To be worried my key worker OH is going to bring virus home

[littleblackdress04]

Really worried about OH getting the virus as he’s a key worker & then bringing it home to me & the kids. Obviously I don’t want OH getting sick but nor do I want me & the kids getting sick either.

Aibu? Me & the kids are at home now all day every day!

It's possible but if he is a keyworker it's so important he continues to work if he can. So long as you and the children follow the guidance and socially distance and self isolate if you become ill then you won't spread it further than your household.

Do you have underlying conditions to contend with too?

It's an anxious time :(

DS has asthma - he’s my main concern tbh but he’s on a new stronger steroid preventer and we are following asthma uk guidelines etc

Unfortunately it's a possibility. ExW is a teacher, and highly likely has it right now (symptoms match) so myself and DS are also in self isolation. I think we have to face the very real reality that key workers will get it. A small comfort should be that as long as your kids don't have underlying health conditions, they will suffer the least if they do get it

I'm sure you are OP and I understand, but I currently have my ex partner threatening to withdraw his pathetic every other weekend contact due to this. I'm a key worker NHS and a single parent, so no one else will be able to look after my son while I go to work. Not only that, I have asthma and also my son has asthma so technically we should both be in the self isolating for 12 weeks category. My workplace have told me to go into work until 'I develop symptoms' so I will be potentially completely exposed. So I go in and potentially die, or I lose my job. Choices choices.

I’m an administrator so I’m wfh but DH is a postman so he is still delivering, interacting with people, etc and then coming home. Neither of us are vulnerable so if we do get it (touch wood) we are likely to be fine but it does feel weird staying in the house when DH could bring it home anyway.

However I’m doing my bit and following government guidelines. It’s all I can do.

I'm a key worker (NHS, but no patient contact). I have to go to work in one set of clothes, change into my uniform, then change out if it before I go home. Of course I wash my hands thoroughly as soon as I get in.

Do you think your DH is doing everything he can to mitigate his chances of passing it on?

I’m a keyworker too and our school isn’t closing. Parents still sending their children in, I’m scared for them, staff and their families. I’m cleaning like crazy and washing hands all the time.

If I were in your shoes, I would take measures at home to protect yourself. I’d ask my H to come home and immediately shower, putting clothes straight into the washing machine. I’d ask him to leave shoes and coats and bags in the car. I wouldn’t use that car.

I’d also, if you have the space, sleep in a different room to him.

I know all this sounds bonkers but to protect yourself and your son, it is about the best you can do seeing as he’s essential and on the front line and potentially likely to be exposed.

Remember, symptoms can take up to two weeks to appear.

I'm in the same boat, I'm asthmatic. He washes his hands when he leaves work. Walks 40 minutes home, jumps straight in shower and clothes go on a 60 wash. That is all we can do and hope for the best.

I'm a teaching assistant, and I am scared I will die from catching it at school, and also passing it onto my children who are staying at home. My yr11 child has just finished school, what was the point of that if school is open anyway, and I could potentially bring the virus home with me?

I am a key worker, husband has a long term disability/illness so although my high school daughter is at school ds is still at school and i am working in a nursery, Yes it is a risk.

I'm planning on having a shower as soon as I get in and changing clothes. Clothes will go straight in the wash.

Needs must I'm afraid.

I'm in a similar situation. DP is a patient transport ambulance driver and as from today he began working solely with CV19 cases. He assures me that full PPE protocol is followed so I'm trying to stay pragmatic about it. Transporting patients is his job after all, and he's needed right now.

Yes, it is a risk, but then again I went on a visit to the local shop because I wanted to see if they had potatoes (they bloody didn't), which is also a risk.

I’m vulnerable but dh is still needed. His contact with people is fairly low, and at the moment he strips when he gets home and takes a shower immediately. His clothes and towels are washed daily and I disinfect where he’s been.
We’ve talked about confining him to a room, or him moving out, but we feel the risk is acceptable for now.

He washes his hands when he leaves work. Walks 40 minutes home, jumps straight in shower and clothes go on a 60 wash.

All that is pointless though, isn't it. An exposed person will bring it home inside their lungs. Sleeping seperate is also pointless. If it's that contagious you can get it by talking to someone for a minute, anyone living in the same house is 100% going to be infected no matter where they sleep. I'm in the same situation, I've just given up really and am sitting here waiting to be get sick.

@1300cakes it probably is pointless, I just need to feel like we are doing what we can, I feel like a sitting duck. The chances of DH and me getting it are probably slim, and if we do even with asthma I will likely be fine, i just think my anxiety is in overdrive and this is helping me cope.

The government wants most of us to get it anyway, just not all at once. Just accept you will likely get it and it will likely be mild. There is nothing else you can do.