Isolating for 14 after app contact

[Starisnotanumber]

I have read that if you are in contact with someone with coronavirus and are contacted by the public health people you are going to have to self isolate for 14 days.
This has stopped me from even considering it. I have to travel on public transport to and from work it's highly likely that there is going to be someone nearby over the next few weeks that has the virus.
I can't see my employer paying full pay for 14 days, I am a key worker and can't work from home.
Has anyone any idea about pay for self isolating if you are not sick.

Sounds even worse than I thought. I would loose 100s of pounds a week if dh and me had to isolate for 2 weeks just by being within 1m for 15 minutes with somebody on a bus or train who has reported symptoms, not even had covid confirmed.
I can't see anybody downloading this app

It's not about the app. Most contact tracing will need to be done by humans. Contacts would be traced from people who have tested positive, not just anyone who reports symptoms.

I agree that anyone who is told to quarantine should be adequately financially supported. But I don't believe that anyone who stands to lose 100s of pounds a week takes a bus very often.

Erm yes they do. If I had to isolate I'd lose £250+ a week and I get the bus or train every day. As do many who live in London

This has been on my mind since the guidelines about quarantining came in.

Asking people who have been in contact with the the infected to quarantine is really based on an assumption that people have sick leave and are legally employed. This tends to be the higher paid or more secure type jobs.

So many workers do not have sick leave entitlements and what about workers who aren’t even eligible for ssp.

So many people in this type of situation would just ignore the request to quarantine or not get the app.

The income people loose if needing to isolate will be the whole family income. My minimum wage supermarket job loose around 150.00 a week. DH construction job loose abot 500.00 a week(he has the car for going to his job) DS part time job home from Uni not sure if he'd get anything.
SSP for me and dh is 94.50 a week each.

But I don't believe that anyone who stands to lose 100s of pounds a week takes a bus very often

Maggie! You’re back!

I agree that anyone who is told to quarantine should be adequately financially supported. But I don't believe that anyone who stands to lose 100s of pounds a week takes a bus very often

Weird way of thinking. DH and I always take public transport to work, we're a very high income family. There's nowhere to park at our workplaces and public transport is quicker and better for the environment. The car is only used for the weekly shop and going places we can't get to by public transport within a reasonable time.

I only work 18.75 hrs a week and still earn (just) over £250 a week. No way I could afford to run a car on that wage so I use public transport.

We don't have a car because it's largely unnecessary in London. Normally I'd get whatever combinations of bike, bus, train, tube, tram, taxi or walking are most convenient. A taxi is very rarely the most convenient, usually in the daytime it would be a slower option, so I don't see my view changing.

The issue is being >15 min within 2m of someone. In normal commuting conditions that's potentially a lot of people, which is why so many city firms are telling staff they won't be back in the office until next year. The extra space should be welcomed by other commuters, but realistically given the overcrowding we usually have, it'll give a few inches of extra space. Maybe on a long bus/ train journey just move around if the same person is too near to you for a long time. Lots of people should be able to mix up their times and routes to reduce crowding as well.