Would you self isolate?

[janemaster]

The advice is to self isolate if you have travelled from certain areas abroad, even if you have no symptoms. We know in other countries that not everyone has followed this advice.
So be honest, if you had no symptoms but were told to self isolate for 2 weeks in the house, would you? This would mean not leaving the house at all and staying in a separate room from anyone else living in your house.

YABU - No I would not
YANBU - Yes I would

Yes I would x to protect family and other not everyone is getting symptoms x

Of course I would

Yes of course. I try really hard not to be selfish in life.

I did, came back from Thailand 14th Feb and self isolated for two weeks, would never forgive myself if someone got ill due to me.

Some people would not as they would then have no wages.

Yes I would. I am autoimmune and would be seriously pissed off to catch it from someone who didn't follow the rules! Although it might be a better idea for all AI to be isolated and let the fit and healthy fight it out amongst themselves.......there's a movie in that somewhere!!

@rediswhereitsat I know there are good reasons not to self isolate including not getting paid, which is why I wondered what percentage would, and would not. DP would not get paid if not working. He cannot work from home. Two weeks without wages would be brutal.

I don’t think many people would be honest if they wouldn’t. I was speaking to my sister yesterday as we have a holiday that is coming up and I said we may need to cancel, she said she wouldn’t cancelled and if she caught it she wouldn’t self isolate as “that’s how people die” (no idea what she meant about that!) and if people don’t want it then they should stay away from her. I was very shocked as this is someone who is a teacher so not uneducated. I’m not sure how I would self isolate as I’m alone with 4 children and wouldn’t have anyone to help me.

2 members of staff haven't and even if they were contagious but had no symptoms they have exposed the virus to nearly 600 people.

Of course I would. My daughter is seriously compromised with heart and lung complications. What an absolute dick I’d be to put her, or anyone else at risk.

I would follow the official guidelines.

A woman arrived at my dd’s gymnastics class yesterday was talking about her skiing trip to northern Italy over half term and how she probably should be self-isolating luckily it was at changeover time so I just stood up and left!

@PumpkinP I suppose you would have to self isolate with your kids. You can't just leave them to fend for themselves after all. Your sister's attitude does not surprise me, though you would hope a teacher would know better.

I would, got spare room ready with clean covers on bed in case we need it

No I wouldn’t leave them that’s not what I meant. I meant in the sense of shopping etc there is no way we have enough food for 2 weeks. If you are not allowed out at all.

I’d like to think so but it’s also easier said than done if my employer was to not pay me for two weeks.

My parents are currently cruising the Far East as TUI would not allow them to cancel. The advice is to self isolate only if you have symptoms, but they will be locking themselves down for two weeks upon return. They wouldn't want to be responsible for an outbreak, so I'm doing a ship for them before they return and they'll order an online shop for the second week. It'll be hard for them, but needs must sometimes.

Yes

@roseelizabeth From certain areas the advice is to self isolate even if you have no symptoms.
And yes if you do not have enough food or won't get paid then this advice is much harder to follow.

I’ve strongly considered travelling to a highly affected area just so I can have the bliss of two weeks by myself!

Yes. I can work from home and dial into meetings. It wouldn't be ideal for two weeks but I could manage it.

I would go mad from being housebound after a week but I have plenty of books and you tube videos for exercise.

I absolutely would, but only if I was coming back from one of the few areas where the advice is to self isolate without symptoms. For example, I think there's plenty of tourist areas in Northern Italy that don't require self isolation without symptoms for the moment. Obviously with symptoms I would if I had any reason to think it wasn't a standard cold or flu.

Yes I would.

I would follow any official guidelines in keeping to the house, however we only have 1 bathroom in the house, so keeping entirely separate from my family would be impossible.

How would this go in a case like this ? (No one in my house is travelling, just thinking further down the line where it’s out in the general population) We have no spare rooms. So if me or dh had to SI or got the virus, where would we go? I work in a school, so I’d (hope) I’d be protected wage wise. Dh wouldn't, he doesn’t get sick pay for first three days. He works with disabled adults, so lots of underlying health risks and despite support, poor hand washing, constant face touching. I have a underlying but controlled health problem and we are both over 60. Fucked really.