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

It’s not like all that couldn’t be suspended though. Tesco would take a view, no deliveries or leaving on doorstep. I bet leaving on doorstep wins.

I would self-isolate, suspect a lot won't though or they'll just pop to shops / doctors etc and say they are.

I would if it meant protecting others from something that can potentially kill them. Bit of a shitty human being to want to potentially pass that on to someone else.

Why would running be allowed? Self isolating indoors means staying in doors, not just only go out if you don't go too close to someone.

I did self isolate myself last year in November, nothing to do with CV. But I had a shocking virus I couldn’t even watch tv for a couple of days and had to crawl on hands and knees to the loo. I have major OCD and fear being contaminated but also contaminating others. I had the main sitting room as we have a sofa bed, I had the tv, my i pad and games console. DH left food at the door, I did not actually eat for first two or three days, I kept any used cups and plates and on day four I went in to the kitchen when everyone was out and put everything in dishwasher. I spoke to my family over the phone and DS and I both got on our gaming headsets a few times to chat. I hardly spoke at all in first week as I was so weak. I slept for huge amounts of time over the first week. It was miserable but they didn’t catch it thankfully.

Tesco would have the view that a thorough risk assessment would have to be undertaken.
They would almost certainly prioritise their employees as they have a responsibility to them in work.
They would be liable.

I bet they would not deliver to people SI.

So. Would you open the door to get food and not tell the driver. Or go without?

I’d stay indoors for 2 weeks but I wouldn’t sit in my spare room for that length of time - just being honest.

Tesco could leave it at the door.

They already are for those in self isolation

Only if it was official advice for the specific exposure I had.
I'm picking up online gossip about people self-isolating if they came back from southern Italy, Hong Kong or Japan yet have no symptoms.

Here is the official advice. You aren't expected to self-isolate after a trip to Thailand for instance, unless you develop symptoms.

It's a huge imposition to self-isolate or expect people to self-isolate. Expecting it without strong evidence is going to severely undermine public support, cause economic damage and not actually protect anyone.

I almost lost my daughter when she was 6 due to a rare, cancer like immune disorder. Damn right I would self isolate to protect others like her.

cause economic damage I seriously doubt anyone self isolating when they don't have to will be causing economic damage. They are likely to be people who don't go out much anyway, so it is not a great hardship.

They would not leave it at that door. No way. I don’t believe for a second that they would. So when you have children and no help what are you suppose to do?

I'm just looking for an excuse. Having to stay in my house for 2 weeks being paid sounds like heaven (only slightly lighthearted)

Tesco could leave it at the door

They can’t. It’s delivered in crates (no plastic bags) so they have to knock at the door and then give you the stuff whilst you take the crates from them and unload it. You then have to sign their machine and they take the crates away. There is inevitable contactz

Single parent so wouldn’t logically be necessarily able to totally self isolate without food deliveries, medicine deliveries etc.
DS’ dad is immunocompromised and my DM is disabled - they couldn’t have DS for 2 weeks, so whilst we could both stay in the house, 100% isolation would be impossible

I'd self-isolate if I thought I needed to. It's just common courtesy. We have friends with DC who are immunosuppressed and it would be stupid of me not to self-isolate having watched those DC grow up in and out of hospitals all of their lives.

It's not about each individual. It's about the greater good and if I needed to spend two weeks indoors to try and stop vulnerable people dying from something that likely wouldn't kill me, I'd be ok with that.

Someone at work had neighbours who self isolated. Said that the grocery delivery was left at the door, I guess they could use bags rather than baskets for it.

I would follow government directions as I'm lucky enough to work for a large employer who has confirmed they will continue to pay wages in this circumstance, and I'm also able to do most aspects of my job from home. If I was self employed though I'd probably avoid any foreign travel for the foreseeable future until this hopefully calms down.

As a FYI my parents - well DM who used to be a doctor mostly- have refused to let us visit since I came back from Austria with a mild cold. I have another ski trip due to go in a couple of weeks, so goodness knows when she'll let me see them again, but it does seem quite sensible for those most at risk tomtake precautions.

Let’s hope someone at that huge supermarket chain Tesco has slightly more sophisticated problem solving skill that MN posters.

They’d have to find a way round it.

Of course. There are relatively few areas where people are being instructed to self isolate on return from even in the absence of symptoms though.

Well I’m not going to rely on Tesco’s “might” leave it outside. So if I had to go out I would have no choice.

Self isolating would cause my business (Performing Arts school) quite a bit of money as I would have to cancel classes and refund ones I couldn’t get cover for which at short notice it may be most classes. But saying that I’d rather lose the money than potentially infecting the people I teach the youngest being weeks old at our mother and baby class and the oldest being a lady over 60 who attends our beginners adult class (just for fun) and everyone else in between over 500 students. I’d never forgive myself if one of them possibly died of coronavirus because I didn’t want to stay at home for 2 weeks.

I am sure the supermarkets could find a way round it if they wanted to. At the moment though it is only a small number of people who have to self isolate, so not sure if they are bothering to.

I'm sure if it was necessary they would relax the rules about no carriers and leaving deliveries on doorsteps if it meant people not starving. It's not like it's an every day situation.