Wow! Thanks @ResIpsaLoquiturInterAlia and @Sirzy
@MerciSeat i can't see many if any people at all saying EVERYONE can do the other options eg click and collect, we are saying there are people who COULD change to alternative shopping methods who AREN'T and there are clearly from examples given on thread people/families who are completely ignoring the whole thing and shopping as normal!
If those who CAN shop in different ways did, then this would reduce the numbers in supermarkets which would be of benefit to all.
@Caspah An invisible disability indicator of some type I think would be of use to you
@BlackCatShadow we're saying everyone has to try harder. I strongly suspect those shopping in "gangs" of 3 generations or large groups of teens without masks etc don't have a single disabled person among them. They're not clinically vulnerable in any way and don't give a toss for those who are.
Life is unfair generally for those of us who are disabled but railing against actions designed to protect us is plain stupid.
We are as a group more vulnerable to covid than most "ordinary" people anyway so it would be a case of cutting our noses off to spite our faces to react against such practices.
Yes it's unfair, yes it sucks, but it's reality at the moment at least (hopefully not for too much longer)
If I were well in other ways at the moment (meaning mainly mh which is mostly why I'm housebound) I'd love to go out and about and see friends and family, hug people, go to concerts and shows, have Sunday dinner in the local etc but even if I weren't housebound I still have lung issues including asthma which mean it would be very foolish of me to do so. I could rail against my rights being impinged, indeed I'm usually a great champion of railing against "the man" but sensibly and logically the main person I'd be putting at risk if I did so just now is me!
These rules aren't just to control people for the sake of it, they're to keep people healthy and ALIVE!
Certain posters on threads like this I think have not been personally affected by losing people to this horrific illness.
I have and I absolutely can't bear to lose any more.
This is not about people being "inconvenienced" this is about saving lives.
I also have a number of ex colleagues (hcps) working bloody hard in incredibly difficult conditions putting their own health and lives at risk in this too.
At the very least have some ACTUAL compassion for them! They are the ones treating EVERYONE that's ill under overwhelming pressure.
People making feeble excuses and flouting the rules cos "I ain't being told what to do" are making their lives and work a lot harder than it needs to be.