Lockdown

keep calm. stay at home. It is the best thing you can do to not get infected and spread the virus.

This is a collective effort of everyone...

Salute to our health workers...stay safe everyone.

So true Doorstop . I don't worry so much about my DS (although he has a very anxious personality) he has a wife and 3 older children to keep him company and sane .

On top of all this my DD relies on me for financial assistance (not physical money) but I pay a few bills for her where I can. Its looking bleak .

Thank you NfkDumpling

My DD does not have a medical condition and as I understand is free to go to the shops or for a walk once a day as per the recent guidelines. She does have a toddler to look after and I though maybe I could walk Evie while mummy shops or else I could walk with both of them. I don't want her trailing Evie around the shops.

I sincerely wish they could move in with me but she has been lumbered with a dog (long story) that's not even hers and she hasn't got the heart or the courage to say no (or rather get stuffed) I couldn't have the dog here as DH is very allergic and he's not a very nice dog anyway.

Gillybob,You never stop worrying about your children no matter how old they are, and your daughter is all alone so needs her mum. X

Some inconsiderate people are still ignoring the rules. For gawd's sake WHY?

Lock down at last.

My neighbour is out in the garden with at least one of her grandchildren, not sure if the child's parents are there too.

She works in the local care home.............Surely she should be keeping away from people as much as possible, apart from going to work????????

Labaik
I’m so worried about my daughter and son in law, they’re doctors and have been told they will have to work with Coronavirus sufferers as the numbers rise. I have a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach and am finding it difficult to eat. They have three little children and I want them to have parents. My daughter says she is bound to get it. I know there are so many others in the same situation, so many different key workers, I feel for them and their families. Apparently in our area NHS staff have been mugged for their identity tags, can you believe it? It’s absolutely unbelievable, the sheer selfishness of some people.

Lucca yes they do, as far as I understand them.

I've copied this from the BBC website which is from the transcript of the PM's address last night

'Any medical need, to provide care or to help a vulnerable person; ...^

BBC

Plenty of people still being silly. Just saw out of my window a white van pull up, driven by a man at least in his seventies with two teenage boys beside him. The old guy got out and rang doorbell of neighbours . They’re out.
My partner said he’s watched quite a few groups of, people walking around together

Just remember Gilly. .. it's our army on our side.

Can your DD move in with you for a while?

I’ve had a text from The govt but I don’t know why

Do the rules say you can visit vulnerable people river walk?

Gilly - Unless she has a medical condition which puts her in the isolate for 12 weeks category, your DD is free to go to the shops for food, etc and I understand you can meet your DD and little one outside and walk with them at the approved two metre distance.

DH has had that text message from Gov Health as he’s got a compromised immune system due to the medication he’s on. 12 weeks at home for us! (Its easier for me to join him than to try to jump through the recommended hoops of avoiding him indoors!)

gilly IMO you can visit/walk with your daughter and stay within the rules, and I don't mean bending/going against the spirit, etc.

The rules say you can visit vulnerable people and your daughter and her baby sound very vulnerable, particularly if her mental health is at stake.

Of course you have to balance this against the risk to your frail DH and father - so keep 2 metres away and no cuddling would be my advice.

Callistemon. I think, from memory, both our DDs are thousands of miles away in the same country and I empathise with the sick feeling I go through when she tells me, as she did this morning, she is feeling a bit scared. All I can do is be there for her, listen and reassure her any way I can.

My best wishes to you, you are not alone with your worries as I fully understand how you are feeling.

I feel so sorry for all of you worrying about members of your family at the moment. Thankfully my SIL came back from London last night and is now working from home. I felt as if the weight of the world had been lifted from my shoulders when I heard. And my son and DIL are both working from home although DIL works for the NHS and may have to go to the hospital at some point. My son works in railway maintenance and that has all been cancelled; but surely now is the time to do maintenance work so that public transport will be safe to use when things start to get back to normal. Still confusion as to what is or isn't vital work.

I think they said that Coronavirus has greasy exterior walls to each cell, and that’s why detergent or soap kills the cells, because detergent and soap dissolve grease.

Labaik
I’m not a scientist by any means, but that is the advice given by experts on television news programmes so I’m assuming it’s correct.

At least you can do something positive like cooking for them. Well done, and that will make you feel better too.

gillybob my youngest is all by herself and thousands of miles away. I know how worrying it is. But there is absolutely nothing I can do about it except worry. And if I start worrying I feel sick. She's lost a high proportion of her income too and no help from the government there at all!

Thanks maddyone; it's difficult to know what information is correct; how long the virus lasts on certain surfaces etc.

Labaik
Apparently soap powder/detergent and washing up liquid both kill Coronavirus, as does soap when hand washing. The detergent or soap breaks down the exterior of the virus cells and then they can’t survive.

Yes; it did cross my mind that if I washed my clothes and dried them indoors if I hadn't washed them in a hot enough wash [which I can't do with most things] any virus on them would become airborne. Annoyingly I'd stopped using bio soap powder as I thought it was bad for the environment and I understand that's the best thing to use.

Cleared my freezers today and put a drawer aside of food that needs eating.
I have also bought some stay fresh veg bags online, they really work and you can reuse them.
So meal planning is underway.

Also be aware that if you can dry clothes outside it’s far more hygienic, the sun apparently kills bugs and bacteria.

Thankfully the weather is on our side.