If your not feeling 100% do you cancel plans or go anyway?

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Has this changed since covid? People seem to cancel a lot more now if they aren’t feeling great compared to before they would carry on unless really under the weather?

I always gave people heads up but yes I feel people have generally realised this is good form, most of the time.

Probably would depend on what I didn’t feel 100% with.

Also depends how much I want to do the activity 😉.

Would depend on the event surely.
I went to a graduation ceremony in the autumn with a grim cold as it was a one off opportunity to share in celebrating some big accomplishments - I cancelled plans to meet up with a friend for a day out during the same cold, as we will be able to find the chance to do it again in the next few months.

I usually cancel if I’m feeling poorly and know I won’t enjoy it anyway

Most people are contagious for about 2 weeks if they get a cold, so generally it’s very hard not to spread it or put anyone at risk of being ill

It depends. I'd not cancel for having the sniffles but think people being more mindful of spreading nasty viral bugs is an improvement.

If you're having to take lots of over the counter remedies to feel half decent, then it's probably not the sort of thing you'd want to share with friends and family.

I haven’t noticed a difference.. but I am in London a lot where everyone takes public transport, constantly surrounded by germs, so it would be a bit pointless to cancel a drink because of a sniffle.

I’d usually just go. I almost never ever backtrack or cancel plans because I hate to be thought of as unreliable or flaky so unless I had something unpleasant like d&v or obviously Covid I’d go.
Even if I don’t feel 100% i’m usually happy to be in company rather than wallowing in self pity!

I think many of us are more conscious since covid of how our relatively minor coughs and colds impact others. If I had a cold and was meeting others say for dinner I would test now in case it was covid. Just so I consult with the CEV people in the group about whether I should turn up or not.

Yes I do and I am becoming really irritated when others don't. I don't know if it's a covid legacy/type of health anxiety but I'm getting so irritated when people spread their germs. Pre covid I wouldn't have batted twice at someone sharing their cold with me.

Depends what you mean by "feeling 100%", really.

I get that but considering you’re generally contagious for 2 weeks with a cold... it’s very, very hard not to spread it about. I know my work wouldn’t tolerate 2 weeks off for every cold and sniffle! And I can’t see many people choosing to cancel all other plans and social interaction for a fortnight at a time even if they feel okay.

I've not noticed any change, but whether or not I don't go to an event really depends on what it is.

Surely you take it on a case by case basis

What type of ill are you? How severe? What is the event? Who are the other people going? What are the conseqeunces of dropping out?

I havent noticed any difference since covid

I’d cancel with a temperature.
with a bad cold, I’d call and ask the person I was meeting up with. Personally, I’d rather someone cancel with a bad cold do that I don’t get it.

If symptoms could possibly be Covid then I'd do a test and if negative, dose myself up and go anyway, as I would have done before Covid. If my plans involved others, I'd give them the heads-up and would understand if they'd rather I didn't come.

If I say I'll do something I do.

But I'm lucky to never be Ill. So I don't know if I'd cancel if I was feeling poorly. I guess it depends how ill I was feeling.

You are most likely to spread when the symptoms are worst, in the first few days usually. Yes you are technically still contagious much later but you will be shedding far less virus so the likelihood of passing it on is much lower.

Coughing and sneezing around other people is considered bad manners for a good reason.

But just because it's not covid it doesn't mean it's not a nasty virus.
A few of my relatives were bed ridden lately with a virus. All tested negative.

I cancel if I'm not well and I prefer that others do as well.

I don't want other peoples germs and I assume others don't want mine.

Something that feels mild one day can be serious the next. Something that is mild in my body could be serious in someone else's.

I can't stand people who spread their germs around like confetti.

Agree @Itloggedmeoutagain I still consult with those who are CEV or make my own mind up not to go regardless if anyone is vulnerable whether it's covid or not. I mean that since Covid I've become more aware of how viruses ext can impact on others. I am retired now but one problem for those still at work though is that employers aren't always on board with the dangers to other staff and some still expect staff in with coughs and colds ext. Don't know what the answer is to that though 🤔

Always go, as planned. Losing a leg might stop me, but even that is debatable 😂

@pporpy we can WFH or the office. If I'm coughing and sneezing and blowing my nose, I stay at home till the worst of it has passed.

I wouldn't have really thought about it before covid, but now it's noticeable.

Nope. I hate flaky people with a passion. I have a lot of sympathy fir those ill, but those that let me down, no.

@pporpy we can WFH or the office. If I'm coughing and sneezing and blowing my nose, I stay at home till the worst of it has passed
That's standard in DH's work.
If someone is well enough to work but feeling unwell, it's assumed that nobody really wants to share the viral bugs around so unless you have to be in for something, you work from home for a couple of days.
It makes sense.