Ending isolation when you still have a cough

[Yogibear13]

I've been self isolating due to a cough. Haven't had a fever, had a bit of a runny nose so think it's a relatively mild cold but still self isolating as per guidelines. But I'm now coming to the end of the isolation period and still have a cough. I know the advice is that a continued cough is not a reason to extend the isolation, and I feel totally fine, but I'm quite worried about going out. I'm wfh anyway, but do need to go to the supermarket. But I don't want to worry anyone by coughing, and I really don't want to aggravate anyone into having a go at me for being out.

I know in the grand scheme of things it's not a massive problem for me to have, but I'd hate for someone vulnerable to be in the shop and then have them worrying because I've coughed near them.

Anyone else feel the same??

I'm in the same situation. It's been about ten days and there's been no change so I am going out again now (and getting dirty looks when I cough but trying to cough into a hanky/sleeve).

Absolutely. It’s agony travelling the tube trying not to cough post-virus (god knows what virus) and getting filthy looks when a little cough gets out into a clean tissue. The more you try to suppress it, the fiercer it becomes. I took a bottle of water and a flask of hot lemon and honey to try to soothe the tickle but then had to take the lid off with hands which had touched tube buttons etc. So if my original virus wasn’t corona, I was exposing myself to it.

Cough has finally gone now three weeks later!

l've been wondering about this. l have asthma, l work in a job where l'm customer facing. l always have a cough, my mouth and throat get dry when l've talked a lot (which l do when it's busy) and l'm concerned about how this will be perceived. l had a chest infection before Christmas and that cough went on for months. Got checked out, all good, just the residual tickly cough which has just about gone back to normal now.
l'm fine just now (virus wise, anyway) but l have been thinking about it.
Maybe one avenue the NHS/government needs to explore is that anyone who has had symptoms or even just a cough is tested and given some kind of documentation to prove that they're clear?
To be honest l can't see it happening, but l think something like that would be useful.

@katseyes7 the thing with a negative test though is that it's obviously just a single point in time when you didn't have the virus. I mean, I know I've had this cough a while but if I showed someone a negative test from a week ago they'd have no way of knowing that the cough I have now isn't a different, new cough, that may actually be virus this time round.