To go to a restaurant with Covid

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Mil has covid but zero symptoms. It’s her birthday on Saturday, AIBU to keep our reservation at a restaurant for a family meal? What are the current rules around covid? We have been at inlaws house, SILs kids are still there (she looks after them and their schools break early).

NONE of us are positive, incl FIL. Mil tested because she went out with someone who tested positive.

Unless she tests negative by then, she should not go to a restaurant where she could give it to lots of people. Could you postpone it by a week or so?

We are back in masks at work... wonder why ???

Fuck me. Do you really have to ask this?

Why do people keep posting these questions? 'I've got covid, should I go out?' I mean, it's been two and a half years. Are people still unable to make decisions about themselves without crowdsourcing the opinions of strangers? Or are we in the land of deliberately triggering apoplectic responses on MN for some reason?

This is why the general public can't be trusted. Unbelievable.

I mean back when the rules were confusing it made sense tbh

Whilst I wouldn't go and at very least would test to see if negative
People are out and about with it , some workplaces are telling people to come in who are positive, not saying thats right but is what is happening
Also many cannot afford to test anytime they have a symptom as it costs money . i paid £10 for 5 tests , as a family of 4 , thats expensive if we test everytime we have a symptom , especially as 3 of us have hayfever/ allergies etc

Ugh I get it’s annoying op but please don’t. I’m really healthy and I thought I was gonna die from it a few days ago, couldn’t eat it move, really scary headache that left me unable to move.

When did mil test positive as well , will she of done 5 days isolation by then ?

Did she test for work then? Interesting she has a positive test at the moment with no symptoms as most people getting it currently are not showing positive until they've had the symptoms a day or two.

Given she doesn't have any symptoms though I would recommend that you all do a test on Saturday morning as you may all be fine at that point .

This must be a reverse.

I think it would be unreasonable for your mil to mix in a crowded place if she has covid.
I've recently had it again and missed my dc birthday meal, my mums birthday party and an interview. So I'm not recommending you do something I wouldn't do myself.
When did she do the test ?

I was out last weekend. I wasn't socialising, I was in a shopping centre with my daughter. I work from home. I have no social life worth mentioning to be honest.

Today I have Covid. She doesn't. We're fully vaccinated.

I'm off work on sick leave and I'm now yet again, a Covid statistic and I have NO clue how or where I picked it up.

PLEASE don't be so fucking selfish. Get a takeaway. Stay home. Oh, and if your MiL is inconsiderate, make sure to give her a box of these for her birthday present: www.boots.com/boots-protective-face-mask-5pack-10287092

I wish that I could actually say what I'd like to say , especially as we lost a dear parent to COVID, but I daren't, as I'd be chatted to by MNHQ.

Please don't do this. It's utterly selfish and there are many vulnerable people who are, once now, just venturing forth into the wider world.

If your family hasn't tested positive, apart from MIL, then some of you will after the meal.

Why would you do this?
If you had influenza or D&V , would you still go?

Please don't. My son is CV and getting covid would mean a delay in his treatment of up to 3 months. Then there are all the people who are CEV and would have more severe consequences than he would. If it was essential for work I could understand but it's not. It's because of people who go around spreading their germs that there are children with CEV family members who haven't been to school for the last 2.5 years.

Anyone who is positive with COVID and goes to a restaurant is an arsehole.

This is a joke, surely? You’re not seriously considering this?

@Borgonzola Sorry to hear you’re not well, I had covid at 34 weeks pregnant and it was not pleasant. I hope you feel better soon and good luck with your baby’s arrival.

My MIL & FIL passed covid onto DP and I, as they still came to see us despite knowingly being in contact with someone who had it the day before. They were taking us away for the weekend and “didn’t think”. When we all tested positive during our weekend they still went out for lunch with her sister as planned, and DP and I isolated. I judged them then (MIL is the lowest common denominator when it comes to intelligence though) and will never forgive them for passing it onto me when I was pregnant.

Oh, and you just need to check the government's website re covid.
It takes about 5 seconds.

When did she test positive? If five days after then I think it is possibly ok as far less likely to be contagious

Totally unreasonable.

Stay home and don't be a dickhead.

YABVVVVU

The current rules around covid are - don't be a fucking arsehole. Of course you'd be unreasonable to deliver disease to everyone in the restaurant, staff and customers alike. Don't. Just don't.

Ffs