farmerm
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- Shropshire
I would think you can conduct a FA visit with the same probability of bringing in the infection as being struck by lighting whist sitting in the house. If the inspector has any symptoms on the day they obviously must not come and make it clear if you are not happy with their health status they will be sent away. If they appear to be fine you could insist they wear a mask and gloves for the duration of the inspection, even a full disposable suit, keep at least 2m from you and not physically touch any paperwork or other items. With sensible precautions you are far more likely to be infected by picking up a tin of beans from your supermarket sneezed on by someone who is infected than from a responsible FA inspection on. If there are 10,000 infected the chances of your inspector being infected would be less than 0.02% and really only a tiny fraction of that if they are without symptoms. The mental and financial impact of isolation and economic shut down is going be every bit as harmful as the virus itself.This is very relevant to us and starting this thread to see a wider opinion.
We have our 93 yr old at very short notice come to live with us RT want to do an inspection . To safe guard our 93 yr old FIL we have stopped visitors etc as he is deemed 'at risk' If we fail to allow the inspection then we lose our status . We have no idea where this inspector has been prior to visit .
The cost of not being RT will cost us dearly .....but we have to protect my FIL ..........RT office not helpful !!
Any thoughts ......
Will you stop your Vet coming, your feed and other supplies arriving, you post etc etc, how will you deliver your finished animals without any contact with another person for what may be 12 months or more until a vaccine might be ready?
Trying not to put this too insensitivity but there will be many 93 years olds who do not outlive the duration of this pandemic even if they do not catch this virus. The biggest risk to many will not be CV but rather the NHS running out of capacity to treat other illnesses and injuries when the virus is at its peak