I can understand the intention but can't see it working well. A couple who each have an elderly parent living alone can only bubble with one of the parents, even if both are equally lonely and in need of support, and neither has another child. It makes no difference to me, my parents are a couple and I'm in a couple so I still can't visit them in their house.
The guidelines will not suit everyones family situation/set up but it is a start formany who have been totally alone. The guidelines will undoubtedly change in the future so 'bubbles' can be larger,but for now we have to be cautious.
“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
Indeed so, but at this stage I think it won't help many and could lead to lot of hard feelings and difficult choices among families.
Being a grumpy old cynic, my feeling is that the government wants to relax the rules around shops etc. for political and economic purposes and the bubble idea is an attempt to distract from that.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
And now the eugenicists (aka back benchers) want social distancing scrapped as it's interfering with their 'herd immunity' plan. They won't be happy until we have all had it, whether it kills us ot not.
Allegedly.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Why are we still trying to make sense of what this bunch of buffoons are saying?
Could not agree more. Our Daughter & her Hubby have 3 children so their household is 5, so according to the rules only me or my wife can go & visit & sit in the garden (6 total). However the risk is the same whether one of us goes or we both go as it only amounts to 2 households as all individuals in each household share the same risk. I understand them trying to put a limit on numbers but it leads to too many anomalies. The same will arise now with this Bubble idea.
I can understand the intention but can't see it working well. A couple who each have an elderly parent living alone can only bubble with one of the parents, even if both are equally lonely and in need of support, and neither has another child. It makes no difference to me, my parents are a couple and I'm in a couple so I still can't visit them in their house.
The chances are that at least one of the elderly parents will have another child and will 'bubble' with that household.
I live alone, I've been fine because I'm a nurse and I've been going to work all through this and getting plenty of human contact and company. But I went to go and see my parents for the first time last weekend and my mum cried and hugged me for about 20 minutes! The bubble has definitely been good for her. I dread to think how long she'll keep my brother and her grandchildren in a hug when she can finally stop distancing from them. My sister in law is in the shielding group so it will be longer sadly.
My grandmother will go into a 'bubble' with her other child, his children are younger and still at home so it makes sense as she'll be able to hug two of her four grandchildren as well.
No, its not perfect, nothing has been anything close to perfect in the government's handling of all this, but the 'bubble' idea has definitely been a lifeline for some really lonely and vulnerable people. Hopefully it will prevent some suicides, or some mental health crises, addictions etc.
And don't forget, its ok to go with your instincts now too, even if your instincts are different to the rules.
I have now been wearing a mask on the bus all week, first time this has been mandatory. In other news it was discovered today that many horses had already run off when owners went to lock their stable doors
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The guidelines will undoubtedly change in the future so 'bubbles' can be larger,but for now we have to be cautious.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I live alone, I've been fine because I'm a nurse and I've been going to work all through this and getting plenty of human contact and company. But I went to go and see my parents for the first time last weekend and my mum cried and hugged me for about 20 minutes! The bubble has definitely been good for her. I dread to think how long she'll keep my brother and her grandchildren in a hug when she can finally stop distancing from them. My sister in law is in the shielding group so it will be longer sadly.
My grandmother will go into a 'bubble' with her other child, his children are younger and still at home so it makes sense as she'll be able to hug two of her four grandchildren as well.
No, its not perfect, nothing has been anything close to perfect in the government's handling of all this, but the 'bubble' idea has definitely been a lifeline for some really lonely and vulnerable people. Hopefully it will prevent some suicides, or some mental health crises, addictions etc.
And don't forget, its ok to go with your instincts now too, even if your instincts are different to the rules.