To not want to be around someone who has covid?

[allthegoodgirlsgotohell]

Friend is having a party tomorrow and one of the guests has covid.

Aibu to not want to go?

It depends how long you spend with someone who has it. If it is someone passing by in a shop the viral load will be much lower. I posted a link about it at 09.19 this morning.

I had Covid last week. I missed out on 3 important events as I couldn't justify attending something that may have resulted in someone else being sick.

Honestly, what is wrong with some people? Why would you go to a party with a highly infectious virus?

The person who shoukd not be attending is the Covid positive person. Irresponsible and selfish. I would tell this person not to attend if I was the host.

The person who shoukd not be attending is the Covid positive person. Irresponsible and selfish. I would tell this person not to attend if I was the host.

I don't understand why that person would test, and then seemingly carry on as normal. I understand testing if you're then going to act on it, and I understand not testing. But why test, tell people, and just carry on? What a waste of time.

I can understand why you do not want to go

but you will be (unless you do not go out) mixing with people who have covid

it’s all around us few are testing I do not stay away from people who have colds (I understand sown need to keep themselves safe)

This. Life exposes us to all sorts of things, so better to just carry on as normal. The "friend", however, was a fool to test and even more so to actually tell people!

Knowing you have covid and choosing to go to a non-essential indoor gathering anyway is a dick move. I have it at the moment, it's bloody awful. It's ruined my plans for the next week and set me back at work. Selfish person should stay home.

I can sort of understand it

lots of people around us test for my DDs sake so that we can cancel/not go. Same as they tell us if someone has a cough or cold that they don’t feel is bad enough to cancel their plans.

At least this way other people have a choice. Much better than the people who know they’re ill but just keep it to themselves because they don’t feel it’s important and shouldn’t be important to anyone else

Why would anyone deliberately go somewhere they knew someone was full of germs, whether it be flu, a stinking cold, a stomach bug or covid or whatever?!
Bonkers. YANBU

Substitute covid for norovirus. Would you still go? I've not knowingly had covid and I could have been near people in the same position but I wouldn't deliberately socialise in a relatively confined space with anyone that had any known contagious illness - I've got way too much on to be laid low!!

Of course don't go, please say why don't invent a reason not to attend. Even if I was not very ill if I caught the virus, I would not want to pass it on to someone who could be.

My dh got Covid last Saturday for first time and he has been so so poorly. He's lost so much weight through not eating and being sick. He's absolutely shattered and can barely stand. This is a strong manual working man. I'm worried for him. So no I wouldn't be around anyone with Covid. Though probably too late now as tonight's the party Xx

Why would anyone to a party feeling unwell with a virus? Plus totally selfish. I wouldn't be going OP and I'd tell the host that I'm not going because of the inconsiderate f*** that is!

@HRTQueen and @Hbh17 you would have minimal contact when out and about if you come into contact with covid. It's all about the viral load, which would be significantly higher if you were in a confined space with someone suffering from covid for an entire evening than if you were just passing someone in a shop. I linked to an artical about it at 09.19 this morning.

People downplay covid, and say it's just a cold, and you're going to encounter people with colds wherever you go. But it is not just like being exposed to a cold. Aside from being unpleasantly ill in the short-term, even a mild case of covid can lead to long-term damage - neurological, mental, cardiovascular, respiratory.

And the more times you come down with it, the greater your chances of long-covid or having long-term consequences, such as a greatly increased risk of heart-attack or strokes.

That's not my idea of a party.