To ask WWYD

[Tillsforthrills]

Under current rules family members of positive Omicron cases don’t need to isolate if under 18 or jabbed.

Seeing as Omicron is evading vaccinated and boosters, if you had a positive result for it would you

YABU - attend a family dinner/ socialise even if a member of your household has the omicron variant

YANBU - Self-isolate too and not put others at risk of an awful Xmas/NYE (even if you don’t have to)

I’m of the opinion that you should SI to safeguard others as the likelihood you’ll catch from family member/child is likely with this variant, but curious to see others opinions.

If the rules stated that I don’t need to self isolate after being a close covid contact then I wouldn’t be self isolating. I feel like those making the rules have a better understanding of how high the risks are than me and so I would follow the rules they’d set out. I also would assume anybody attending a large party was doing so under the acceptance that they risk coming into contact with covid, I wouldn’t self-isolate unnecessarily to protect others at a party, if they don’t want to risk catching covid then it’s up to them to stay at home and not me!

@MolkosTeenageAngst

That’s a really good point. However I don’t share your trust of those making the rules, I don’t think the goal is to keep people safe at all.

@SickAndTiredAgain

Yep I’d do that too in some cases such as when they’re people I can rely on to say how they really feel and not feel pressured to say yes.

@ChoporNot

WWID? I would put this in the Corona virus topic not AIBU.

Absolutely this.

@Looneytune253

I reckon every single person in the world would allow their family members to join them for lunch at xmas time. Even if they had Covid.

Nope

@Looneytune253

I reckon every single person in the world would allow their family members to join them for lunch at xmas time. Even if they had Covid.

How would this happen if (for example) family members live in a different country and are prevented from travelling by government restrictions?