Reported Covid positive family for not isolating. AIBU?

[Joswis]

A family in the area I live in have all tested positive for Covid. The mother has been quite open about this on social media. One of the teenagers has been out and about despite being positive.

The mother has let this slip on social media. She has been roundly attacked, but has built a web of lies to try to defend herself.

I have reported them. I suspect others have too. although none of us have admitted this to each other. Am I unreasonable?

YANB at all U. Actually can't believe that 15% of voters on this thread are such selfish morons. There really is an astounding level of stupidity and selfishness out there. Get over yourselves and stop believing the world revolves around you. These are hard times for everyone. Having a family to provide for does not excuse you going out and about when positive for C19.

For the idiots saying ‘mind your own business’, this IS everyone’s business.
A contagious disease with the power to kill people and make others seriously ill. I’m so sick of these covidiots. I’m convinced they are the same people who voted for Brexit.

I would have reported them too.

People who have a serious infectious illness but are too selfish to stay inside for just 2 weeks to protect other people are pretty appalling IMO. How can anyone agree with going out while actually being infectious with Covid? It absolutely baffles me.

Ok, first of all this is in no way a good thing OP.
However I have to ask - Does she (the Mother) work? And if so in what industry? I ask because very very sadly, if she is in a lowly paid job, and working in a certain type of industry she may well be screwed money wise if she doesn't work. (By that I mean, either unpaid leave or 14 days SSP - Shag all in other words).
I am horrendously aware how hideous this is.. But sadly a fact.

@heuchterteuchter you reported your sister, a Nurse, for walking her dog?!

YANBU. They are posing a definite risk to the lives of other people.

YANBU. It is frustrating beyond belief when people can’t follow basic rules. When the rules aren’t adhered to then it puts SOMEONE ELSES life at risk. Perhaps those who consider this unreasonable may feel differently if it was one of their family who lost their life as a result of someone’s staggeringly selfish attitude.

But some of my colleagues have tested positive but carried on working from home, only mild symptoms. That's the sort of thing my kids would say " my mummy is a nurse and tested positive and is still working" but in my role I can still work if only mild symptoms, doing video calls and telephone as well as audit and research from home. This could be the case with your GP friend.
However, is people are out and about and mixing with Covid then report. We're never going to get out of this mess if everyone did this.

Lots of calls for hard hats, but the voting (at this point) shows that the most strident posters are very much the minority

I'm quite relaxed about Covid and am pretty at the curtain twitchers, but to go out and about when you have actually had a positive Covid test is just totally shitty and I would totally report them!

@RayOfSunshine2013 Wow! So if someone was drink driving or got hit by a speeding driver you wouldn't have the time to stop and call the emrgency services? How on earth do you have time to waste on mumsnet then?

I think it's fairly bloody obvious the teenager who's out and about isn't supporting their family.
As for the adults - what about if they infect someone who becomes seriously ill and dies? What if they infect someone who gets long covid and is off work for months. If they're out and about it's very likely one of the people infected by someone they infected will suffer these consequences.

Are we really all so selfish nowadays?

The tests do have around a 1% false positive rate. To put that in context, for every million tests we are doing, around 10,000 are getting an incorrect positive test and having to self isolate.
However the chance of the whole family having false positives is pretty slim (1% to the power of however many family members have positive tests)! They should definitely be isolating and YANBU to have reported them. Not that I think anyone will do anything about it.

The stupid cow. If she hadn't have told the world his wife his dog and her cat
no one on SM would have been any the wiser.

ITRW you not everyone has the what some may call "luxury" of bei g able to put their trotters up for 2 weeks. For some people there is no choice but to go out. Life goes on Op it has to.

Mulhollandmagoo, it's not a doctored video, it's a video of a rare time when Boris was actually telling the truth. There is another video of Raab saying the exact same thing and plenty more doctors and scientists saying the same thing. They've started using the lateral flow tests now because of how inaccurate the PCR tests are.

Why is it ok that we lockdown on the basis of a test that is 93% inaccurate? Why do they discount airport test results but not community test results? Why were they even letting people in the country, when the rest of the country was in lockdown? It's going to be difficult for you when you wake up and realise you've been lied to. Start researching now and avoid the news, it will help.

@SunflowerButterfly

Mulhollandmagoo, it's not a doctored video, it's a video of a rare time when Boris was actually telling the truth. There is another video of Raab saying the exact same thing and plenty more doctors and scientists saying the same thing. They've started using the lateral flow tests now because of how inaccurate the PCR tests are.

Why is it ok that we lockdown on the basis of a test that is 93% inaccurate? Why do they discount airport test results but not community test results? Why were they even letting people in the country, when the rest of the country was in lockdown? It's going to be difficult for you when you wake up and realise you've been lied to. Start researching now and avoid the news, it will help.

You're an idiot. The context is regarding airport testing.

The test is - conservative estimate - at least 70% accurate in terms of detecting people with Covid-19. At least. That doesn't mean it's giving false positives, but in some cases, false negatives.

But I don't expect you to take any notice as you're clearly just peddling bullshit.

Not at all unreasonable.
Socially responsible.

You did the right thing , end of!

What does MYOB mean?

@SunflowerButterfly the airport tests would only be 7%accurate due to timing. Many people might test negative then go on to develop symptoms a few days later. It’s completely obvious that this is what he’s saying!
Just don’t get conspiracy theorists. As if every government across the world has managed to work together to engineer this

To those saying you are being unreasonable it’s their business ! It’s not their business is it ? It’s the people they come in contact with
CEV people are back at work etc
It’s is not their business when they risking others peoples lives.
This isn’t a case of oh they haven’t followed guidance when they are not positive but when they actually are positive which meant they are intentionally risking someone else’s life.

@teaandcustardcreamsx

What does MYOB mean?

It means, "Mind your own business".

Even if it is 93 percent positive that sort of still indicates majority people who test positive are positive so don’t get why they wouldn’t implicate a lock down :/ if we have 25,000 positive tests a day 7 percent wouldn’t of reduced that enough would it ?

@Undercovermuvver no most people yes had underlying conditions, not all people with underlying conditions like diabetes are going to die tomorrow from their condition.

Come back and answer some of our questions, op.