When do we need to self isolate to?

[Selfsettling3]

DD1 and I developed symptoms on Thursday, DD2 Friday and DH on Saturday. Are we self isolating until this Saturday as that is a week from when the last person started symptoms or do we need to isolate until the Saturday afterwards - 2 weeks from the last person developing symptoms?
I just can’t work it out. Thanks

This is so stupid. Tests should be available. If you have corona then you should be isolating until you are negative. If you have a cold then total isolation is an unnecessary waste. Not being able to get a test is third world stuff.

The test is not a nice experience from what I've heard. They stick something up your nose and it then goes down the back of your throat. Sounds nasty. They could do with developing a less invasive test that could be easily rolled out to people to do themselves at home.

100% agreed Recycled.

I sort of understand the current advice but it definitely has flaws!
DS is currently coughing. It's probably the cold the baby had last week, but we're all self-isolating.
If I start coughing I either have his cold (fine) or I have the virus. If I have the virus and DS has a cold, I could pass it to him, but according to the advice he is free to go back to school after 7 days and therefore take my virus with him!
This is one of the problems with stopping testing people.

Here's something about the new Irish test

www.irishpost.com/news/irish-company-develops-quick-comprehensive-coronavirus-test-due-used-chinese-hospitals-180866

The difference in clarity of strategy and communication between the Irish and British government is incredible. As a result, people in the Republic of Ireland are remarkably calm at this time. The biggest worry right now is just all the people in the North and over the water not taking things seriously, which could impact us down the line. By contrast it seems that mass panic and confusion is reigning in the UK, which must be reeking havoc for people’s mental health.

I think Varadkar and Coveney are good communicators, whereas you have Boris and his two sidekicks, none of which seem to be capable of expressing a clear thought between them.

For a start, Boris has to hand over any medical questions to his sidekicks, whereas Varadkar can explain himself.
Varadkar has made a stronger move with far less prevalence too. Schools closed AND now pubs closed too.
Everything is closed. GAA, concerts, everything.

Don't stress about it. By the end of the first fourteen days, there will be totally different advice.

Remember that time at school when you purposefully ignored the teachers advice and started a project differently to how you were supposed to. At the beginning you felt kind of smug but then got into a greater and greater tangle and would increasingly start looking at your compliant deskmates “boring” project with envy? Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the British Government.

Boris seems easily led.

I'd go as far as to say, he is utterly lacking in leadership skills. He is totally out of his depth.

Trump seems out of his depth too, though he is really calling in all favours, whereas Boris the bollocks is relying on two 'experts' only it appears.

I watched Boris followed by Macron followed by Trump yesterday. Macron seemed to show most leadership. Trump was busy praising himself and Boris seemed to be chairing rather than leading the press conference.

It’s really unclear, we isolated coughing school age child on Saturday. Now we all need to isolate, school age one till Saturday all the rest of us till the following Saturday.
Even though school age child has no symptoms any longer. Best case scenario is for the rest of us to start coughing and then we too can be free of isolation by next tuesday.
Nobody has really said clearly what to do if in our situation. The government are making statements and then the relevant organisations are playing catch up.

Are you isolating?

Yes @turdtimelucky we have all self isolated in the house since the first person had a temp. This is more cautious than the government guidelines recommended at the time but we felt this was the only way to keep others safe. As we have young children it’s impossible for us to us all separate from each other but we have had no physical contact with the outside world.

I’ve found the government guidelines and will put the link at the bottom.

If one person becomes ill then whole household else isolates for 14 day. Once the ill person people have reached their personal 7 days they can go out as long as their temp has returned to normal. If you are symptom free then you stay at home until 14 days from the first person becoming ill. So technically if symptoms free DD1 and I can go out again on Friday, the baby Friday and DH Saturday. I think we will isolate for longer.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-households-with-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection#contents