Paid nannies OK to look after a child in thir own home real nannies are not!

As you say - as I said many are in their ^50’s, 60’s and 70’s

I also think a professionally trained nanny might be better able under the circumstances to resist the hugs and cuddles that so many here seem to be unable to do without.
Professional distance?

Professional Nannies would be a better description rather than real Nannies.

I don't see your post being a problem Hithere all your points are perfectly valid as I see it.

MawB but she is old enough to be the children’s grandmother and is being allowed to care for two little ones, whereas if she were their real grandmother she would supposedly be a risk.

vegansrock - in their 50's IS young!

The use of the word nanny to mean grandmother is very confusing. I didn’t hear it until I was in my thirties, and it still confuses me. I couldn’t think what on earth the title of this thread meant at first, until MawB’s elucidation.

I have suggested to my DD ( in jest) that she could employ me as their nanny or cleaner, then I’d be allowed in their house.
Not all nannies or cleaners are young. I have a friend who is in her 50s and works as a day nanny to a journalist and barrister. They are both at home at the moment, but no doubt will be wanting her back soon. She is not looking forward to it.

I can see how some grandparents can be jealous in this situation.

Independently from the current pandemic, comparing childcare by hired professionals and grandparent care is like comparing apples and oranges

Daycare providers/nannies are paid employees with usually CPR training childcare education and/or degrees and they curriculum for the kids to play and learn.

Childcare workers are usually younger than grandparents, putting them at a lower risk of covid.

They also follow rules imposed by the organization they work for and/or the government for a minimum standard of care.

Grandparent care is a totally different animal.
Yes, they are family, they love the child and the child loves them.
That is where it pretty much stops.
The grandparents may not be up to date in safety and childcare methodologies, for example.
It is family taking care of family. Period

It can be "what happens at grandma's stays at grandmas"
It can be "I spoil my grandkids"
It can be "it is ok to give candy even if parents asked me not to"

Professional childcare and relatives providing childcare- totally different animals.

Now, I am ready to be crucified by my writing such a "vitriolic" post

depleted immune system.
cannot be replaced. it's running out...
why expose it to so deadly a risk, an invisible foe.

i think sometimes people are taking offence as a kind of defence mechanism to facing the reality of frailty of age.
the fact is, regardless of how fit, active, otherwise healthy, the older one is, the more deleted one's immune system.
therefore the risk of getting the virus, and of being very severely affected by it, increases with age.
some younger people have succumbed, unfortunately.
but the vast majority of the 30K+ fatalities were aged over 50.

DGS's nanny lived in as did my niece's nanny for her children.
They were real nannies.

If by real nannies you mean trained ones, whether Norland or otherwise.

Most Nannies (of the nursery variety) are young women or men and one would expect them to be fit and enjoy good health. What you call “real nannies” and I call Grandparents (grandmothers and grandfathers) are usually by definition probably at least 20 + years older than the parents of their grandchildren. Many will be in their 50’s, 60’s or 70’s and we all know by now that the older the patient, the less likely they are to recover from Covid19.
Does that answer your question?