Christmas morning Covid test being demanded

[Quarks69]

Is everyone else having these? My sister in law has demanded this from my side of the family as her elderly parents are going to be at the dinner. With a family of five and three are my busy teens I am worried that we could end up with no xmas day if one of us is asymptomatic (for the second year running obvs).

I do get that we are in bonkers times, but Was so looking Forward to seeing everyone, including my parents, that this is making me cross...isn’t this the point of the jabs!?

The fact that teachers are working with unvaccinated children etc is irrelevant. Testing before we meet people is something we CAN do easily.

I'm going out for lunch with my mates and have just done a test, going to my parents on Friday and will do a test then too. It's five minutes and setting a timer to remind myself, hardly a massive issue. My parents didn't even ask, I'm just doing one myself because they are 70 and 72.

We will all be testing on the day we meet-well apart from me as I’ve now had 5 positive LFD’s with negative PCR’s so the bastard things for some reason don’t work on me. But everyone else is doing them.

We are all double jabbed apart from toddler who has had it recently, and everyone except DH boosted (he isn’t eligible yet).

@Newjobnewstart

Just say you tested and it's negative. I'm not testing unless I have symptoms. Lfts are the most reliable anyway so u could still be positive even with a lat flow.

I truly hope I don't know you irl

Sounds pretty sensible and considerate request to me.
Aren't you texting anyway regularly?

Can't believe what I'm reading! Yes, missing Christmas would be disappointing, but potentially passing on Covid to someone who could be very, very ill would be devastating. Why the hell wouldn't you test?

We have all been testing all this week, my daughter coming on her own and my elderly parents.

Are people using asymptomatic to mean no symptoms at all or none of the main UK symptoms? I think that the worryingly short list of symptoms has been a reason why we have had so much spread.
In my case I had my children do a LFT when they developed a runny nose because it was a frequent symptom of delta. They both tested positive which is confirmed by pcr

We have been testing before seeing family/friends since LFTs became available, and same with the people seeing us. I thought most people did?

You sound so ignorant & selfish. I can’t even be bothered…

Vax and get on with life

Having an lft before you meet people is what getting on with life looks like

Perfectly reasonable request.

Why would you want to go if one of you were positive?

I get what you mean OP. It's a when does it end thing. If you woke up with a cold xmas morning (pre corona times) you wouldnt isolate the whole house and cancel xmas, you would steer clear of hugging/kissing the elderly there. The jabs and boosters are supposed to make this a routine illness (I have it atm and have a slight runny nose and cough I've had worse colds at xmas in previous years and have cracked on as normal!) So why are we actively trying to seek it out and make us miserable

@GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing I agree. Being sensible and managing risk means using LFT in situations like meeting elderly people

YAVU to not test. Everyone should be regularly testing fullstop.
I always do a LFT just before going to visit, it's the responsible thing to do.

We're hosting this year, but everyone had contingency plans in place which is just as well as we have a +ve in the house.

All our family test before we meet up!

The teens especially, they are used to it.

Wouldn’t dream of going to a gathering with older members of the family without testing.

Too busy… boo hoo. It takes seconds. And your teens should be well used to it by now.

YABVVU.

And selfish.

(my Christmas is wrecked for definite so I’m not being ‘I’m all right Jack).

@Whatafustercluck

We can't get LFTs around here for love nor money, no wonder with everyone testing every time they go anywhere. I got given a pack a week ago when I got boosted, we've already used 3 tests. I've ordered some for delivery online but no idea if they'll arrive before Christmas.

I ordered online Saturday, they were delivered Monday. They always arrive next day if I order on a week day so they should come.

Link for others who need to order.

www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests

@Borland thank you 😊

There are elderly people there. It’s not an unreasonable request.

We'll all be testing. I know there's a risk of missing Christmas and we would all be absolutely devastated. But that just doesn't compare to how we would feel if my elderly grandparents or vulnerable Mum ended up seriously unwell.

Newjobnewstart

Just say you tested and it's negative. I'm not testing unless I have symptoms. Lfts are the most reliable anyway so u could still be positive even with a lat flow“

Lovely. Potentially put other people at risk and lie about it too. Very season of good will.

We'll be doing tests before getting together for Christmas. It doesn't seem like a big ask.
My mum has had covid but my dad hasn't. I know you mentioned covid being generally mild, but my mum has long covid, and has gone from a fit and healthy, horse riding granny to barely able to climb the stairs some days. It is awful to see her like that and it has taken a lot of of her physically and emotionally. She used to look after my children a day a week, and it's unlikely she'll be able to that for a while, if ever. She's devastated. Long covid is a bastard.

So if youre asymptomatic you would prefer not to know and potentially spread it?
I dont get this attitude at all. Yes, it would suck! But going to a Christmas dinner while positive and not knowing because not testet is much worse..
My whole family is getting tested because we celebrate with my grandparents and my dad who os high risk. We are all vaccinated. If someone doesn't want to test they should stay home.

@PoleFairy

I get what you mean OP. It's a when does it end thing. If you woke up with a cold xmas morning (pre corona times) you wouldnt isolate the whole house and cancel xmas, you would steer clear of hugging/kissing the elderly there. The jabs and boosters are supposed to make this a routine illness (I have it atm and have a slight runny nose and cough I've had worse colds at xmas in previous years and have cracked on as normal!) So why are we actively trying to seek it out and make us miserable

Because n,you can pass it onto to someone who will be far more affected , Both my kids have it too ,my oldest has a scratchy throat ,my youngest is coughing and has a runny nose,the whole point is though if they passed it on to their elderly grandparents ,it could kill them .

Test, test, test! YABVU.