For Goodness Sake,Such Conflicting Advice About Self Isolating

[Jon]

I am worried whether I should be at work or not.
Up until now I have seen on the media and such that anyone with diabetes is high risk and should self isolate for 12 weeks.
Now I see on various sites that it is only people with very serious underlying problems such as cancer,etc that should be self isolating.
I am told not to bother my doctor but to go onto some NHS site to obtain a self isolation note,
Yet when I go there the questions do not apply to anyone with diabetes only those with symptoms or someone close who has symptoms.
Has anyone on here actually obtained a self isolating note for 12 weeks and if so where did they get it.
I thought this would be a simple task of answering a few questions but apparently not.
I do not want to go off work as I would be losing over £400 a week but my health is more important.
But as usual government bureaucracy dictates everything is bogged down in a sea of turmoil.

 

[Robin]

People with diabetes do not need to isolate for twelve weeks, and never have, the rules on the government website have been clear since they were first posted, but the media have printed all sorts of misleading information over the past days. Only people with the most severe health problems (which doesn’t include diabetes if no other very serious conditions are present), or those infected or living with someone infected with coronavirus must self isolate.
Travelling to work is allowed if absolutely necessary, and work cannot be done at home.
Now that everyone has to stay in as much as possible, people with diabetes really don’t differ from the rest of the population. the rules are here.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/874742/Full_guidance_on_staying_at_home_and_away_from_others__1_.pdf

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

The current advice is not for you to fully 'self isolate' Jon, but to practice 'social distancing' as strictly as you can, including working from home if possible, or asking your employer for support to work in a way that allows more distancing if you cant work from home.

The 12 week isolation is only for people at very high risk (chemo/dialysis/immuno-suppressed etc).

The guidance hasn't changed, but media reporting (and some of the press briefings!!) has been disappointingly confusing.

This page is regularly updated (last update yesterday) and has the current advice without media confusion and chinese whispers!

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...protecting-older-people-and-vulnerable-adults

See also this on the new restricted movement rules:

[Withdrawn] Staying at home and away from others (social distancing)

www.gov.uk