The 'is this ok?' thread
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Technically that is the rules. I'm not sure if I'm able to speak to people across the road in case it looks like I'm deliberately meeting up with them. It's all going a bit Nazi Germany with people being reported (no idea if that really is happening, though)
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But presumably you NEED to be at the Co-Op for essentials, otherwise you'd be at home, right? Meeting your friends is not essential.
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Blimey. I won't be able to talk to my friend from the other side of her garden then.
Well neither's walking, Toast, but I had to walk past an awful lot of people yesterday, all of them closer than people who observe the common practice, which is why I am confused. Is it just to discourage people meeting up? I get the "don't meet up with your friends" thing, but I didn't realise you couldn't go anywhere near people you know.
Well neither's walking, Toast, but I had to walk past an awful lot of people yesterday, all of them closer than people who observe the common practice, which is why I am confused. Is it just to discourage people meeting up? I get the "don't meet up with your friends" thing, but I didn't realise you couldn't go anywhere near people you know.
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Eldest needs to collect a chair from her room. And some other stuff over the weekend but she can’t come in and get it . We are going to leave it on the drive and give her a wave ;(
My lovely workmate has been telling me all day that she doesn’t feel great and has been taking flu and cold capsules . She’s just told me her chest now hurts so much it’s scary as it’s hard to breathe and she want to cry . It Sounds like she has it doesn’t it .
My lovely workmate has been telling me all day that she doesn’t feel great and has been taking flu and cold capsules . She’s just told me her chest now hurts so much it’s scary as it’s hard to breathe and she want to cry . It Sounds like she has it doesn’t it .
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It does sound like it but she might also be having a panic attack as well :( can you calm her at all?
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She will call for help if she really is finding it hard to breathe, won't she, Tracy?
Lily I think it's just the rules. Because if you say people can meet up to go for a walk together at 2m apart then people just forget or think it doesn't matter just for a short time and then the kids just play as normal etc. etc. Obviously if two adults walk around the park never getting closer to each other than 2m it's safer than going shopping.
Lily I think it's just the rules. Because if you say people can meet up to go for a walk together at 2m apart then people just forget or think it doesn't matter just for a short time and then the kids just play as normal etc. etc. Obviously if two adults walk around the park never getting closer to each other than 2m it's safer than going shopping.
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She has her husband at home . She is not a panicky person bless her . She has gone to rest now but I’ve left a msg telling her not to brave it out and phone for advice if she need it .
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Yes, that makes sense. A one-size-fits-all thing, which they have to apply. I understand that.ParisGal wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:55 pm She will call for help if she really is finding it hard to breathe, won't she, Tracy?
Lily I think it's just the rules. Because if you say people can meet up to go for a walk together at 2m apart then people just forget or think it doesn't matter just for a short time and then the kids just play as normal etc. etc. Obviously if two adults walk around the park never getting closer to each other than 2m it's safer than going shopping.
I hope your friend is OK, Tracy.
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I phoned G. She is very confused by it all but from what I could gather, her friend P is helping her out with food and she is ok. She seems to get it that I can't come.and visit.
I said I would call her again soon to chat and would eventually be able to drop some things to her door if she needs anything.
I said I would call her again soon to chat and would eventually be able to drop some things to her door if she needs anything.
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I'm not sure which thread is best for this, but this is YouGov research into British attitudes to CV. It is interesting to see how many people are (a) flouting the rules, and (b) simultaneity saying that other people aren't taking it seriously enough.
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I know it's a few pages back now, but thank you all for the reassurance that taking BM with me would be the right thing to do. That said, I now have new, fever and gastro symptoms, so I'm going nowhere any time soon.
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Oh, viggy, you poor thing. It's bad enough feeling like that at the best of times, but doing it alone with a sick child must be hideous.
It can't go on much longer now, though - you will turn the corner soon
It can't go on much longer now, though - you will turn the corner soon
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Isn't it also that if you pass someone in the street or supermarket the contact will be fleeting, as opposed to intentionally being by the side of someone (albeit 2m apart) for a much longer period of time.ParisGal wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:55 pm She will call for help if she really is finding it hard to breathe, won't she, Tracy?
Lily I think it's just the rules. Because if you say people can meet up to go for a walk together at 2m apart then people just forget or think it doesn't matter just for a short time and then the kids just play as normal etc. etc. Obviously if two adults walk around the park never getting closer to each other than 2m it's safer than going shopping.
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Of course you would need to take BM with you, rather than leave her home alone. There is not the facilities to properly support many people: lone parents, single people, people that don't use the internet, ill and disabled people etc etc etc. Everyone is trying to get by.
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Is it? I thought the same but then looking at the proportion of the total tests (which were presumably done with cause) that had positive results, I'm not so sure now.Lola wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 12:33 pmThat’s true but if you’ve had the symptoms then it’s extremely likely to be cv.
I took Beebie to the shop on Sunday. You can't leave someone that age home alone.
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I also think it's about any interaction being a risk, so we all want as few interactions as possible.Kenickie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:54 pmIsn't it also that if you pass someone in the street or supermarket the contact will be fleeting, as opposed to intentionally being by the side of someone (albeit 2m apart) for a much longer period of time.ParisGal wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:55 pm She will call for help if she really is finding it hard to breathe, won't she, Tracy?
Lily I think it's just the rules. Because if you say people can meet up to go for a walk together at 2m apart then people just forget or think it doesn't matter just for a short time and then the kids just play as normal etc. etc. Obviously if two adults walk around the park never getting closer to each other than 2m it's safer than going shopping.
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I was never planning to leave her at home. The options were whether she came with me, or stayed with my parents or another single parent. Or her Dad and his flatmates I guess. Logically in theory it seems like my parents staying home 100% but occasionally looking after BM while I nip to the shops for all of us seems like the lowest risk for all of us, but that's technically households co-mingling.
Anyway. I have hunners of symptoms and am exhausted climbing the stairs never mind going to the co-op to wrestle for the last Warburtons, so it's all a moot point.
Anyway. I have hunners of symptoms and am exhausted climbing the stairs never mind going to the co-op to wrestle for the last Warburtons, so it's all a moot point.
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No I know you weren't. But like you say, any alternative is more mingling.
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Aye, but surely my parents co-mingling with BM once a week is safer than the potential of breathing in loads of folk at the supermarket? Mind you, last night she suggested we play a game where we try and bite each others faces so maybe notHeebie Jeebie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:53 pm No I know you weren't. But like you say, any alternative is more mingling.
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It's safer for her but not for your parents.
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