Shielded, what does it really mean?

Rufus...where is the naughty stool???

Wot?

Megs those of us correcting/ disagreeing with you are NOT being , acrimonious. Your post about how shielded people should live together was incorrect and could have worried/ upset people. You cannot post incorrect interpretations of important advice and complain when its corrected/disagreed with. This is a PUBLIC forum not your own private chat page.

*Megs I have carefully read all this thread, and I can't see any acrimony against anyone, either against you or against anyone else. You say you "wonder if we have misread the instructions all this time" and a few postes say that they interpret them a different way to you, or think that perhaps different versions have been sent to different sets of people. That is all.

The delay in your posts appearing is nothing to do do with any posters, or with the Gransnet admin people.

Either not other

Sometimes a post makes sense, you press post and gobbledegook appears as autocorrect changes it.

It says other that it has been deleted as against GN guidelines or at the poster's request.

The whole post doesn't just disappear.
Sometimes I have typed a post and it will not post then disappears but that is my internet.

Are you sure it was on this thread? Sometimes you can post something on the wrong comment and not be able to find it. If it was on this thread and had been deleted it would say ""comment deleted." What did the missing comment say, approximately ?

How can you tell if your comment is deleted.

Last one suddenly popped up.

Again my post not shown, is it something I said?

My appointment involves a suspect ‘spot’ on my face, difficult to see on the phone. My comment is NOT there.

Megs there are no deleted posts on the thread so your comments must be there.

I am having a telephone appointment with the consultant next week, could your hospital appointment be carried out on the phone or were you due an examination?

The stay at home message is one thing - goodness what's happening now, though - and that came in a letter from the government and applied to everyone. ( What waste of money!) But some of us in addition have had a letter either from our GP or a specialist at a hospital and that indicated we had a condition that made us particularly vulnerable. Pack a hospital bag was part of the message. I haven't - it felt like admitting defeat. But I know what I need to put into it if I have to and can gather it all in five minutes if I have to. The letter reads as it it's quite caring but really the twelve weeks, ending in my case around the end of June are more to do with NHS capacity than guaranteeing I won't get the disease at all. I think the tow separate things are getting a little confused in this thread.

suzie we are regular Waitrose shoppers, have cards and have had deliveries, although not many, in the past.
I explained my situation but no, they are 'helping as many customers as possible' but are not giving priority apparently.
Tesco have been helpful, as have our neighbours.

Bijou I'm glad you are coping and getting deliveries.
There's always someone on here who will chat, although it's not the same. But it's great that you are so good at using the internet.

My sister-in-law is a bit younger than you, used to use Dial-a-Ride but doesn't use the internet and feels quite isolated. She is physically able, but now has dementia and is quite bewildered by all this.

Belated 97th birthday wishes to you ??

Isn’t it amazing how a simple question leads to so much acrimony from all those who know everything and have been there done that ( and got The Letter). Interestingly some of my comments seem to have disappeared. Some opinions not acceptable?

Rufus I am a Dalek or not....

Since lockdown life has not been very different for me. I have walking difficulties because of osteoarthritis and am in constant pain. I used to be helped once a week on to the Dial a bus to town to get a scooter to do my food shopping. Now I have Sainsburys delivery once a week. I have a home help who now only comes briefly to do those tasks and gardening which I find it impossible to do and she keeps her distance. My family all live more than 150miles away. Fortunately I have the internet to rely on for keeping in touch and shopping. My son arranged a Zoom party for my 97th birthday.
The only thing I really lack is conversation. Feel I shall lose the power of speech.

You manage to blend in very well Rufus, for an alien.

Rufus is an alien he is a non UK resident, different rules apply to different countries
Mick Curse it! You've blown my cover! How did you find out? There are many more of us here "Down Under", but we're not from Outer Space; planetary quarantine still applies limiting space travel, but don't take any notice of "The Andromeda Strain" if you need to sleep well.!
Good Health
OoRoo

I was registered with Sainsburys and they said they had no record of me sheilding.
Tesco, on the other hand, have been excellent. I have had regular deliveries.

vickymeldrew, I think you may be correct about confusion over the letters.
Sheilding letters have your NHS CHI number at the top of the page.
Some posters are still confusing being vulnerable with those who are designated as , clinically extremely, vulnerable and have received a shielding letter. There is a difference.
Although expecting the letter, it was still very upsetting to receive it.
However, it is certainly wise to avoid contact with others for all of us, where possible.

suziewoozie it’s baffling. We are long term Waitrose shoppers and my DH is on the government shielded list. We have phoned Waitrose 4 times now and no help at al yet Sainsbury’s give us a slot every week. Do you think different parts of the country have taken responsibility for helping the shielded? Seems a bit odd to me

Call Tbh I was amazed when I went on the WR site a few weeks ago and logged on ( I’ve never had home deliveries but had an account for collection orders at Christmas). Up popped a message straight away saying I had been given priority access to delivery slots. I wonder if they had my dob from the My Waitrose card? Still baffled but grateful as no help from Sainsbury’s

Callistemon - I absolutely agree with your comments regarding Waitrose. I’ve been shopping with them for 45 years. Always giving them top marks in surveys and singing their praises. Am now bitterly disappointed that despite being shielded and contacting them three times, I have not been graced with a response! Tesco have been great.
Regarding the ‘terms and conditions’ of the shielded letter, quite a few folk on here are still confusing the general letter to all over 70s with the specific shielding correspondence.
Not helpful.

Marydoll thanks. That is a good idea. I will suggest it to her. I know she is being very careful anyway and, as she lives at the end of a cul de sac with school playing fields next to her, she can avoid human contact as much as possible. But I know she is finding it very hard and resents being told to not even go into the garden. I know she will just use her common sense.

And they obviously failed 'O' level geography.