Do I need to isolate ?

[idontthinkicare]

My friends boyfriend has tested positive today.
I seen her on Thursday
Do I need to isolate ?

[ChanceChanceChance]

Oh update just arrived, thank goodness you can attend!

[ChanceChanceChance]

Just to say I am fingers crossed for you that you don't have to isolate and very sorry about your mum

[ClarencesMum]

Also, hope the funeral goes as well as it can. Take care.

[ClarencesMum]

Great news!

[idontthinkicare]

Her test came back negative.
Thank goodness

[DianaT1969]

Sorry for the typos. Large fingers, small screen 😳

[DianaT1969]

@Statistical - OP is going to a funeral in 4 days. It won't be outdoors the while time and will be difficult to maintain distance. If you were an elderly person attending that funeral, wouldn't you rather she got a test tomorrow?
If 1 in approximately 1700 have Covid, and the OP has been in clise, extended proximity with one of them, she's exactly they type of person who should get a test.
Very sorry about your mother OP.

[idontthinkicare]

I'm going to wait to see what her result comes back as and then go from there

[StatisticalSense]

@Spinakker
And that's exactly why there's no tests available for those who actually need them.

[Spinakker]

If I were you I'd book a test to put your mind at rest

[idontthinkicare]

No that was the first time I had seen her in months.

[LizzieMacQueen]

Likely your friend infected her bf and so, when you were in close contact with her, she'd no longer be infectious. Had you been in close contact with her prior to this? You might be asymptomatic.

[idontthinkicare]

So far I have no symptoms and feel fine.
I just hope it stays that way

[Vinoonasunnyday]

Sorry to hear about your mum but genuinely in real world no one would miss their mums funeral ‘just in case’ they have covid - diff if diagnosed

Sorry but they wouldn’t so don’t feel bad about going

[dementedpixie]

your friend isolates for 14 days. If she gets any of the 3 symptoms she takes a test. You dont need to do anything unless she gets symptoms and needs a test

[Cookerhood]

It's quite simple
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-and-treatment/when-to-self-isolate-and-what-to-do/

[StatisticalSense]

@idontthinkicare
The virus doesn't care about why you are out of the house, so unless you want to be grieving for other family members as well as your mum, if your friend tests positive you will have to miss your mums funeral.
I realise that it will be a completely horrible situation to be in but unfortunately in the current circumstances it is least bad of the terrible options.

[ClarencesMum]

She doesn't need a test unless she has one of the 3 symptoms - a sore throat is not one of them.

She is likely classed as a close contact so should isolate.

You don't need to do anything right now.

[idontthinkicare]

Here's the thing it's my mums funeral on Friday.
I can't miss her funeral
I'm worried sick

[StatisticalSense]

She shouldn't have booked a test in the absence of the 3 main symptoms, but if it comes back positive you need to isolate for 14 days. She MUST remain in isolation for 14 days whatever the result of the test.

[idontthinkicare]

She has a test booked today.
So if she's positive I have to isolate ?
For 7 or 14 days

[lljkk]

MNers try to make the rules so complicated.

[Vinoonasunnyday]

She shouldn’t be tested until she has one of the 3 symptoms

She has to isolate anyway (even if negative) as a contact so doesn’t need to test

[IpanemaSunshine]

I hope she’s had or has booked a test. She should have told you about the sore throat. That was my second symptom after an unsettled tummy.

[idontthinkicare]

I didn't see him no.
She says for the last two weeks she's had a fuzzy head and a sore throat which comes and goes.
I wish she told me that before I met up with her.