My parents are away currently in Hong Kong. They are coming back via Gatwick and taking the train home.
We have two young DC plus a very elderly relative in the family. DH also works for emergency services so I wouldn’t want him exposed.
I’ve asked parents to be careful and take suitable precautions. I didn’t say anything about not seeing them but DM went completely dramatic saying they will just isolate from us if we are ‘that’ concerned even though that’s not current Government advice. They’ve said they have been hand washing etc and that they are ‘well’ and insinuated that I was making them out to be idiots (I wasn’t, but they are the sort of people who think they know better than health professionals/the Government etc so I just wanted to make sure they were following advice).
They’ve said they will still see the elderly relative ‘if he wants to see us’ (which he will). My DM was making passive aggressive comments about missing Mother’s Day and my birthday dinner (same weekend). To be honest I’m tempted just to say, fine we won’t see you then!
Basically I was made to feel ridiculous for even suggesting they wash their hands!
There are confirmed cases in the town where we live so potentially I could pop to the shop and get it from a stranger in the queue next to me and I couldn’t help that, but surely common sense would dictate that if you know someone is coming back from an infected country and then traveling through a major transport hub, that it’s sensible to take precautions?