Morning all,
I've been reading about the apparent confusion over whether any of us should isolate until the government says otherwise or stay in for 12 weeks or some other length of time. Mrs CB is a data analyst, still working, and has reviewed all the information available so far and this is her opinion:
If you've had chemotherapy or immunotherapy recently, stay at home.
If you have underlying health conditions, stay at home.
If your BMI is above 30, stay at home.
If you are over 70, stay at home.
If you don't want to catch Covid19, stay at home.
If you are still not sure what to do, stay at home.
About half of all patients with C19 who are admitted to ICU in hospital come out feet first in a body bag. I'm 66, male, BMI is 33, completed chemo in December 2016, had a radical cystectomy with conduit and stoma reconstruction in January 2017 that took me a year to recover from, am otherwise quite fit and very active. If this virus can kill fit young people under 30 then what chance do I have?
I have not received a letter from the NHS or my GP.
I am staying at home.
Hope that helps you to decide what is best for you and if you are in any doubt, just stay at home until this pestilence blows over which may be some months yet, possibly a year.
Keep busy, finish all the DIY jobs around the house, learn a new language, write your memoirs (your family may learn a few surprising facts), garden like never before and grow your own, use tech to keep in touch. Write a list of tasks, do a couple a day.
And wash your hands with soap as soon as you go indoors.
We are not 'stuck' at home, we are safe at home.
CB.
We're staying in too, as I do not fancy a dose of that! Although it's necessary shopping once or twice a week, but we don't bother going out just for exercise, or to walk an imaginary dog.
There's plenty to see from my windows, I'm up & down every too often 
So that's my exercise. I see a father, son & daughter jogging past sometimes. They didn't look like they were putting in much effort to begin with, but now I'm impressed. The daughter goes for an extra jog in the afternoon, it's paying off as she's slimmer & faster, but knowing me it's a completely different person, again.
Since about last year I've been suspicious of a car that parks outside. I'd only ever seen it when I closed my curtains at night, but I imagined it to be a drug dealer. So as you can imagine I was quite surprised to see a young girl with a smiley face & a pony tail, who turned out to be a carer visiting the woman a few doors away 
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I'm honestly not that nosy though as when MrB was talking about a dog walker I said I didn't know who it was as I only recognise the dogs.
Hi Blanket
Like you i don't go out often to exercise i move a lot indoors letting the cats in and out, cooking meals, etc etc
Love the story about the drug dealer 
Keep well
Inanna xx
