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Originally Posted by pip08456
On 23rd March, at the government briefing, the Deputy Chief Medical officer made it explicitly clear that seeking childcare while you are ill is an exceptional circumstance and is within the rules.
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It's not as bad as when I initially posted the story but it's still not great. The Government advice was to not to leave the children with their grandparents:
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...-dont-17945774
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Mr Johnson reminded families not to turn to vulnerable relatives to look after children as the elderly and people with underlying health conditions were urged to distance themselves from others.
He told today's press conference: "Children should not be left with older grandparents or older relatives who may be particularly vulnerable."
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Cummings didn't just do this. He drove up to Durham to do this.
He has a good job and he is also a key-workers allowing him to send the kids to school and/or pay for childcare.
This is probably a dilemma for families across Britain and they were explicitly told not to give children to their grandparents by Boris Johnson and would have made alternative arrangements.
I don't think it's unreasonable to ask why Cummings is exempt from that? It's an exceptional circumstance to break the self-isolation rules to seek medical care and/or care for your children. It's a push to say that involves travelling 250 miles to give them to your Parents when the Prime Minister whom you advise has told other people, the public, not to do that.