Aibu exercise

[Tiredoutteacher2020]

I am self isolating at the moment as I'm on the at risk list. 12 weeks is a really long time. Aibu one day to drive 10 minutes to a REALLY REALLY rural forest at a really early time to go for a walk? I doubt I'd even see a single person and even if I saw someone I could walk away from them to much more than a 2m distance. I wouldn't do this regularly but maybe once per week. Partly this is for my own sanity and physical health, partly it is to keep my car running incase I need to get to a doctor or anything urgent like that. I don't really know if I'm being unreasonable and I'm happy to be told what you think. I'll listen to what you say as I genuinely don't know.

I have a full tank of petrol and wouldn't visit a petrol station.

My DB is one of the 1.5 at risk people and he is going for a walk everyday in a very isolated place and is going to go out in the car once a week, but stay in the car.

Take a quick walk around where you live.

The more people that travel for their exercise the more things will be passed on.

It’s easy to say you won’t see anyone but you can’t know. We went to walk our local normal very quiet route last weekend but it was full of cars and families having a day out!

YABU. Follow the rules. If we all follow the rules we will be able to move on from this sooner.

Everyone seems to think the rules apply to everyone else, not them.

If you go out at all then you are not self-isolating.
Self-isolating means staying in and not even going out for food or medicine.

I think the thing about unnecessary car journeys (especially if you're in an at-risk group) is that if you have an accident and need 999 services, and hospital, you're adding to a workload and you could pick up something else while in hospital. So I wouldn't, no. It's a really tough situation but I think everyone has to take as few risks as they can.

Can you get through to someone in your hospital team?

Only they can give you advice on their assessment of the risk/benefit equation individual to you at your point of treatment/maintenance.

It’ll be ‘best guess’ though - no one has a crystal ball and there isn’t sufficient evidence on which to make an informed view

Going out in a car potentially involves the AA, a prang or a serious RTA.

I have also read that CV can stay on the soles of shoes for 5 days so you could be inadvertantly walking it into the car or home.

What is your risk? Asthma (what if you have an attack?)

We have youths hanging around here - can you guarantee you really will be alone?

Just walk round the block.

I hadn't thought about the accident side of things. You're right. I won't do it.

Thank you.

I would start the engine up in your car regularly perhaps (I know nothing about cars) but I wouldn't go anywhere.

I would start the engine up in your car regularly perhaps (I know nothing about cars) but I wouldn't go anywhere.

Yeah, don't do that. It will drain the battery quicker than if you just leave it alone.