I'm in a niche management/operations role in the NHS. Lots of what I do no one else can as before all this we were down to the bone. But now is not the time for political point making. It's where we are.
Right now my job is basically inventing from scratch a big chunk of health service to meet the Covid 19 wave. We're doing in a week what would usually take half a year. It's terrifying.
I'm at home because my job can be done like that (just) and because frankly there's no point me increasing my risk to just be present. DH is taking whole hit to go out for supplies so I can keep myself clear for as long as possible.
In the last two weeks I've worked nearly 200 hours and have been sobbing with exhaustion. Plus the survivor guilt of not being out there on the front.
This is nothing compared to what my colleagues, many who have fears of their own, are doing on the front facing, gowned and masked line to see and treat really, really sick people.
I'm a long time lurker and increasingly despairing of some of the 'what about me' posts here.
Most MNers seem to be smart, savvy, responsible and caring... but for the love of God would the rest of you have a fecking word with yourselves.
The lockdown rules are clear. Everyone's got a special reason why they're hard and they hurt, but stop looking for loop holes.
We have no immunity to this virus. It's whole purpose is to survive by spreading itself around like making a chain. Every droplet coughed or wiped from hand to object to next person's hand to mouth/eyes makes another link in the chain. If the droplets were paint or oil you'd soon step back, stay out of everyone's range and wash your damn hands.
BREAK THE CHAIN. It's not that hard.
Oh yeah and stop doing unnecessary stuff in case you hurt yourself. No jaunty drives in the country cos that's ok you won't bump into anyone. If you crash your car, you're just another hit on services that we don't need right now.