What happens if you are high risk after the 12 weeks?

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Does anyone have any idea?

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I don’t know but I’ve got a feeling they will be told to shield for longer. Possibly until a vaccine is found.

Yes I think this, too. It’s utterly depressing for that group.

Awful.
Are they supposed to live separately from the rest if their family, especially if the family needs to return to work eventually?

The reason people in the high risk category were asked to shield is because they are at high risk of hospitalisation if they catch COVID.

Shielding is about flattening the curve, not stopping you from catching it. Its about there being enough hospital beds and ventilators at any one time.

It might take years to find a vacinne. Ask yourself if you are prepared to stay inside without social contact until that happens.

Very few people will want to stay shielded until a vaccine , for us we are shielding my 5 yr old , but her siblings will have to go back to school and we both have to go back to work we can’t stay off forever , I think we will just have to be as careful as we can , and minimise risk as well as learn to live with it. It’s simply untenable to stay in for months / years waiting for something that might never happen , if the vaccine is never found then what ? Life will go on .

I agree it's not sustainable for ever until the vaccine is here.

I don't know but like a previous poster, I think this could go on for a good year or so. Realistically, as soon as Lockdown is lifted, the will be a peak again.

It's a dire situation. My dh has been doing it for only 4 weeks, he's fed up and is ready to go back out to work. I don't know how he'll manage 12 weeks let alone the possibility of a year.

It's depressing.

A friend who is in the shielded group got a second letter today advising him to remain shielded for 12 weeks from the date of the letter, so basically restarting the stopwatch.

I am not sure longer term how the govt will manage their advice to shielding or high risk people, or how people will decide to proceed. I think it will be guided by ongoing monitoring of transmission rates and nhs capacity. Very worrying. So worried about elderly or shielding people becoming ill, but also about the damage to them of isolating for a year or more. Especially if they live alone or are at a very 'use it or lose it' stage in age or health condition.

My son's liver consultant said to expect the shielding to be extended once the 12 weeks is up.
I think advice will be to shield for most of this year to be honest.

I’m not in the official shielding group but am high risk for a few diseases , at the moment I’m going no further than our garden , when the lockdown is lifted I will wear a mask and walk the dog / visit family etc but I will not be going to anywhere remotely crowded so no shopping / restaurants / gigs etc . My family are convinced that if I catch it I will die so although I’m not remotely anxious about it these measures are to placate them .

It will be a long, hard path.

My parents are high risk and they are Planning to stay inside for the rest of the year. While that seems sensible, this will have to end sometime. They can avoid supermarkets, holidays, restaurants etc they they need some quality of life. They need to hug their grandchildren, visit family and have a bottle of wine with their friends.

A vaccination will take time to develop, test and roll out. It’s hard to see so many people putting their lives on hold for that long.

That sounds sensible florid.

@Itwasntme1
I'd already written off 2020 in mind.
I don't see how my son can go to school or in any area where people are till next year or when there is a vaccine.
He's only 5 and the risk is too great.

Yes, everyones family and risks are different and we all must do what's right for our own families.
Ofwarren, I hope your little boys stays we'll and enters school when it's safe for him to do so.

I like the time will be extended and we might go in and out of lockdown later on in the year.

At some point my husband and children will need to go back work & school. If we can get to September then that's bidding a bit
Of time.

Stay safe

I worry about this. My dh is shielding but what about the longer term? We ( me and four teenage dc's) can't all not go back to work/ school/ Uni/ college to protect him. I have told him if it's going to be long term he will ned to rent a little flat on his own !

I'm up at night worrying about this. I'm a single dose of steroids away from being in the official shielding group. This could change at any moment. I've been advised by my GP that I'm high risk as my asthma is uncontrolled and unpredictable. I'm older too and very overweight. So my combination of risk isn't looking good.

I have four teenagers. One at university, one in A levels, one GCSE year and one just starting GCSES.

They are all desperate to go back and chill with friends, just be normal.

How? What on earth do I do once schools officially go back?

There is a real possibility I will not survive this. My GP told me very sternly in January that I must do everything in my power not to get Covid.

I just can't see a way forward for me. I'm very fearful. We only have one bathroom so I can't isolate within the house. This could be going on for years.

My husband thinks I might be fine, that I'm probably over dramatising it, that I'm female so have a lower risk of dying. He's not prepared to keep the children off school indefinitely. I think at a push he might agree to a few weeks after the schools have resumed.

It feels like a dearth sentence.

That's such a good question OP. I'm wondering that too.

I'm in shielding extremely-vulnerable group, have 3 DC and in key Worker field. We are WFH as much as possible. My work has been brilliant so far at making that possible using technology (if only my WiFi & phone signal were less glitchy). I've been doing overtime to help provide 7 day service to help with emergency plans.

What will happen at 12 weeks?
Will we suddenly be safer or will there just be more beds and respirators for people like me as we've gone into hospital at a steadier rate if we catch it? It's not possible to social distance in the house when you have DC that rely on you.

I'm currently of the view it's best not to think that far ahead. Three weeks in and -whilst I'm enjoying the peace in our little family cocoon- I'm pressing my nose up against the window watching people go by on their walks with a degree of envy.

I think this is something the government need to look at. People will need financial support if they can't work until a vaccine is found. Or the might need help to adjust their homes to make self isolation more practical in a family home.
But it definitely needs addressing.

I'm extremely high risk but I'm very, very lucky in that I came to my parents' house in February because they both had a bug (not the virus) and was still here when lockdown started. I'm 60+ and they're 91 and 92. We get on extremely well and they tell me I prevent them getting on each others nerves.

They have a big old house with a lovely garden right out in the country and no financial worries. We have space to get away from each other. So we're enjoying the lockdown together. I'm miles safer here than in my little house in the centre of town and I'm not lonely. My DC and all our other relatives are very relieved we're together.

BUT I am all too aware that covid 19 is highly likely to kill me and probably my parents too. So it looks as though we'll be self isolating until a vaccine becomes available. It could be nine months. But I'm taking it a day at a time and trying not to worry. I know we're very fortunate compared to lots of people.

Can I ask a question about the high risk category? As I'm still so confused.

Are people with mild/controlled asthma considered high risk?

My DD and I both have asthma, but I can't remember the last time I needed my inhaler and my DD very rarely needs it. Her trigger is dust mainly, but also when she's got a particularly bad cough or cold and was admitted to hospital needing nebulisers twice when she was about 2/3. She is now 13. I was once admitted to hospital needing to be nebulised when I had a particularly awful cough. That was also about 10 years ago though.

Should we be isolating for the full 12 weeks?

I think they’ll stay at home as well with vulnerable relatives in the same household. This will mean less people travelling on public transport. In my office we will then be able to spread out better so that there is social distance gap between us all as some staff will stay remote for a while.