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[Taz2]

Thanks Dorothy. That's really useful. Here's the link for Silverline https://www.thesilverline.org.uk/

Taz x

[sheila99]

Good advice Dorothy. What worries me most is if I shed the virus before I know I've got it. My MIL wouldn't survive it. On the positive side there are so many local groups offering to help perhaps some will keep helping/visiting isolated people after the crises is over.

[CLKD]

That's my worry sheila - I often ache or have a background headache 

I SCRUBBED the lids of our Council bins with Domestos and boiling water earlier.  Under the handle and lid, anywhere that another might have touched.

Tnx Dorothy ..........

[Jari]

To all that said I should not charge when I am forced to close.  Well I have to on Monday until further notice.

Great.  From Monday, I have absolutely no income whatsoever, no subsidies, no grants, insurance company not replying, government talking about a loan. Ffs with what  money can  I repay!

Desolate and finished.

Donna, do you have a cafe business?

I wondered if you do and if you are near a hospital maybe you could make food/drink packs for service staff?
Also there is a charity ( started a new thread in this n that.)that have paint incase you could use this time for a redecoration, not sure if relevant to you but incase anyone reading? X

[ElkWarning]

Hubby is a cop and two of his workmates in a neighbouring station have covid-19. He goes back to work on Sunday after 2 weeks off. I am a sitting duck and so is he.

I am so sorry. /virtual hugs.

[Tc]

Thank you much  dorothy.

I just cannot get through to my 80 year old parents.  I was actually glad they shut pubs and cafes now for selfish reasons I know but people round here just werent listening. but my dad has still been going to pub and both of them to cafe every day. 

I've just told them them there  is no need for them to go to shops.  I will go out shopping and I will stay away and leave food at door.  But they say "it's only vulnerable people who cant go to the shops" I cant get through to them that they are vulnerable merely by virtue of their age.  Then they said "he (health minister) only said "older people with underlying health conditions" for a start my mum has a heart condition but ladies,  they have misinterpreted the info. I'm pulling my hair out. I've done nothing but argue with them which is the last thing I want to do.

I'm upset that my local supermarkets have allowed people to cram in behind each other in queues. Right on each others shoulders.   I dont see anyone wiping down the self service checkouts.  These chains could go a lot further to Implement distancing by controlling the crowds. I think they have to take more responsibility all round.  Going to the pub isnt essential but shopping is.

To me it makes sense for one person. I.e me as I live alone to do the shopping and deliver it and to otherwise isolate myself.  But my parents just wont listen.

I hate to say this but I am also very worried that by going out they are at risk of other infections aside from covid and also of falls and that if that happens they will not receive the medical care because we are in crisis.

All our docs surgeries shut this week.  Mine today. Phone consultations only but .My mum has been waiting since Monday  for a phone consultation which was put in place monday instead of her hospital appointment which was cancelled and it still hasnt happened.

Xxxx

 

[Annie0710]

I am still playing golf. My daughter is telling me off as I am asthmatic but honestly, if I can't go out and play golf, I?ll go doo lally especially as I so far don't have symptoms.  I am still working too.  They have adapted so much on the golf courses that the risk is no different than taking a walk or walking a dog   

It goes without saying that If I develop any of the symptoms I will stay home self isolate x

[Pennyfarthing]

my hubby had to collect his prescription today. at the surgery the doors are locked and you have to ring a bell. a nurse comes out in full protective gear and takes your temperature. If it's OK you are allowed in. The dispenser then makes you stand behind the line on the floor and passes the prescription at arms length.

[Annie0710]

Think that's ok Annie,I'm walking my dogs,no way can I stay indoors all day every day but of course I'm being careful,keeping the body healthy keeps the mind healthy 

I?ll carry on for as long as I can x

[Hurdity]

Of course we're allowed to be outside (except if self-isolating due to suspecting having the virus or household)! Anyone who lives in a rural area or near a park can go outside. Get fresh air, get those lungs going,, or drive out to somewhere rural where there are few people! Even the empty streets if you live in a town or city and nowhere in a park. Get up early to avoid the crowds out exercising! The clocks go forward soon so our evenings will be longer, temperatures warmer and it won't seem so bad then....

Hurdity x

[Tc]

my hubby had to collect his prescription today. at the surgery the doors are locked and you have to ring a bell. a nurse comes out in full protective gear and takes your temperature. If it's OK you are allowed in. The dispenser then makes you stand behind the line on the floor and passes the prescription at arms length.

And yet supermarkets have done nothing to control people being too close together.  My aunt in Holland said that for weeks they have had systems in place to make sure customers are kept at a safe distance from each other.

I agree about going for walks.  For most people it is a,healthy thing for body and mind.

I feel bad  about arguing with my dad. I get why he didnt want to stop his,daily routine until he absolutely had to.  As some older people may fear they will never get back to it and deteriorate.   I suppose its,selfish of me realy I just dont want anything to happen to them.

Xxxx

[Pennyfarthing]

I notice a lot of pubs, cafes and restaurants are now offering takeaway foods since they have been closed down.  I am wondering about who prepares the food and how can we be assured that they are healthy and not passing on germs.  I am also concerned about how fresh the food would be since footfall will be down and money is tight. 

I feel happier eating only food that I have prepared myself.  I am always scrupulous about hygiene in the kitchen and even more so in the last few days. 

[yellowflower]

Do you get tested in that type of situation? I feel I should know the answer but I feel I'm suffering from information overload today.

I don't know. This is the station involved. Hubby is 5km away in a neighbouring station.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-melbourne-police-officer-tests-positive-to-covid19/88f6d9c6-1270-43a1-b692-507568faaf6b

[CLKD]

It is less likely to live on food stuffs but loves HARD surfaces.  Counters, door handles, loo flush, car boots, trolley handles.  So a good swab down with HOT SOAPY water once an hour drowns the Bug. 

Tc - if you have given advice then step back.  Parents are unlikely to listen to us, what do *we* know  .  If they go for a walk they will find less people about and those will be keeping their distance if sensible.  We went out hand in hand earlier ........ met people walking their dogs and others who kept their distance. 

No one is getting tested as the Labs. can't keep up.  Not even GPs who are isolating due to a family member having cold symptoms.  So the NHS has backed itself into a corner over that one!  3 GPs in 1 family who could be at work, if they were tested for C-19 as a child has a cold.  Go figure 

It's up to people not to stand close in supermarkets.  I usually back into people if they start breathing down my neck, the "You are invading my space" usually does it ;-) or standing on toes certainly moves them.  If I mutter in2 a carrier bag, people keep well away - 1 has 2B inventive and that's me on a normal shopping outing ;-) I jest not.  I HATE people too close 

[Joaniepat]

Muttering into a carrier bag, I like that one! Is it so people will think one is a bit odd? At the moment my cough is lingering after a nasty cold, so if anyone comes too close I can just start hacking and that moves them fast enough.

The local Boots has put down strips of hazard tape on the floor one metre apart in the areas where you queue for prescriptions. Staff bellow at anyone not complying. Our small Lloyd's pharmacy seems only to be letting in one or two at a time, as yesterday there was a very long queue outside - all standing at least a metre apart.

JP x