My neighbours have found the solution to not visiting vulnerable people

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It really is genius! 😷😄
Next door family have had sore throats and runny noses.
Done the right thing by isolating themselves. (Mum, dad and 2 primary age kids).
Her parents have called around for about an hour. Nothing urgent. Just wanted to say hello and chat.
So they stood in the back garden and all yelled at each other through a crack in the window!
They have been isolated for a week now. Parents live a few miles away, so had to drive here. All are fine with tech/phone/facetime

I went to drop off plants from me & DD today and my Mum (76) stood in the greenhouse 👍🏻

I passed my friend’s house on my walk today (I need to walk for post op physio), so I rang her to come to the window and we chatted on the phone whilst we could see one another. It was nice to see her lovely face. I’m thinking of visiting more friends in this way from now on!

I’m doing that tomorrow. I’m going to drop of some supplies on the step then chat to them through the window using our phones. Like the screens in a prison 👍🥴

I have a patio chair in my mums garden. I pop in every day and my parents stay in the house and I sit in the garden and we yell through the back door.

My mum is vulnerable and has been indoors for 3 weeks and it only dawned on us last week that she has a back gate. We’ve been going round with flasks of year for us and sitting in her back garden whilst she sits just inside the back door. Keeps her spirits up but so hard not giving her a hug.

Tea not year! 🤦‍♀️

And there was me crying with mum and my young daughter on a VC earlier 😂

MIL lives on a cul de sac and is one of a number of older people living in family houses. Most all of the older people had cars parked on the drives with adult children in, old person standing st the front door and adult children calling from the car. It was a really weird experience.

My mum lives next door to me. I wrote a Happy Mother's Day message on a piece of paper and taped it to the outside of her living room window so she would see it when she opened her curtains in the morning. She thought is was hilarious.

Later I stood in the garden and she in her front porch as we had a blether. It was hideously heartbreaking.

We are having neighbourly 'socially distanced get togethers ' every couple of days to chat and make sure everyone is okay - everyone stands on their front drive, 3-4 metres away from each other, and has a catch up. We also have a WhatsApp group to check in, but face to face chat at a distance is good for everyone's mental health

I did this with my mum, dad and grandmother today. She lives an hour away. I surprised her by calling to say happy mothers day and then popping up outside the window. She was so delighted she cried. We were all meant to be there for a big family get together today so I knew it would perk her up. We stayed 2+ metres away and spoke through an open window. It was well worth the drive.

I read a nice Tweet when scrolling through Twitter yesterday - a lady posted that she will be the other side of a window at her nan's care home to celebrate the 102nd birthday of this amazing lady (who was born 1918 during the 'flu pandemic') - also asked for Happy Birthday Tweets as her nan was 'FASCINATED' with social media - I just thought if she can live 102 years, survive wars, pandemics and everything life chucks at you in between it was worth a minute of my time to wish her a very happy 102nd - and great that she's interested in new tech etc (the photo showed both ladies smiling, with the 102-year-old looking much younger than her advanced years - made me smile too)

I face timed my mums slippers today. Hope they had a nice mother’s day...

Great suggestion that we all learn at least the basics of British Sign Language - this is a skill that will live on after Coronavirus and could be useful in all sorts of situations as well improving communication with the dead or hard-of-hearing community. When I was in the hospice there was a lady who had lost the ability to verbally communicate but I learned the BSL alphabet and a few simple signs that she could understand. It took longer for me to talk to her but I know she appreciated someone making the effort to chat, to 'listen' to her questions and answers - using this system she was able to tell me a little about her life before she became so ill, ask for a few treats and say how isolated and lonely life was with people talking at her or about her and not to her or with her - sometimes the simplest things mean so much - She was a lovely lady and it was nice to be friends with her - I'll always have fond memories of her. This memory and the post suggesting we learn BSL has prompted me to drag out the folder I've kept all the years - something to do while isolated so thank you for that and stay safe everyone.

We took our Mother’s Day presents round to the PILs on Friday. Put them on the step and retreated to the end of the drive. We then got our baby daughter out for them to see her too. It was such a shame they couldn’t have a squeeze but they are both in the high risk category so not worth the risk. As my husband says better to miss a few months than a lifetime.

My friend did it with her mum today and my dsis and dns did the same

Only time in a while that I've wished I could drive

I took my mum's mothers day present round yesterday & I spoke to her & Dad through their kitchen window. Them inside & me in the front garden. We had a nice chat but really miss seeing them properly.

Thus made me smile the other day

Kristen Bell surprises husband Dax Shepherd during quarantine by dancing outside

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Just to say, a runny nose is a sure fire sign it isn’t C19.

How so? Need more info on this as we've all had snotty noses all week

Sore throat and runny nose is not a symptom of Coronavirus...

@Washyourhandsyoufilthyanimal. Yes they are- not the most common symptom, but they do occur:

“ The most detailed breakdown of symptoms of the disease comes from a recent World Health Organization analysis of more than 55,000 confirmed cases in China. Here are the most common symptoms and the percentage of people who had them:

Fever: 88%
Dry cough: 68%
Fatigue: 38%
Coughing up sputum, or thick phlegm, from the lungs: 33%
Shortness of breath: 19%
Bone or joint pain: 15%
Sore throat: 14%
Headache: 14%
Chills: 11%
Nausea or vomiting: 5%
Stuffy nose: 5%
Diarrhea: 4%
Coughing up blood: 1%
Swollen eyes: 1%”

www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200310/know-the-symptoms-of-covid19

Our neighbours also found a solution to not going out.
They invited their friends to them and had a party 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
I shit you not. Kids running riot in the garden while the adults chatted in the lounge and indulgently joked about catching covid19. Utter dickheads.

My next door neighbour managed to rig up an iPad in his 101 year old mother's room just before they closed her care home to visitors, so now the family can all FaceTime her.

Runny noses not a symptom.

I wish I had a garden!! City living sucks!

I think the idea of teaching Sign Language being compulsory would be fantastic, why on earth don't they!?

I've started a weekly planner for my two little Dd's (Dance session, ABC time, Book No 1...Snail and the whale..), Baby Sign getting added to the list!