Expecting people to accept you have covid

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Would you visit your family even if you have tested postive and expect them to accept this? Just curious how many people are "living with covid"

I have covid and my family are begging me to come tomorrow I am not going there is no way I want to be responsible for infecting them

No - just as I wouldn't with flu or norovirus.

I have quite a small circle of friends, 3 have Long COVID, all 3 have suffered for over a year. One is a young teen who has missed over a year of school including GCSEs. One had been a healthy fit adult. Only just beginning to go back to work after a year off. The other did have some health issues but nothing horrendous. Nearly died after COVID and is just starting to be able live their life again.

No.

Although to me living with covid means not testing often and certainly not testing with no/very mild symptoms so I wouldn’t know. I’m happily going to a family event tomorrow when I know several family members have been a bit off colour with a cold type thing this week. Nobody’s tested, it could be covid it may well also not be.

Taking a test and then cheerily going along knowing your positive seems like a different thing morally though.

@Volhhg Same here, I have family abroad who could arrive ill or come down with something after the flights.

I don't mind unwell people in my house, I'd rather see them, unless they'd be happier at home in bed.

We no longer test for covid. If I was very unwell I would not meet up with people - I would still see people if I had a bog standard cold.

I “live with” covid like we live with norovirus - KEEP YOUR FUCKING GERMS TO YOURSELF if you know you have it.

I think if at the tail end of it, maybe it's acceptable. You can test positive for over 2 weeks, I know from personal experience. I would only go if everyone else was comfortable with it of course.

Pre covid, I barely remember a family Christmas gathering where as least one person wasn't starting with, in the middle of, or just coming to the end of a cold/flu bug. Is that just our family? Many of our Christmases have been sponsored by Lemsip!

I wouldn't visit someone if I had flu or a bad cold and I wouldn't if I had Covid.

I couldn't agree more!

Also, the 'I don't test' posters make me sick. So selfish!

I’d be ringing my hosts to cancel, the same as I would if I have a sickness bug or flu.

It’s not on going into another household knowing you’re contagious with something and not saying anything. I know my parents would say they don’t mind and they’d rather me come but it’s their decision to make, not mine. If I feel unwell I generally don’t want to leave the house anyway.

I definitely wouldn’t go if there were any elderly or vulnerable people there as I’d feel terrible if they were poorly afterwards.

You’d likely be quite ill, but whatever it is I don’t want your disease, thanks. Keep it to yourself.

I’m beyond amazed how many ppl have covid, wow. Zoe app reckons more than 1 in 20 people have a active case. Take care everyone, hope you get the chance to make up for the Christmas downer

If you’ve tested positive then give people the choice to see you or not. It’s easy. Some people aren’t concerned and some people are. We can all decide for ourselves what we are comfortable with.

Yeah if i had covid, flu, norovirus, strep etc I would definitely stay away and would also expect others not to come in my house with imfectious bugs, regardless if it's christmas or not. It's selfish.

Absolutely not & I'd be furious if a family member did this. Many families have elderly relatives round & it's absolutely not worth the risk.

If somebody had the flu they would not be physically capable of turning up.

If I was aware of it, of course not. That's selfish, dangerous and irresponsible. But I wouldn't for flu or any other infectious disease.

The UK had quite a few days earlier this month when no covid deaths were recorded. It's just started to rise again. 😕

Covid, norovirus, flu - no thanks

Cold - I could put up with

Deoends on the family members. No one is elderly or vulnerable and all are vaccinated as much as possible, in our particular situation. So probably if one of our family got it, we’d tell them still to come. In reality almost no one I know is still testing, so its entirely possible my coughing sister has covid, I wouldnt know.

Urgh. That's not what 'living with Covid' means.
Just like with any other contagious infection, you are meant to be considerate and avoid spreading your germs to others unless you're in a primary school, in which case all bets are off.
I have come to really want a different job where I wasn't constantly being in such close, snotty, sticky-fingered proximity to carriers of every bug going and could exercise a bit of caution around my health, because I am absolutely d o n e with being ill now.

@Dancingdragonhiddentiger but I assume the family you visit will not be living in isolation for the next week. So they could get it from you and then spread it to someone else on public transport etc. The more contacts the more it spreads and not necessarily to people who are ambivalent to COVID.

I tested positive this evening. I’m hosting my parents tomorrow, and hosting extended family Boxing Day. I let everyone know so they could make their own decisions-my parents don’t care & will still come, however it looks like Boxing Day is cancelled, as all but 1 have decided not to come.

I’m quite glad really, I feel quite poorly.

I just had DH family round for the afternoon... 2 kids full of illness and on calpol. 3 of the adults ill, noses streaming and coughing. All sat in my living room. It was gross and I'm annoyed they still came to be honest.

Knowingly rocking up with covid is disgraceful. I wouldn’t speak to anyone who did this ever again.