside office working - because I don't think I could ever go back to the office after this (and if they try, I'll be having words with my GP - if nothing else I couldn't do my current hours in office) and really I think the pandemic has demonstrated just how beneficial WFH is and how unnecessary being in an office can be. There have been resource problems, but we've all managed well enough...in fact, considering we've been down one person since November, I think we've done more than well enough >.>

Well, we've waited four years, a few more months won't kill us, haha. Better to be separated and alive than together and ill or struggling!
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:-))

No, I never got a shielding letter, which means I couldn't access food delivery slots for a while when I should have been able too. My doctors told me I have to though, figure that out. I have heard a few others not getting the letter too. Must be hell working in the NHS right now tbf.

I seen enough when I was rushed to A&E last March. The pandemic had just hit, and my local hospital didn't have proper protocols in place at that time. There was covid patients everywhere on the emergency ward I was put on. I will never forget seeing them all, or the doctors, nurses, porters etc. struggling so much to deal with it all. My sister-in-law recently told me she wasn't gonna get the jab because "covid doesn't scare her". I told her about it in graphic detail, and she soon stopped that and got vaccinated.

*massive hugs* to anyone on PC who works in any essential areas btw <3


I hope you get to be together soon! :)
 
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