Major flaws in Government isolation advice.

[Foobydoo]

I have just mentioned this on another thread.
I would imagine a high number of those isolating at the moment just have a regular cough.
So many are convinced they have Covid19.
They will be back out soon if we do not lockdown.
When they get another dry cough, will they be trusted to re-isolate or will they be convinced they are fine and spread the virus.
Even if lockdown is implemented people will need to shop and could go spreading thinking they are immune.
There is also the hypochondriac factor.
Lots of people are suggestable and will convince themselves they have symptoms.

Yes you're onto something there @Foobydoo.

Also, today in the supermarket it was heaving. People definitely not socially distancing for the time they were in the aisles and queueing (some seemed to be a 15 minute wait to get to the till to pay). Really, even large ones should only allow a certain number of people in at a time to promote it.

Yep. And people thinking that a regular cough is it because "its only mild"

Agree, OP. There is a mass of confusion on what self isolation and social distancing means.

The cough argument is a flaky one, many people have coughs regularly. Th3 devil is in the detail as always. A 'new and continuous cough' and/or temperature spikes. It's not hard.

I don't have underlying conditions. I know when I'm not well. NHS 111 are treating people as though they have the virus because they cant rule it out. That's where the problem lays.

This pandemic has thrown the capitalist society into mayhem.

Amazon will take over the world as the shops close and we will be slaves to the site.

This has been one of my concerns. At the beginning of the week I thought I had something starting - dry throat and mouth, stomach upset, rib cage pain, a weird kind of heart burn and I was so fatigued I would be wiped out after putting laundry away. I’m isolating with dd (just a normal cough and a bit dozy over the weekend) anyway so could afford to put it down to anxiety and see if anything developed but if that hadn’t been the case I would have been at work and dd at preschool.

In all honesty my lungs still feel odd (Bubbly if that makes sense) but since I have neither of the the ‘official’ symptoms I have to presume it’s anxiety and a bit of hypochondria.

If there was a test I could write it off or warn people who’ve had close contact with me over the last couple of weeks but as it is I will never know.