Is anyone still isolating with covid?

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My sister is- she caught it from a friend who hadn't mentioned she had a temperature when they met up. (Another thread- I'm annoyed about that on her behalf!)
She's done 3 days positive and says she's going to isolate until she's negative. She has a toddler who her DH is of course looking after but it means he'll be missing work to look after toddler until she's well.

She's worried about passing it around- our parents are elderly and I think I'd be angry if someone who knew they had it gave it to them. She does feel like shit but then if it were flu she would also feel like shit and carry on because... toddler.

What would you do?

I work into the NHS and if we have Covid we aren't allowed into work if we are well enough even though we are office based.

I would. People are treating it too lightly and I feel it's irresponsible to risk the health of others even if you may feel ok to carry on.

I've just had it for the second time in 18 months, both times I felt really ill.It would be unbelievably selfish not to at least warn people about it.To be honest I felt too ill to leave the house anyway.
I tested positive for 7 days, and I'm just beginning to feel well again after 3 weeks.

Yes I would

Yes I would isolate (and isolate from the rest of the household too if they didn't have it). There's so much research coming out now about long COVID and organ damage, hospitalisations are increasing already and it's only September, over 20,000 people have already died of it so far this year.

Add onto that a cost of living crisis where people cannot afford to be sick, I don't think it's ethical to spread it around if you can avoid doing so.

I know not everyone is in a position to isolate, but a plea to anyone with symptoms who is not able to isolate: please wear a mask (ideally FFP2) whilst you're infectious if you have to go out and try to keep distance/ventilate the space you're in to try and prevent passing it on to others.

Agree Tasha. Hope you stay well. There's a petition here for masks in healthcare if you would like to sign
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/636380?fbclid=IwAR3yqNA9WiJP6YFRddclbH2fqXdoOMEpIVnPxE16SeTbMiAFz0ZE26kMQYU

The 2 colleagues I spend most time with have tested positive and I have symptoms. I called in sick the day before them due to feeling ill generally. They both feel really unwell so tested and they were positive. Both are isolating. In school, we isolate until day 5 of symptoms if positive (but we don’t have to test). Im already day 4 and have called in sick for tomorrow as I feel horrendous so I’m not going to test as no point. Im not going anywhere until I feel well and have no temperature anyway, which will be beyond the 5 days since I started symptoms.

I won’t be seeing my parents until day 10 onwards as they have health conditions and I’d worry. However, my partner has no symptoms and feels fine so he’s carrying on as normal with work/shopping/life and just avoiding seeing vulnerable family members.

Yes we test and yes we isolate
Not everyone has work that enables isolation but mask wearing would be preferable in that situation to me

I would not, I wouldn't test in the first place.

If I was ill with any kind of respiratory thing, I'd tend to stay away from the vulnerable. There are quite a number of such ailments that ake the rounds every year and the old and vulnerable die of them, every year, and some other people are affected more seriously too.

But ultimately, people get exposed to endemic viruses if they go out at all, so it's not something I am going to kid myself I am anything other than the most modest control over.

I'm a nurse and we have to still come into work if we are well enough.

I have had covid twice this year ( after not catching it through the whole pandemic ).
I was too Ill to work both times . My company absolutely expects us to work and my manager seems to think that it is just a sniffle for everyone .
I stayed at home without company sick pay .

The other thing that sometimes gets missed in these threads , is that covid is classed as just another virus now , so for a lot of us could end up being a disciplinary issue .

If you have the luxury of hiding away for a week or so then great, but a huge proportion of us would have no choice but to get on with it.

I see the virtue signalling is still going strong. Look at me isolating. Maybe make yourself a Facebook banner so the world knows how great you are.

I have covid now too.
I sm too ill to go out but won’t be self isolating. Because we can not prevent the spread of the virus. It’s going around and people will catch it. If others are worried, they can stay in. The whole world can’t pause and the economy to crash etc just for s tiny minority that may struggle with it - there are vaccines available for that reason.

Certainly here we are seeing a huge surge in cases.SW.

I’m a teacher and the guidance for my school is isolation for 5 days. However … we’re not supplied with tests so we wouldn’t know if we had covid or any other virus so we’ll just crack on as usual.

I've got covid right now. I've been for a walk, but cancelled lunch on Saturday and work yesterday. Wearing a mask around house and trying to keep away from family.

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If I was ill with any kind of respiratory thing, I'd tend to stay away from the vulnerable. There are quite a number of such ailments that ake the rounds every year and the old and vulnerable die of them, every year, and some other people are affected more seriously too.

What's more serious than death?

She does feel like shit but then if it were flu she would also feel like shit and carry on because... toddler.

No she wouldn't if she had flu.

I worked from home when I had it the other week because I could without it causing much impact and I did feel like shite. I wouldn't judge someone for not similarly at this point, for me though it seems.covid is generally more unpredictable than some things. For example unless someone has underlying conditions etc if you had a cold usually if someone catches it their symptoms will be similar, with covid it seems to vary greatly and I thought well I can minimise the risk with no inconvenience really to the family, our income or my sanity so why not. Not everyone is in that situation so doesn't compare.

I was very ill with covid, and I never ever want to be that ill again, I respect those that isolate

Yes us too - community. Just come with a mask on if you have no symptoms and you will be out seeing patients all day and sitting in an office full of other HCPs.

Also the vast majority of my patients have respiratory disease or are on the severe end of frail, I can understand the NHS needing its work force to continue but it does not seem fair on patients.

If the school’s policy is that staff are expected to come in with covid if they’re well enough to work (which is the policy at my previous school, and DP’s school) then what else was she meant to do?

Her only options were to lie and say that she’s too ill to be in, or not bother testing in the first place.

I would avoid unnecessary trips out if I had covid, but I wouldn’t be able to stay away from work because I can’t afford it. I am actually off today due to illness (not covid, I have tested!) but I will have to be back in tomorrow unless I’m at death’s door because I don’t get sick pay.

I have been as I’ve been really unwell and don’t won’t anyone else to feel this bad

I think if hospitals are saying we have to work if well enough. What's the point in isolating.

No Didn’t isolate the last time( this July) I had it. I don’t get Sick pay so unless I feel really ill- which fortunately I didn’t, I’d continue to work. I did however stay away from elderly parents during this time and generally avoided being around people.
I don’t know many people that actually test for it now, where are getting tests from?

The hospital I work in isnt saying that at all. Work from home if you can, or don’t work if you can’t.

does that change your thoughts at all?