Self isolating for all symptoms within the next two weeks

[soloula]

Just reading the latest announcement that in the next couple weeks they might want anyone displaying symptoms to start self isolating. They're talking about runny nose even though this is an atypical symptom. Anyone wondering how this is going to work in reality? I appreciate its to keep anyone in that might have corona and fully understand the reasoning behind it. Folk might not know if their cold is covid 19. But another week or two and my hay-fever will probably start up. Sneezing and coughing for months. Are they really expecting people like me to self isolate for all that time, when I know its not corona causing my symptoms?

[Cats0204]

Hi, I'm really concerned. I have suffered with asthma for over 20 years (I am now 49), I am called in for a flu vaccine because of this each year, I take a preventer morning and night and have a stabiliser if needed. (I also have a sinus issue - nasal polyps and a non-respiratory condition of lymphoedema following cancer operations years ago). I work in admin in a hospital and contacted our Occupational Health last week to say I am very anxious about being in work and catching the virus as I have suffered asthma attacks previous and it is extremely frightening. They said I am not very high risk , I am just high risk therefore as long as I am care in work keep my distance I should be okay to work. My manager said I cannot make my own decision to stay off so have to still come in. though all clinics, etc have been cancelled and a lot of us are scratching around for work. I also live with my 78 year old Dad and would hate to catch anything and pass this on to him as we recently lost my mother (non-coronavirus related) on Xmas Eve so its just me and my Dad now. Any advice would be great. I don't even care if I dont get paid I am that concerned about my asthma causing complications if I catch this. The 2 wards right by my office already have a few patients suspected to have Covd-19. Any help or advice would be great, thank you.

[Chocolatedaim]

I’m a childminder, if I said this hardly any of my 15-20month olds would turn up!
A mom was chatting to me on the school run this evening. She works in a local nursery they had 6 children in their pre school today (instead of 32!) all off with colds, sore throats, and coughs.
I appreciate the caution but kids are permanently snotty October-April!

[WanderingLost1]

hoffi and of course the minority who make a point of not being in the least bit worried!

[HoffiCoffi13]

Don't underestimate how extremely socially unacceptable it could be about to become, to be out and about and at work with any kind of respiratory symptoms

I agree. We’re going to see people being driven crazy with paranoia. Shouting/fighting in streets and everything.

[WanderingLost1]

Don't underestimate how extremely socially unacceptable it could be about to become, to be out and about and at work with any kind of respiratory symptoms.

I work from home but as for the rest, I’ve basically stopped going out. Even six weeks ago people were passing comment

[idontlike789]

@Joffreyscoffes runny nose is not a symptom of Coronavirus that is a cold .

[idontlike789]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51807781

[joffreyscoffees]

DD is 20 months and at nursery full time. She has had a runny nose since she was 8 weeks old. Not sure what we'll do to be honest!

[eeeyoresmiles]

The fact is that desperate times call for desperate measures.

Wandering, you're not likely to be at home for years - there will be a point when this first wave of illness has gone. But if you've got impaired lung function, you're probably going to want to be staying well away from other people anyway, aren't you? (Have you had reflux or GERD investigated as a cause of your cough?)

I know that this will seem extreme and crazy on the face of it, but to be honest things like this have been on the cards for weeks, along with all the things like cancellations of gatherings and closures of schools and quarantines. We'll need to do some of those, although it's not clear exactly which ones will happen when.

Don't underestimate how extremely socially unacceptable it could be about to become, to be out and about and at work with any kind of respiratory symptoms.

This is a kind of war now and the best we can hope (or campaign) for is government safety nets for people who will struggle financially from the more extreme measures.

The ultimate prize is containing or massively slowing down the spread so that our entire health service doesn't crash, and fewer people (who absolutely won't all be old or very sick already) will die unnecessarily.

[Bogoffrain]

My children and I always get raging temps with a common cold😩

[idontlike789]

The symptoms are not a sniffle
It is a fever , temperature and a dry cough .
A sniffle is a cold they are not suggesting you self isolate with a runny nose but if you or your dc has a temperature then yes .

[wildcherries]

Is there a link for this info? I haven't seen it. Thanks.

[Bogoffrain]

What happens to sickness monitoring at work, especially those that work in an organisation that uses Bradford formula etc. If people are already on a trigger at work they will go in. The gov needs to instruct employers to not discriminate in these circumstances (a bit like pregnancy related illness shouldn’t count on your sick record).

[AmazingGrace16]

Does anyone have a link to this advice?

[WanderingLost1]

I know how you feel OP. I’ve had a chronic cough for almost two years (!) that my GP can’t get to the bottom of. I’ve had lung x-rays, allergy tests, lung function tests (lung function is impaired). It’s really bad at the moment. If I’m meant to self-isolate I could be stuck at home for years FFS

[Sockwomble]

Ds has had a runny nose and has sounded bunged up for 6 weeks. No cough. No fever. If this comes in I can see him being out of school for months.

[soundsystem]

I'm confused about this as well. If every child with a cold stays off school there will be very few children there!

My DD(5) currently has a minor cold and has been going to school (as they school expects her to!). If she still has the same cold next week does she have to stay off? Seems a bit pointless?

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

I have asthma that's set off by tree pollen, so that's going to be fun in a couple of weeks!

[CathyandHeathcliff]

Would the same rule apply for a 17 month old in nursery? He’s ALWAYS got a runny nose and a bit of a cough !

[PregnantCat]

I was talking about this at work today. This would effectively mean shutting schools - most teachers I know have had colds for weeks!

[w00dlander]

I've just had a cold. My colds always turn into a cough after and that's started today. I know it's a normal end of cold cough and it could go in for weeks (usually up to 3/4) - will I have to isolate in 2 weeks time?!?

Ridiculous!

[sanitygirl]

Assume if you're a single parent (like me) that the whole household has to isolate - can't see how it would work otherwise. Just hoping that none of us get a cold. I occasionally sneeze from dust in my office - seems absurd if I would have to isolate the whole family for that!

[Wolfiefan]

I sound really awful. Because I have a cold. Just a cold. It’s bonkers.

[soloula]

Yeah they said any symptoms of a mild respiratory infection which include coughs, sniffles and fever. Right when hay-fever season is kicking off. I don't get fevers but I can look, sound and feel pretty bloody ill with hay-fever.

[Hugglespuffed]

What I don't understand also, can single parents take their children to school still?