Is social distancing an issue if the vulnerable are shielded?
I don’t know the answer to this. I’m still grappling with the idea.
Initial thought is if the vulnerable were shielded and their contacts were limited and tested could the rest of us just resume life as we knew it?
Covid would increase in the community but amongst a mostly healthy population.
Those who wanted to shield could choose to do so. It shouldn’t be forced on anyone.
Initial thought is if the vulnerable were shielded and their contacts were limited and tested could the rest of us just resume life as we knew it?
Covid would increase in the community but amongst a mostly healthy population.
Those who wanted to shield could choose to do so. It shouldn’t be forced on anyone.
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We would resume normal life without the restrictions and complications of social distancing.
by lynr on May 10, 2020 at 01:39PM
Posted by Lmcd May 10, 2020 at 13:58
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Posted by MikeJohnston May 10, 2020 at 14:15
Social distancing itself is clearly going to be with us well beyond the foreseeable future (and how long is that?) and is something we're just all going to have to cope with. There are many other aspects of the lockdown which might be relaxed for those willing to take the risk - and who are deemed to be less vulnerable There must also be a way for the more vulnerable to have some sort of life while shielding themselves and it needs everyone around them, i.e. the whole population, to respect this in practice, 24x7. (Some hope?)
The self-shielding might be based on a personal risk-acceptance which is mentioned elsewhere in the conversation.
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Posted by MikeJohnston May 10, 2020 at 14:16
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Posted by emwpaisley May 10, 2020 at 14:20
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Posted by JLMBD May 10, 2020 at 16:31
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