People uneccessarily self-isolating are annoying me AIBU

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self isolation is different to social distancing

self isolation you enter when you or anyone in your family develop a cough or a high temp or you/family member are in a vulnerable group

social distancing is what we should be doing as a minimum all the time. ie. minimise going out.

All those people self-isolating at the drop of a hat you are causing the problem. For self isolation, you WILL need to stockpile food etc because you want to eliminate going out for 14 days.... But if we all self-isolate then we are all going to need to stockpile which is what everyone has just done last week. ie. why the government didn't mandate it in the first place... cause of crazy people.

We are in week 2 of this and we need to have the stamina to get through to month 18. You are not going to do this by self isolating for all that time.

So, people self-isolating and therefore stockpiling are annoying me... AIBU?

People posting in the wrong topic annoy me.

People not self isolating or not social distancing annoy me.

Well hang on, it's not like you get notice of waking up with a cough or temperature. So surely everyone needs to stockpile, because everyone needs to be READY to self-isolate for 14 days at any given time.

Personally I have not. We don't have 2 weeks' worth of food in the house and if one of us gets ill, we'll have to call on friends to help out. But I thought that was more sensible than stockpiling TBH. However we are buying more food than usual because we have more people than usual at home.

But the government guidelines say you are supposed to self isolate if you develop a new and persistent cough and or a high temperature ,the vast majority of people who have these symptoms probably don't have COVID 19:but they are just following government guidelines I'm not sure what else you expect them to do?

YANBU however vulnerable people have not been told to self isolate (I am one) so this misinformation irritates me!

If everyone self isolated we could really slow the spread. I hope we enter lockdown soon.

It's sensible to stay in as much as possible. If it's possible to self isolate, you're less risk to yourself and everyone around you. YABU.

I think it is sensible to minimise contact as much as possible with the outside world to stop catching it in the first place if this is possible

Yes yabu to get annoyed at people trying to protect themselves.
See post below from an Italian resident poster.
By the way, two weeks ago, our death toll on 7 march was 233...that's your uk number today. You are still exactly two weeks behind us. That curve has not changed in a month. You are no different to us, we are very very similar European countries, believe me, I have lived in UK for 25 years and in Italy for 10 years. We are very similar in many ways. In two weeks your deaths will be around the 4,800 mark I'm afraid. That's not dependent on what you do today, because that is the result of people who are already carrying the virus, its history. It's done

Even if someone (and their whole family) has to self isolate for 2 weeks how much food and toilet roll do they really need for 14 days?! People are stockpiling hundreds of loo rolls and hand washes and bags of pasta. It’s 14 days at home. Not 140,000 days !

Your judging people for choosing to stay safe is annoying me.

Get a grip.

You logic makes no sense.

@ghostylovesheets
vulnerable people have not been told to self isolate
You might have missed this.. or maybe im not reading it right. I thought it was covered.
From the govt website:
under 70 with an underlying health condition listed below (ie anyone instructed to get a flu jab as an adult each year on medical grounds):

www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-distancing-for-everyone-in-the-uk-and-protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults

What about those self isolating because they have health conditions? I received a doctors letter telling me to self isolate for 12 weeks due to a auto immune condition. YABU, people don’t want to take the chance and that’s the whole point! The sooner EVERYONE does it the faster this will be over.

I’d fucking rather people self isolate where they can than charge off to supermarkets, town centres, parks, beaches etc and have a jolly time .

NOBODY needs to stockpile . Self isolating does not come into that .

Get a friend, a relative, a neighbour, a delivery company, use facebook, google for food companies ... get anyone you can to deliver you food - eat less of what food you have, do whatever you can do to last it out .

Everyone and anyone who can - ie not key workers - should be in their own home and garden and nowhere else .

I’m dreadfully sorry that annoys you 🤨 . But I mean, there’s a fucking life threatening pandemic out there .

Read your own link it states social distancing- I am familiar with the guidance I have CKD and have a flu jab ever year!

But the government guidelines say you are supposed to self isolate if you develop a new
Even in self-isolation you can go out if absolutely neccessary just take precautions. You can't expect the entire nation to have 2 weeks worth of goods stockpiled for the next 18 months can you?

And this is the issue I wanted to raise. I think you're all causing the problem. The vulnerable groups ARE supposed to be stockpiling but everyone thinks they want to do the best for their family and are causing the problem.
It IS a problem right now. There's nothing on the shelves.

And I agree with other posters people should limit all contact and trips etc - however I have some sympathy with your stance because of the drama some people are making of it - despite the isolation being a choice rather than a necessity

Everyone needs 14 days worth of food in in case they wake up in a pool of sweat and coughing, having gone to bed feeling fine. 14 days of food is the sensible precaution. Nobody needs 27 bags of pasta and all the baby formula on the shelf, and 7 9-packs of toilet roll for 2 weeks.

I think you're getting upset with the wrong people, OP. What will you do if you wake up tomorrow feverish? Won't you wish you'd stocked up a little bit, then, for the safety of others?

OP, stop all non essential trips into the outside world. You need to self-isolate.

The vulnerable groups ARE supposed to be stockpiling but everyone thinks they want to do the best for their family and are causing the problem.

That is absolutely not the advice that is being given.

Nobody should be stockpiling.

I'd rather self isolate unnecessarily and think "aw man I could have gone out" than continue going out all the time and them two weeks later get sick and think of all the people I could have passed it to.

We've not massively stockpiled either. Planning to go to the shop maybe once a week (it's only a 2 minute walk) to get essentials. Even then being super careful, not using basket or trolly if possible, only touching things I'm buying and hand sanning before and after check out. Call me mad and over the top all you like, better be safe than sorry.

I can’t stockpile anyway - key worker - nothing to buy by the tine I finish work! (I did go to Morrison’s at 6am for a packet of bog roll this week!)

I don't mind people self-isolating at all. They are keeping themselves and others safe by doing it.

It does seem that some are confused by the difference between self-isolating and social-distancing but, if the response is that people are over-cautious, that can only be good for everyone.

You are right in thinking people would struggle to self-isolate for months though as that means not going out at all, even for shopping. if everyone does it then who will go out and get food? Everyone would starve to death.

Is anyone actually buying 27 bags of pasta and all the baby formula on the shelf?

If everyone just buys twice as much as they usually buy, that would also clear out the shelves. I think the idea that a few people are buying massive amounts is false. And even if it's true, they aren't reading these posts!