Next Door Neighbours

[MyCatTibby]

We live in a semi detached. Our neighbours are a couple who I would say are in their thirties. Last Monday morning I was woken up at around 4:45am by severe coughing from the girl next door. This carried on until Friday when an ambulance turned up and took her away to hospital. She has Covid-19. I know her boyfriend should now be isolating himself for two weeks. However he went out yesterday in his car and twice today. We’ve noticed he’s brought bags back which indicate he could have been shopping although they were not supermarket bags so can’t be sure about that, he could have been visiting parents which is equally wrong I know. Yesterday his parents visited for about three hours. I’m totally shocked. IABU if I report this?

Could he have been taking things to the hosp for his partner? However ill-advised, he may be her only support.

Christ what an utter selfish idiot he is! I just can't understand the mentality of people, you've absolutely every right to be concerned and yes report it.

I don't know what's going on with the absolute misery's on here lately but you could say absolutely anything and people will still disagree just to be spiteful, they must be desperately unhappy and it's really showing. Telling you to keep your nose out etc, as if it's totally acceptable for him to go out and potentially affect many people.

Yanbu.

It’s stupid and selfish of him if he has been shopping and it’s definitely stupid and selfish of him seeing his parents.

I’d speak to him or report him.

You are right OP . This is absolutely not ok. He should know the rules and spoken to his parents on the phone for support . He is risking the lives of others by potentially spreading covid .
I would speak to him again offer support ‘as he needs to be self isolating’. If he goes out again or had visitors in the home call 111.

He was putting up a gazebo in the garden with his parents whilst his gf is in hospital with covid? God, priorities!

I’d be annoyed too OP. Ask him how he’s getting on seeing as he must be self-isolating? Is he having a food delivery? Play daft and get more info. Then if he says he’s been to the shops I think I’d give him a piece of my mind.

what's he supposed to live on ? fresh air?

This has nothing whatsoever to do with OP's post.

you really are living your best life aren't you?

And this is just spiteful.

@ginlover7 @AwwDontGo @olympicsrock @Bleepbloopblarp Thank you! I’m so concerned he has been in close proximity with someone who has Covid-19 and he is not isolating himself potentially putting others at risk.

His poor girlfriend has it because she had to work.Thats pretty gutting as she had less chance of avoiding it. If people don’t want it then there’s plenty of help available to stay in.

And because this plank is possibly out and about, he’s potentially going to infect someone else who had to work. Brilliant.
Why doesn’t he take some of the plenty of help to stay in - including the OPs offer?

Why are people.pn mn so reluctant to believe someone has actually had it?

But are you suuuuuuure she had it?

OP said she works in a care setting and has been confirmed as having it.

Happens on so many threads people want to prove it MIGHT NOT BE. The advice is the same - assume and act like covid and isolate anyway. What is hard?

I would speak to him again offer support ‘as he needs to be self isolating’. If he goes out again or had visitors in the home call 111.

Call 111? I'm sure the NHS are going to knock on his door and give him a bollocking!!

He could already have done his 14 days - people have usually had it for a while by the time they are hospitalised. Or he could be a rule breaking twat.

Or he could be a rule breaking twat.

There are one or two around. If he's exercising his version of common sense, it's ok.

Have some sympathy for him, his girlfriend is in hospital with Covid-19, he must be worried sick. And you're spying on him and discussing him a thread on MN and discussing 'reporting' him. The reality is, if he has no symptoms he is very unlikely to infect someone in the supermarket, he is not in close and sustained proximity to anyway doing that.