Does Anyone Agree With This Scenario?

[margarettom]

The latest idea being pushed in the media is for a four week lockdown finishing in early December, so we can all enjoy Christmas. This assumes we’re all obsessed with Christmas and there aren’t any lonely people at Christmas already whips patently not the case.
To me this will lead to the following scenario. Once lockdown ends people will rush out in large numbers to do ‘Christmas shopping’. Remember this happens every year, despite the internet. We will then have people meeting up for Christmas drinks and Christmas meals out.
For the main Christmas period people will travel all over the country to have a family Christmas. This will involve multi-generational groups all mixing together indoors. Once the Christmas period is over, there will be large numbers of the elderly being hospitalised with Covid, with quite a few deaths. So instead of one miserable Christmas and a good few subsequent enjoyable ones, this Christmas will be their last.

[teacake44]

13.06 Don't watch day time media and you won't get the wrong message, or false ones.

[Apc2604]

No doubt the supermarket shelves will be empty again in 24 hours then, Bobbie!

[Bobbisox1]

I'd imagine so APC, already a friend of mine was at Morrissons this morning and panic buying has began again

[Canary42]

Christmas 1942: Unable to celebrate with Dad as he was out in the Western Desert fighting the Nazi regime.
Christmas 1943: Dad still not back.
Christmas 1944: Dad still not back.

So what's so bad about just one Christmas missed.

[margarettom]

Our Morrison’s put a limit on certain items the minute panic buying began a few weeks ago. Assuming they do the same this time, there’s no cause for me to worry.

[teacake44]

Apc a good example of stupid idiots I mentioned early on, and they get really really stupid at Xmas, and the run up too.

[youngmafbog]

Just off to get my bog roll and pasta ....

[Bobbisox1]

Nothing at all Canary, I'll still be doing the Christmas thing, tree up,presents underneath , making the Christmas dinner for the two of us, wearing my new PJs,the bit missing with the family can be put on hold till it can happen

[Peter Pedant]

//Quite correct......yes I do agree with your likely scenario.....indeed I would bet on it.//

I wdnt - I think we are screwed quite honestly and not by govt policy but by the nature of the virus

[teacake44]

More so screwed when you have companies like Boots being allowed to profit from selling tests at £120 a go. The greed eh!!

[Sqad]

bobbie

////////Christmas dinner for the two of us, wearing my new PJs,the bit missing ////

Would the "bit missing" be the tops or the bottoms?

[Apc2604]

A good post Canary, but unfortunately the world has changed since then. People are far more selfish and greedy and can't cope if there expectations are not met. If there was another war, things would be very different!

[Bobbisox1]

Too cold sqadlet, the bits missing would be la family

[teacake44]

Expectations for sure. I watched a tv program some time back and it was supposed to be funny. The whole show was about young children opening Xmas presents, but they only focused on the kids that had a major tantrums because the present they opened was not what they wanted, they filmed the kids flinging the present across the room in a rage. Is it any wounder we have what we have now, and problems controlling these out of control, now adults??

[Apc2604]

We stopped doing Christmas years ago, except for a few pressies and a good meal. Son and wife go on a long dog walk and take a picnic! We usually have a buffet lunch with them on boxing Day, but not this year. Haven't sent cards for years either, except to an elderly aunt. No pressies this year either.

[Bobbisox1]

I'll be sending fewer cards this year too Apc