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Would you self isolate as a precaution?
Kaisawheel · 22/03/2020 16:45
Hoping to get some perspective as myself and DP are in complete disagreement about this.
I started to get an itchy throat about 2 weeks ago, and then it became very sore over the last week. On Friday about an hour before my shift ended in work I felt very shivery, weak and achey.
Since late Friday evening I’ve had a nasty sounding cough (not completely dry, coughing up mucus). Today i feel less week but having a nasty sounding coughing fit every hour or two and have a tight chest/sinus pain. No temp at any point- always between 35.8-36.3
In all likelihood I don’t think i have Coronavirus but at the same time I don’t think i should go to work with a cough? Especially as some of the people in my small team have asthma and others look after family members who are high risk. I also travel by public transport and don’t want to spread anything to others/pick up something else?
Work aren’t keen for us to work from home, but at a push they could arrange it and I could do my job at home. What would you do?
KingaRoo · 22/03/2020 16:48
You have a new continuous cough so according to government guidelines you must self-isolate for at least 7 days.
ChanklyBore · 22/03/2020 16:50
Of course you should isolate. You should have been isolating since Friday - if not before - along with everyone in your household. 7 days for you, 14 for them.
Kaisawheel · 22/03/2020 16:53
I haven’t gone anywhere since Friday at all- I definitely think i need to continue to isolate but DP disagrees 
really glad to get some reassurance I’m doing the right thing!
ChanklyBore · 22/03/2020 17:03
If your DP lives with you, they also need to isolate. For 14 days.
We are all isolating because one child had a temperature.
BarbedBloom · 22/03/2020 17:17
If you live together both of you need to self isolate for 14 days
Bonkersblond · 22/03/2020 17:23
I’ve had similar OP and family and I have been self isolating since last Sunday, the cough is not going away and I won’t be going out until it does.
Kaisawheel · 23/03/2020 10:14
I’ve convinced DP to self isolate as well. I haven’t got much of a cough anymore but when i do it sounds awful and my chest is a little bit tight.
So 1 week isolation for me, 2 weeks for DP (who’s working from home anyway). Work wasn’t entirely impressed when i told them, but i just want to make sure I’m doing what i can to limit this. I’m not convinced I have coronavirus but I can’t be sure, and I don’t want to give whatever i have to anyone and weaken their immune system at a time like this.
Camouflage · 23/03/2020 10:30
To hell with what your work thinks, you're doing the right thing! Hope you feel better soon x
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