Plea from a mum (not me, shared with me by a friend)

Don't apologise, I thought it was funny

Take care, I know you will, but please take extra care Merryweather

Sorry @carllistemon. Fat pregnancy fingers and brain to boot. 15 days! Not that I’m counting or anything.

I am not wasting anymore of my time on this. Stay safe everyone.

Your garden with tinned good as wrights to alternate lifting. Do yoga or Pilates there’s plenty on you tube. Do inking crosswords or play chess.
There’s no need to go out every day!
We’ve all been told to stay in so why are so many ignoring the advice. The government will make us do it if you don’t voluntarily isolate and stay in!

It made me laugh too Callistemon!

No, we haven't been told to stay in our own homes, only the very vulnerable and advised for over 70s
Some people have to work.

Let’s stop sniping at one another: if Gransnetters make insensitive comments we have to conclude they are prisoners to an uncompassionate outlook that means they have probably been disappointed and their responses warped by the treatment they have received from others in the past. Such people are hard to like, but we have to try. I’m not a holy jo preacher either, just someone very grateful for the kindnesses shown to me, a very critical person by nature. ( Dreadful syntax but written from the heart.).

Merryweather
I know that's a typo but it made me laugh!!

Xrgran time for you to give them a reality check! Will they listen? Facts and figures and advice from the CMO and CSO may persuade them

For gods sake
Just satay inside your own homes as you have been told to do!
Walk around your fard

Flowerofthewest I was surprised to read your post, you are normally very kind.

I do think hat M0nica is very sensible - I may not always agree with her posts but I do on this occasion.

We should follow guidelines and that is what she says she is doing. However, if we need to do more to protect ourselves, that is fine for those who may be very vulnerable or to protect others near us.

GrandmaMial
I'm afraid your missing the point which MOnica pointed out very quickly. The point being that the vast majority of posters aren't brushing it under the carpet
The OP is a regular poster on GN so 'we' know that she reads most of the posts. She knows how the vast majority of us feel. She doesn't need to ram it down our throats.
Have a look on FB. This 'moms' post has been taken down.
I wonder why?

Well, I know no-one who is not taking it very seriously indeed and following all the guidelines the government and Public Health England have laid down.

Flowerofthewest What a ridiculous thing to say, you have no idea how happy I am or whether there is any room for more happiness. I am not remotely bitter but I am practical and pragmatic and refuse to join in the hysteria that is gripping some people and I dislike emotional blackmail and will not succumb to it.

Don’t you people have anything else to do but bitch about a post? Shame the energy isn’t put to better use.

Well said dizzyblonde

Not many people are taking this seriously and my 82year old mother allows her daughter to visit every day without any precautions and a daughter who believes this is just hype????

I agree with MOnica.

I am not saying the threat is not real but I think most older people are very aware of how to cope and be responsible.

You should read the posts on mumsnet from all of the 30/40/50 somethings who are terrified that their parents are not actually taking this seriously and still living life as normal.

Not everybody is taking this seriously. Across all age groups.

MONICA. How downright nasty. Are you really so bitter to make such comments.

Eloethan, some people like you are brilliantly articulate, I’m not but that’s just what I think. I go out as ive said before every day for the last eleven years on bike 80 miles upwards per week. It has helped my joints, muscles, depression, and untold heart benefits and I will continue I cycle down a lane where no cars go and is a hard incline so families don’t go. I just hope people behave as the government will stop this been allowed and all the hard work my body will de condition so bad I’m as worried of this as the virus itself.

I am new to Gransnet and after reading the responses I am horrified and ashamed to think women of my generation could be so malicious and vindictive. In a world in crisis we should be supporting each other and doing our very best to be considerate and helpful to each other. Monica be kind and you will be a happier person for it.

Googes41
Thank you for responding. I’m sure there will be many on here who have children who are key workers, but there are few professionals quite as much in the front line as doctors and nurses. I understand how you feel about your daughter in London, and it is made so much worse for you because your son is in Italy in lockdown and another son in New York which is also badly affected. Please PM me for support if you would like to.

Flakesdayout and gagsy
I empathise with your posts. I totally agree that whether the OP is true or not, it does bring home the seriousness of the situation. Older people or people with underlying conditions are most at risk of dying, but we should not be complacent because younger people are getting it too. We only need to look at Italy to see what will happen her in a few weeks. Children can get Coronavirus but thankfully they recover, but we should not believe they cannot get it. They can.

Sorry, I keep forgetting this is an international forum, but you will have worked out that the 'shielding' is for the English.

At the briefing from Downing Street just now, they are going to 'shield' one and a half million of the most vulnerable, with stringent 'stay at home' support. Those people will be informed by letter, I think.