What are the chances that this could be covid?

[PearlShell]

I work in a private capacity within a private home. The family had an event last weekend. There is two of them now, that don't sound well. They are up and moving around and attending school and college but not 100%.

One of the parents is hoarse and has a slight cough.

They were never forthcoming with me when I went I to work this week. They never informed me that they don't feel 100% so that I could at least have the choice to put on a mask and try and protect myself from what this is.

I heard them chatting today and they were talking about headaches.

They have shown a disregard towards me and no respect but keeping this quiet and expecting me to go into work without any protection and putting me and my family at risk.

I know people will likely read this and mock me and mock me and think are we back in 2020.

I asked chatGPT how likely is this to be COVID and it said it could be anything however there is a high probability it's covid taking the event into consideration and symptom starting by Tuesday.

They have shown me no respect. I don't know what I am going to do for the rest of the week. I know I wasn't feeling well last year and I wore a mask to protect them and they complained about the mask and didn't want me to wear and even told me to take it off. They do t like me wearing it.

The thing is they are concealing what they have and not even telling me and if I turn around and put on a mask, they are just going to be offended.

If I continue going into work, I am putting myself at risk. These fuckers have worked me into the bone all summer and this is likely my first weekend off since June just to be faced with this.

Do I take the rest of the week off to try and protect myself from this or go in and keep exposing myself.

I was sick last year with covid. I also read online and saw on tiktok about this summers varient, it's supposed to be dreadful.

I don't want to go to work and get that.

You really don’t like your employers, do you?

If that concerned, wear a mask, regularly wash your hands and take a test.

They are not "putting you at risk", OP. There are always all sorts of viruses floating around - you are just as likely to catch something on the bus or in the supermarket. It's just a normal part of life, which the vast majority of us don't even think about - we just crack on, and take our chances.
And I wouldn't want my staff wearing a mask either.

Nobody here can tell you how likely it is to be covid. Covid is one of multiple possibilities. They may very well not know whether it's covid themselves.

They could have covid or a cold, or literally anything. And there’s no way of us knowing!

What is your job in their home?

It’s not 2020 - there are hundreds of thousands more people who have lost their ability to work due to long covid now than 2020. Why on earth did they ask you not to wear a mask? How odd. They do sound like they have very little respect for you, so I’m sorry. There’s a good chance it could be covid, but you’ll need to take a test. If you go in, I’d wear a decent mask and open windows. Hope you’ve escaped whatever it is.

A data analyst called Bob Hawkins tracks COVID and other respiratory diseases where data is available:

bhawkins3.substack.com/s/covid-weekly-update

Screenshot is from last Thursday.

Call in sick, say you've got the same as them. It will hardly come as a surprise to them.

I currently have covid and I've been really unwell for 10 days. It seems to linger unlike a cold,has wiped me out and sapped me of all energy. Headache, sore throat and an odd piney taste in my mouth. Dry unproductive cough kept me awake most nights. The air feels dry and dusty too.