wont the over 70s want to go to the garden centre?

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FlamingoandJohn please tell your mum from me that I think she's ACE

My DM is self isolating, as instructed, due to being over 70, well mid 80s, as are her friends, they have not been told otherwise

Seriously, if they are in otherwise good health the over 70s don't need to stay inside, see the post above with the government advice, they can go out with social distance just like the rest of us.

Comes down to personal choice , over 70 and not shielding would need to weigh up going to the garden centre vs staying at home and reducing risk

Over 70's are allowed to go out unless they are in the shielding group

One of the nurseries near me has been delivering, I was like a kid at Xmas waiting on mine arriving!

My DM is self isolating, as instructed, due to being over 70, well mid 80s, as are her friends, they have not been told otherwise.
They haven’t been instructed to self-isolate in the first place. They should be obeying the social distancing and essential travel only guidance just like everyone else, just being more careful.

The shielding group are still allowed to go out!!!!! It's not illegal! The insinuation from op is that over 70s are not allowed out. It's not massively better to say the shielded group are not allowed out. Obviously they may choose not to go out but it is advice, not law, that they stay in

Apologies for all the !

Men are much more at risk. Should they be self isolating? BAME disproportionately affected. Ditto.

Just let people assess their own risk, OP, and that includes anyone over 70. Or is this just another ageist thread?

An allotment is not a shop!
an allotment is fantastic, i have allotment envy, sort of

not another ageist thread, calm down folks, blimey

some of you need to play MN Bingo with your ageist comments,
really, permanently offended on behalf of someone else, totally unnecessary and unhelpful

I would think it is one of the last places on earth my over 70 husband would want to go. PCWorld he'd be there like a shot.

Thinking about it PCWorld might get a bit annoyed as he likes to spend ages comparing all the tech stuff with me going, "No you don't need another..........."

the virus does not discriminate

Well, it does actually. Not everyone gets it. Many who get it don't get any symptoms. Of those that do they now think it has a 0.3-0.7% death rate. Most people (by far) who get it will survive it. There is space in the hospitals for those who will sadly end up needing it. Anyone particularly at risk can take the decision not to go and buy plants (hopefully they have someone who can buy plants for them, though, as everyone knows plants are absolutely essential to well-being)

And surprisingly, many over 70's are perfectly intelligent so can make their own risk assessment about shopping. They can keep their distance from other shoppers and wash their hands when they get in. 'Lockdown fatigue' can encompass anything from being a bit bored to being horribly suicidal so fair enough if many have had enough.

Garden centres very badly need to start selling their plants. It's like the Christmas season for them.

Hear, hear @Adventures!

My parents are 69, will they be allowed out until the eve of their 70th birthdays and then stay at home after that?

I desperately want some plants for my garden but am shielding so I won’t be going out. Ironically if we lived closer my older family would be the ones shopping for me and not the other way around.

I was ridiculously excited at having ordered a cordless lawnmower the other day though. Usually my dad does my grass when he comes up but now I’ve been doing it myself. Think fair to say I’ll never be a green keeper though 😂

Why aren't you addressing the point that several posters hav e made that your parents don't need to be staying inside in the first place?

It’s no different to shopping, many over 70s still have to shop in supermarkets

Of course it's an ageist thread. You've incorrectly claimed that all over 70s should not be going out and also assumed that a group of millions of people must all see garden centres as some kind of crack cocaine.

I didnt incorrectly claim this, The government said it.
why do you want to argue with me

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52575594

it is not an ageist thread, you are simply looking to be argumentative irrationally offended,
spectacularly unhelpful, as per usual
boring

Well I will be off to my garden centre, everyone around here has been gardening like mad, all ages. I need more compost, some plants, etc

Currently the government lists two groups, a) the exceptionally vulnerable (shielded) which is not defined by age and b) the vulnerable, which includes further medical conditions, pregnancy and yes age

It is misleading to refer to age only, when concern should be for all the vulnerable

And yes, I’d say that is ageist.