Coronavirus

[teamsaint]

I'm 76 and have type 2 diabetes, which means that I'm obviously a serious threat to society. Fortunately, it also means that I know PRECISELY how much trust to place in 'the authorities'

I suspect the government has a different, 5-phase solution to the coronavirus isuue:

(1) Blame the Chinese
(2) Blame all other foreigners
(3) Blame the over-70s who show symptoms
(4) Blame the over-70s who don't show symptoms

If (1) to (4) don't work:

(5) Repeat (3) and (4), reducing the age limit 10 years at a time, until only babies in the womb escape blame.

Does anybody know whether I will be allowed to work in my front garden, parts of which are less than 2 metres from the pavement outside our house?

You can work in your garden as long as you have a 2 metre gap to the boundary. According to Sarah Jarvis at least. Plus you can’t go for a walk in the woods in your own in case somebody jumps put from behind a tree.

If I was self isolating, i’d ignore that specific advice.

[Anastasius]

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Does anybody know whether I will be allowed to work in my front garden, parts of which are less than 2 metres from the pavement outside our house?

Love it. You've given me the idea of a cracking wheeze. We have a public footpath running through our grounds (unfortunately). i will stand on the path dressed in sackcloth, with a label hanging round my neck saying 'Unclean' and a handbell to ring. Should make 'em take another path.

[LMcD]

You can work in your garden as long as you have a 2 metre gap to the boundary. According to Sarah Jarvis at least. Plus you can’t go for a walk in the woods in your own in case somebody jumps put from behind a tree.

If I was self isolating, i’d ignore that specific advice.

Hang on - I'll just go and measure the gap ...... Will the distance be reduced to 2 yards when Brexit is sorted?

[Bryn]

. . . Does anybody know whether I will be allowed to work in my front garden, parts of which are less than 2 metres from the pavement outside our house?

Who is going to take the risk of approaching and manhandling you to make you stop? My gardens are likely to have 2-metre wildlife borders, hopefully with wildlife boarders.

[Anastasius]

Lock the whole country down, and vast numbers of the over 70s will be effectively isolated anyway.
The single biggest risk right now , for all of us, is the NHS being overwhelmed by demand. I would have thought that minimising the risk of infection to precisely those people most likely to require the greatest medical intervention is a pretty sensible step,if not a very nice one to have to take.
Younger people are being asked , effectively, to go through the disease and keep everything running.

( Have elderly mother with underlying health conditions, who lives 30 miles away, and it’ll be down to me to deal with stuff, incidentally).

Bt whose most at risk ? A 70 year old with no medical conditions and no medication or a 30 year old with hypertension, Type 1 diabetes etc ?

[LMcD]

Who is going to take the risk of approaching and manhandling you to make you stop? My gardens are likely to have 2-metre wildlife borders, hopefully with wildlife boarders.

They're probably developing Rogue Gardener Detection and Arrest Robots even as we speak - well, write (input?).

[teamsaint]

Bt whose most at risk ? A 70 year old with no medical conditions and no medication or a 30 year old with hypertension, Type 1 diabetes etc ?

Well quite. So a bit of thought , and scope for people , (including employers, local communities etc) act sensibly and responsibly is needed.

[Anastasius]

Well quite. So a bit of thought , and scope for people , (including employers, local communities etc) act sensibly and responsibly is needed.

So you are in agreement with LMcD and I then ?

[LMcD]

May I offer a helpful suggestion? The BBC can show a selection of episodes of 'Dad's Army' on a special channel dedicated to those in isolation and then, to prevent them from feeling left out, arrange a referendum in which they will be asked whether they believe Corporal Jones or Corporal Frazer.

[Bryn]

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-advice/

Note, nothing there about whether one has Covid-19 or not, though the implied context is that it is advice for those with the virus.

[teamsaint]

So you are in agreement with LMcD and I then ?

I don’t know, all you have done is asked one question, which I responded to.

My earlier post made clear enough what I think about the proposed measure.It may not be the best possible response, but I don’t have the wisdom of Solomon.

And just to add a point, avoiding the worst of the potential economic breakdown is very important to all groups in society, though hopefully changed economic priorities can develop from this crisis.

[Anastasius]

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/corona...lation-advice/

Note, nothing there about whether one has Covid-19 or not, though the implied context is that it is advice for those with the virus.

Love that 'Don't go for a walk'. Well, I might get foot rot from the sheep, I guess.

All this Covid stuff had almost made me forget just how utterly dire Vodafone is in every respect.

Wasting over two hours of my life this morning trying to buy a PAYG dongle puts Covid-19 into perspective...a minor irritation in life compared to dealing with Vodafone.

[ahinton]

(5) Repeat (3) and (4), reducing the age limit 10 years at a time, until only babies in the womb escape blame.

...unless their mothers have been diagnosed with it...

[Anastasius]

I don’t know, all you have done is asked one question, which I responded to.

My earlier post made clear enough what I think about the proposed measure.It may not be the best possible response, but I don’t have the wisdom of Solomon.

And just to add a point, avoiding the worst of the potential economic breakdown is very important to all groups in society, though hopefully changed economic priorities can develop from this crisis.

My point being that it's up the individual and not a diktat from the state. A point eloquently put by LMcD.

[LMcD]

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/corona...lation-advice/

Note, nothing there about whether one has Covid-19 or not, though the implied context is that it is advice for those with the virus.

The advice includes 'try to stay away from older people' - somewhat vague, I would suggest. Lots of people are older than other people.

(I think they're making it up as they go along).