Friend, "L", vulnerable category as chronic health conditions (although young). Has announced they're self-isolating for 12 weeks, not too big a deal as they don't go out too much normally due to said health conditions.
However their spouse is continuing to go to work in an office for the foreseeable future until they can get set up to work from home. And presumably to shops etc as they won't have food etc for 12 weeks (will offer to help though).
Unless the spouse is the only one in the office, L is still basically as much at risk as would be if L was the one going into the office, right? Anything spouse picks up will be going straight back to L. They are very very unlikely to be distancing between themselves at home.
I don't want to get cross at them but this is not self-isolating?! Or AIBU?
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How is this self-isolation?
Quarantino · 18/03/2020 22:50
What do you want them to do? You've said yourself that her DP needs to make money and buy food, so presumably they're doing the best they can to keep her safe 
If they were showing symptoms and supposed to be self-isolating, I would understand being angry that he was putting others at risk. But currently it's only about how it affects her, and she's presumably agrees that her DP working is the best solution.
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