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

I would and so long as didn’t have symptoms, would in fact be delighted to do so. But I’ll get paid, my husband has the kids and live in a rural area so could still go for a walk etc. Two weeks in a flat with no access to outside space, relying on friends to look after dc and not being paid? Weeell that might be different...

The problem is, for all those here saying they would, you will have 10 times that who won't because this false myth that it's not as bad as flu.

No I wouldn't. I wouldn't get paid and I'm single so I'd need to go out for medicine and food. I'd keep going out to a minimum and only for essentials. In my line of work I work alone though so hardly see anybody during the working week and could plan my work to see less people if I absolutely had to.

Absolutely.

My cousin and his wife are just back from Thailand and are self isolating

You can get food and medicine delivered! How selfish!

Like a pp we physically couldn't allocate a dedicated room to one family member. We would stay at home and isolate as a family group but we couldn't follow guidelines exactly.

So it’s ok to have the items delivered? Like a Tesco’s shop? I don’t have anyone who could have my children for 2 weeks so we would all likely get it.

@PumpkinP it's in my village as of last night so I am now on lockdown due to my DS having lung disease. I plan on doing shopping online and then opening the door with my face covered and hands too. I will then wash everything down before packing it away.

You have to eat. Nobody is suggesting you stay at home without food fgs!

But if food gets delivered then would you have to tell the supermarket? How would the driver deliver the food?

Would he leave it outside the door. Ring the bell. Leave and then you could open it?

You can get food and medicine delivered! How selfish!

So what about all the Tesco delivery drivers?

If all the SI people are planning to cope by getting Tesco deliveries done-won’t all those drivers be going from potentially infected person to potentially infected person, spreading the germs?! What about when they themselves get sick?

I’m grappling with a dilemma on this at the moment. I’m due to dine with friends arriving from HK next week. As far as I can tell they have no plans to self-isolate. Logically I’m over-reacting, but I’m seriously thinking up excuses not to go.

the advice is that the delivery driver leaves the food on the doorstep and then you pick it up. Not rocket science. A pain tho. No running or swimming!

To answer your question op, I would.

If drivers leave food at the door and ring the bell and leave, they will not get it.
Realistically if this virus does take hold, drivers will be off ill and some may refuse to come to work. So there will be less deliveries made.

if I'm not getting paid in won't have the money to pay for a big food delivery minimum order so I will have to go out to get a loaf of bread, bottle of milk as and when.

I suspect at that point Jane the carrot of more money might smoke them out.

But their job responsibility is to get a signed receipt of some sort. So anyone SI would need to contact HO.

Then a risk assessment may need to be done.
I can imagine some supermarkets refusing service.

There’s no way they would leave it outside round here! You have to sign for it. I know they wouldn’t leave it out anyway

Just out of interest, why are people returning from Thailand self-isolating? Have you been in contact with confirmed cases or have symptoms? Or are you being extra cautious?

If I were on full pay for the duration, yes. But DP would have to keep quiet, because his contracted hours are made up by working over and above, both there and in other jobs.

Trouble is, I deal with sick kids every day. During the November-December flu/tonsillitis/norovirus outbreak, I was dealing with up to 50 kids a day. If that is replicated by covid19, or if even one were to be diagnosed with it a fortnight, I'd be permanently in isolation, as would everybody who stepped in to cover me. If it is unpaid, I'd have to hope that I don't have it and don't spread it.

I think that it's more likely that schools will be closed as soon as they run out of support staff/first aiders.

I'm wondering how it will work for universal credit, though. If you're not being paid, can you submit a claim? And if you do, are you automatically exempt from a) going in to sort it/ID meetings/commitment meetings/ signing on, b) jobseeking activity, c) will they accept your word for it, or will they only accept a doctor's note (when you can't go to the GP) or a positive test for it?

Can you imagine the sanctions being applied and the poverty caused by that - or the level of spread from job centres?

I can't see them exempting everybody, including those who have never claimed before and paying without a fuss. So if it is that widespread, I think it'll have to be allowed to do its worst. Because people need money.

They’d be leaving it for exactly the time it took for them to back up x metres. You’d be in the house watching out for them. no one got Corona from a front door step yet.

the advice is that the delivery driver leaves the food on the doorstep and then you pick it up

With a Tesco delivery, you are handed your paper receipt which you have to then check, you have to carry the crates through whilst they wait at the door and then finally, you then have to sign your name with your finger on their germ-ridden machine. The machine that presumably all the other self-isolating people have touched!

But the moment you said I am SI they may refuse. They don't bring the food to the door. They knock first. So you tell them. They call their boss they're boss tells them to get the hell out and then what?

I was hoping running would be allowed?, if I stay 10 feet from anyone? Hypothetically that is, I have not been anywhere affected. This might make the Run Zombies Run app even more realistic.