Shielding chat continues - thread 2

[AuntieSocia1]

Shiny new thread for anyone shielding.

You can vent/moan/cry/chat/lurk whatever you need.

However, Ds has asked if he can meet friends in the garden, I’ve told him we’ll hang fire on this for a few weeks at least. I feel awful for him but I can’t risk this atm until things become a bit clearer.

Hi all. And thanks @AuntieSocia1 @BeyondDreamsOfBeyondFourWalls and @TommyandGina for the advice re: possible psoriasis. It's definitely not sweat rash. But could be eczema. I've been putting hydrocortisone cream on for a week, but not much change. By the way, I love your user name Tommy. Adore Bon Jovi!

Hope you're ok and feeling a bit better today @Swishtail. And also hope @BanKittenHeels is ok too.

I've been for a walk with my boyfriend today. I've only seen him at distance when he has dropped shopping off 3 times in the past 10 weeks. Chose a really quiet Dene to walk in. Can honestly say I've never seen so many people there in my life, and I've been walking there for nearly 40 yrs!

@TitsalinaBumSquash social media is the worst. I've been off it for a year and can honestly say that my (social media) ignorance is bliss. People are fucking arseholes. I always knew this virus would bring out the best in some, and the worst in others! And it has delivered.

Although I wished we’d had Jonathan Van Tam at the helm today, he tells it as it is.

And I very much appreciate that!

Agree about Van Tam. My Mum and I were just discussing him today. Something about him makes you feel he has his permanent sensible head on. Unlike some other medical and scientific advisors who have been unclear or seemed to be towing the party line. They above anyone should be impartial.

Yes JVT is the best.

Does JVT have social media or a regular place where he speaks/writes?

I have quite a thick skin so have ignored trolling tbh, it's everywhere, if you're worried about going out and 'rejoining life' you're classed as a sheep or a dementor. I'm over it.

My boss stopped round earlier to say hello from the end of the pathway and after watching the press conference she told me not to even dare coming out and putting the family at risk, work will wait for me.

I agree with those saying this new hurried measure is to stop us all kicking off when they extend the shielding. My guess is to the end of August in the first instance.

I feel so grateful that I live rurally and as long as we head out of the village we can go for a walk. Felt crap again today when I had to ask if someone could post a parcel for me. It's like being a small child.

@TitsalinaBumSquash that made me cry.. your boss rocks

@TitsalinaBumSquash, so happy your boss told you straight. One less thing to worry about.

I've not heard anything from work but my boss sent me home before the shielding announcement/lockdown and he said he has my back to WFH as long as humanly possibly so I'm not too concerned. They listen to my consultant basically, as my manager says "I'm not a doctor, I'll listen to what you and your consultant tell me and I just need letters like you give me and that's fine by me"

It's good to hear there's some decent bosses out there

Downstairs' party is in full swing - there's about thirty people in the yard, more in the street, and loud awful music (I hate his playlists at the best of times) vibrating the windows. I'm on the other side of the house with all the windows closed and feeling very very trapped.
And I can't escape to the (apparently quiet) park 2mins away because there's idiots by the front and back doors.
Grrrrraaaaarrrrrrrgh.
Thank you for the venting space

im not sure how i feel right now. i dont know...fed up of being inside yes but am i a bit scared to be out? also yes. It was pretty scary going for my xrays tbh and i was in a mask and touched nothing except the board for the xray which they wiped down before i touched it and afterwards. I dont know, i dont know

In Wales we've been told we can exercise as much as we want and meet someone from another household, outside and with social distancing. It was made clear that we shouldn't go into shops or work. It was also suggested that it might be easier to exercise at quieter times of day to help avoid others.

I'm quite happy with this, I've been exercising early in the morning on quiet paths anyway. And it means I can have socially distanced visits to my DC and DH in the garden (I've moved out temporarily as he is working and it is pretty impossible not to share a bedroom or bathroom).

However I am worried that as more people are out and about and mixing this could be the worst time for us to start being out too.

There we go, I've been told by a HCA friend that it's now fine for them to come to my house, through my house, to have a drink in my garden. All understanding has gone out the window 🙁

I would rather extend shielding than be forced back to work in a v crowded school. Seeing all the pictures today and watching how people behaving when walking past others in the street - there is no way I want to go out. Groups of people are just squeezing past each other rather than step onto an empty quiet road. WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL?

Been for a walk between 7-8 this morning, on a fairly quiet path along the river. Far more people than usual at that time of day, including several groups/pairs of people from different households having a socially distanced walk together. Some of these need to remember that in addition to keeping 2m apart from each other they still need to keep 2m apart from the people coming the other way along the path so they can pass...

Feeling a little bit uneasy about how many people were out, actually felt safer last week before they changed the shielding advice. Hopefully it was just that busy today because it will be really hot later and people wanted to exercise while it was still cool.

The logic of releasing us into the wild at the same time everyone is rushing out, escapes me. Well there is no logic is there.

Although, I dislike Boris and his government so much and I am so contrary and stubborn (it's not a good trait) that I'm actually thinking well fuck you, I'm not going out now you are telling us to.

I see no risk to myself going outside without meeting anyone else but like PP say, it's Other People that are the problem. I really feel for those of your shielding DC as it's such a terrible position to be to have to make choices like this (although according to the rest of MN it's a simple choice, go out or stay in, it's up to you). The consequences of a choice like this aren't bloody simple though are they. I wish people who have no personal experience of this and say inane crap like that would STFU frankly.

I couldn’t agree more. I had a family member tell me yesterday that shielding wasn’t that bad and actually no different than for anyone else!! And that she couldn’t go out either ‘as was too hot!’ Wtaf!!!!!!!!! But she CAN go out!! With little risk to herself!! And DOES so!!!!!!!

I’m shielding my two DC who are both on the list with letters. I’m looking forward to receiving the updated letter. Presumably this week. Be interesting what it now says!!

I’m not going out today. Have a 2-mile round trip walk to a medical appt. tomorrow and will use that to judge how busy it is. I’d feel happier if the current independent risk level was below 3, not 4!

I was chatting to my neighbour yesterday and she said it's really busy on the footpaths and cycle paths near us and that it's impossible to socially distance. If other people aren't sticking to the SD rules then it's not safe for the shielded to be going out. Unless you live somewhere fairly isolated of course. And those in flats are no better off under this guidance. Has the guidance been published now?

However I am worried that as more people are out and about and mixing this could be the worst time for us to start being out too

Thus with bells on!

I went out for a much anticipated run this morning. Social distancing has going out of the window in shared public spaces.

I was safer on the rare occasion I went out during fuller restriction, because if the greater diligence in distancing

I was surprisingly sad and cross when I got in after my (curtailed) run. It’s the anger of having hopes thwarted, I think, so should pass quickly

And at least I can still get the runs in if I set my alarm early (and take advantage of any wet days!)

I just wish I didn’t have to and could just run

Well, I just had my first call from the Council and they've asked that if I need to go out to only limit it to once a week, rather than the Government's advice of once a day.

Has anyone else had a similar call?

No call from the council here, but spoke to my GP who said it’s obviously my choice but if he was me he wouldn’t be going out. He said ‘if you feel like you really must have a walk, keep it very brief, be scrupulous about social distancing and wear a mask and gloves’. I’m on the outskirts of a big city though and looking out the window today, it’s super busy. Groups of people walking about all over the place.

I had a call from my gp and they said not to go out unless needed. Said int heir opinion it wasnt safe enough yet so thats what im going with. Im thinking maybe ill have people in the garden and ill chat to them from the door and not get near them but i think thats all ill do right now based on what my gp has said