Aibu ti be slightly annoyed with DH for taking a Covid test

(You didn’t say whether you are primary or secondary, and therefore whether you are likely to know whether X lives with a parent undergoing cancer treatment and therefore needing you to think carefully about infection control with that specific child)

I think there is a difference between being in a classroom with healthy children and choosing to spend a weekend inside in very close personal contact with an 80 year old.

Having had Covid a few weeks ago I can promise that it's not always 'just a cold' even if the person you caught it from is just having cold symptoms. I - 30s, slim, healthy - have been very unwell.

But then I think half the colds that people spread around are not something you should be inflicting on anyone else either.

Hard agree.

Dad has cancer & heart issues, mum has heart issues, I have a heart problem. MIL is undergoing chemo. Very vulnerable people who if they got Covid could cause serious damage. I still test

@Raspberrysins if I have a bad cough and cold and feel like shit I don’t socialise with folks so they don’t get a cough and cold and feel like shit.

I have an immune disorder so my mates - bit of a sniffle will make me quite ill. My partners really heavy cold could floor me. I end up with pneumonia each year.

I dont care if you have a cold, flu or covid. People so often mistake them all for each other so play it safe. I want none of them and would guess others are the same.

Well, he is a fool, but you didn't have to take one, OP! Just stop testing and crack on with your normal life.

We still test in our workplace, and are asked to stay home regardless, if you are sick
Testing doesn't mean you are in fear, or trying to get attention, it's just a way to find out what you have so you can have an idea of how long you will be sick.
The lastest covid going around here lasts about five days, so the test is sort of reassuring that it isn't some long term thing

Sounds like it was a good job he took the test, as now you can inform all those people you mixed with! Also will inform your decisions going forward.

Well I did a few weeks ago because I didn't want to take Covid to my 83 year old mum or spread it around the office.

But if I have a cold, I would obviously tell my 80+ year old mum (and any other elderly/ vulnerable family members); keep my distance from them as much as possible; practise really good hand / tissue hygiene and avoid preparing or serving their food as far as possible.

So as long as you did the things you would do to avoid them catching a cold (as any cold can be nasty for the elderly) there isn’t much more you would have done knowing it was Covid.

If you were having those symptoms then you should be trying to minimise contact with others anyway. You don't need to say COVID, you could call it flu or just say you're unwell. As long as you keep your distance and tell people you're not socialising for a few days because you're sick.
You wouldn't want to pass it on to an elderly or vulnerable person by accident.

I'm currently ill with what I suspect is covid, got it from my sons. We've not tested cos I've not got any tests BUT it's made us all so unwell I wouldn't even consider just carrying on as normal. I definitely wouldn't be going anywhere near my T1 mum & heart-failure dad & when eldest popped in the other day I made sure he left quick so as not to pick this up & take it home to DIL & DGS.

Whatever this is has also triggered my gallbladder so I'm in constant pain from that.

Good chance I'll not be able to work this weekend which is a major issue cos I'm self employed & NEED the money!

My nieces have just today come down with it from elsewhere so now my self employed sister also can't work & the timing puts her in line to be ill over Christmas day.

So yeah, I'm kinda over the 'carry on when I'm sick' thing tbh. At the very least wear a mask.

Sorry but I don't understand why knowing is worse than not knowing. Is it because you now have responsibility to tell the people you'll be in contact with? But wouldn't you also warn them if you had a cold or flu coming on? Then it's up to them to decide whether to see you.

Lots of people aren’t testing now and seem to find it bizarre that anyone does.

I still test if I’m ill. I have contact with elderly relatives who I expect could handle a cold a lot better than Covid even if the two feel the same to me. Doesn’t bother me at all what anyone else is or isn’t doing, but it makes perfect sense to me to want to know if you’ve got it - BEFORE hanging out with a bunch of elderly people, ideally.

Only on MN you will find some who tests, self-isolate etc etc. The majority of us have moved on and treat a cold as a cold.

@Raspberrysins the government doesn't even talk about it anymore but sadly the last two Covid strains have been particularly nasty. A friend works in the local hospital and warned me how many patients they were having to admit with Covid because they were really unwell. I'm sorry to tell you off but just because you don't have to report a positive test anymore doesn't mean it's gone away.
Please keep an eye on your DM just incase

Does it really still count more if it's Covid as opposed to any other virus?

But people ARE still testing (including me), because they feel a sense of responsibility.

I get hacked off by the faux naivety of "I didn't even know people were still testing" from those who'd rather bury their head in the sand that Covid can cause issues for many still.

Feels like you just didn't want to miss out on your plans so ploughed on without considering the risks to others. If you feel like you should have tested earlier then you probably should have.

Since you were seeing your mum and mixing with people all over the place I think you should have tested sooner.

Yes, the rules have ended, but common sense still exists. There are still many unknowns about the long term effects of Covid (speaking as the partner of someone still suffering from long Covid 4 years after catching it), and some people chose not to get vaccinated, so the responsible thing to do if you suspect you might have Covid, would be to test and avoid passing it on, especially to the vulnerable.