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Just had a WhatsApp message from my eldest daughter at Leeds uni showing an ambulance and paramedics dressed in full overalls and wearing [what look like] air-fed masks entering a building near her halls.
I started thinking about the practicalities of self-isolation, in the remote prospect of us needing to bring her home, and decided that I could convert my home office into a 'ward'.
The office itself is a large converted double garage and also has a separate store room (for the bedroom), kitchenette, toilet, TV and Sonos. So it would be almost perfect (no shower though) and we're pretty lucky.
Self-isolation sounds simple enough on paper but has anyone else actually thought about how they would handle it needed?
(needless to say her two younger sisters immediately replied saying "you're not coming home!")
IIRC once diagnosed your receive free porn, hence the need for an adequate supply of tissues & "self isolation".
Why would you move her from her current location?
You can ride your bike according to John Snow so I'm well up for it!
Microwave in bedroom, ensuite showers I assume if in halls and from a middleclass stw family and lots of drugs and booze to deal with the boredom?
Job jobbed. Will be like a normal term, an aimless existence where each day blurs into the next interspersed with moments of deadline panic.
an aimless existence where each day blurs into the next interspersed with moments of deadline panic
Good point!
Why move her? Won't halls become the land based version of a cruise ship?
Well as a member of staff at Leeds Uni, we are yet to get any notification of anything going on, that isn’t just a normal crazy day at a large Uni. OH also hasn’t had anything come through from YAS either. I’d hold tight at the moment - the likelihood of being able to move people round the country at the moment is slim.
That said, I could do with some time away from work at the moment (I’m not on strike!). I maybe shouldn’t have joked earlier that it was only a matter of time before we got told to work from home.
That all said, I have had similar thoughts to you. I think in our case the quarantined person is stuck up in our attic bedroom with the dumbbells and an iPad. I do really worry about the implications for our elderly next door neighbour.
Probably applies more to if you have someone in your house or are a group my suggestion is try to be as de cluttered as possible because you are going to have to be very structured and methodical.
TBH, you all will get it (in the house) to some extent, just like flu. It's passing it on further, and also to vulnerable folk - that's the important bit, like flu is.
If anyone get's it in our house it's unlikely we can contain it, other than I get the garage and a bucket (the rest of the family wouldn't).
We have a 3 bed house, two loo's, but that's a logistical mare to sort. I work at a University, so it's likely me that will get it (had flu and bad chest infection since October from work).
By the time you know you aren't well, it's too late. Missus is still coughing from January's coughing illness, and I'm sniffling again.
We can, however, not spread it to MIL/my parents wo are elderly.
My son is 19 and T1, so he takes priority if he has any illness over anyone ! Although he thinks he is immortal at 19.
I think in our case the quarantined person is stuck up in our attic bedroom with the dumbbells and an iPad
Should it happen and qualifying with a for in a precautionary isolation rather definitely have it; I'm going to be on the Zwift.
Going off my last bad flu experience, if I get it I'm probably not going to be upto much and thinking this is a bit sod to go through solo.
If it were me, I'd claim the garage and the campervan. If it were my wife, I think she'd claim the house and send me to the garage/campervan 🙂 The only thing lacking would be a shower...
Woman in our village told to self isolate. She’s merrily walking dog and telling everyone that she has to self isolate...
By the time you know you aren’t well, it’s too late.
This is key.
and I’m sniffling again.
Aren’t we all.
I think the book "How to survive a Zombie Apocalypse" may have some useful hints. 🙂
Where I work is taking it fairly seriously - we're pre-emptively isolating some people in critical teams. Basically one person per team is being told to WFH and asked to limit travel (this is voluntary), the idea being if it does reach the workplace and a load of people fall ill then these people should still be OK to carry on working. Seems a bit OTT to me but I guess it's a cheap way of taking a precautions.
That said, on the flip side, they won't fund enough secure laptops (I need a normal and a secure EUD for my role) to allow most of us to WFH if there was an epidemic and they had to close the offices.
Woman in our village told to self isolate. She’s merrily walking dog and telling everyone that she has to self isolate…
Remind her not to kiss the dog...