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To not isolate after testing positive for covid?

133 replies

LolaBlue36 · 03/11/2022 11:36

No idea what the rules are these days but I've just tested positive. Should I stay in the house or continue to go about my daily life, symptoms permitting?!

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Bubblesdublin · 03/11/2022 12:25

I would isolate for a week. Too many vunerable people.

StarbucksSmarterSister · 03/11/2022 12:33

and I didn't say I wasn't going to act on the results

So why bother asking us when you've already got the results? Are you hoping people will say "no, go out, nobody cares anymore?". Well I expect selfish people don't .

Stay at home.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 03/11/2022 12:51

I would do my very best to isolate as much as possible. However I’d still drop my son at school, drop the kids places they need to be without going in. Possibly go for walks outside if I felt well. I wouldn’t go on trains, or other public transport, or into the supermarket or the office

Whendovescry03 · 03/11/2022 13:14

I would still do the essentials like the school run or the shop for anything urgent. I'd just put a mask on if I had to go inside somewhere and avoid anywhere busy. I would definitely get outside for a walk at least. Then carry on as normal once I felt better. But then I probably wouldn't test in the first place either.

Herejustforthisone · 03/11/2022 13:22

I’d crack on But would probably mask up if I needed to go into a shop or something

Herejustforthisone · 03/11/2022 13:22

But same as others, I wouldn’t have tested.

Lcb123 · 03/11/2022 13:24

If I tested positive, I'd stay home as much as possible (luckily can work from home fully), but if I wasn't too unwell I'd probably still go for distanced walk

Harebrain · 03/11/2022 13:27

I wouldn’t bother to test but would stay home if I felt ill and carry on as normal if I didn’t.

Cece92 · 03/11/2022 13:29

My mum has covid and was told 5 days isolation which ended on Sunday however as she works for nhs and around vulnerable people she was told she can't come back until she's negative. She is still positive after 10 days but now faint positive xx

EmeraldShamrock1 · 03/11/2022 13:33

If you can't stay in isolation at least wear a mask, keep a safe distance from others and use regular sanitizer.

mn29 · 03/11/2022 13:39

Legally you don't have to but imo it's so incredibly selfish and very unreasonable to go out (other than a walk where you can avoid being near to anyone else). How would you feel if you had vulnerable loved ones and covid-positive people were just going about risking infecting them?

Walkden · 03/11/2022 13:43

Depends on what sick pay you get,
if any, as well I suppose.

Comefromaway · 03/11/2022 13:45

I wouldn't even know if I was positive as I'm not testing. I'm treating covid the same as if I had flu. Stay away from anyone vulnerable, if you are coughing and sneezing everywhere stay away from people but if you otherwise feel well just go about your normal life.

Parker231 · 03/11/2022 13:48

ihatefacemasks · 03/11/2022 12:00

If I were going to test, which I have never done, and would never do, and were positive, I would ignore it. I have no interest in what the rules are.

If I felt too ill to go to work, I would not go to work - regardless of whether I had Covid or flu or D&V or anything else at all. If I didn't feel ill, I'd go to work. Pretty much the same as I did before Covid came along.

Why haven’t you ever tested. - you could have put others at risk? It only takes a couple of minutes

Nectarpeach · 03/11/2022 13:52

I'd carry on as normal, if you feel unwell stay home and rest, if you feel fine, carry on as usual

saltofcelery · 03/11/2022 13:57

In the same way that I wouldn't get too close to people if I had a cold. There are no rules to isolate.

I had covid for the first time a couple of months ago and continued to work from home, drop off and pick up from school, grocery shopping etc.

We can't put our lives on hold for a virus anymore. Frankly the whole thing has been ridiculous.

maddy68 · 03/11/2022 13:57

You don't have to now. But please do limit how close you are to people. You have no idea how vulnerable they may be or their close family

Phos · 03/11/2022 13:59

Well I wouldn't test but I'd do like I would with any other illness. Carry on as usual if I felt well enough, stay home if I felt absolutely crap.

Worriedaboutethics · 03/11/2022 14:01

@LolaBlue36

stay at home and test daily after day 5
took me 14 days

1dayatatime · 03/11/2022 14:03

Nectarpeach · 03/11/2022 13:52

I'd carry on as normal, if you feel unwell stay home and rest, if you feel fine, carry on as usual

Whilst I agree with you I can't help but think that only 18 months ago (with full support of the public) the Government locked down the entire country, clocked up £450 billion of debt and completely screwed the economy (which we are now paying for).Yet now it's crack on as per normal.

mn29 · 03/11/2022 14:03

Comefromaway · 03/11/2022 13:45

I wouldn't even know if I was positive as I'm not testing. I'm treating covid the same as if I had flu. Stay away from anyone vulnerable, if you are coughing and sneezing everywhere stay away from people but if you otherwise feel well just go about your normal life.

"stay away from anyone vulnerable" how ridiculous. If you're going out and about you have no idea who the vulnerable people are, it's not just the elderly.

autumnleavesontheground · 03/11/2022 14:09

I’d carry on as normal. I don’t get any sick pay and with the current financial shit show, I need to be at work to feed my children.

GlasgowGal82 · 03/11/2022 14:10

Why bother testing if you are not going to isolate? At the very least wear a mask, stay away from crowded places and keep your distance from other people if you absolutely must go out and about.

BogRollBOGOF · 03/11/2022 14:15

When I had it in July I swerved anything crowded/ indoors/ non-essential. I went out walking in quiet places and still did outdoor things like the school run but kept my distance from others.

DS had something in September that made him ill enough to be off over a long weekend and miss some school. Probably was Covid but as he was ill and at home over the suggested isolation time, finding out the brand of ill that he was was a moot point so we didn't waste the plastic and a gagtastic game of hunt the tonsils.

If I've got a cold, I do tend to scale back what I do anyway and by default that reduces chains of transmission to some extent.

Hbh17 · 03/11/2022 14:25

If you are in the UK, there is no requirement to isolate so - of course - you should just crack on as normal.
And for goodness sake, stop testing - it's pointless & unnecessary!