The National Education Union have called for schools etc to close during lockdown. This is as link to sign the petition if anyone is interested.
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/close-schools-and-colleges-now?source=direct_link&
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The National Education Union have called for schools etc to close during lockdown. This is as link to sign the petition if anyone is interested.
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/close-schools-and-colleges-now?source=direct_link&
The National Education Union have called for schools etc to close during lockdown. This is as link to sign the petition if anyone is interested.
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/close-schools-and-colleges-now?source=direct_link&
As I scrolled down the article I was hoping to see a supportive comment from Diabetes UK. The government wont change anything until absolutely forced to ,and by then it will be to late. The only way things will improve is if the charities representing shielding/ high risk people have a hard hitting campaign highlighting issues,preferably with high profile celebrities. Even then with so many groups in society suffering I wouldnt assume massive public support . It may be the only way we benefit is from general social campaigns such as increasing benefits or a Universal Income. I have a feeling things will have to get a lot worse before that happens.I have every sympathy with people who feel isolated as shielders who may not want to go through that again. However, there are lots of people who where able to shield or self isolate at home in the first wave who are now expected to be at work in non-covid safe environments with little or no protection. From experience I can say that this also causes great anxiety, to the point of resigning their jobs, and this seems to have been totally forgotten.
I would love for these policy makers (hopefully a clinically vulnerable one) to swap jobs with me for a week then decide the right course of action.
I have every sympathy with people who feel isolated as shielders who may not want to go through that again. However, there are lots of people who where able to shield or self isolate at home in the first wave who are now expected to be at work in non-covid safe environments with little or no protection. From experience I can say that this also causes great anxiety, to the point of resigning their jobs, and this seems to have been totally forgotten.
I would love for these policy makers (hopefully a clinically vulnerable one) to swap jobs with me for a week then decide the right course of action.
Advice is all very well. It's support that people need. Like compensation for not being able to go to work. And possibly re instating the food boxes for people who can't get supermarket deliveries. Minimising contact with others is what everyone, vulnerable or not, should be doing during lockdown anyway.So diabetes and anyone who has flu jab is on there. The advice is "should be especially careful to follow the rules and minimise your contacts with others" However if you work in an education or care setting you will be fine as long as you wash your hands! Would be funny if it wasn't so ridiculous.
Another option if you are vulnerable and live within 10 miles of a Morrisons supermarket is to telephone for a free Morrisons next day Doorstep delivery. Can't be ordered online. May arrive between 10 and 6. No minimum spend. Some of the publicity suggests that you have to order from a limited Morrisons list, but I have used it twice so far and have found I can order anything I like. Don't forget to specify if you don't want any substitutes. You will not be cross-examined as to exactly how strictly you are self-isolating.And possibly re instating the food boxes for people who can't get supermarket deliveries
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Another option if you are vulnerable and live within 10 miles of a Morrisons supermarket is to telephone for a free Morrisons next day Doorstep delivery. Can't be ordered online. May arrive between 10 and 6. No minimum spend. Some of the publicity suggests that you have to order from a limited Morrisons list, but I have used it twice so far and have found I can order anything I like. Don't forget to specify if you don't want any substitutes. You will not be cross-examined as to exactly how strictly you are self-isolating.
https://my.morrisons.com/doorstep-deliveries/
Your worries are IMO entirely legitimate. Don't just take it from me. I watch Dr Bernstein's videos every month. Not everyone here agrees with his VLC approach to managing diabetes, but I doubt if many could disagree that at 85 he is enormously experienced in both living with diabetes and treating numberless T1 and T2 diabetes patients. He advises very strongly that diabetics shelter and keep away from risk and hospitals. That is what he is doing. Please look after yourself!It has got me thinking very seriously about carrying on working or not. I'm not normally an anxious person or a worrier, I just get on with things, so lots to think about, but I don't know what to do ?
Well interesting visit to the GP. Metatarsalgia is the foot pain diagnosis and referral to the physio and musculoskeletal clinic sometime probably in 2025!!
Yes, it's scary that someone of our age can be written off because of lack of ICU beds. I know you love your job, but ....please stay safe RRBLast night, watching the news, my local hospital's ICU department was shown. They are looking after a lot of covid patients already and I sat there taking it in and thought, what if...........what if I got covid, what if another person got covid, who is younger than me and they had limited ICU beds, would it be down to who gets the bed ? ie A 40 year old or a 62 year old? It has got me thinking very seriously about carrying on working or not. I'm not normally an anxious person or a worrier, I just get on with things, so lots to think about, but I don't know what to do ?
Also, a couple of of the children wont be in tomorrow, possibly Thursday too, as two of their teachers are off with one of them being tested for Covid, no result yet.
I was listening to the Taxi driver's BBC world service news this afternoon and the head of Belgium's ICU department was talking about covid, sounded so defeated, so drained, he said doctor's and nurses are working 7 days a week and are exhausted, but the adrenaline keeps them going and focused. Some of their children stay at the hospital, so when staff can go home for rest, they can get complete rest. A spokesperson from Liverpool's hospital said they have so many covid patients, no routine operations, all the op rooms are empty as they need the doctor's and nurses in ICU, covid is just exhausting so many things, somethings gotta give
I do think Morrisons has behaved very well during the pandemic. In my store they keep improving their safety arrangements. I forgot to mention that when my Doorstep Deliveries arrived, the stuff was packed in stout paper carrier bags, for which I was not charged! Also, the woman on the telephone told me that with their "no minimum spend" policy, if someone wanted just a loaf of bread and a pint of milk, that was fine!!!I live 2 minutes away from a Morrisons. Thanks for the info
No fun, but maybe treasure this up as yet another health argument for staying at home!I had an x ray last Friday, it's my heel area, back of heel, underneath my heel and my ankle has stiffened up, it's just the right foot. Should be getting a phone call today from GP, only an hour left now.
No fun, but maybe treasure this up as yet another health argument for staying at home!
I have just been informed that the two children who are not in today, will not be in tomorrow either.