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Tested positive but need to get out, is this okay?

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Puffler · 28/11/2020 23:08

I’ve tested positive for Covid-19. I don’t know where I’ve got it from as I’ve followed the rules rigidly. I wonder if one of my children is an asymptotic carrier.

I feel quite rough but I’m not in bed. One thing I always do is a lot of exercise. I walk or run about 8 miles a day and without it my mental health deteriorates rapidly. I paced round and round the house and our tiny garden to do 10k steps today and the thought of trying to do that tomorrow is making me anxious.

If I set the alarm for 6am, do you think it is acceptable to go out for a walk? I live rurally so can take a head torch and go down lanes and tracks where I’m 99% sure I won’t encounter anyone and there is no need for me to touch anything, no gates etc. I will wear a face mask. DH says it is too risky in case I have an accident of some sort (I’m not sure how) or need aid. He thinks that would be putting others in danger. He does agree the chance of seeing anyone is very remote.

What would you do? I have to stay in don’t I?

OP posts:
jenmariew · 30/11/2020 22:10

Do the responsible thing like we are all supposed to be doing and stay in!

Ifeelsuchafool · 30/11/2020 22:22

Go out. Go early and wear your mask as you said. If you happen upon anyone, give them a wide birth. Enjoy your exercise. Hope you feel better soon.

stevalnamechanger · 30/11/2020 22:28

I would go out

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TimeForDinnerDinnerDinner · 30/11/2020 22:37

OP well done for making the right choice - deciding to STAY HOME. I hope your MH doesn't suffer too badly.Flowers
I'm appalled at the number of posters saying it's ok to go out when you're Covid positive.
Idiots.

askgoogle · 30/11/2020 22:40

Sorry you have tested positive and hope you remain well. The rules are there to protect everyone else, this is a pandemic. I know it's hard, I run too and work in mental health but please stick to them. We can all think of an excuse not too but you have tested positive, sorry it's your moral obligation to stay at home. Two weeks is not that long, excercise at home and look after yourself

Carol44 · 30/11/2020 22:53

Just stay in, ffs its two weeks.

ballsdeep · 30/11/2020 22:58

Op I know you feel the need to get out but no.
I am currently isolating after a child had covid in my class. I have been in for the past 8 days . I'm climbing the walls but it's what needs to be done.

Spottysausagedogs · 30/11/2020 23:02

I would go out. Maybe not running and probably not as far, as you said you are feeling rough and you do need to rest your body and recover. A short morning constitutional should be fine and go some way to lift your spirits. Keep a very wide berth of anyone you see, don't touch anything, stay away from traffic.
You have to be pragmatic and weigh up the real level of risks versus benefits here- after all you could go out in your garden, sneeze without a mask on and that cloud of vapours goes over your fence and infects your neighbour! Not very likely is it? Just like the risks involved in spreading the virus while out at 6am on a country lane.
There'd be more chance of you being attacked however so do look after your personal safety and stay in well lit areas Smile

evenBetter · 30/11/2020 23:04

Thank you for staying in, OP, I have recently discovered to my utter shock, that long walks outside help my anxiety (I hate exercise!), it’s too easy to get obsessed with numbers on a scale, or screen, as a new way to despise ourselves, techniques in CBT help, and mindfulness apps, audiobooks. See this time as being gentle to your body and allowing it to recover. As well as protecting members of society, by staying in you are also respecting yourself, and your body.

Pootle40 · 30/11/2020 23:07

@Poppystars

People like you are why the country is in a mess.
Hardly. Think logically for a minute and then explain......I can't wait for this
Pootle40 · 30/11/2020 23:08

@WeAllHaveWings

Can't believe sometime who has tested positive and has had advice on what to do is even asking this. No wonder the country is in such a mess.

Stay in.

How does this affect the country being in a mess?
Pootle40 · 30/11/2020 23:09

@ImNotCutOutForThis

Go out. Who are you going to infect at 6am rurally? No one.! Enjoy!
Precisely.
Pootle40 · 30/11/2020 23:10

@BlueBrian

Do some of thickos have a problem following simple instructions? The rules are quite clear you stay in, that's it, no ifs, no buts, no maybes.
I'd say some of the people here are thickos as you say as they seem to have lost all sense of logic and critical thinking.
Pootle40 · 30/11/2020 23:11

@Thiscantreallybehappening

To be honest, I am absolutely gobsmacked not only at OP asking this question but to all the posters saying ..... go out you will be fine at 6am etc. It is rural, who will you see etc.

What if OP's body reacts to the exercise and she is taken ill whilst exercising??? passers by could stop to help her, paramedics would have to be called. All these people could then become infected.

I know you need the exercise for your mental health, but you need to dig deep, stay home, isolate from other family members as much as possible, get better.

What if the sky falls in and lands on top of me when I'm outside? Oh that's ok it might knock sense back into a few folk
Cherrycee · 30/11/2020 23:12

I'm disgusted by the amount of people encouraging the OP to go out while infectious with covid. For fucks sake. As someone who lost a parent to it, I just can't understand the mentality. How utterly selfish and reckless.

OP you're doing the right thing by staying in.

Pootle40 · 30/11/2020 23:12

@HarryHarryHarry

Use common sense. There is no reason for her to stay in if she’s not going to be in contact with anybody while she’s out.
Common sense ? You'll need to remind people on here what that is.
scubadive · 30/11/2020 23:23

I would go out but not In the dark, you are more likely to trip and need help.

If you live rurally how will you give it to anyone else on a walk? You need to keep your sanity.

terrimom · 01/12/2020 01:33

Think of it this way - how many people would you be ok with giving it to? And of those people, how many would you be ok with dying of covid? How many of their family members would be acceptable deaths to justify your desire to run? Since there are still unknowns about covid, its transmission and its effect on your entire system you cannot guarantee that you would not need assistance at some point during your run, thus endangering anyone you come into contact with. Will you actually die if you do not run until after you test negative? Is there any other exercise that you can do and still remain safe from infecting others? Not running is a temporary inconvenience, infecting someone else with covid could be a permanent disability or death.

Cocomoon2 · 01/12/2020 01:58

Stay home, get well soon....we're all sick to the back teeth of this virus. Be sensible, please

VinylCafe · 01/12/2020 02:55

@ByebyeOcado

You are unlikely to pass it on, but just follow the rules. There will be 100,000 just like you who think it’s ok to interpret the rules and do what you want. Statistically, some of you will pass on the virus. You don’t know if you will. But everyone breaking the rules is being selfish; as long as they carry on, the longer businesses stay closed, and people lose jobs, and more people die. Isolating for 14 days is not that hard.

How can you say that when the Op got Covid from an unknown source. Op says she was very careful but she still got it - probably from someone who thought they wouldn't harm anyone if they just went outside for some exercise.

mumsmaur · 01/12/2020 04:00

There are so many selfish people out there that are just doing what you want to do that are possibly causing others to die, or be very, ill and give to another it is very, very dangerous
for you and for others.
Others come along like early dog walkers touch gates and possibly
be carriers of this very nasty virus, it may not affect you or them so badly but at some point it could take another life and meanwhile you
are OK with that, and take no responsibility or more reasonable approach and think of others, rather than just stay at home and do a workout on your home like scrub floors, walls or decorate and be
grateful you are safe knowing you are one of the few it may not
take you too badly, but should it suddenly change you are in a safer place like it has already been suggested to you.
Think a little more and be kinder to your self and in particularly
for others, that would be greatly missed by their children if they died.
Stay confident that you can handle this and prove to yourself that you have the makings of a warrior, that when finished you can be proud of yourself knowing you took the right route.

Deidre21 · 01/12/2020 06:30

Agree with PoppyStars and your DH is correct.
Also, why not get yourself some type of second hand exercise equipment.

You could even get a mini trampoline as there are plenty of exercises you could do on it even if your garden is tiny at least you would be out in fresh air whilst doing that.
You might be able to even use it indoors if you have the space. They aren’t that large.
There have been plenty of people in worse situations than yours living in a flat without any tiny garden that had to endure the isolation and not go out when they tested positive or if someone in their household tested positive
As many have said you need to give your body time to heal irrespective if you’re not lying in bed feeling as bad as others felt when they tested positive. Once better you can get back to your daily exercise.
I hope you recover soon.

Hauskat · 01/12/2020 08:41

Sorry haven’t read the thread and don’t know how long you have been ill but watch out, I thought I didn’t have it too badly at first and stayed out of bed. A week later rest of the family were better an I felt awful. I didn’t leave the house for three months after that. When I did I made it to the post box and back dizzy and covered in sweat. So please rest now for your own health mental and physical.

Sushi123 · 01/12/2020 08:59

Wow!!! Cannot believe how many people have said 'go out'....... Ffs!

Scottsy100 · 01/12/2020 09:11

Selfish much, imagine if everyone was like you, where would we be now, follow the rules, it’s only for a short time. Can’t even believe you’re asking tbh and all the people telling you to go out too. I honestly give up