To all those Shielded from COVID -19

This was written in the early morning, 12.30am after a stressful day. It was the 22nd June that we learnt that the government would be pausing shielding on the 1st August.  If you have read my previous post, (A need to be liberated, cry for freedom), you will have learnt how hard I’m finding it.  We are all shielding because of my husbands medical conditions.

The shielded

We are the many shielded, stuck at home today,
Hoping that this virus will please just go away.
Some of us are anxious, worried and alone,
While others, wait for carers and for loved ones to phone.

In the UK over two million, with all different conditions,
All relying on deliveries to support our need for nutrition.
Through the people writing on Facebook, those that can go out,
We are here stuck at home, what are they talking about?

Social distance

Advice of social distance, two metres please stay away,
Now they want to reduce it, that was the news today.
Shifting the rules for the economy, yes, it is a worry,
But what about the R rate? This virus isn’t in a hurry.

If it can get you easier, well it certainly will,
Reducing social distance may make more people ill.
As we watch people wear their masks, we are hoping for the best,
For the R rate to continue down, our worries need to rest.

From last week all our wondering if will the shielding be extended,
And here we are now, that painful wait has ended.
Is 1st August, back to work, just a little bit too soon?
We will watch the figures now, it’s only 23rd June.

The goal posts

The goalposts they keep changing, is our misery soon ending?
When will this vaccine appear? How soon will it be pending?
It needs to be reliable and they need to get it right,
For now, I feel dubious, is the end really in sight?

They talk of pausing shielding, they might un pause it later,
For all of us, how long will shielding really matter?
As they research through our illnesses our different conditions,
Our lives are upside down in our different situations.

Medical conditions

Who will be long time shielded? Which condition does this virus love?
The scientists do their research as we pray to God above.
Please I hope this virus will soon just go away,
I want to go back to freedom, no worry to go out for the day.

So, to all the shielders, stay together and stay strong,
Continue supporting each other, you really can’t go wrong.
Here we are together, together through thick and thin,
For all of us, we must not let this Corona virus win.

For more see my other blog, life in the time of a pandemic and writing