Neighbour with Covid popped over yesterday

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I genuinely don’t know if IABU here so could use some advice. My next door neighbour but one (lives alone) has tested positive for COVID. When he is walking his dog he sometimes knocks for a chat and as he’s old and possibly lonely we usually ask him to distance and chat to him at a ‘safe distance’ from the doorstep.

He knocked on the door yesterday when he was out for a walk, and stepped back 2 meters outdoors before chatting to me and DP. He noted after chatting for about 10 minutes that he has taken a COVID test as has had a bit of a sore throat. Turns out the test was positive (he found out today). I’m now driving myself mad thinking he’s probably passed it to us (but maybe he hasn’t as 2m away and outside). AIBU?

@OverTheRainbow88 yes they do

And we wonder why there's a new strain. I wonder if there really is a new strain at all after yesterday's experience. It's just people being thick. There are rules and guidelines in place. And if you've tested, it's made crystal clear that you need to isolate while awaiting results. Hell, common sense will tell you that before guidelines do.
I'm sorry you're going through this anxiety, OP. your neighbour is a selfish prick.

DH was hospitalised yesterday on day 7 of covid. He's been struck down terribly. It's been awful, I won't lie. It's not awful for a lot of people but it has been for him. He is a GP and was able to get himself discharged later last night by claiming that, as a GP and with the help of his partners at work, he will be able to manage his illness at home. I could brain him. Because nobody here at home is 'managing' it apart from me. And I'm doing a pretty shit job at it if my husbad was blue-lighted to A&E. He's too ill to 'manage'. How can such an ill person 'manage' their own illness? I spent last night cleaning up vomit, listening to him moan in agony, it was awful... another awful night on top of several awful nights now. I am now washing the sheets and the pants/joggers he shat in. So... thank you NHS for looking after us so well and discharging an incredibly ill patient because he strong-armed the consultant (who's also an aquaintance) into discharging him back home prematurely. I am so pissed off. If my own GP husband and a ward consultant can make stupid decisions, imagine the stupidity the rest of us can get up to.

Look after yourself OP. I hope to heavens you're all clear.

@Myshinynewname

They didn’t with me, weren’t interested in anyone seen outside.

In fact they didn’t even count a hospital appointment I had the day before symptoms starter as the doctors wore a mask and I did; even though it lasted 45min: in a room with no windows and was close.

That sounds horrible. I would ask him to not pop over for chats in the future.

They definitely should have done. The definition of a contact is all about how close you are, nothing at all about whether you are inside or out.

We were told at the test centre to go home and isolate until the results came through irrespective of symptoms or not - Hopefully you will be fine if he has kept his distance but he's been very irresponsible, as no one knows what else he touched on his walk around :(

@TwuckityTwuckers

We will isolate now of course,

Followed by

yes and we have offered to drop him supplies to his doorstep so he will be ok on that front

This isn't how isolation works I'm afraid, and is just putting yourself and others at increased risk.

What on earth are you talking about? Of course if someone is isolating then another person has to do their shopping and drop it on the doorstep . Are you suggesting people in isolation should starve

@TwuckityTwuckers

Many apologies just realise you are saying that if OP is isolating they won't be able to do neighbours shopping .

When he got his positive test result he will have been told to self isolate for 10 days. Hes thoughtless to say the least. If he is still going out and about he needs to be stopped.

Bloody Jim!

@AgnesNaismith

Bloody Jim!

lots of people are getting tested in high areas with no symtpms we're being asked to come in to control the spread of knowing where asymptomatic cases are

That person was over 65 so would have been eligible to be vaccinated

Just looked this up on the vaccine calculator thingy as I am in that bracket - sadly, my expected date is 26 May onwards, so that person will have a bit of a wait (though not so long as many others, who are younger).