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

And what if you can't afford the delivery charge. I suspect delivery service charges would sky rocket?

I just flew in from Milan today. As per the government advice I’m not due to self isolate unless I have symptoms. I got a call from work while off saying that they won’t allow me back in the office for two weeks, that I’ll have my laptop couriered tomorrow morning and that I’ll need to find a way to make working from home work.

There is no discussion or debate. And my job is incredibly difficult to do from home.

This is how seriously my work is taking the outbreak. Basically it’s a liability issue and they don’t want to be caught holding the short straw... I won’t be surprised if most employers took this stance.

It’s the self employed individuals and those in the “gig” economy that are going to really struggle I think.

And in short yes I would self isolate. But everyone in this household was in Italy with me so would be here too and I am an avid online grocery shopper.

Yes but there is only me and DH who can WAH so it would be relatively easy. Much more difficult if you are a larger family, maybe living in a small house and risking losing 2 weeks pay. We wouldn’t bother with keeping isolated from each other though as I am of the belief that if you live in the same house you will either catch it or not and being in a separate room will not change that. We have got a caravan on the drive we could use as an isolation room but if one was ill they would probably need tending to anyway so wouldn’t be worth using that and if we weren’t ill I am damn sure I am not sitting in a caravan for 2 weeks.

If you get Amazon Pantry they with just shove the mighty box on the doorstep and be quickly off anyway.

If I don’t go to work i don’t get paid.

Given the economy is going to tank along with other changes seriously affecting my income, I sure as hell am not going to self isolate just on the off chance.

If I have symptoms I’d probably assume it’s a cold and carry on anyway - unlesss I was in the 20 percent that got it bad.

I sorry, but paying my bills and mortgage takes priority over protecting people I don’t know and have no feelings for

I honestly think they need to consider stopping flights for 14 days

They'd also have to stop ferries and Eurostar/the tunnel. Many people, especially student groups, travel from Europe by road/rail/sea in any case.

And yes, I would self isolate. I live alone, and if I needed anything, I'd ask a friend or relative to drop it off outside the front door.

Totally understand @ACautionaryTale , which is why there needs to be an easy to access hardship allowance set up and accessible now.

I would, but couldn't stay in a separate room to anyone else in the house. We only have one bedroom and bathroom. So while one of us could sleep in the living room I suppose, we would both need to use the same bathroom

Any hardship fund would not even come close to my mortgage and bills.

Exactly. In theory it's easy to bleat "think of the children"

But the actual practicalities of the support needed to be in place is not going to happen overnight.

A majority of people will prioritise their own first. They will think of their own children and their needs.

@itsallthedramaMickiloveit all the more reason to have a buffer of food and supplies in. I have it for me and my family. No one knows I have it. I won't be sharing it unless the recipient can do something for me.
I have no intention of being a burden on anyone unless I am too sick to look after myself.

And once again. What is your solution to those people who can't afford the meals for that day.

I have 3 kids with SN. It would be impossible to stay away from them.

They get priority care because everyone else has sorted themselves out.

What do you mean priority care? Where are they going to get the money to stock pile food or go without wages or pay their bills when off work?

People on here were whinging about supermarkets running out of ice cubes in the hot spell. Several people, not just one poster. Those people can clearly afford to look after themselves but will be the attention grabbing whiners if they have to self isolate.

@itsallthedramaMickiloveit , you tell me. Because maybe people who have the money to look after themselves at short notice should be doing that.
It doesn't take too much money to do it slowly , bit by bit, but that opportunity has passed.

I sorry, but paying my bills and mortgage takes priority over protecting people I don’t know and have no feelings for

So paying your bills is a priority over someone else losing a child/family member? People like you absolutely disgust me. How can you have no feelings about a person who could die because of your actions. Shockingly disgusting!

Yes. To no do so would be selfish.

This thread just shows how selfish so many people are.

This thread just shows how out of touch MN is with most of reality. Everyone lives in a nice house with room to store plenty of food, in a town with food and medicine deliveries (you know, those zero hours jobs that pay very little), able to take weeks off unpaid or in 'work from home' jobs. Must be nice.

I’m not going to screw my credit rating by missing payments, get into arrears or screw up my life for someone I don’t know.

I suspect a lot of people actually think that way but prefer to virtue signal or just not say it.

Mm I would, but I think it would be very difficult to remain separate from DD for two weeks. I would self-isolate to the extent we would all stay in, but I can't see how it would be feasible to stay away from her while in the same house for that length of time, plus she would find it quite upsetting. So I think we would isolate as a family group, not as individuals. I'm self-employed and DH can work from home so that wouldn't be an issue.

@bellinisurge It's not my job to come up with a solution.
My family are in the low risk section.

So paying your bills is a priority over someone else losing a child/family member?

If you're a renter or on UC, yes, because the DWP will happily cut you off without a penny if you don't turn up for your appointment or your zero hours job and then how are you supposed to bloody eat?