To think the guidance for "extremely vulnerable" children is lacking?

[Teabaseddiet]

Reading the advice for "really vulnerable" people during the covid 19 pandemic.

It works for adults, but not for young children - things like "use a different bathroom", "stay 2m away from anyone else living in the same house", "don't be in the same room as anyone else" - all impossible with a RV preschooler!

What I'd like to know is - should the whole family be shielded to reduce likelihood of catch it (we do, apart from one person food shopping each week)? I will need to tell work if I need to shield, but there's no guidance on that. If we're supposed to all be shielding, do we qualify for a shopping delivery slot? Can we get all our medications delivered?

I don't want to put any of us at risk, we're taking as many precautions as we can, but don't know how far to take it.

We have the same issue. The rv one in here is 13, but, he shares a room with a sibling, we only have one bathroom, and there are 7 of us living here. How do I tell him that he's not allowed near his younger siblings? How do I explain to a 3 year old that she's not allowed to snuggle up on the sofa with her big brother? It's impossible.

We are doing no-one in, no-one out. Except I can't get a shopping delivery, so had to go out shopping a few days ago, or we'd have starved.
We already get our medications delivered most of the time (my friend works in the pharmacy, and walks past my house on her way home) but a shopping slot would be really handy.

I agree I think advice for vulnerable children has been lacking from the start of all this. We have constantly been told children don’t get symptoms and if they do they are mild but clearly that isn’t always the case. Both me and DH are key workers so aren’t able to self isolate to protect our vulnerable child.

What is rv?

RV = really vulnerable