shielding hearties

[Debee28]

Just wondered if people are still shielding due to covid?

[Maisie2014]

Not necessarily shielding but being very careful where we go and who we see. Our home is still out of bounds and we’re liking it that way.

[SpiritoftheFloyd]

Not shielding, but keeping my distance and avoiding going anywhere that's not an absolute requirement. In the last 6 months have only been within a 4 mile radius of home. Sadly after the news from Boris today that doesn't look like it will change any time soon.😒 Time to get some jigsaws for the winter😊

[Edwen_]

I’m a teacher and there is no shielding now. I’m very happy to be back in the classroom teaching, but my week is spent mixing with hundreds of pupils in a crowded classroom with very poor ventilation.

[Love101cats]

I'm still shielding. Because I have stage 4 kidney failure as well as heart failure Im taking no chances. It would only take one person to infect me due to their carelessness. Ive had a few months of peace and quiet on my own and after a lifetime of caring for others I think its done me good. Time to reflect, remember, plan ahead, read that book etc.

[R1100S1]

Yes but because also had operation for pancreatic cancer and recently chemotherapy

I leave home and garden but strict no contact rules apply

[Hidden]

I am 7 weeks post op for AVR. Was told to isolate for 2 weeks but no other advice. Have had pleural effusion so me and hubby are choosing to be sensible. Family come round but we sit in the garden. Don't go to shops but just started to visit national trusts and go for walks. Husband is back at work but they are being strict. Its scarey now the rate is going back up

[Love101cats]

I feel sad because I saw how well people in general were coping. I live on an A road and suddenly very few cars were passing but then people walking, running, family groups together with little ones. A joy to watch! Many i spoke to were doing so well educating their children at home, dads were happy working from home and mums happy to have dad around. Yes there were those who suffered like me going on 6 months alone at home. As far as education is concerned there are wonderful correspondence materials or self taught books and programmes for all ages. So is it an economical issue?

[Sunnie2day]

I was on the shielding list for a short time then my consultants (cardiologist and neurologist) removed me saying they trusted my judgement in keeping myself safe - so far so good but I am strict about hygiene and stick to home most of the time. I have been out to the supermarket a few times now (woot, went in alone last week, I felt Olympic!) and as always even before the pandemic, sprayed the trolley grip and my hands with isopropyl alcohol 70% then used their sanitiser as well, and didn't touch anything unless I knew I was going to buy it. I also avoided any items I saw people touching then replacing on the shelves, stayed away from loose produce, and several other measures including disinfecting the shopping as I loaded it into the boot.

Measures I've always taken, btw. I caught H1N1 in 2009 and was in hospital for two weeks - a repeat I take great pains to avoid!

[Thanksnhs]

I had heart failure but was never asked to shield, I was careful and really enjoyed my walks, I am now six weeks post transplant and have to be very careful, no crowded places or shops, no one where I live, in Scotland, are allowed any visitors anyway, and it's a bit cold for the garden now! I am trying to build up my walking again, baby steps at the moment, char

[Mac_meister]

No I've worked threw it all sanitizing places

[Chickenlou]

My fiancé was never shielded officially but as he had his triple bypass just as Covid happened we’ve tried to be very careful. (Not so easy as I work in a hospital that has Covid patients!)

He continued to go out for walks everyday during lockdown but avoided people as much as possible.

He’s recently started to go shopping etc again but I’d like to wrap him in bubble wrap if I could!

[benjijen]

I still have most of my shopping delivered but go out for walks. See a few friends socially distancing. Can't stay shut in forever.

[ellj]

Yes mainly because a lot of people are simply disregarding social distance and respect for others.

Ellie

[Henry20]

Thanks for your comments, but when someone is having chemotherapy, they have no immune system worth a damn. So we would have been isolating a good deal anyway. Covid was just the final straw as such an infection, we understood, would be disastrous for us. Now add in my 2 grandchildren; the younger has a genetic disorder that makes him highly vulnerable and was told to isolate back in March. He and his older sister go to the same school but are in different years. They live in a small house - isolating into two families is totally impossible. So you will see that there is a distinct possibility of cross infection.

So yes I'm sensitive with wife and young grandson at risk. It's not panic; its disgust that having been told to isolate, the government seems to ignore children who have good reason to shield. I do want my grandson to have the life you mention. Children have died already.

Henry

[Prada47 in reply to Henry20]

Henry it's up to you to make the choices,

Your comments seemed to be Generalisations rather than Family Specific and that's how I replied. I do understand your issues but at the end of the day we all have to make choices for ourselves. By the way it is a fact young children are not so much at risk as us older generation who have passed in droves. Sensible precautions will protect us from a very nasty disease .

As I said, personally I think the Younger Generation should continue to enjoy themselves and live life to the full, their Risk is very small not of not catching the virus but of not being very unwell from it.

I suppose our leaders have to make choices for the Majority us Minorities need to look out for ourselves !!

Hands Face Space

[Ianc2]

2 types of walkers - the mid-weekers who mover over and smile and say 'hello' or 'good morning' and the weekenders who form mobile road blocks and look at you as if you are a bit strange if you move over to put a distance between you. Funny old world.