Worried about the Coronavirus thread 28

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How does the family member self isolate if they are living with a partner and three kids in one room because they're in temporary accommodation of which there must be hundreds if not thousands of families

I still don't know if I'm included in the "vulnerable group", how on earth do we find out?

Sky now talking about 'isolation rules'. Except they're not rules are they, they are guidelines?

Avoiding unneccsary contact/wfh - again, guidelines. So if your employer doesnt want to play you're fucked.

Beyond angry.

oh my days.

Just about ruptured my throat screaming at the lies about testing. Good job I'm shut in alone with my laptop - made me sound like an utter lunatic.

In our area ONLY cases ADMITTED to hospital are being tested, not those with symptoms consistent to the virus and sent home to self-isolate even!! And I know for a fact that at least ONE local surgery has gone into complete lockdown.

I'm as socially isolated as I can be while I have to still visit my terminally ill Mum - I actually wore a fucking mask today while travelling and shopping for because even if it's a futile gesture it seemed like I was doing SOMETHING, and her imminent death is going to be horrible enough without an added layer of respiratory fuck up on top.

Never felt so fucking helpless in my life. Every day I brief myself to keep calm, carry on, listen to the news and updates and every day the govt does sweet FA to reassure me with it's national approach.

I know I'm already psychologically loaded due to my personal circumstances and I am absolutely trying to hold my shit together, but there are many others with complex conditions and situations also in the same boat and this is like the sourest cherry on the cake ever.

I send you all good wishes and if a starnge looking woman gets arrested wielding a pitchfork in Downing Street any time soon, it might well be me.

(GCHQ - obviously, I'm joking. I'm not going to travel to London unnecessarily as per "guidance")

"This is a brand new disease. We need to learn as we go along" they say." Yet they're happy to take the risk of leaving schools open.

Can anyone clear up the 7 vs 14 days confusion? I'm a teacher and have started self isolating due to a persistent cough that began at the weekend. My school were pissed off enough with my self isolation (other members of staff are choosing not to self isolate!) and I cannot imagine having to tell them I have to be off for 14 days! It seems that the person who is symptomatic only has to be off for 7 days, but the rest of the household have to be off for 14 days because they could catch it at any point within those first 7 days? Is that correct?

Companies will listen if not just say I’m going with govt advice

It will be quieter in London there’s no way people will carry on as today

@houseofrabbits That certainly makes sense. I hope some of this will be clarified soon!!

My manager is allowing me to work from home (asthma). This was before today's advice.

Most asthmatics are entitled to the free flu jab - if you're taking preventer steroids whether in tablet or inhaler form for asthma, or have been admitted to hospital with asthma in the past then you are entitled to a free flu jab. In which case you're officially classed as vulnerable and should limit social interaction.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/who-should-have-flu-vaccine/

The only thing I’m on the fence on is school

I want to take them out out when

Clear as mud at the moment @houseofrabbits

Cheers Sansa
Right I'm in the vulnerable group so I need a serious conversation tonight with DH about pulling the dc from school.

Just said London should be especially cautious as it's a few weeks(?) ahead of the rest of the country

Sean O'Neill - 'Dear Johnson, Whitty and Vallance, I have leukaemia, I have to minimise social contact and isolate as much as possible ... but my kids' schools are still open. I'm struggling to square that circle.'

Chief reporter for the Times

House Nobody asked for that clarification ie. is the person who started to cough first, allowed out after 7 days. So it's another unclear aspect. Along with everything else.

BNO Newsroom - 'NEW: Sudan has closed all airports, ports, and land crossings due to coronavirus - Reuters.'

@houseofrabbits- that's what I understood- if you have symptoms stay off for 7 days, if you live with someone with symptoms stay off for 14 days.

Thank you @SometimeSomeday they looked so shocked!! I almost see their mouths drop open....this is MASSIVE news and they are not talking about it!!!!! Seems like lots of people missed that as it happened like lightening didn’t it!! Shocking!!!

I'm also embarrassed that a couple of elderly neighbours might wonder why we, an ostensibly fit and well family, aren't offering to help out.

I was thinking same re: businesses. Why force them to stay open but tell the public 'dont' go'?? It will result in a lot of redundancies and not even SSP for those asymptomatic. So everyone welcome to sign up to UC, that fast paced support mechanism.

Wonder if the media are not allowed to talk about it because we ain’t shutting schools yet?

If schools are going to remain open...

The DfE should stop Ofsted inspections, so that schools staff aren not stressed to the hilt about that. I’ve read that wales has stopped School inspections and they’ve stopped hospital inspections.

I also think parents should be allowed to take their children out of schools If they want, without fear of fines.

Schools are open and we’ll get it. I’m not sure if I want it.

Looked today on my dc school Facebook page (unofficial run by parents)

Discussion on there about keeping kids off. Someone's friend has a grandson aged 7 in ICU. We are not being told the truth.

Kids not washing hands. Told to put hand gel out of the way.

I understand school is needed for key workers but if you can take them out I think you should. It's the same logic as "work from home where possible"..,,well school have set work for if it closes so as far as I'm concerned that's what I'm going with.

Also, my dd has a shocking immune system, currently undergoing tests for it. And I get the flu vaccine due to my high BP and meds do not 100% sure if I'm in the vulnerable group or not. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I mean no one wants it but it’s such a hard decision.