AIBU for going to the theatre when DH has covid?

[MissisBoote]

DD is in a performance this Sunday. She's been working really hard on it for a good couple of months.

So of course DH has now tested positive for covid. He developed symptoms yesterday but tested negative. Tested positive today. Probably caught it from going to a gig earlier this week.

Obviously he can't go - but is it ok for me to go to the theatre?

I don't have any symptoms and I'm testing negative. He's been banished to a separate room and will stay there till he's negative.

YABU - for going to the theatre

YANBU - you definitely shouldn't go in case you're infectious despite testing negative

Will you be able to sit away from people?

The only unreasonable thing was for your husband to take a test.
There are no rules.
Covid is here to stay, people are vaccinated & we will all catch it multiple times - it's not a big deal.
You should BOTH go to the theatre and, for goodness sake, stop all the ridiculous testing.

If the OP had covid I would understand her asking advice as even though she could go I would agree that a lot of people wouldn’t want to risk passing it on despite the fact it’s legal.

But honestly I don’t know of any households who have all gone into isolation due to one person having covid in recent months. I work with clinically vulnerable and even at my workplace having a family member with covid isn’t a valid reason not to come into work, unless you have covid yourself the expectation is that you get on with your life.

OP should probably check to see she doesn’t have covid before she goes to the theatre but assuming she doesn’t then it’s not immoral to be getting on with things just because her partner has it.

If you are testing negative with a LFT then it's extremely unlikely that you will be contagious, even if you are brewing covid. So I'd test and go if it is -ve.

@MolkosTeenageAngst it's not going into isolation but avoiding large crowds. I would feel the same if we had norovirus in the house and my partner was ill but I felt fine. I wouldn't be visiting vulnerable family members and would probably try and sit as far away from other people as possible

There is a reason 1 in 30 people have it!

You should both just go.

so about 3 people in every hundred?

Don’t be so silly. It’s nothing to do with morals and everything to do with virtue signalling and being a martyr.

Lock yourself up if you must but you won’t contain those of us who haven’t been brainwashed.

Or 1 in every school class, do we have the same rate for flu?

i dont understand the voting
but go

I would go and I wouldn't test either if I was symptomless.