Why aren’t the press asking about family contact?

I think it will cause falling outs if its suddenly allowed.

If my childrens gran was told tomorrow she could visit she would want to. We would say no. Not because we dont miss her but because we dont want to be a risk to her. She might be happy to take that risk but we wouldnt be happy to BE that risk .

And what about large families? Say you can visit your closest families household but you have 4 AC and 12gc. Do you chose your "closest" or see none.

It'll be problematic.

I think until you can see everyone its too "political" to see certain family members IYKWIM.

the rule is no one outside your own household ,thats what we need to stick with until its safer .I dont understand adults who cant grasp that simple thing /We are all in the same boat ,its not as if you're the only person being asked to keep your distance

Franbern clearly we can't all stay at home for ever but we need to be aware that Covid is much more dangerous than seasonal flu.

Attached is a graph of death figures in Scotland.
You can see that there has been a large increase in deaths, when compared to the normally expected number of deaths.

The increase is due to Covid (shown in red on the graph).

www.travellingtabby.com/scotland-coronavirus-tracker/

Contact between children and older people is the most dangerous.

Children may not show that they have Covid and over 70s have a weak immune system.

It will not be safe until there is a vaccine.

It would be so selfish to put children in the situation that they make their grandparents ill or worse case they are the cause of their death.

paddyann thats not going to continue indefinitely.

We are going to be put in a position sooner rather than later where we will have to make our own risk assessments and make our own decisions again.

And I think that'll cause problems when familiy members assess differently.

The first question a 'member of the public' put to the minister doing the briefing was about when she could see her grandchildren again. It's what we all want to know but the journalists all want to score points against the govt re PPE or testing etc.

The problems will come when schools re-open.
Children can be incubators of germs.

Hugs are important but their education is really more important than family reunions.