Can I visit after 2 weeks?

[SartBimpson]

Apologies if this has been covered, I haven't seen if so.

If dc and I self isolate for 2 week, and my dm does the same, can we go and see her after the 2 weeks?

I don’t think anyone will be going anywhere for many more weeks than that OP.

What I mean is, if we've all not left the house for 2 weeks, and have no symptoms, is going straight to her house really a danger?

Assuming you have had contact with the outside world, food deliveries, parcels and post then no you can’t.

No.

You are only meant to mix with people in your own house, unless it’s essential for work or shopping etc. There won’t be a choice soon.

No non essential travel. Or social contact.
I’d like to see my mum. We all would.
But you know thousands dying and stuff.

No

No. Self isolation and social distancing are separate things.

Self isolate if you/household member is unwell.

Outside of that everyone is expected to socially distance, which means any non essential contact is unjustifiable. Yes, that includes visiting your mum.

We’re basically in a soft lockdown. In an actual lockdown which may happen soon, non-key-workers won’t be allowed to leave their house aside for grocery shopping or picking up medicine. Even going for a walk could be barred, depending on if people take the piss and continue to mass gather in parks etc

No!

*Self isolate if you/household member is unwell.

Outside of that everyone is expected to socially distance, which means any non essential contact is unjustifiable. Yes, that includes visiting your mum.*

This here is the correct advice. I don't know why people think otherwise. Can anyone explain where this has been advised so we can all understand why people are saying the opposite?

Please don't think I'm taking this lightly, I'm really not stupid. We haven't left the house in a week. No visitors. Dm the same. I was just wondering, if after another week we are all still symptom free could we go and see her, not the shops or park or anywhere else. I appreciate the replies though, we won't do it.

I think it’s a sensible question and have been wondering the same thing.

OP I’ll rephrase that:

• Self isolate if you’re ill

• If you’re not ill, you are expected to socially distance regardless.

Op I think this makes sense tbh.

If you self isolate for at least two weeks I'd actually advise 3 just in case you had CV incubating for two weeks and became sick at that point but didn't show symptoms. Then I don't see any reason you can't see her at that point. For it to really work she'd also need to self isolate.

To add to that you'd need to stuck together after than point in isolation of your have to do it all over again

We are all supposed to be social distancing which means no non essential contact with friends or family. I understand that you will both be isolating for 2 weeks before you meet but it still doesn’t meet the terms of social distancing. I’m due my baby in May and I have no idea whether anyone is actually going to be able to visit and meet him which makes me want to cry. But being a nurse and watching all my colleagues having to go in, be brave and risk spreading this disease to their families makes me want to do everything I can to protect everyone. Please don’t do it x

No non-essential contact. That includes family members who don't live with you.

No. The whole country is going into lockdown. No socialising, even with extended family. We get to see the people we live with, everything else via social media/ from a distance. Life has changed. We need to accept that.

Then I don't see any reason you can't see her at that point.
It’s irrelevant how long you’ve been self isolating. No one should be meeting anyone beyond their own household, unless essential.

I would just work on the basis now that everyone is at minimum social distancing for the next two and a half months minimum. Irrelevant what period you've self isolated for as you don't have any control over what others have done.
If its not absolutely essential, just don't do it. Why would you take the risk?

My mum lives on her own in a tiny flat with no garden. She’s climbing the walls! I had wondered if we’ve all been isolated separately for a couple of weeks, if she could come over to my house to sit in the garden and have a cuppa. She’s willing to take the risk rather than be isolated on her own for 3-4 months, but I don’t know.

She’s willing to take the risk rather than be isolated on her own for 3-4 months, but I don’t know.

It's not her risk to take, really... she could carry it to you, and you could carry it wherever you go. It's not just you all that are in danger.

Could she move in with you? If not, I think she just has to find a way through. I sympathise, I'm also in a very small place with no garden, and I usually spend a lot of time outside. It is hard, I don't think many people are enjoying it, but she has to find a way to entertain herself.

The problem is, even if you've self-isolated for two weeks, you don't know if you've picked up the virus during that time, eg. picking up letters put through your door, handling a bag a friend has put on your doorstep with shopping in it... The same for your mum.

I'm just coming out of self-isolation and will drop supplies off to my parents, but will observe strict hygiene while shopping and wave hello from a distance when I drop it off. I certainly won't go in.

No.