When lockdown ends, what will the vulnerable do?

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Obviously lockdown will end one day before there's a vaccine so still a chance of catching the virus. What will the vulnerable & high risk do?
My friends little girl is really poorly and this would be extremely dangerous if she caught it so they are currently in quarantine. Is this going to be how they have to live until a vaccine is out?

I am wondering the same thing. My mum is vulnerable but is a key worker (works at a care home). She's been off work due to the centre temporarily closing but I don't see how she can safely return to work anytime soon. I will be constantly worried.

I am guessing the government hasn't thought that far ahead on the basis of the response so far.

I'm wondering this too. My DP is high risk due to a health condition but we have a toddler and realistically we cannot all stay isolated for a year plus. She'll have to go to nursery because we'll have to go back to work. I'm just realising we're in for a very worrying year or two. Beginning to think we have to accept he might get it, I can't see any other way out.

I really hope the government issue stronger guidelines for the vulnerable - or more specifically their employers - when lockdown is lifted. Otherwise pregnant women, people with all sorts of health conditions, will end up being told by the government to stay home but potentially be forced either to work or in to unemployment.

I’m wondering. I am ‘moderately’ asthmatic and carry a steroids card with me. Even if I stay wfh my DD could bring the virus home from school. 🤷‍♀️

A comprehensive vaccination programme could be years away and no would the private sector pay employees full pay or even furloughed for years at a time. And I doubt the public sector could afford to. This is one of my biggest questions. It seems to me that universal basic income would solve some of the financial aspect of this although it would still result in people losing their financial security through job losses of course.

I would imagine the vulnerable group will be expected to go back to school/work/normal at the end of the 12 week period (unless it’s lifted before then, which I can’t see happening). Many schools won’t be able to open and safely staff without those people as the group is quite large.

I expect the ‘shielded’ group will have a lengthier lockdown.

I think they told everyone 12 weeks to buy some time and see how things are panning out nearer the end of that period.

Things are developing so rapidly that there's no way they could even know now how to deal with the most vulnerable coming out of shielding, let alone several weeks ago when they told everyone to shield.

It's just a time period that's far enough away to give the vulnerable some certainty as to what they should be doing and to plan for the long-term. I shouldn't imagine there's any clear plan for the shielded in mind this early on, though.

what about being vulnerable and black think im risking it im only 50

hi all

I am in that group and I understand that the virus is not as prevalent, we are all used to social distancing, more tests are becoming available, track and trace in all variations is growing. So, if we take all possible precautions our RR is manageable.

But we each have to decide for ourselves what lengths we will go to to stay safe.

Talk to your employer, see what they can / will do for you. But give them time to read today's guidance first!

There is nothing anyone or ANY government can do it's common sense isolation and avoidance .

Look at the local infection and death rates in your area and make decisions based in that. My husband and I have agreed that he will move around outside and come on day trips to the mountains once there haven't been any new infections in our county for two weeks. We live in a rural area so we expect that will be the case in a six weeks or so.

They could try making people less scared.

The vast majority of people are fine.

Even those in high risk groups, more recover than die.

But if you listen to people, they seem to think getting it means certain hospitalisation and death