Hello ladies.
Can I ask how you all plan to manage family gatherings at Christmas?
Our daughter, her partner and our son will be staying with us over the Christmas period and I am worried about how we will all stay safe. For example do we distance within the home constantly, use separate towels, hand sanitise all the time and keep opening the windows for ventilation?
Any advice would be most welcome.
Take care everyone.
K.
Hi Kathleen
Our grown-up children ( + one spouse) in 20's and 30's are all very concerned that they keep us safe especially as husband is over 70 ( though fit and well). Rather than all come down on 23rd - which I agree is an absurd idea - they are coming down in stages. We are lucky that we have separate self-contained accommodation so we will still be three households.
So one son is coming down on 11th (from Tier 3 area) and will isolate in the accommodation and work from home there until Xmas. Another son has had Covid and is "bursting with antibodies" ( to quote a well-known politican!). I paid for them to have the antibody test - and is coming down on 18th or 19th but should be no risk to us. Another offspring and spouse are coming on 23rd and will have isolated since 15th, will isolate in the accommodation (separate from other son!) and will hopefully be OK by 25th. They thought they had had it - ill in early April when friends etc had it but are negative for antibodies. They will all stay until past new year as once they are here and have isolated and are in our bubble there is nor risk.
I think 10 days is probably sufficient isolation. They may also pay for the antigen test I think.
To me that is far more sensible than all turning up on 23rd and having a free for all.
As it is, even though I am in a support bubble with a close elderly relative living on their own, because that person is seeing other family members over the 5 days, me and my family won't be able to meet up with them indoors, because that would involve more mixing outside the three ( even though support bubbles are one).
It's all very complicated but you have to do what's right and safe for your own family - we are just fortunate to have space to keep safe and still enjoy Christmas together.
Jeepers I don't see why you cannot do what you planned to do on the day that is outside the 5 days, given the circumstances, and if you are then not getting together on the five days? It's a question of risk. I wonder if there is also guidance on this? Lots of questions have been asked at various points on the media so I bet this one has been answered?
Hurdity x