What Risks Are You Taking?

[Scarlett]

I’d really love everyone’s thoughts. Now that it appears we are ‘living with’ covid, it still seems to me that nothing has changed. I still rarely see anyone, don’t go anywhere, it’s as though I’m still in lockdown. Yet, I believe the world is back to normal out there. What are you currently doing? Seeing people outside? Going to pubs inside? Wearing a mask or not? It would be very interesting to know what everyone else is doing right now in the current situation (35k cases per day, immunity from vaccines waning, no gov rules).

[bookbinder]

My wife and I are in a similar position to you. We rarely seen anyone, don't go anywhere (to socialise). We used to like the pub life, pub lunches, pop in for a drink, but the atmosphere has gone. Masks are required in some pubs, and that takes it all away for us. The 'rarely see anyone' life doesn't bother us, because we prefer our own company anyway. Life goes on.

[Ringlet]

I'm much the same as you. I live alone and lockdown hit me hard. I retired during lockdown and I miss the company of my colleagues. I wear a mask when I go out (which isn't often) and don't go to pubs or restaurants.

[ladybirder]

I too live alone except for my little dog and for a year and a half through illness and Covid I didn't go out. In July this year I went to London to the Royal Opera House to see La Boheme. Had a wonderful day, passed out whist I was there but never mind that. Then last week I had a lovely picnic in a local park with one son, 3 granddaughters + one husband, one new greatgd plus a Pointer, a Springer and my own terrier. And I am shortly off Oop North in September to take up an invitation to stay with kind friends in the North Yorkshire Dales where I lived for a few years. Can't wait:-))
I can't wear a mask as have a job breathing without one:-(

[jno]

mask in the shops, not on the streets, though I avoid passing a lot of people on foot. No masks when reliable friends or family visit. We'd possibly be less careful if we were half as old as we really are, but I'm not behaving as if the pandemic was over,

[jno]

passed out whist I was there

blimey, London's not *that* fabulous. I hope you're okay now, ladybirder.

[burlyshirley]

I live alone, but don't worry about covid. I still took my dog out twice a day and went shopping twice a week when it first hit and didn't wear a mask until we were told to ! I have now stopped wearing a mask and hope never to have to wear one ever again. I go to the pub for lunch as often as I can and masks are no longer mandatory in any of the pubs I have been to. I'm a pensioner.

[david small]

Just chilling with my lady. No sweating about the might’ve.

[ladybirder]

Oh there was a lot more to it than me passing out Jno LOL. I lasted until last Act before I crashed, probably due to dehydration and the staff were wonderful. Eventually put me and friend into a taxi which pulled up sharply at the 1st set of traffic lights causing the taxi driver behind to give us a pap of the horn. So our (elderly) drive leapt out and pulled other (elderly) driver out of his cab and they have a punch up in the road until the lights turned green and everyone else started papping us to get a move on. I'm not making it up honestly although I would quite understand if you didn't believe me.
Oh and to answer the question almost everyone in the RoH had masks on, not so much on the trains.

[rowanwitch]

Masks on busy public transport and in busy shops, otherwise not a lot has changed as although I go out for a short while most days I don't socialise much.

[Stickybottle]

I see friends but we tend to sit and converse outside where possible
I have no intention of spending any length of time inside a pub atm
I still wear a mask in the supermarket and maintain distancing as much as possible because cases are on the rise again

[Prudie]

Apart from wearing a mask in shops to please other people life is fairly back to normal for us, I have the pleasure of being able to forget about covid for hours at a time :-) We never pubbed or socialised much anyway and tended only to have the odd meal out with family which we still do. My husband works from home most days but that is now the new normal rather than covid stopping him returning to the office and I have worked in the office 3 days a week ever since it first started anyway. The only thing I don't do is hug or touch work colleagues which I used to and our foreign travel plans have had a lot of spanners thrown in.

[jno]

and you don't have to pay for the street performers, ladybirder :-)

[ichkeria]

I’ve had a week out and about in the worst affected area in the developed world.
Life goes on …

[teacake44]

Carry on as normal, dropped the mask completely . The only thing I tend to do is keep out of any small shops that seem to be stuffy. The only big store I stop out of, but there again don't find much call to go into anyhow is Sports Direct, it always seems to be hot and stuffy in there, very little air circulation, if any, buts thats the one local to me, may be different in other places. We have two local ones, one on a retail park, the other in the main town shopping centre, both are the same.

[AuntPG]

I'm not taking any risks. I'm clinically highly vulnerable so am continuing to mask up and not go anywhere where there are crowds of people, inside or out. My one concede is to now do the weekly shop, at a time when I know the large store will be quiet, masked up and spray shopping trolley before use. We've had to put holiday plans on hold and all the local country fares a miss this year. The UK is not out of the woods, Covid has not just disappeared overnight, and I have a sneaking suspicion we are still on the tip of the iceberg. People going abroad on holiday will just exacerbate the situation, I cannot understand how people can be so selfish and cant see the bigger picture.

[Maydup]

We're out and about, but still quite cautious. In general, I think people's personal space has increased. We avoid really busy environments and continue to hand sanitise. Not great ones for pubs or shopping, we tend to go to cafes or outside activities. I'm not ready to live with covid or prepared to just get it and see what happens!

[237SJ]

Back to normal here. Went to a music festival yesterday and everyone was having a wonderful time. I would always wear a mask in a medical environment such as the GP surgery or hospital and sometimes in a supermarket but that's it really.

[naomi24]

Apart from wearing masks when required I’m back to normal life.

[bednobs]

i went to the theatre today with 600 other people

[Scarlett]

Also out of interest, have you had the vaccine/ had Covid?