AIBU to cancel interview due to COVID?

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I have a job interview this morning but have COVID. Didn't sleep. Work up feeling crap and did a test. Just emailed to cancel. Feel terrible that it's last minute and really want the job. Have asked to reschedule. Did I do the right thing? AIBU? For info, it was a 4 hour interview (tests etc then face to face interview - just don't think I could have got through it - quite apart from not wanting to infect everyone).

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@Mumoftwo52 it’s not just old people who are at risk from Covid, so adding ageism to your ableism.

Fatalities might not be in numbers that you think matter but death is not the only outcome you should be measuring your care of Covid by. People who were previously healthy have been left disabled by Covid. Have been left with chronic health conditions that impact their daily lives in ways people like you are happy to dismiss for your own comfort.

I ‘worry’ about Covid more than any of the diseases you deem worthier because testing if I have symptoms, staying home if I am positive or wearing a mask if I am unsure are easy ways that don’t impact me but could be the difference between someone else not catching it or becoming disabled by it.

It’s not a wild concept to understand that some people are more vulnerable than others and me being triggered by my own selfishness is not reason enough to say ‘well screw you, I’ve moved on, bedwetter’

Vulnerability and disability through health will come to many of us, regardless of how invincible we feel now. It will be far too late to start giving a shit about how the actions of others can make a difference by the time you get there.

Exactly!!

This is nonsense! I have interviewed people and I would much prefer someone who is sick not to come in and pass it on. We would always rearrange in those circumstances. What we wouldn't do is give someone who is obviously sick the job if they come in when infected

Delightful. Absolutely no thought for anybody else, I wouldn't want someone so selfish working for me.

Because we cannot always shut ourselves away from society at the smallest sign of a sniffle.

Kids have to go to school, they mix germs, they come home to parents, parents go out to work, viruses and bacteria spread. This is life. If YOU want to stay home and shut yourself away from ‘the germs’, go ahead. But you can’t seriously expect people who have to continue to earn money and go to school to stay at home because they have a runny nose.

Most people carry viruses - including Covid - and don’t show symptoms. So viruses spread even if ‘sick’ people stay home.

That isn't the point. It's up to her whether she wants to test or not (and for some people COVID is still.deadly) the point is she is ill and infectious. So she shouldn't be passing it on whatever she has.
Btw I would also test as I like to know what I have. There is nothing unreasonable about it at all!

Why do people even test!?

What a waste of their morning now though!

How many people are still dying from it?

I see that there are still several covid deniers about. By that I mean that they are denying that for some members of the population covid has very serious implications. That one of them claims to be a health professional is depressing.

DH recently had surgery and the hospital wanted to know if he had been in contact with covid. Why would they do this if it wasn't relevant?

It's interesting that posters on this thread who conduct interviews are with the OP.

I'm so sorry to hear about your daughter and I am sorry that there are so many selfish stupid people spreading Covid around because they're too stupid and selfish to test and stay home

I’m sorry you think that anyone who has moved on from Covid is ableist, ageist, selfish and more.

You go ahead and continue to test, wear a mask, worry about Covid, it makes no difference to me. I will continue to feel bad that you have been brainwashed by the mass hysteria and lies we’ve been told over the past few years.

I will continue to live my life trying to enjoy the freedoms we have, until they’re taken away again when the next pandemic hits. Good luck!

Most people with Covid are asynptomatic so won’t even know they’re spreading it 🤣

I think you did right and as much as I despise the virus and all it took from me and some of the ridiculous things we did, unfortunately there are many, many vulnerable people.

Only last week my fil met up with an old friend, his daughter had COVID and told no one, they all sat in the car for over an hour together, she drove and collected them. Fil was admitted 4 days ago and tested positive for COVID.

While we're waiting to see if he pulls through the selfish woman just said it's only a virus and that she was grand, when we asked her why she knowingly sat in the car with a very vulnerable man and never said a word about having COVID , sometimes people need not to be selfish and knowingly pass on a virus , so you did right, you just don't know who's vulnerable. People can make their own choices and if someone doesn't mind being infected then that's great.

I agree that you won’t get the job as they will think you are flaky. The company will not believe you as it sounds like an excuse.

Why are you so goady @Lanzarotelady ?

Covid is a big deal for some people.

It was just a bad cold when I had it, but not everyone is me, and I have the emotional intelligence to understand this, unlike you

.., hence the utility of testing.

And I don’t understand your logic about things like dengue being worse. Do you think people are delighted at the thought of contracting that?

Bollocks

I currently have covid people saying it's just a cold do you think this is just a cold and this is me having it mildly last time I was hospitalised for nearly a month

You are a nurse🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

Yes and your issue is?

You have a temperature, which your bodies response to fighting infection, be that rhino virus or corona virus

Anyone with an asthmatic child or elderly family member - or who has neither but possesses basic common sense (now a rare commodity) - will be grateful you did not come in and knowingly infect the whole office or whatever.

You did the right thing by yourself, also, as showing up bleary-eyed and foggy-brained would do you no favours in showing your best self for the job.

What does taking your temperature tell you, does it make you feel better or worse, if it was normal, would that make you feel better?