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Will you self isolate if covid positive test?

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Monopolyiscrap · 12/02/2022 00:47

Compulsory self-isolation is ending if you test positive with covid. Instead, people are being advised to choose to self-isolate.
In reality, I think many people will not. I would not get paid if I self-isolate but am well enough to work, so why would I forego a week's wages?

So will you self-isolate if you test positive with covid?

YABU - Yes I will self-isolate
YANBU - No I will not self-isolate

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Woahthehorsey · 14/02/2022 21:36

@bemusedmoose

Definately! Boris is an idiot for getting rid of all restrictions.

Ive had covid twice. The first time 2 years ago nearly killed, the second time despite vaccination was pretty nasty. I wouldnt wish it on anyone.

By not isolating and just going about your daily business you can be passing it to others that will have severe reactions to it and could kill people. That's just not ok. Yes you might be happy but you could someone and make their families lives change forever.

Also - it isnt just a cold.They are already finding out some of the long term issues it causes even in those who where asymptomatic and they can be devastating in later life.

Just because a twat like Boris tells you it's fine - doesnt mean you should trust or believe him.

I'm not denying anything you say, but you cannot expect people to be financially penalised, sometimes significantly, for something which isn't illegal, isn't even 'guidance'. To risk their job, career, house?

I don't agree with the plan, in any way, shape or form BUT I'm also not angry at anyone following it. I am angry with Boris though.

BoredZelda · 14/02/2022 21:48

Of course I would. Just as I wouldn’t want to be sitting all day next to someone who has it. Why would I decide to impose that on someone else?

RedToothBrush · 14/02/2022 21:50

@bemusedmoose

Definately! Boris is an idiot for getting rid of all restrictions.

Ive had covid twice. The first time 2 years ago nearly killed, the second time despite vaccination was pretty nasty. I wouldnt wish it on anyone.

By not isolating and just going about your daily business you can be passing it to others that will have severe reactions to it and could kill people. That's just not ok. Yes you might be happy but you could someone and make their families lives change forever.

Also - it isnt just a cold.They are already finding out some of the long term issues it causes even in those who where asymptomatic and they can be devastating in later life.

Just because a twat like Boris tells you it's fine - doesnt mean you should trust or believe him.

Everyone saying 'I'm angry with Boris for getting rid of restrictions' or 'I'm angry with Boris for getting rid of restrictions' doesn't fully understand the situation.

When Parliament voted for the latest round of restrictions in place, they had a time limit on them. They are due for renewal at the end of March.

Johnston can not simply say 'these are the rules'. He needs the approval of parliament. He has to have a majority within his own party.

As it stands there are too many Tories opposed to restrictions being extended.

Johnson doesn't have the power to keep the restrictions even if he wanted to.

And Tory Party MPs are unlikely to row back on this, because of their constituents opinions on this - particularly in the North.

Their position is a result of a large part of the public being in desperate straits and saying they don't want the restrictions to continue / can afford for the restrictions to continue in various different ways.

The public saying this in such a large number points to the collaspe in compliance in restrictions and willingness to keep following the law.

The law is only good if it has public consent. If you don't have widespread public consent you get public civil disobedence. At low level thats people not testing or isolating. At higher level its full on public unrest.

We know that people are starting to fail to test /isolate in large numbers already. There is a time limit on how long the public will remain calm and not start protesting on a large scale.

I don't like Boris. But this one isn't able him 'doing the wrong thing'. Its about him being unable to do anything different.

feelsobadfeltsogood · 14/02/2022 21:53

@User0458832

If workplaces want people to test surely they will be providing them.
You'd have thought so yes but I work in a hospital we've had a nightmare getting them and lots of staff only testing once a week not before each shift as people haven't got enough tests
Nat6999 · 14/02/2022 22:41

Ds tested positive out of the blue last night, we are all isolating until he is negative.

ShallWeTalkAboutBruno · 14/02/2022 22:43

@Nat6999

Ds tested positive out of the blue last night, we are all isolating until he is negative.
How many of you are in the house? We all caught it one after another, meaning 5 weeks in total of household isolation…
Biker47 · 14/02/2022 22:57

No, but I won't be testing anyways.

Dishh · 14/02/2022 23:48

@Spudlet

I’ve just worked it out. It would be about £102/month for our family of three to test twice a week. That’s assuming £30 a box is correct of course - I haven’t seen that figure confirmed. So - no. That’s not a cost we can suck up. I suspect we’ll just be getting a box in for when we go to visit very elderly relatives and the like.

I live in a country where we have always had to pad for LFTs, and that is exactly what we do: we generally only test if we are about to visit a specific ill elderly relative, or if one of us suspects Covid (only very occasionally). We make our boxes last as much as we can. (We PCR if we have symptoms.)

RedToothBrush · 15/02/2022 00:05

Dishh the point is that pcrs for all, even with symptoms, will no longer be available.

So lfts will be the only way for some people to know. And some people simply won't be able to afford them.

That means a sizeable number of people will no longer have any access to testing unless they have a certain reason (eg admission to hospital).

Nat6999 · 15/02/2022 01:09

ShallWeTalkAboutBruno There are 3 of us me, ds & my 83 year old mum, my mum & ds are triple jabbed but our surgery are dragging their feet about coming out to give me my third jab as I am housebound (I am ECV & need 4 jabs) Ds is voluntary isolating in his room, we send his meals up on the stairlift & he sends his pots down the same way. His dad has tested positive as well, ds is very worried as his dad has no immune system due to treatment for MS.

VikingOnTheFridge · 15/02/2022 07:25

Very true RTB, there isn't enough understanding of the practicalities of this. I'm agnostic as to whether this goes now, next week or any given date in March... but it's going. The consensus around testing and isolation in the general public is breaking down. No government could reverse or even halt that. Boris is not in a choice based situation here. I think because he's such a useless piece of shit, people tend to focus on that and miss other factors. That's understandable, but even a competent government cannot force the population to go along with them.

Whitefire · 15/02/2022 07:34

@BoredZelda

Of course I would. Just as I wouldn’t want to be sitting all day next to someone who has it. Why would I decide to impose that on someone else?
Because someone might lose their job otherwise.
ShallWeTalkAboutBruno · 15/02/2022 08:53

According to an article in the Daily Mail today it looks like we might start being charged for them sooner rather than later.

Toanewstart23 · 15/02/2022 08:58

@ShallWeTalkAboutBruno

According to an article in the Daily Mail today it looks like we might start being charged for them sooner rather than later.
This is good news!

From an environmental perspective
Cost to tax payer
And…. Well, big leap forward in getting life back to normal (although feels like this for my children and I right now!)

BABAHOTEL · 15/02/2022 10:20

@ShallWeTalkAboutBruno

According to an article in the Daily Mail today it looks like we might start being charged for them sooner rather than later.
It's the daily Mail, don't think it does truth so wouldn't take much notice.
ShallWeTalkAboutBruno · 15/02/2022 10:21

It's the daily Mail, don't think it does truth so wouldn't take much notice

Actually, it’s one of the publications that the government leaks to, to test the waters. It has been the same throughout Covid.

VikingOnTheFridge · 15/02/2022 10:24

I understand not taking the Fail's word for anything, notwithstanding that the Tories have been leaking to the right wing rags as a deliberate thing for a while now. However this isn't just coming from the DM, the possibility of widespread free testing ending in spring 2022 was mooted ages ago. I think as far back as September?

Scianel · 15/02/2022 10:31

Once it's in the Telegraph you'll know it's happening, they appear to have a direct line to the cabinet.

SirSamVimesCityWatch · 15/02/2022 10:45

It's in the times, that's pretty close.

Scianel · 15/02/2022 10:57

Pretty likely to be accurate then.

SirSamVimesCityWatch · 15/02/2022 11:09

I've ordered a box of LFTs and will get DH to so the same tonight. I have no intention of regular testing or testing every time one of us has a cold, or ahead of seeing other people. But I don't want to end up out of pocket if we need to provide a negative lft to gain entry to something, so as a back up I'll have a couple of boxes in the back of the cupboard.

RiverSkater · 15/02/2022 11:14

No, I'm self employed and can't work at home.

With bills rising, I need my income.

RedToothBrush · 15/02/2022 11:39

@Scianel

Once it's in the Telegraph you'll know it's happening, they appear to have a direct line to the cabinet.
Actually the Times is generally the arbiter of imminent government policy not the Telegraph.

Its now been in the Mail, Times and Guardian. I would suggest thats a pretty good sign that its in motion and an announcement is on the cards soon.

RedToothBrush · 15/02/2022 11:39

@SirSamVimesCityWatch

I've ordered a box of LFTs and will get DH to so the same tonight. I have no intention of regular testing or testing every time one of us has a cold, or ahead of seeing other people. But I don't want to end up out of pocket if we need to provide a negative lft to gain entry to something, so as a back up I'll have a couple of boxes in the back of the cupboard.
WWWWAAAYYYY ahead of ya!
User639710 · 15/02/2022 12:31

I also ordered a pack just now just in case we need them for an event, you can guarantee that once they become paid for they won't go back to being free.