If you are symptom free but self isolating, can you...

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...drive over to (safely) give meds and provisions to your bubble person, who has covid?

I would, as long as you’ve no contact with anyone else I think it could be seen as essential.

Technically not.
But, if you have their medicines, and they need them is there really a choice? I'm assuming you're had stuff dropped off with you? You cant go to the supermarket or pharmacy to get the bits.

No but if meds were left on your doorstep then you drove them to this person and did same and came straight home I cannot see how this can be a risk to anyone.

No - can you find someone else to drop them off?

They would obviously have to do a doorstep and stand well back type delivery. If you have no one to ask, ring your council's covid support line or contact local voluntary organisations (google or facebook)

Technically no because you may have it asymptomatically and then if you breakdown...but if someone needs their meds and there isn’t another option...

I think there are exceptions for urgent need such as this aren't there? And I can't see any risk from it if you leave them in the doorstep. I don't buy the"you might break down" argument. You might injure yourself doing a home workout routine and needs medial care just as easily. And you've not actually got Covid - you're just at increased risk, which is why you're isolating. If they need their meds I'd do it.

You're supposed to ask a friend or a volunteer to take it for you.

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I think there are exceptions for urgent need such as this aren't there? And I can't see any risk from it if you leave them in the doorstep. I don't buy the"you might break down" argument. You might injure yourself doing a home workout routine and needs medial care just as easily. And you've not actually got Covid - you're just at increased risk, which is why you're isolating. If they need their meds I'd do it.

I don't buy the idea that because A is a risk it's ok to take risk B as well

@fuckery It's not so much that because there's one risk (home workout) that makes another risk (driving) Ok - it's more that the spirit of the isolation rules are to keep you away from others you might infect. The focus of the legislation and guidelines are all around avoiding interacting with others. There's nothing in the legislation about also trying to avoid all possible risks of needing medical care by avoiding doing things such as driving or arobics. If you happened to live on a huge estate with room to drive around the grounds in a 4 wheel drive I don't think that's forbidden. Nor climbing up ladders in your house, cooking chips or any of many other activities that have a similar (very low) risk to driving. It's just a simpler message to say "stay home" and easier to police.

I’d order them online and have them delivered direct telling the company to ensure contactless delivery so the driver knows.

Thanks for all your thoughts. We’ve arranged for a friend to take them now, safely.

It does fight every instinct you have sometimes doesn’t it - the deep instinct to go to the people you love, who need you, to bring them what they need...BUT we want to do the responsible thing at every stage. Just so worried about our bubbler.

Thanks again.