I live at home with my mom. Some people might have a perception that my mom does everything for me and that's norlt true. I work hard and I help at home and pay bills. I just can't afford my own roof over my head.
All throughout the pandemic I took it seriously to protect both me and her. I still had to go out to work but aside from that I followed all of the guidelines on public health. Signs by, we never got covid. We are boosted now too.
None of that is an issue here. I was just giving a brief background.
I don't live in the UK. I don't know what the public health guidelines are in the UK but where I am from there are guidelines about close contacts and family contacts. If a member of the household becomes symptomatic or tests positive, the whole household needs to isolate. This is in order to reduce transmissions in case you become infectious.
So far we have escaped covid.
My mom is retired. She gets bored easily and her own social outing is when she goes to town about once a week. She doesn't drive so she goes on a bus.
I don't have an issue with this except now there is something coming up. With the new variant it's supposed to be more transmissible. I see a full bus of people as an exposure risk. My mom is someone who is aging. She is 70 and she never got used to wearing masks. She hates them and she refuses to cover her nose with a mask. She can breathe more easily when it's not on her nose. So I think taking this into consideration, she's more at risk for contracting an infection.
I was sick last summer. My GP referred me to the hospital for a test. I was on a waiting list. I received an appointment and it's one week away. I'm doing everything I can to avoid covid, now more than ever. I don't want to become symptomatic. I don't want to can't my appointment. If it happens, so be it.
Am I being unreasonable to expect my mom to minimise a covid exposure for now because I have a hospital appointment coming up next week?
Just until this appointment is out of the way? So covid doesn't come into the household for another week, at least.
Especially considering a trip to town is just to pass some time because she's bored. Can she find another way to pass the time so that she's not bored by going for a walk or any other activity that is local and less risk of exposure.
I'm disappointed in that, she's not thinking about anyone else but herself. If she becomes exposed and contracts the virus within the next week, then my appointment is jeopardised. If covid gets into the household within the next week - what then - I get pushed back to the end of the queue for another few more months? It's hardly fair.
Does all of that make sense?
Am is being unreasonable to expect her to settle down for a week to minimise a covid exposure. She doesn't have to lock herself away in her room or in the house to avoid the world. We have so much lovely activities in our own local village. So many other safe-ish activities for her to do.