Thanks,but no thanks! I'll be shielding until there's a vaccine and I've had it. I plan my only trip out will be to the GP surgery or wherever, to get the vaccine. Dressed in mask, gloves visor, and a coat/long cardigan that will get washed as soon as I get home. Then indoors again til whenever they say the vaccine will start to take effect.So the rules for those shielding are changing from tomorrow we and one other from our household can go out but not to a shop or any where it is not possible to socially distance hooray cousin Boris says it will be OK.
Sorry not tomorrow but Monday I am loosing track of the days.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52862440
So the rules for those shielding are changing from tomorrow we and one other from our household can go out but not to a shop or any where it is not possible to socially distance hooray cousin Boris says it will be OK.
Sorry not tomorrow but Monday I am loosing track of the days.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52862440
That could be a very long wait, @Tannith.Thanks,but no thanks! I'll be shielding until there's a vaccine and I've had it. I plan my only trip out will be to the GP surgery or wherever, to get the vaccine. Dressed in mask, gloves visor, and a coat/long cardigan that will get washed as soon as I get home. Then indoors again til whenever they say the vaccine will start to take effect.
reading that, @JohnEGreen it appears that only those who are shielding and living alone are going to be allowed out
Yes, I got that, thanks, after carefully reading the article again.No, if not living alone, can't meet anyone but can go out with one member of own household. If a person is living alone they can meet one person while outside. It to allow people without gardens to get some Vit D.
Remember people who are shielding are not legally required to keep to the advice.
I understand where you are coming from, John. I am desperate to get out for a walk, but living near a tourist attraction park, where there have been reports of people staying all day for picnics and boozy get togethers, I am wary. I mean, no toilets open, so what are they doing when they need to use the lav? Also, having only been able to walk around my garden, I think I will have to buildup my distances slowly. Think I will wait until it is raining, and go out very, very early.I'm still thinking about it I can't see myself hiding from this virus indefinitely but am not sure if now is the right time to venture out. If I do I shall be suitably attired mask, gloves and the goggles won't be on my hat I shall also be carrying a 2 metre pole with which to ward off those who get too close.
I fear it may be a very long wait indeed, but I shall just have to put up with it. People are ignoring lockdown now. There are crowds everywhere who apparently think the lovely weather is an excuse to go out spreading the virus. Then something happens like the recent accident on the beach at Durdle Door and you see people practically huddled together when ordered to get off the beach quickly to allow the emergency helicopters to land. The ignoring and lifting of lockdown is bound to increase the R rate, so it will be less safe to go out over the next 3 weeks or so than it was last month. And that's without the kids going back to school.That could be a very long wait, @Tannith.
I intend to keep watching and be in charge of my own break for freedom, at a time that I believe is safe.
That is exactly it, @Mr_Pot . I was never given reason why I am deemed ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’, never given priority access to supermarket deliveries, or the free essential food packages, so have effectively been making my own mind up. I believe that as someone with an incompetent immune system I am not suddenly going to be any less vulnerable overnight, and so will keep assessing the situation, and choose when it appears less risky for me.As shielding is advice surely the authorities should just give some reasons why people might want to reduce their caution rather than say what you can and can't do. People shielding have never been stopped from going out, so they need some reason why it is now a good idea when it wasn't before.
"I am not suddenly going to be any less vulnerable overnight," Absolutely, Pipp,. None of us is. I don't know what they are playing at. Maybe it's an excuse to stop sending the food boxes sooner?They can't cost much - a tenner each cost price perhaps, they are pretty poor quality. But they do mean you wouldn't starve if the supermarkets stopped sending deliveries. I never got any explanation in my letter as to why I am on the list, I don't think anyone does, I think they are standard letters. Mine was identical to the example shown online. One size fits all. If I were you I would go on the government site and try to register, as it might be this that gets you on the database. Once there, the supermarkets get your name and put you on their lists for priority deliveries.That is exactly it, @Mr_Pot . I was never given reason why I am deemed ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’, never given priority access to supermarket deliveries, or the free essential food packages, so have effectively been making my own mind up. I believe that as someone with an incompetent immune system I am not suddenly going to be any less vulnerable overnight, and so will keep assessing the situation, and choose when it appears less risky for me.
Cheers. I am registered on government site."I am not suddenly going to be any less vulnerable overnight," Absolutely, Pipp,. None of us is. I don't know what they are playing at. Maybe it's an excuse to stop sending the food boxes sooner?They can't cost much - a tenner each cost price perhaps, they are pretty poor quality. But they do mean you wouldn't starve if the supermarkets stopped sending deliveries. I never got any explanation in my letter as to why I am on the list, I don't think anyone does, I think they are standard letters. Mine was identical to the example shown online. One size fits all. If I were you I would go on the government site and try to register, as it might be this that gets you on the database. Once there, the supermarkets get your name and put you on their lists for priority deliveries.
My box this week had a note in it saying how to cancel them, but I'm not going to as I am glad to get especially potatoes and bread (albeit white sliced) regularly. I find it hard to get fresh stuff from the supermarket and there is still no flour at all to make bread. Three weeks running, the carrots were slimy and one lot was so seriously rotten that we had to put it straight outside because the smell was so bad. I am trying to minimise supermarket deliveries anyway, and get them down to once every 2 months perhaps. I think they are riskier than the food boxes because they involve at least one picker, a checkout operator and assistant, and a delivery driver. The food boxes involve fewer people and also because there is no fresh or frozen, they are probably packed longer before delivery than the supermarket stuff. (Weeks in the case of the carrots!). The only way the virus can get into my house is through deliveries, so I am not going to let up on being careful with them.I did not ask for the boxes but they keep on turning up last week we gave one of the boxes to a lady up the road who is a single mother with a child that has some serious medical issues but gets very little help.
The time before we phoned a local food bank group and passed a box on to them.
2 months! I get a Sainsbury's delivery about every 10 days. Stuff we don't need immediately and doesn't need refrigeration we just leave for a few days, the rest we wipe with dilute bleach or rinse. We had some fruit and veg boxes from a local supplier but there was too much stuff that we didn't want and too little that we did.My box this week had a note in it saying how to cancel them, but I'm not going to as I am glad to get especially potatoes and bread (albeit white sliced) regularly. I find it hard to get fresh stuff from the supermarket and there is still no flour at all to make bread. Three weeks running, the carrots were slimy and one lot was so seriously rotten that we had to put it straight outside because the smell was so bad. I am trying to minimise supermarket deliveries anyway, and get them down to once every 2 months perhaps. I think they are riskier than the food boxes because they involve at least one picker, a checkout operator and assistant, and a delivery driver. The food boxes involve fewer people and also because there is no fresh or frozen, they are probably packed longer before delivery than the supermarket stuff. (Weeks in the case of the carrots!). The only way the virus can get into my house is through deliveries, so I am not going to let up on being careful with them.
Your brave I'm still thinking about it.As for lockdown easing, I was ready, though reluctant, to get out of confinement, so went for an early walk for 40 minutes today. Quite surprised to find my legs actually work still. Feel much better physically and mentally for having done so.
It isn’t really about brave, John. I did a risk assessment, and decided risk to physical and mental health of staying home was greater than going out.Your brave I'm still thinking about it.
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