The app said I didn’t need to isolate until I tested positive and didn’t say I must get tested so this week I could have been out spreading the virus but have done exactly what I should do. In a news report this morning it was announced that a third of cases people have no symptoms, I only have a very slight cold
@55larry I think this is where policy is probably wrong, in terms of trying to stop the spread of the disease. You did the right thing, in infection control terms, and isolated, but those who don't - because the rules say they don't have to - can spread the disease far & wide.
An asymptomatic person can infect someone who has it badly, and so on.
Government & NHS policy is probably being pragmatic about how far people will follow the requirements, and who will not, so I suppose that's why we are in a very light lockdown, and there isn't the requirement to self-isolate in situations where actually, self-isolation should be required.
But I look at other countries (Australia, China) where life is pretty much back to normal, because they have implemented some strict requirements - have a look at the Australian quarantine requirements, for example.
We're in this dreary ongoing partial control, which means all of us suffering for longer. I wish our government would pull its finger out, and institute a short very restrictive lockdown, accompanied by universal compulsory testing and isolation for those who are +ve, and then get us back to a semblance of normal. They tested the whole of Wuhan in 3 days, and life is back to normal there.