Would you want to know if someone you had contact with had symptoms?

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My DH has a high temperature and feels grotty, but is able to work (from home). He just went for a covid test.

I feel fine and DD (4months) and I spent the day yesterday with MIL. DH saw MIL last week.

MIL is due to see SIL tonight and SIL is going on holiday on Friday.

DH says wait for test results before saying anything but I think MIL would want to know especially if she may pass on to her daughter just before she goes abroad??

Obviously we are all self isolating now!

Yes I would let them know. Better safe than sorry!

Yes

I think that given those circumstances I’d tell her. Hopefully your DH will have his test result soon

Yes I would want to know

Yes I would want to know.

Of course you have to tell her.

I wouldn't bother worrying anyone else until you get the results.

Hope you're all ok.

Thanks, I told her (DH left it to me to decide). Even if he’s positive she wouldn’t have to isolate but I think I would want to know if someone in my circle had symptoms. Plus it’s her son.

I'd want to know. If I was SiL, for example, I'd be thinking twice about if not whether, then at least HOW (distance, outdoors, etc) , I saw your MiL.

Why would he not want to tell them, that seems irresponsible to me.

Ah cross post. Good! Does SiL know too? (no need to answer, but I hope so)

No. I would rather you didn't tell me.

Yes, absolutely.

Agree 100% that you did the right thing in telling her, OP. Time is of the essence in these situations. Imagine if you'd said nothing and it turned out your MIL did have the virus and passed it on to your SIL. Hope your DH is OK.

I also figured that we would be contacted by either or both of them before tomorrow so they would find out anyway but maybe after they had already met up indoors.

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I'd want to know. If I was SiL, for example, I'd be thinking twice about if not whether, then at least HOW (distance, outdoors, etc) , I saw your MiL.

Why would he not want to tell them, that seems irresponsible to me.

My guess would be he doesnt want to worry them unduly if it turns out he has a negative test.

Yes. Even though I wouldnt think I'd get it badly who knows who I've been in contact with? Maybe I've been with at risk people?
I would always tell people

I have immune issues and I have never been more annoyed than mums who decide their babies fever of 40 is "just teething" and decide to not tell me until it's too late and we've all gotten ill.

Definitely let people know. It's polite

I’d 100% want to know. If it turns out your dp is negative that’s cool, but if he was positive, And hadn’t told me it was a possibility and I then passed it to a vulnerable person I would be fuming. If it was passed to sil and she developed symptoms on holiday it would be a nightmare. Tell mil so she knows. It doesn’t have to be a big announcement on Facebook, but you should let her know.

no. don't tell her. Let her meet as many people as she can without even suspecting anything. If she meets up with someone going abroad than it's plus points for potentially infecting in another country some people.
How can this even be genuinely a question in anyone's mind????

Tell her, ask her to talk on the phone instead of in-person and that's it.

Just to update it was negative but still glad I told them.

I'm glad it was negative. Well done for telling them. Better to be safe than sorry.