Wibu to travel to parents for childcare while I am unwell?

[SickDad]

My wife and I have both started to get a nasty cough which may be the corona virus, and are concerned we might not be able to cope with our young child if we both get really sick. My instinct is to go up and stay with the parents. It's a bit of a long drive but much nicer than being stuck in London and the plan would be that if it turns out we are not that bad I would be able to have a nice holiday and work on my blog while the boss is out of the office as he is also off sick (and being a bit of a drama queen over it tbh).

I know it's strictly against the "rules" but having done my own risk assessment there is very little risk to me so I think it would be ok? I have never really liked the lockdown anyway as I think we should have been more like Sweden and let the virus run its course culling the weak creating herd immunity for the sake of the economy. Anyway I am sure nobody would notice and I will get clean away with it.

If your eyesight has gone weird, don't forget that the wisest thing to do is to pile your loved ones in the car and whizz off to a local beauty spot to check whether you're a public danger on the roads or not.

It's called 'using your judgement'...

Well of course. Surely that’s what all other parents have been doing during lockdown, driving 5 or 6 hours across the country just incase we are ill to the point that looking after our children would be inconvenient. A perfectly normal thing to do, not bonkers or irresponsible at all...
My crazy neighbours actually looked after their own children when they were self isolating, can you believe it! Just mental! Looking after your own child when you yourself aren’t feeling 100%, who does that??? That’s what relatives living 200 miles away are for!

You do you hun.
You know what's best for bubs.

I mean if I do need to test my eyesight what better way than a short drive with my family. My wife and son will be able to scream if I am likely to hit anything or whatever so it teaches ds to be alert, as we jokingly say at work. I think this would just be a really good example of my great parenting and concern for others.

Screw everyone else this is definitely the right thing to do - I'm alright Jack should be everyone's mantra!

Hmm, kind of feels like you might just be taking a massive shit on all the people who bothered to follow the rules?

And to think we were having massive debates on here about a woman going out for a walk twice in a deserted area...who knew so many more things were possible if only our eyesight was good enought to read the small print - we could all have taken a day trip to a lovely scenic spot to check our eyesight!

My eye test was due at the end of March and things are a bit blurry. I wonder if Specsavers could update my prescription by basing it on what I can see/how much I crash into if I drive around for a bit ? I can just phone them to tell them how it went.

My hearing's a bit iffy, too, and my legs feel weak.
WIBU to arrange a little party for my mum's birthday and dance in the garden to ABBA in lieu of a check-up in these confined times?

Just stay alert have lots of coffee or something.

You and your family are so speshul there is clearly nobody anywhere except 230 miles north who can assist you with your childcare..

You are so speshul and important that you cannot stop working. And, gosh, your wife is sooooo ill, al she can do is write about how ill you all are.

And your family trauma is so bad that it doesn't matter that you earn between you probably 20 times the national average salary, there's just nobody who can help you nearby. So you just have to travel the length of the country to go somewhere to be really, really really speshul.