AIBU to think I should probably stay at home?

[LoveBeingAMum555]

So, I am booked to attend a work event tomorrow, a kind of small conference with about 100 people all in one hotel function room 10am to 4pm with a lunch break. It's quite important that I go and I am looking forward to it. No cost to my employer except travel. No-one else can really go in my place.

I have woken up this morning with an absolutely full on head cold, coughing, sneezing and sounding one of those cold remedy adverts off the telly. You get the picture. I am going to feel bad about not going just because I have a cold but if I do go I am going to feel very self conscious about spreading my germs.

Help me out. Should I be staying at home?

Yes, stay at home. There will be other conferences. Hope you feel better soon!

Stay home if you have bugs and could be infectious.

Why is it important that you go? Is it to build working relationships? By turning up clearly ill and probably infecting people, you won’t be doing your employers’ reputation or your own (for common sense) any good, so that’s not a good reason for going in these circumstances imo.

If the content of the conference is important, can you explain the situation to the event organisers and ask if they can send you any slides, resources etc?

I wouldn’t go. As a PP said, there will be other conferences.

I've just had that cold and it's an absolute horror, it's been a real struggle getting through the week. If you can get out of going, then don't go.

Thank you, this is helpful, it is important for networking and for me to represent my employer in a positive light, so you are right it's probably best to stay away.

You probably have COVID. Please stay home.
It's trending up currently.

Lots of covid around ours started with exactly this . One day fine next day coldy , next day, bosh, I was down like a ton of bricks . The pain and suffering was immense . Nothing touched it and I had the biggest co codomal going . Don’t be a spreader whether cold or covid or flu people’s immune systems are vulnerable. Took me 9 days to get clear and four weeks to be basically functioning normally

I woke up like this 2.5 weeks ago and tried to ignore it. Still sick as a dog. Stay home.

Do you need to decide today?
If so, don’t go.
If you can wait until tomorrow to decide, I’d do that. Rest today, have an early night, and sometimes colds can be more short lived.