Covid 19 what is the latest advice as not clear whether t1 diabetics need to stay out of community life

[bonerp]

So what does this mean for us? Maybe diabetes UK can clarify and lock this thread?

 

[ianf0ster]

You are correct, there doesn't appear to be any data for Type 1 diabetics specifically. Nor is there one for well controlled Type 2's.
As a well controlled Type 2, I don't feel my risk (if I got infected) is any higher than average for my age. However since I'm 69 I will be taking more precautions than I would for just 'flu and will be more of a hermit for the next few weeks.

 

[AJLang]

After the PM’s speech The chief medical officer said that you are classed as vulnerable if you are eligible for the NHS flu jab - which I think is all diabetics.

 

[Robin]

I was as clear as mud. First of all they said serious medical conditions, such as chronic kidney disease, or chronic heart disease, and I breathed a sigh of relief, then in the same breath they said ..'you know, everyone who gets the flu jab'

 

[Simone rahman]

So do we self isolate?

 

[Sally71]

No, you should “minimise social contact”, which isn't quite as strict. Basically if you have to go anywhere you can but don't go if you don't have to, and definitely try to avoid crowded places. Only self isolate if you or anyone in your household has symptoms, and then it's stay at home for two weeks.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I will post on the Coronavirus Information thread as soon as tonight’s announcement is clarified. Thanks for your patience.

 

[bonerp]

I don't consider my t1 diabetes as chronic. However corona virus may disagree....

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I don't consider my t1 diabetes as chronic. However corona virus may disagree....

Unfortunately ‘chronic’ just means long-term in medical speak (as opposed to acute). I can still remember the horror I felt when I was told I was ‘chronically sick’ in my early 20s

 

[MikeyBikey]

I consider any type of diabetes as chronic (or making us vulnerable. The problem is any sort of infection can make control go haywire and the infection accelerate as a result. I think we all need a degree of "luck".

 

[Beck S]

My diabetes is just about under control, but I live with my friend who has Cystic Fibrosis. We're just a vulnerable household!! Going into work tomorrow to pick up some work and then stay home.

 

[AndBreathe]

After the PM’s speech The chief medical officer said that you are classed as vulnerable if you are eligible for the NHS flu jab - which I think is all diabetics.

Since I left the NHS to change the direction of my working life, well over 10 years ago, I have never been invited to have a flu jab, although I did volunteer to have it for a few years.

On that basis, I'm not at any mother risk than any other Joe Soap, it seems.

 

[Ljc]

Since I left the NHS to change the direction of my working life, well over 10 years ago, I have never been invited to have a flu jab, although I did volunteer to have it for a few years.

On that basis, I'm not at any mother risk than any other Joe Soap, it seems.

But as a person with diabetes you should be invited for a flu jab

 

[Ross101]

Unfortunately due to my job (I am a police officer) I am expected to go into work and be on the front line with it all. I am type 1 with excellent control but this worry’s the hell out of me the advice being given is not clear enough it’s pretty much a Russian roulette

 

[megga]

Its just not great times. I started a cough on Sunday, but no fever, so I went to work yesterday, Now were being told to stay at home if we get just 1 of the symptoms. I'm one of the very lucky ones as we get full pay as sick pay for 6 months in a 12 month period. My coughing might be down to asthma as I'm very short of breath and light headed. But people who will only get SSP are going to be tempted to go to work. I think we need to be tested, that way if it comes back clear, instead of 2 weeks off work, we could go back after 2 days.

 

[rosy_nic]

I'm worried about going to work, as I work in a shop and we are quite close to the customers on the tills. I have not heard anything yet about shop workers yet. I have also had a cold for the last two weeks, I'm right at the end now, but I'm worried all the time which does not help either.

 

[Inka]

@megga It’s always been one of those symptoms rather than both as far as I know. The reason the PM emphasised “cough OR fever” was because people had erroneously been thinking you needed to have both before you had to stay home.

You don’t. If you have either one, you stay home.

I completely agree we need more testing, and I hope they’re sorting out the ability to increase this a lot.