Have you been told to shield?
My cousin’s husband has type 1 diabetes but no other health problems (my cousin has confirmed this). He is white, age 40, not overweight and controls his diabetes well so in the grand scheme of things, is at a slightly higher risk but not ridiculously high.
He won’t leave the house, which is fine if that’s what he chooses. The problem lies in the fact that he won’t let my cousin or their 3 school age kids leave the house. The kids have been cooped up since February (they took them out of school early) and they’ve only been allowed to go on a couple of walks in the summer, nothing in the last few months. My cousin just spends her time wiping down their deliveries. I am getting worried for her and the kids but when I talk about it, she just says that his doctor told him to shield, end of story.
At one point she did let on that he has health anxiety so this must play a big part but I wish she would put her foot down and say enough is enough. I’m not saying she should go hang out with a big group of people and break rules but she should be allowed to go for a walk (there are plenty of green areas near them where they could safely keep their distance from everyone).
Aside from the kids missing school, they haven’t seen anyone in nearly a year now 😳