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

*lack of sick pay

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Lots of advice about wAshing hands properly, using tissues

The premier league have said they’ll pay to closed stadiums rather than stop playing matches

Scary stuff Helena. What was it Kinnock said about not to get ill. Let’s hope that DWP advice gets circulated quickly.

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Lots of advice about wAshing hands properly, using tissues

It does sound really basic and minor, but it is the single most important way of preventing infection spread. Along with having bare arms below the elbow, and not wearing ties or scarves around the neck inside around others, as bugs collect in them and get spread when they flap about.

Also, for anyone who doesn't know, wearing false nails is a really bad idea when there are illnesses circulating. There are so many.places down the side of them and under the top for bugs to lurk. If you have ever looked at bacteria on hands with and without false nails under a UV lamp, despite hand washing for the same amount of time, the hand with false nails will always be covered with bacteria still around the nail areas.

New cases in China are now slowing down, so that is good news

Yes, good news indeed.

www.mirror.co.uk/money/wilko-slash-sick-pay-21000-21636538

Wilko to slash sick pay for 21,000 workers amid coronavirus outbreak
EXCLUSIVE: Letters seen by Mirror Money show that from 1 April 2020, employees will no longer receive sick pay from their second absence. It comes as the number of people affected by coronavirus reaches 90 in the UK

HeIenaDove Sat 07-Mar-20 02:51:59
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SAN JOSE
San Jose Mayor Calls for Action to Protect Renters Amid Coronavirus

Four new cases of coronavirus were reported in Santa Clara County Friday, bringing the total to 24 and prompting the mayor to call for action to protect renters.

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo introduced an ordinance that would prohibit evictions of tenants, if that tenant can’t pay the rent because he or she is not working or under employed due to coronavirus.

He said the Valley’s Association of Landlords is on board with the plan and there may be some help for smaller landlords who themselves can’t afford to lose a month’s rent

The moratorium lasts for 30 days but can be extended.

“There are tough times that we are going to have to endure in the weeks ahead and the months ahead, and we’re going to get through this,” Liccardo said. “But were going to get through this together.”

The mayor, like the public health department, is recommending that all public events be cancelled.

All functions at the fairgrounds are cancelled as well as a teacher’s conference scheduled for Saturday in San Jose.

However, a big Native American Heritage Festival scheduled for next week in San Jose is still on while organizers monitor the situation

It's America that's really going to screw the world.
I'm on a predominately USA Facebook group.
They have no security nets. So not only are they not going to SI. They can't afford the testing. Some don't have health insurance so they aren't going to find treatment and They are going to go out and work until they physically can't anymore.

My government has ensured paid leave for people who need to stay at home (suspected cases or contacts).
In the US people are reassured they can't get evicted if they can't work for 2 weeks.
It's a time bomb indeed.

Absolutely no limit on anything by me, shops are full of paracetamol, hand wash gel, soap, toilet roll. No panic at all.

Ditto, @TabbyMumz - are you in London?

Same @TabbyMumz and @Aridane. Yes am in London.

@YgritteSnow

Me too!

Maybe Londoners are more resilient...

Yeah, londoners are oh so special and better than anyone else.

Maybe. I thought it was more likely that there's huge hyperbole in the media over shortages or due to its huge population the city has a larger and more efficient supply chain to cater for that.

Yes. But I would hope to at least get statutory sick pay, although I fear I wouldn't.

Obviously I would. General prepper here. Two weeks at home with all the utilities working is pretty easy. Always have a full pantry. No bother. And I can work from home so that's no problem either.
Inconvenient not problematic.

Not better, @Wildthyme - more resilient. You see it in threads where people fear coming to London because of perceived terrorism threat whereas Londoners just get in with their daily lives

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@YgritteSnow - or both!

We'd isolate in the house/garden but not from each other. We'd rather catch the other person's corona than be restricted to part of the house.