Lockdown For The Over 70

[browndmb]

Re the rules on lockdown for the over70 — are they allowed to go shopping for food? A couple next door go once a week to a supermarket and get enough supplies to last the week and that is their only outing. They keep in good health

[fiction-factory]

Over 70s have always been allowed. Are they in a shielded vulnerable group for health reasons?

[10ClarionSt]

I'm over 70 and I take as little notice of the lockdown as I can get away with. It's all cobblers.

[aelmpvw]

we're over seventy and haven't stopped going for a daily walk, have we inadvertently broken the law? i don't think so

[fiction-factory]

Quite a few 70s are saying that, 10CS. Apart from the ones who've died of course- they've stopped saying it

[MWG14]

We are both 80+ and have been shopping for food ever since lock-down began. We have no option, we'd starve otherwise.

[10ClarionSt]

They were probably going to die anyway. CV-19 was probably coincidental for them.

[dannyk13]

It depends on whether or not they have been classed as extremely vulnerable in which case they are only allowed out to meet one person. not go shopping.

[vulcan42]

I'm over seventy but not in the vulnerable group so have grocery shopped since the start. The only concession is I now shop fortnightly instead of weekly.

[10ClarionSt]

I'm over 70 with no health issues. None. Haven't seen a doctor for years. I don't even do non-prescription stuff. My body is a temple and was never to meant to ingest drugs of any decsription. And it doesn't. I'll have another treble whiskey please.

[Bobbisox1]

I’m in my 70s and I’ve tried very hard to stay within the guidelines , I went to M&S on Monday at 9am, the day designated for the 70+ it was my first time in a shop for 10 weeks, we were there an hour, I jumped the gun and sat apart from my daughter on their silver wedding last Saturday afternoon instead of yesterday ( their anniversary) as she’s in dentistry and will be working flat out this weekend to prepare for opening next Monday
Why have I done this?
I really don’t know looking at yesterday’s Hyde Park demonstrators

[woofgang]

danny, they are allowed to do the same as any other adult of any age. There is extra ADVICE for older people and those with other illnesses but its all advice.

[ummmm]

I haven't stepped foot in a supermarket for well over a year.

[dannyk13]

woofy, and it would be rather foolish to ignore that advice.

[pastafreak]

In spite of all the scaremongering, we all need to find and do what we are comfortable with. I know there are quite a few over 70s here who have gone out regularly to shop. I haven't except for a few trips to go to the atm, and top up my meters in recent weeks. I switched to online as I hate queuing.

[Bobbisox1]

My daughter and neighbours see us alright for general shopping but I felt the need to dip my toe into normality blast Monday morning .....and it felt good, we wore masks although there were just one other couple besides us wearing one

[New Judge]

//It depends on whether or not they have been classed as extremely vulnerable in which case they are only allowed out to meet one person. not go shopping.//

This short thread demonstrates the confusion there has been throughout this fiasco. There has never been any separate legislation or rules for any age group or any particularly vulnerable group. Everybody has always been allowed to go out for exercise and shopping. They could do so by whatever means suited them, be it walking, cycling, car bus or train.

There has been separate advice for older people and vulnerable groups, but no rules or legislation.

[jno]

yes, they are. Many supermarkets like Waitrose allow only over-70s and NHS staff in for the first hour of the day; others have one or two days a week where they do this. (You can check out their websites to see how they're arranging it.)

Your neighbours are doing the sensible thing by shopping for a week so they don't have to go too often, but if there are special shopping hours available nearby they should probably give them a go: it lessens the chance of bumping into younger people who are infected but don't know it and don't wear masks or anything.

[woofgang]

Nj there may have been confusion but I don't think you can blame the guidance which has been clear all along. I think that people who call "advice" "rules" aren't helping.

[maggiebee]

I'm 73 and shop every week - sometimes more than once. I'm also a delivery driver for a local voluntary group delivering food parcels and collecting prescriptions for those shielding, unable to get out or simply not having money to buy food. Drive up, phone person to let them know I'm there and leave parcel on the doorstep. I usually wait in the van until I'm sure they have got it. Would go round the twist if I had to be in the house 7 days a week.

[Bobbisox1]

Maggie well done you for what you’re doing ( applauds)