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Would you isolate

28 replies

Arewestill · 29/12/2022 08:14

Faint +ve.
Would you isolate now?
If not would you wear a mask?
With rates so high I am wondering what people are doing.

OP posts:
Timeforabiscuit · 29/12/2022 08:20

Why wouldn't you isolate if you were testing? And yes I'd wear a face covering if I had to go out.

gamerchick · 29/12/2022 08:25

I'd probably wear a mask if I was testing positive but that's about it. But I stopped testing a whole back. as probably a lot of people have

MrsPicklesonSmythe · 29/12/2022 08:26

Guidance says you "should try to stay at home" but there are no longer any obligations from what I can see. It would be responsible to not go out and/or wear a mask but it sounds like it's up to you.

You can go to work with it now I know that much.

Untitledsquatboulder · 29/12/2022 08:27

I'd isolate for a day or two (longer if positive was stronger or if I got sicker). If I had to go out food shopping say I'd choose a quiet time and wear a mask. My work still tells you to work from home (if well enough) if you are positive.

itsjustnotok · 29/12/2022 08:28

Why are you testing if you’re then wondering if you should go out? Honestly I would either test and if positive avoid contact or stop testing altogether and only avoid going anywhere if you feel unwell.

LlynTegid · 29/12/2022 08:29

I'd not go into an office or place of work. I would wear a face covering if I had to shop and no other family member could do it for me (milk for example).

DashboardConfessional · 29/12/2022 08:32

I still have tests as my mum (lives a few hours away) is on biologics for RA and work wants us to WFH if we have it.

In daily life though I'd carry on and wear a mask. I don't use public transport so it'd just be in shops. That said I was too weak to walk when I had it last year!

Numbat2022 · 29/12/2022 08:33

Well yes, if you've tested and know you're positive you should say least try to avoid indoor places with other people.

We're not allowed to go to work with a positive test (WFH mostly anyway so no big deal).

Ionnn · 29/12/2022 08:36

I dont get sick pay, so can't afford to isolate. If I don't work, I don't get paid. Keeping my kids housed and fed is more important than the slim possibility of passing on a virus.

Furrydogmum · 29/12/2022 08:38

At my school we have to stay off until five days after positive test..

ifonly4 · 29/12/2022 08:39

Personally, I'd stay away from others. I had a customer suggest I sanitise my hands after processing her things through the till, telling me she had covid - luckily I didn't get it, but I wasn't amused as we were about to go away and only time I've had it, it wiped us both out.

Most work places should support you to stay away for five days, and you can easily get Iceland orders (if nothing else available). If you really need to go out for something, then yes wear a mask - you don't know how ill you're going to make someone else and some people do need to be hospitalised every time they get it (I know three people - two happen to be teachers so under retirement and one elderly).

Mariposista · 29/12/2022 08:47

I would never test nor isolate

Funnywonder · 29/12/2022 08:57

At DS1's school, they have to stay at home for 3 full days after a positive test, then return if well enough. But people aren't testing anymore, so lots more people are getting Covid. DS1 had it for a second time last month and was very ill. If you are the type of person to test, I would like to think you are the type of person who cares about not passing it on. So now you know you have it, keep it to yourself.

I realise that plenty of people have a very blasé attitude to Covid now, but my youngest child is in the process of being diagnosed with an autoimmune condition and my previously more relaxed attitude is doing something of a u-turn at the moment. In saying that, I have always tried very hard not to pass my germs on to other people, even before Covid.

JustDanceAddict · 29/12/2022 09:00

Ds had it over Xmas - sadly he had to isolate in his room on Xmas day when we had elderly relatives over - they all knew he had covid & were fine w that. We were hosting & had to carry on with it really.
i did read the guidelines and it says adults - 5 days isolation if poss, children 3 days.
if I got it I’d stay in for 5 days, if I had to go to the shops I’d mask up. However, when I did have it there’s no way I was well enough to go out before 5 days were up.

WeWereInParis · 29/12/2022 09:04

I wouldn't have tested.

I'd assume that people who are testing are doing so because they will do something with that info, like isolate. Why did you test if not to know whether you were going to isolate?

gogohmm · 29/12/2022 09:35

I'm not testing, saves the angst

Flamingogirl08 · 29/12/2022 09:49

I wouldn't test. Why did you even bother?

AriettyHomily · 29/12/2022 09:53

Why test?

Original poster
Arewestill · 29/12/2022 14:12

AriettyHomily · 29/12/2022 09:53

Why test?

A friend with elderly parents was due to babysit. So obviously have cancelled that.

OP posts:
ilovesooty · 29/12/2022 14:23

I would but I appreciate that it could cause difficulties for people whose circumstances are different.

I don't know why people see the necessity of coming on all these threads to tell us all for the hundredth time that they never test.

The OP has chosen to and is wondering what to do as a result.

StupidStupidStupidStupidStupid · 29/12/2022 14:27

Yes I would isolate and, if I had to go out, I would wear a mask.

CheesesandWines · 29/12/2022 14:29

Yes , simple answer really, it's a positive test result and you need to isolate !

Gingerlygreen · 29/12/2022 14:29

I wouldn't, my husbands work now say no need to isolate and my friends Dad is in a nursing home with Covid and is being sat in the main areas with all the other residents. Most places are treating it like a normal cold now

ThaiDye · 29/12/2022 14:38

@Gingerlygreen that is absolutely irresponsible of your dad's care home. How many other residents are going to catch it and quite possibly die, or be left in much worse health? If my parents were residing there I would be livid and reporting the care home to the appropriate authority.

Whatever people say, it's not like the common cold. The common cold doesn't damage your immune system or increase your risk of heart attack, stroke, cause brain damage, or vascular damage. thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/12/21/Ten-Downplayed-COVID-Facts/

Quincythequince · 29/12/2022 14:39

Arewestill · 29/12/2022 08:14

Faint +ve.
Would you isolate now?
If not would you wear a mask?
With rates so high I am wondering what people are doing.

Just stay away from other people until you. I longer show blue.

No, you don’t have to, but honestly, sometimes we just need to think of others.

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