Thread 3 shielding chat

[AuntieSocia1]

I hope this unimaginative thread title doesn't put off all the amazing posters from this group!

As we transition into this new phase things could get interesting....

Waves to lurkers

Still haven't left the house apart from hospital.

Had my drain out and dressing off. Religiously doing my physio 3 x daily. Weather is so crap.

But it's our wedding anniversary on Thursday so we're going out for lunch at Miller & Carter

Twats Idiots over the road seem to have many, many visitors and mucking about building an extension by hand ( builders visit once a week). He seems to employ children to help move soil, bricks etc. Tier 2 has had no effect on them.

Hope everyone else is well.

Glad all is going well @babysharkdoodoodood and have a lovely anniversary celebration.

I know what you mean @cloudburstagain it is definitely getting too close for comfort now. I felt quite anxious when I realised that the case in my class was in fact the person doing my job whilst I covered extra teaching. Not looking forward to going back now that I've made that connection as feel like I've dodged a bullet. Every day is beginning to feel like a game of Russian roulette!

Has anyone heard more about shielding?
Have they changed the criteria to keep more people in frontline jobs I wonder? If they do put shielding back?

I was thinking about asking just that @cloudburstagain. I don't know of anyone, even in Tier 3 areas, who has received any new letter or instructions as gov website said. I doubt we'll even get a mention in the briefing today either

I was wondering that too @cloudburstagain. Has anyone actually received any new shielding letter as the gov.uk site says they could? I know people in Tier 3 areas but no one has received a new letter so was curious if anyone on here had.

Oh dear thought it had lost my last message

No letter here. Quelle surprise. Let’s see if we are mentioned at 4pm today... (of course we won’t be).

Nothing here, but am Tier 2 currently.

I shall be watching at 4pm.

Now moved to 5pm

We go into tier 3 tomorrow, if I get a shielding letter I will let you know (I'm not holding my breath,as Boris and his gang don't really acknowledge us in his briefings)

Let's see what they have to say then...

There you go , we just have to be careful!

We won't be asked to shield again

But we should minimise our social contacts and not go to work if we cannot work from home (?? Will there be financial support for this?)

@Egghead, there won't be any financial support and that's why they don't want us to shield. The fact that a lot of us can't work from home and are unable to social distance in school etc means nothing.

No I realise that

I work in a school too @Anewuser. I think Boris must think that we're magic people who can go from shielding to fending off this virus with ease. It's bloody worrying isn't it.

I understood his odd “not go to work if we cannot work from home” to mean that if you are CEV and work in a school or anywhere else you should not go to work (and should survive on thin air presumably if you can’t WFH).

That vague statement just sounded like he didn't really know what to suggest tbh @Egghead. I'm guessing the unions will be all over that so some real clarification.

I haven’t found the unions pro-active so far. Let’s hope this changes.

So no shielding. Just take extra precautions.

I am much more worried this time than in March. In March I felt that people followed rules more. Now I know far too many people who are going out when they or their kids told to self-isolate. Which means I now feel I cannot go out. Well apart from to teach the same teenagers who do not follow rules.

Extra precautions?? Such as?

Hope those who are not teachers are at least allowed to work fro, home now.

Shopping online if possible (will we still be charged the same for supermarket priority slots as regular ones?), and avoiding unnecessary social contact unless you're in a job or position where you can't avoid it, in which case keep it up.
That's all reassuring then...

Just read Gov website - it says Mon 2nd Nov full guidance will be published and all those who are ECV will be written to.

Careful Now