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Corona virus isolation

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I am a type 1 diabetic who under government guidelines will need to isolate for 12 weeks the problem I have is my wife is a teacher at a primary school who currently still goes to work so I’m a bit baffled what to do is anyone else going to be in this situation thanks for any advice
 
Why are you isolating? As of the moment there are no guidelines to self isolate for 12 weeks because of diabetes, the guidance is you are strongly advised to social distance which is completely different meaning you avoid unnecessary contact, no going to pubs, restaurants etc, avoiding the use of busy public transport and things like that xx
 
My daughter is also a diabetic and a teacher and was told to stay at home today until further notice along with all other teachers in the most vulnerable classification
 
Nbrown68 said:
My daughter is also a diabetic and a teacher and was told to stay at home today until further notice along with all other teachers in the most vulnerable classification
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Yes for social distancing measures NOT isolation
 
You might find this helpful, the paragraph on 'If you have a vulnerable person living with you'
www.gov.uk

[Withdrawn] [Withdrawn] Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection

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It's really dealing with how to cope when someone in the same household as a vulnerable person already has coronavirus, but you could read through and decide if any of the precautions were worth taking now, so that if your partner does develop it, you’ve got a system up and ready to go.
 
@Nbrown68 That’s the issue a lot of people are having - one more vulnerable person in a household living with other not so vulnerable people who will be going to work/out. All we can do is socially distance ourselves as much as possible and ensure scrupulous hygiene.

The schools problem will, by necessity, have to be sorted soon as teachers themselves self-isolate due to symptoms, and as parents keep children home. The situation is ever-changing.
 
Welcome to the forum @Nbrown68

I agree that the current advice for people with diabetes is distancing and reducing unnecessary contact, rather than 12 weeks isolation. If isolation is recommended for you, you will be getting a letter over the weekend.

from the official guidance:


What is social distancing?
Social distancing measures are steps you can take to reduce the social interaction between people. This will help reduce the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19).

They are:
  1. Avoid contact with someone who is displaying symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19). These symptoms include high temperature and/or new and continuous cough;
  2. Avoid non-essential use of public transport, varying your travel times to avoid rush hour, when possible;
  3. Work from home, where possible. Your employer should support you to do this. Please refer to employer guidancefor more information;
  4. Avoid large gatherings, and gatherings in smaller public spaces such as pubs, cinemas, restaurants, theatres, bars, clubs
  5. Avoid gatherings with friends and family. Keep in touch using remote technology such as phone, internet, and social media.
  6. Use telephone or online services to contact your GP or other essential services.
Everyone should be trying to follow these measures as much as is pragmatic.

For those who are over 70, have an underlying health condition or are pregnant, we strongly advise you to follow the above measures as much as you can, and to significantly limit your face-to-face interaction with friends and family if possible.
 
Robin said:
You might find this helpful, the paragraph on 'If you have a vulnerable person living with you'
www.gov.uk

[Withdrawn] [Withdrawn] Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection

www.gov.uk www.gov.uk
It's really dealing with how to cope when someone in the same household as a vulnerable person already has coronavirus, but you could read through and decide if any of the precautions were worth taking now, so that if your partner does develop it, you’ve got a system up and ready to go.
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Thank you this is what I needed has my wife things I am over reacting
 
Welcome to the forum @Nbrown68, me thinks wifey is correct, take care.
 
I am also in the same boat, after hearing the very wishy washy advice from the government, I am 38 Type 1 and run a sales office I have spent the last three days working from home to distance myself.

My partner is a primary school teacher and my daughter is at a child minder with three other girls three days a week. Is it pointless me staying in if they could give it to me? My parents are also 65 and get the flu jab and they do not know what to do?
 
My son is a teacher and yesterday he came home he isin a Secondary School, from today they are only having the older aged pupils in. He said a number of other schools, in the area were either doing the same or closing completely.
 
The advice on social distancing is not the greatest. I’m type 1, I work in a call centre, mingling with a lot of people in my work day. Do I stay off or not? As to me that puts me in more contact with others, than using public transport, mingling with friends and family etc.

I have contacted work and they have left the decision up to me but no option to work from home, but if I do stay away from work, how long do you stay off for? 12 weeks? 14 days?
 
It would also help if people adhered to the advice, I realise it is advice and not mandatory, but I currently have my mum and dad with me to distance them from their removal men, they had already had contact me in the last couple of days, my daughter in law comes round, then after she has been in the house a while says her daughter was really I'll in the night with coughing which she has only had it a couple of days, but it is fine she doesn't have a temperature, she has also sent younger siblings to school. I am beyond livid that she came into a house with 3 high risk people, then has a discussion with her daughter that as long as she doesn't have a temperature she can go out. Maybe I am reading the advice wrong, but I read it as if someone in your house has anyone displays any of the symptoms the whole family needs to stay at home, not just the person with symptoms,. I am sitting here shaking with fear now, and really angry. She was in my house about 10 mins in all, I only hope she hasn't brought something from her daughter into my home to me and my family.
 
I am much in the same boat! I am type 1 on a pump, I have two children that I’ve been putting into school each day, my wife isn’t very well at the minute but she isn’t classified in the danger squad like us! What do I do isolate from my 13 year old and my 7 year old which is almost impossible as I am a very hands on dad! My wife can’t do a lot due to her health at the minute. I want them to continue to go to school while they still can but I feel today I am now playing with fire and putting myself at risk which I never have...... what should I do??? I know no one can really answer that but I wish they could haha! Oh also from Scotland.
 
@Trone1988 isolating from people isn't a guideline unless there are symptoms in anyone in which case your whole family would need to isolate, social distancing is what is recommended which is completely different to isolating, just keep a distance from people etc, information does seem to be varying from England and Scotland though so tune into your local news when you can (I'm Scotland too) xx
 
@Trone1988 just hearing news that all Scottish schools are set to be closed on Friday xx
 
Hi I’m a type 1 an I work as a healthcare assistant on all different wards in the hospital. At the moment I am really looking for guidance as to weather I should be at work or to stay away?? It’s all a bit unclear information at the moment, don’t know what to do.
 
My daughter is type 1 and is still at school at the moment. I work in a primary school. Our hospital said that there is no evidence to suggest that a well controlled type 1 is at any higher risk than anyone else. It's very likely that soon all the schools will close and then we’ll be stuck at home getting bored, pretty much in isolation anyway because there won’t be anywhere else to go with most public places being closed. So unless the hospital people change their minds and decide that my daughter should be in isolation now, we are going to carry on as normal while we still can. (Unless either of us develops suspicious symptoms of course!)
 
Dlj said:
Hi I’m a type 1 an I work as a healthcare assistant on all different wards in the hospital. At the moment I am really looking for guidance as to weather I should be at work or to stay away?? It’s all a bit unclear information at the moment, don’t know what to do.
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I am wondering too. There is the high risk list including diabetes and says on the list is 12 weeks isolation. This is to keep deaths down. So i need to know by way of a letter or download to take to my employer to put this in place as i know in my job as a shop assistant in close contact and handling money too that i am also high risk in getting i t and i also have had bad chest infections in the past plus i am in my 50s. Its so vague we need better co-ordination and direction.
 
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