Breaking news for shielding

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Interesting. Sturgeon has tweeted to say strongly it does not apply to Scotland. It also mentions 10 weeks in the article so maybe an extension but with allowances to go outside?
More to be announced tomorrow apparently

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52862440

So on Thursday they couldn't do anything for the shielded but on Saturday it is miraculously changed. So what happened on Friday because I missed it.

This is really following the "Throw something out there every day since last Sunday to take their minds of Dominic Cummings and knock him off the front page."

They won't give a damn if they kill people as long as their propaganda works.

Has anyone - literally one- actually been killed by coronavirus caught whilst on a walk with social distancing precautions?

help?!
advice please anyone?

im a single unsupported mum with a disabled vulnerable toddler. i was told we had to shield him for twelve weeks by GP.

my work have supported this albeit reluctantly and i am supposed to be working from home (but they dont give me any work despite keep asking). My job understandably has been given to somebody else who has been told it is permanent. i have 3 other children also shielding with us and not due to return to school.

are the govt saying my youngest should go to nursery while i work?

what do i do with my other children who arent in school?

i have no family except one disabled parent who i usually cook/clean/shop for and take to many hospital appointments. they are struggling to get by as i am afraid to go in their adapted home (they cant move in as we dont have all the adaptions).

i am so afraid, ive not been eating trying to save money and we own our home so lots of bills etc.

I am so frightened i may have to resign to protect my child.
I could take holiday but ive only 2 weeks left until next april. i dont have savings we live hand to mouth. i cant afford unpaid leave and you can only take 4 weeks parental leave so that wont buy much time.

If this comes back again then what.

we cant get shopping slots as nobody seems to remember sick disabled children only adults and our local church did bring a food box a month ago.

Ive been selling things from the home, i leave it outside and people put money into letterbox which we clean but i havent even enough to last two weeks without my wages.

Please please does anyone have any ideas or suggestions im driving myself crazy with worry.

thank you so much

@YorkshirePuddingsGreatestFan this government doesn't do detail and joined up thinking so they forget groups of people unless MPs and unions remind them.

They cant give your job to somebody else, you need to ask your employer directly about this.

@mamabears3

Contact each supermarket and register on the coronavirus gov weebsite. You will then get food parcels, support from the local council, and be eligible for food slots as the supermarkets can go off your household address on their websites.

Local companies are delivering too. Even local corner shops.

Same for your relative. If all else fails you must ring the duty social work team as surely they will be able to try and support you.

Your situation sounds very stressful xx

I'm sheilding and I've met up with friends in the front garden since the beginning. At first it was food and medication but over time its just been for a chat. We stay 5 odd meters apart. I've also been out for drives (not getting out of the car) and for walks at 4am !

I was getting to the point that I was terrified of going out or seeing people, so made the decision to force myself to do it, otherwise I'm not sure I'd ever go out again.

@mamabears3 I've sent you a PM

If you have no for the next 3 days use this site today - covidmutualaid.org/

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-hails-resilience-of-shielders-as-restrictions-set-to-ease?utmsource=4657c856-c6cb-4d94-b4bc-b277e9805915&utmmmedium=email&utmcampaign=govuk-notifications&utmmcontent=immediate

Has anyone - literally one- actually been killed by coronavirus caught whilst on a walk with social distancing precautions?

Very few people, after tracing stopped, are able to pin point where transmission occurred.

It is impossible to socially distance in my area. You can’t walk down my street and be 2m apart and you certainly can’t walk around my local park, a park that was in the news because of a mass gathering due to a “celebrity”.

I also cannot walk without stopping at a bench, which I believe is not permitted for the shielded under the new guidance. Nor am I advised to wear a face mask due to one of my several conditions.

I totally agree with the poster who said, unless you had the letter, then I’m afraid I’m you don’t understand. Of course it is a choice but it isn’t a throw away choice like which flavour crisps or even a bigger one like which car to buy - choosing whether or not to have followed the information in that letter (and mine said not to go outside at all and only to open a window) for these past weeks is a life or death situation.

This hammering on about “choice” is idiotic.

Well I have a letter so I meet the lower limit for entry into the debate. If you cannot walk and remain the personal space to maintain 2m it must be very frustrating but it still doesn't speak to the point about whether a socially distant walk is risky.

Yes, since tracing became shelved this is all the more difficult to access this information but you would have thought that, given the scale of this across the world, this must be a known, known by now, surely?

The lifting of lockdown in general has been upsettingly absent of discussion on how shielding is going and how ongoing support will work, with many of us starting to really ask questions now, on how we are expected to manage (whilst everyone else gets back to normal). There was an organised push for further proper long term support to be put in place on the horizon. Shielding being abandoned wasn't really an option on the table for any of us or our medical teams though!

I want to take this opportunity to thank the NHS, GPs, all those who volunteered, community pharmacists and all those involved in providing much-needed support and guidance for patients required to shield over the past 10 weeks.

The past tense regarding support is very unnerving.

High and dry it would seem.

I do agree that anything to shift the spotlight off Cummings is a tactic and the backlash from lifting shielding may just do the job.

@mamabears3
we cant get shopping slots as nobody seems to remember sick disabled children only adults and our local church did bring a food box a month ago.
You can get slots, you need to open supermarket accounts with all the supermarkets using the email you registered and you child’s name. If you already have accounts with supermarkets using the same email address going into your account settings and change the name to that of your child. And email Iceland and phone ASDA customer services.
You are not expected to put your child in nursery and go back to work at this time. Am sorry you are struggling.

@mamabears3 sorry to hear you are struggling. Have you called your local shielding helpline? They will be able to sort this for you.

Experts decry easing of coronavirus lockdown for England's shielders

The government’s surprise announcement that more than 2 million of the most vulnerable people will be allowed outside from Monday lacks any scientific rationale and amounts to a public relations exercise, a leading virus expert has said.

www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/31/experts-decry-easing-of-coronavirus-lockdown-for-englands-shielders