Husbands 30th next week and just tested postive

[Bells3032]

My husband has tested positive today (our baby and I tested positive on weds). Its his 30th on Friday. We were having a family dinner outside Friday night which I think is now a deff no but we were also doing an (outdoor) pool party and bbq at his parents on Sunday. Do you think that Can go ahead?

Absolutely who cares if you pass covid around so long as you get to have a party

Is he ill? Friday is 6days away so unless he is still feeling ill should be fine?

I'd say all events go on as planned, would you cancel plans for a cold?

@butternutsquishh that's very polite. I am asking precisely cos I Don't want to pass it around. Asking whether it can go ahead or will he still be contagious?

Positive for what? Have all illnesses bar whatever you're talking about been eradicated?

Asking whether it can go ahead or will he still be contagious?

Surely you should know the answer to this after 2.5 years of the virus?

I’m day 9. Still very positive on tests and still some mild symptoms that pop up randomly. I test to go back to work which I can’t positive.

He could well be fine in 8 days time but who knows. Lots are treating it like a cold and carrying on regardless as above but this my first experience of covid wasn’t a mild cold! I wouldn’t have wanted to spread it knowingly for a party that could be rearranged.

NHS advice is to go out after day 5 (day 1 being the day after positive). I tested positive Wednesday, Tuesday night was a shadow of a shadow (expert line eyes here!). Today it’s negative and I’ve not really felt poorly.

He may be all clear by then, fingers crossed!

Can you do daily lfts? I stopped testing positive 4 days after my first positive test so he might actually be ok for Friday, it's 5 'full' days away. Sunday he is even more likely to be fine by then. Maybe not if the people you're meeting are vulnerable... I hope he and you all have a good time celebrating whatever you're able to do.

I don’t think anyone can say whether he will be contagious or not - the only thing you can do is keep testing and hope he’s negative in time.

My place of work has said it’s no longer their guidance or requirement that we take a test if we have symptoms. Regardless of symptoms, if you’re well enough, you still go to work (it’s a large local authority, not a rogue small business!). Basically they don’t care/mind if you have covid or not as it’s now endemic and impossible to avoid.

A lot of our staff are horrified but personally, I’m kind of with my employer. if you test and you know you or your partner have it, it’s pretty hard to knowingly attend a large party, especially one hosted by older people. But if you don’t test and you don’t know, then life goes on.

Obviously you did test so probably not that helpful a post really. Just thinking out loud.

It’s funny how official NHS advice or should I say more likely the goverment who want everyone back at work advice is different advice to my work NHS trust who don’t want me back till I’m negative or the fact we isolate positive patients longer than 5 days on wards as per infection control.

Some people may be negative and less contagious at day 5/6 but I honestly don’t think we all are. New omicron is bloody contagious too.

OP it's different for everyone. It's going to be a horrible week of waiting but likelihood is that he will be ok by then and no longer testing positive.

However I found that in the acute stage my symptoms were just a cold but the 2-3 weeks after the tiredness was absolutely crippling and I knew a few others like this, we had plans that I had to cancel after I was no longer positive, i just couldn't face it

Just wait until you all are negative? Or at least tell everyone else that's going so then it's their risk to take?

You could be negative on day 6, so if he feels ok and you're testing negative it's doable. It's really a waiting game unfortunately.

I wouldn't, at least not without giving the option of everyone knowing the risks they take. As a vulnerable adult I would be severely p**d off if someone put me in a compromising position without my knowledge.