If I have symptoms can dh still go out for exercise/food?

[BreathlessCommotion]

Firstly, please be nice. I feel bloody awful, hard to breathe, everything hurts etc. Please don't call me stupid or selfish.

Secondly I need the actual advice/rules, not the MN opinion.

I have symptoms - cough, difficulty breathing, aching, exhausted, temp. So I am isolating in one bedroom. I have dh and 2 dc. And a dog. Are they still allowed to go out for one walk a day, obviously making sure social distancing (easy as never see anyone where we dog walk).

I thought they could (based on a friend who had to do it a few weeks ago). But then thought maybe I'd read different and now in confused.

Oh come.off it people..who.in their right minds thinks that it's a good idea to go outside whilst exhibiting symptoms of a life threatening global.pandemic? I don't care if the guidelines said you could (which I don't believe they did) or not. Have you not got any common sense?

We are self isolating. My son had a high fever last week and is in his room. 111 told me that I can walk the dog as long as I'm symptom free and stay away from people. My son can after go to the shop after 7 days, but all other house members can't for 14.

*my son can go to the shop after 7 days

Sounds as if 111 aren’t aware of the changed guidance ☹️

The advice has now changed since last week nolovelost. The advice is now that you shouldn't leave your house for the period of self isolation.

I see Michael Gove has been caught out doing this. Running round his local park when he’s doing 14 day isolated due to his Dd having symptoms.

When challenged about this he initially said the rules allowed him to exercise even when a member of his household has symptoms.

When pointed out they don’t he changed his story to say she’d been tested and was negative. Which sounds like bollocks to me because why wouldn’t he just say that in the first place? Guess maybe he was worried about the backlash of his Dd getting a test when others can’t.

Either way he didn’t know what the current guidelines say.

I don't think that most posters are arguing the fact that people with symptoms should go out (even if the guidelines technically didn't rule this out, most people with a degree of common sense would not have done this). What has changed (and proven with screenshots on this thread) with no communication and announcements is about family members with no symptoms who previously were told (again proven with the screenshots) that they could exercise outside the home at a distance from other people. If the government wants to change the guidelines, then fine but for goodness sakes announce and communicate it properly! And at the very least ensure that 111 is aware of the change!

Here it is again, this was the advice on 7 April (my bold - this is advice for the person with symptoms as well as the rest of the household):

If you live with others and you or one of them have symptoms that may be caused by coronavirus, then household members must stay at home and not leave your house for 14 days (more information in the ending self-isolation section below). If possible, you should not go out even to buy food or other essentials, other than exercise, and in that case at a safe distance from others. The 14-day period starts from the day when the first person in your house became ill.

and further down the page:

You and all household members should remain at home. Do not go to work, school, or public areas, and do not use public transport or taxis.

If possible, you should not go out even to buy food or other essentials, other than exercise, and in that case at a safe distance from others. The 14-day period starts from the day the first person in your house became ill.

<a class="break-all" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200407172816/www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-households-with-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">web.archive.org/web/20200407172816/www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-households-with-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection

I don't think it's fair to say people should just have common sense. We've had about two months now of contradictory 'advice' from our government, much of which has made no sort of sense. Hence the mess we are in.