Are people still isolating with covid?

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We Both stayed off work. Neither of us feel well at all. In laws shopped for us. I think we don’t venture out till test negative. Are we being over cautious?

Sorry that was supposed to say that it's not an exempt condition for teachers.

Two of my friends have it now. They've cancelled cake date ok Monday. But actually I wouldn't have been to bothered had they not. If I get it again, I'll
Avoid people, but won't isolate. My mental health doesn't cope well with that.

As others have said, it is now treated the same as any other illness. If you're too ill to work, stay off. If you are well enough to work, you go in. No special arrangements because its Covid.

I'm a nurse and we are not allowed to work.

I don't understand the justification for the legal quarantine being lifted. I do think people should stsy at hime if positive and thst companies, with govnt support, should advocate this too. I wear a mask if out, wondered why people looking at me strangely. I never realised they might think I'm positive. I m mot. Still many have got no idea about personal space

I'm an HPC and in my trust you cannot go into work until you've had two consecutive negative tests or till day 10 of testing positive. If you're well enough and can WFH you should, otherwise you're signed off sick.
I recently had covid and isolated from my family till day 10 as I have the space to do that.
I guess for those of us for whom it's supported, we are isolating. But I know not everyone can.

I had it in august. Stayed home for five days but went out after that. Tested positive until about day 10 or 11, and steered clear of anyone vulnerable until I was 14 days after the positive test, and negative for a few days.

absolutely agree. Some people need a dose of reality.

I'm a community nurse ( NHS) and we most definitely are not asked to go into work with a positive covid test. Work from home if well enough or off sick, only return with a negative result.
My parents have both just had covid and both isolated until result was negative around day 9. My dad had to have his radiotherapy treatment delayed because of this and is in bits emotionally because of the worry now.

I don't know which NHS trust some people are talking about but in mine you must stay away with covid. You can return on day 6 if you test negative on day 5/6 or you come back at day 10 with a negative.

Our hospital has been slaughtered regularly with covid outbreaks which all stop play across many departments. It's laughable that they would then tell staff they can work with covid.

Yes, covid absences are counted as sick leave (because most people are actually pretty sick), but if you're asymptomatic, work will be provided for you to do at home and you're not 'off sick'.

Any covid absences are discussed in any sickness triggering but moved on quickly from. People do not 'get sacked' from the NHS for being off with covid (practically no one gets sacked from the NHS for anything!)

Where I am there is no legal requirement to test anymore. whike there was the legal requirement it was also the case that covid wasn’t counted against sickness records.

now that’s gone. My work have that if we have covid and feel well enough we are to work from home. And only come back in when fully better.

same with any sickness really. Colleague had a bad cold last week - she came in was sent home after 30 minutes then wfh the rest of the week.

NHS here too. There's a lot of made up information regarding nurses/NHS staff working early on in this thread. Clinical staff do not work and have not ever been told they must come to work with active Covid! Anyone spreading that kind of shitty information on the internet should be ashamed of themselves. It would be an absolute field day for the press if it were true! We have to be off for at least 6 days. We have to test on day 5 and 6, if both tests are negative then we can return to work. If not you must stay off until you get 2 consecutive negative LFS. It does go down as normal sickness now but it's managers discretion whether want to implement the sickness staging system and most have enough common sense not to.

@hotteaandcrumpets yes absolutely this. In my post above I didn't say that the negative tests can't be till day 5 and 6 so at least five days away from work, more of still testing positive.

At school we are still advised to stay home and isolate for 5 days, children for 3 days iirr.
We are paid full pay when off so that helps teachers/TAs to make the decision financially.

We have clinically vulnerable staff and pupils so our SLT take that into account.

I still isolated even though I felt fine. All I have to do is imagine if my grandmother caught covid, how worried we'd all be for her. Then it's easy to stay at home, to think of anyone you might come into contact with.

People may be CV and need to know themselves to access further preventative treatment.

People may know and see vulnerable people in their day ti day life so test if feeling unwell ti avoid passing in to those they are working/caring for.

Some people would rather just know and avoid spreading it.

It's definitely not unusual to still test when unwell from what I see if those around me and work and amongst family and friends.

My DS is recovering from pneumonia, I would be royally pissed off if anyone with Covid was out & about around me. Terrified of bringing the thing home, & also of course passing it to anyone else vulnerable.

Yes we are isolating though not perfectly. I did go for a walk in an empty field near my house early morning. We're lucky we can WFH and have sick pay. I feel just a bit run down my husband felt really rough. I would definitely avoid contact with elderly people.

I don't judge those whose employers leave them in an awkward position though. I think I'd be in if my employer said yes you have to and no sick pay. But it's a shame.

I work for the nhs. We still have to have ten days off. My partner caught it a few weeks ago and was very ill with it. We still wear masks at work. I'm going back to wearing masks in shops.

All some people have to imagine is how hungry their children will be if they go without pay. Then it’s easy to keep going into work.

I would still go to work too, can't avoid that. I was talking about me personally - I am on maternity leave🙂 so isolating means not going shopping, baby groups etc.

That is a ludicrous viewpoint. People have to do their jobs, or they will get sacked. Then they can't house and feed themselves and their families.

If people are so vulnerable that they are scared covid will kill them, despite being vaccinated, they'll have to avoid situations where they can catch it. They can't expect everyone else to live under bridges.

Gov.uk NHS website does not support your belief nor my DD 's exp last week.

All healthcare staff who have received a positive COVID-19 test result, regardless of whether they have symptoms, are advised not to attend work for 5 days. They should follow guidance for people with a positive COVID-19 test result

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Patient-facing healthcare staff can return to work when they have had 2 consecutive negative LFD test results (taken at least 24 hours apart)

Irresponsible to spread mis truths like this.

Nope, went to work as normal, kids went to nursery, I went shopping when needed and visited family

I’m only reporting what my friends who work in one particular trust are saying.