Did anyone else see the DM’s headline “Vulnerable could be told to isolate themselves at home from next week”

I bumped into an old friend the other day, literally.

We did the elbow bump rather than a hug.

This is the advice on the NHS website a few moments ago.

Do I need to avoid public places?
Most people can continue to go to work, school and other public places.

You only need to stay away from public places (self-isolate) if advised to by the 111 online coronavirus service or a medical professional.

My daughter is getting married in three weeks, so we are having to think what measures we will put in place at the wedding, as I have a compromised immune system.

There will wipes, sanitizers if we can source some, no shaking of hands, kissing etc.
There are people coming (or not) from the USA.
It's a bit of a worry.

blondenana who is? Link, please.

Talking about banning over 70s from various games and big meetings,

The headlines in the D.M. and the D.T. this morning were well over the top, and could be said to be quite unnecessary. I came home after picking up my paper to listen to Today and heard no confirmation of what they were suggesting, especially about visiting elderly relatives. In fact what I dd hear was much more useful, to carry on sensibly . But these papers have often used sensationalism to sell their rags.

I see they were also suggesting the young visit their elderly relatives this weekend in case they are then isolated, won't this just spread the virus. What happened to keep calm and carry on?

There’s nothing in official guidelines to support the Daily Mail’s headline:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/869827/Coronavirus_action_plan_-_a_guide_to_what_you_can_expect_across_the_UK.pdf

I fly frequently abroad to Italy and wonder if I should not be visiting my MIL in her 90’s with asthma if I could be carrying the virus unwittingly?
I’m flying to Thailand next week for a 3 week holiday so this is all a bit of a worry as the advice constantly changing.

We have a weekend of socialising with the family planned for next weekend. Will they ban us? One of the oldies is birthday girl.

Maybe, but there's a whole section on social isolation on the government website and its part of the next phase of containment measures.

Headlines and articles in DM are the biggest amount of * that I have ever seen about anything. Journalists seem to make things up with no foundation or truth and also do not appear to use a spellchecker!

It's still in the body of the article about the elderly man who died yesterday. According to the article government sources have said that social distancing for the elderly will start next week. Guess that's because of the Cobra meeting on Monday. This must be visit your granny weekend.