To ask if you are still avoiding covid?

[Sleepyinnewyork]

I know it’s everywhere but are people still avoiding seeing friends / family if they know it’s definitely covid? Or is no one worried anymore?
I feel like I wouldn’t want to put myself in the line of fire knowingly as it’s made me bed bound twice - not seriously ill or anything but like a flu - but I don’t know if I’m over the top about it given that it’s now just everywhere in the community anyway.

It isn't everywhere.

If I knew someone had it I'd keep away. If I had it I'd keep away from people. But other than that it is what it is. But you'll get a shit load of people coming on questioning why you are still testing because it's just a cold blah blah blah 🤣

Id avoid someone who I knew had it just like I would if it was a flu, and still strict with hand washing. I don't avoid busy places or anything.

FFS

yes, we are still avoiding covid and anyone who knowingly exposes others to covid or any other serious infectious disease is an asshole.

some of us have vulnerable household members.

Some of us turned out to be especially sensitive ourselves, even when not predicted. I’m 5 months in and still not fully recovered. I had an oxygen monitor at home because of DD’s asthma and it’s why I got to stay home watching my o2 sats hover just above the level needing to be admitted. I spent 3 weeks barely able to sit up in bed.

I was due to have non-emergency surgery in an NHS hospital a couple of weeks ago, I needed to cancel due to childcare issues but on the morning I called to cancel I also tested covid positive.

When I called the hospital the nurse told me that they would have still performed the surgery even if I was covid positive... which surprised me.

I don't go out of my way to avoid it, but I also wouldn't put myself in close contact with someone if I knew that they had covid, any more than I would put myself in close contact with someone who had any other kind of lurgy. I'm not especially keen on making myself ill!

I would also be cautious about not passing stuff on to others if I had the lurgy, whether it's covid or not. That's just basic consideration for others.

I don't bother testing for covid any more so wouldn't really know if it was that or something else. It makes no difference either way though...common sense and basic consideration is enough.

I am, as best I can under the circs. I'm sick enough already. Having my jab next week! Whoo-hoo, I'm old!! 😂

I and all family test if we have symptoms as my mother is 86. We also stay at home if we have it, my siblings have missed a close family wedding and special family outings when they had it. I wear a mask when travelling on a train or crowded bus, use hand sanitiser when touching public surfaces etc eg doors, trolleys. It isn't just a cold, one previously very healthy family member now has heart issues which the doctors have attributed to the effects of covid.

I’m not testing and I’m not avoiding it. The vast majority of people no longer test, so I wouldn’t even know if anyone had it.

Wow! I'm really surprised at that. Considering that hospitals wouldn't even let anyone that they suspected of having covid through their doors barely 3 years ago,that is a complete turn around!

Interesting. I had to take my mother to A&E and she tested positive for covid. All the staff around us immediately masked and gowned up, and she had to have a side room- wasn’t allowed near other patients.

Me neither. It doesn't even cross my mind and since the only place I ever see or hear covid mentioned these days is here, I don't think it's that high up on the priority list of anybody I know either.

When I know a pupil has it, I make sure I wash my hands through the day and keep windows open. Might not get right down close to give feedback. Obviously I can't avoid it altogether but I'm grateful when parents inform us. I used to have a pretty brilliant sickness record but have been laid out with Covid three times since the pandemic, for over a week each time, feeling horrendous, so am keen not to repeat the experience.

Would not spend time with someone who had it
Why would anyone willingly put themselves at risk IF they didnt have to

I honestly think short of locking yourself in the house and never leaving it's impossible to avoid, so I just do my best to not go near anyone who looks like they have a cold. Not exactly foolproof of course.

Dad was on the respiratory ward a few months ago and a nurse had it - was walking around coughing and snorting insisting it was just a cold. Next day everyone on the ward was being covid tested because she was positive. If you can't trust a fucking nurse on the fucking respiratory ward not to spread it, who can you trust?

I don't really know anyone who tests for it anymore so I (and they) wouldn't have a clue if they had Covid.

Also, even if I did test, I have to go to work with it if I'm well enough.

I am not giving it any thought. I am at the tail end of a nasty cold.... it could have been Covid... I don't know. I always get a cold this time of year anyway.

My dgs and dd partner are cv,so as a family we do test,if there are any likely symptoms. I was very ill for months last year when I got it for the first time, ended up under a lot of consultants. Got my 6th Vax this week. I don't stop going shopping or to the theatre or anything like that. I am scrupulous about hand hygiene, I have done barrier, reverse barrier and isolation nursing.

If I had symptoms I would test.
If positive I would isolate myself.
If I knew or suspected someone had it I would steer clear.

Same as with noro virus or flu.

I avoid all sick people, but no never test, it's just another virus to me , l had it twice was absolutely fine, only knew l was positive because l worked in a care home in lock down and we tested all the time.

It does feel like it's everywhere at the moment. DH and I had it last month. 3 family members in different parts of the country are just getting over it. One of my adult dcs currently has it and has been told to stay at home this week. I know any virus can cause post-viral fatigue but I've heard some horror stories about long-Covid so we kept away from people.

I've had it five times now. Last two times not as severe but still knocked me out and thankfully I was on leave on both of the last two occasions so whilst I wasn't deathly, I would still have been completely unable to work for the best part of a week, had I not been on annual leave.

In my experience it's like bad flu, so if I have it, I naturally avoid people, because. Feel so awful. If you've never been affected badly, I guess it's hard to imagine it could be far worse for others though.

No- I wouldn't be seeing family/friends if I knew I had covid! Same if I had a cold/flu, D&V or any other contagious illness!

Surely that is common sense, whether the other person is vulnerable or not, to not see people when ill???

It doesn’t ever cross my mind anymore. I haven’t tested in a couple of years and it’s not something I think about.

MN is bizarre in that it has a little pocket of people that still fret about Covid almost 5 years on, and appear to test still.

In RL, most people have gladly consigned it to memory.