To think my mum needs to listen

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My mum's a 67 year old housewife of 38 years. She spends loads of time home. My dad's just retired. She's not taking coronavirus seriously. Even though my dad has bad lungs. They are popping to Asda today for mayonnaise even though there's a local shop! I tried to tell her this morning it's getting worse and she should look into signing up to a milk delivery service so they can have essentials brought to the door. I told her in 2 weeks time life could be much harder. She said we have a big family someone will fetch us bits. I do agree on many ways but I'm only 30 and don't intend on going in the supermarkets now. Local shops and deliveries that's it. I will help them as best I can. But they don't run errands for anyone and never go out there way to help. I think it's abit stupid of her to presume her family with young kids will easily be able to get things for her on top of their own. There could be limits for a start.

Anyone think the older generation are not getting it?

Yes, I spoke with a man in his seventies yesterday who told me he'll not be staying in even if the government tell him to I don't have any symptoms but want to stay away from ships etc to protect the older generation just in case, but some just don't give a hoot!

My DM had this bright idea she could come and stay with me to help when the schools close or if one of my DDs got ill. I think shes realised that's not the best plan now.

My DB will unfortunately take the strain of keeping my DM safer... He trying to convince her it's better for him to drive her to her medical appointments, for him to do the shopping, and if she wants out to go for a quiet walk instead. At the moment we think my dad spending time on his allotment is safe, he rarely sees anyone.

It's crazy. I have tried to tell her twice now. She thinks people are going over the top. I don't think mayo is a reason to go to Asda when the shops local. I get they are bored but there's a park with an out door seating area they could go to for a drink. Or just a healthy walk near the park or something.

funnily enough its also the older generation (70+) that are kicking off and generally being ruder/ complaining about the measures the GP surgeries have put in place. We've had several banging on our door this morning, flouting advice re not attending the surgery, some even lied deliberately to bypass triage and then declare their symptoms of cough/fever in our 'clean' room and put immunocompromised staff members at risk.

i feel like shouting at them do they not get it? someone went absolutely mental at me (a GP this morning) for refusing to see them face to face rather than telephone for something routine/trivial and threatened to sue me!

It's daft! My sensible, well educated, and normally savvy mother, who has been wearing disposable gloves when out and about and knew she had to wash her hands a lot, has managed to stay completely oblivious that she was supposed to wash for 20 seconds. I was gobsmacked.

I think a small proportion of the older generation are saying 'we've had a good/long life, if it happens now, so be it, means I don't die slowly from cancer/dementia etc'. However they could also infect older people who'd rather not die, and unless they are happy not to seek medical treatment, they will be filling up the wards and using up ventilators so that younger vulnerable people, like my DS(6) can't get the help they need. I think we all have a responsibility.

I wonder if they don't realise how bad it is if they don't use social media etc. It would make me feel a whole lot better of my mum was set up with the milkman to receive essentials such as milk, teabags, eggs and bread. .

Id hate to work in a drs surgery at the moment. The drs etc must be feeling so anxious as they are only people. Awful times..