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Galwaygirl · 2024-06-26T15:12:04+00:00

Would you go on holiday if covid positive, trying to settle an argument!

Flopsythebunny · 26/06/2024 20:31

CasperGutman · 26/06/2024 16:40

A serious question: is it even possible to buy insurance that will pay out if you are well in yourself but decide not to travel because you take a covid test and get a positive result? If so, why? Is similar insurance available that will pay out if you have positive tests for other illnesses, e.g. flu, that could also be dangerous for vulnerable people?

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Yes, there is

tamaribest · 26/06/2024 20:17

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jinglybell · 26/06/2024 20:10

No, definitely not.
I have been unwell since Monday, tested yesterday and was positive.

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Galwaygirl · 26/06/2024 20:09

Test was positive Sunday, the guide lines say isolation for 5 days, she goes Friday but she will only have isolated for 4 days instead of 5 so effectively still positive, and this is her issue, as to whether she should go, very little symptoms

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SocoBateVira · 26/06/2024 19:55

Mistymountain · 26/06/2024 19:38

I find it hard to believe that people would kiss goodbye to a £5,000 pound holiday (for example) because they had an illness, but only felt slightly unwell. I wouldn't.

Likewise.

There's insurance, but that doesn't mean you'd be able to get the annual leave again at a time when you wanted and could afford to go.

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Galwaygirl · 26/06/2024 19:54

So, there is no mandatory testing in her department, she has a duty of care to her patients and because covid cases are on the rise where she is working she tested herself before attending this particular patient, no symptoms and test was positive, this test was done on Sunday, positive, and she had hoped to travel Sunday by ferry

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Janehasamane · 26/06/2024 19:44

Mistymountain · 26/06/2024 19:38

I find it hard to believe that people would kiss goodbye to a £5,000 pound holiday (for example) because they had an illness, but only felt slightly unwell. I wouldn't.

Yes it’s hugely altruistic. Oh family I’m not going, you go ahead and have fun, I have Covid and although I feel pretty much fine, I don’t wish to spread it, so will stay home and lose my 5k.

yup, sure.

Mistymountain · 26/06/2024 19:38

I find it hard to believe that people would kiss goodbye to a £5,000 pound holiday (for example) because they had an illness, but only felt slightly unwell. I wouldn't.

sleepyscientist · 26/06/2024 19:29

Galwaygirl · 26/06/2024 18:48

Sorry for late reply.

She is a nurse who had no symptoms but tested regularly as she was dealing with vulnerable patients. She feels fine, she is travelling by ferry, day 4 of isolation and then going to self catering for a week, it's a hard kne as I know so many not testing at all.

Day 4 post test and when was her last test, it's only 5 day advised now not even mandatory. If she got no symptoms she might even be beyond day 5. Our insurance doesn't cover minor viral illnesses so of course we would go I've had COVID multiple times with everything from a headache only to a rough flu, it the headache that makes me think COVID.

I also wonder if chicken pox should be removed from the don't travel list as a vaccine is available if you want it.

Whether the vulnerable choose to travel is up to them but anyone could be brewing a virus that could hurt them without knowing. Maybe wear FP3 masks if they are scared.

sprigatito · 26/06/2024 19:05

I wouldn't get on a plane with a communicable disease, no. I'm not comfortable with the idea that I could kill somebody vulnerable. Of course we don't know if we are incubating something infectious and there is always risk - but I wouldn't knowingly spread Covid (or flu, or whooping cough, or any disease that could really harm someone).

SocoBateVira · 26/06/2024 19:04

I wouldn't know in the first place.

If I were too ill to travel then no. I always have travel insurance so would have to claim on that. If I were well enough to travel then yeah, would be going.

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Galwaygirl · 26/06/2024 18:57

She was asymptomatic but was dealing with a complex medical case where the patient was vulnerable and as she worked in the community she had be dealing with alot of different people and was just being careful I suppose and tye test came up positive, she was testing before she called to the patient

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Pritas · 26/06/2024 18:56

My experience with COVID is that it starts quite gently and really ramps up after 4 or 5 days. So if I felt ok today, albeit sneezy enough to test, I wouldn't risk it.
I was unwell with covid for a month in April. I test because I get antiviruls.
All the no test and go people - would you take your child with chicken pox on a plane if they were not unwell? Dangerous to a small percentage of the population, ie pregnant women but harmless to most people.

anunlikelyseahorse · 26/06/2024 18:52

Why did you, or someone you know test? If testing because of feeling ill, I'd definitely not want to go, but would want my own bed, a limitless supply of ice cool drinks, and paracetamol on standby! I can't imagine anything worse than travelling with a fever.

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Galwaygirl · 26/06/2024 18:48

Sorry for late reply.

She is a nurse who had no symptoms but tested regularly as she was dealing with vulnerable patients. She feels fine, she is travelling by ferry, day 4 of isolation and then going to self catering for a week, it's a hard kne as I know so many not testing at all.

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RobinsonsOrange · 26/06/2024 18:33

Good job all the medical professionals / school staff aren't following the quite honestly laughable guidance that is still on the .GOV uk website linked to above, or schools would be temporarily closing all the time and the NHS would completely fall over.
As with most other people on this thread, my job tells me that if I'm feeling rubbish then to stay off, if I'm feeling ok then to work (ie exactly the same as if I had flu or tonsillitis).

Nutella22 · 26/06/2024 18:27

No, I assume that if I know I’m Covid-positive I have symptoms and would not be feeling well enough to travel. Covid is unpredictable so even if I felt ok I’d worry about taking a turn for the worse away from home. Plus it’s important to rest as much as possible during an acute Covid infection to reduce the chances of Long Covid. I would never knowingly spread Covid around either as contrary to most people I haven’t bought into the ‘Covid is now mild’ narrative.

I travel a few times a year and since Covid started I always book fully refundable hotels up to the day before so if I have to cancel I just lose my flight cost. Appreciate not everyone can do this.

ApolloandDaphne · 26/06/2024 18:24

I have got Covid right now and was supposed to be going away with friends at the weekend. I have cancelled as i feel crap AND one of my friends is CEV. I have also cancelled all plans until well into next week. I don't want to inflict this on any one if i don't need to. DH has it too so we are hunkering down at home until we are both clear of it. I know we don't have to but it feels like the right thing to do.

Tel12 · 26/06/2024 18:23

No definitely not

Janehasamane · 26/06/2024 18:22

NYE2023 · 26/06/2024 18:06

@TipsyKoala you are quite wrong on that point . Some people do. When I ordered some more tests on Amazon not so long ago they indicated that it was popular item and 20k just had recently been sold. seasonal flu season is now over - if you feel very rubbish there is a good chance that it could be Covid right now - Covid isn’t seasonal .

I know quite a few who have had it in the past few weeks including someone who inadvertently infected a large chunk of those on a sales dept away day. It had a real impact on their business because so many people felt like shit and needed to take a few days off work .

if you know you have Covid, sitting on a plane unmasked next to someone else can have far reaching consequences like long Covid ( it is a thing and sets it apart from a cold ) for them or they could pass it onto a vulnerable relative. This is part of the reason travelling has become so stressful for those who are vulnerable .

it must be hard for our most vulnerable knowing there are the tools out there but no one is prepared to use them . I do have some vulnerable relatives and I always test before seeing them .

interestingly I was at a major European Airport not so long ago and there was. a lady looked really unwell - and they refused to let her board . I’m flying tomorrow - I hope @Galwaygirl Covid positive person isnt sitting next to me without a decent mask on especially since many have unpleasant gastro issues with current Covid and that would be extremely unpleasant for fellow users of aircraft loos .

As so many are symptom less, I assume you’re testing before boarding?

DinnaeFashYersel · 26/06/2024 18:14

Oh so it's no longer deadly to the vulnerably an often utterly fucking awful for many, plus life changing if it turns into long covid.

so many selfish cunts around

Nearly Covid Bingo!

You forgot 'granny killer'

Jeezitneverends · 26/06/2024 18:14

Wendysfriend · 26/06/2024 16:38

As we have 2 very vulnerable people in our family and still test I would appreciate if someone didn't get on a plane with COVID, but people are basically for themselves now, they don't really care if my dd or DH become seriously ill, once they feel fine then it's my problem to deal with anything DD and DH pick up.

Do they wear a mask for travel/in crowded places? There’s a huge element of personal responsibility in life