If you test positive

[mummabear1967]

Just wondering, if you tested positive for covid-19, would you distance from people in your household even though they’d have to self isolate too?

For example, say I ever tested positive ( I hope I never do), would it be a good idea to sleep in a different room to DH, use rooms at different times ( for example, DH could cook dinner, eat his in the kitchen and then when he’s finished he could leave the kitchen and I could go in and eat mine?

Or would it be silly to distance from others in your house?

No I wouldn't tbh, I don't see how it's at all feasible.

Definitely isolate within the household because it's about viral load. There are tips online about this.

Yes, you are advised to sleep in a separate room and use a separate bathroom if possible (or at least clean throughly after use if the bathroom is shared).

The positive person should isolate from everyone else in the household as much as they can. Why wouldn't you? No one would want to infect their family if they can do things to try not to.

@Lindy2

Yes, you are advised to sleep in a separate room and use a separate bathroom if possible (or at least clean throughly after use if the bathroom is shared).

The positive person should isolate from everyone else in the household as much as they can. Why wouldn't you? No one would want to infect their family if they can do things to try not to.

Yes I wondered. when I’ve had a cold or flu I’ve never gone out of my way to distance from others in my house

We did as much as possible (early episode with all the symptoms but no testing at that time). Why would you not?

I thought you were contagious even before symptoms start so probably would pass it on before you are even aware you are ill. We have young kids so it would not be practical to keep separate anyway.

My toddler is the person who has tested positive in our family, so no we haven't even attempted to distance.

I got Covid19 in July. I live in a single apt. Very small and not manic about wiping down surfaces or daily cleaning. I didn't wear a mask inside either. My brother was visiting at this time and was unaffected. He's been tested twice. So maybe take sensible precautions but don't be too crazy about it.

@Zyzxyz

I got Covid19 in July. I live in a single apt. Very small and not manic about wiping down surfaces or daily cleaning. I didn't wear a mask inside either. My brother was visiting at this time and was unaffected. He's been tested twice. So maybe take sensible precautions but don't be too crazy about it.

Why did you have a visitor if you were diagnosed with covid-19?

Sorry this is a dumb response. My brother came for summer holidays before I tested positive. Life doesn't happen in predictable, neatly organized packages. We are people trying to live our normal lives. The culprits for this pandemic is the USA who fabricated this germ warfare then sent it from a level 4 lab in Winnipeg to Wuhan, China so that Trumpster couldn't be blamed for trade sanctions during his trade war. If you falsely believe this isn't germ warfare then why has it killed nearly one million people worldwide?

@Zyzxyz

Sorry this is a dumb response. My brother came for summer holidays before I tested positive. Life doesn't happen in predictable, neatly organized packages. We are people trying to live our normal lives. The culprits for this pandemic is the USA who fabricated this germ warfare then sent it from a level 4 lab in Winnipeg to Wuhan, China so that Trumpster couldn't be blamed for trade sanctions during his trade war. If you falsely believe this isn't germ warfare then why has it killed nearly one million people worldwide?

You didn’t make it clear that he came before you tested positive, the way you wrote your PP sounds as though he came when you tested positive, which is a big no no.

Anyway, it’s a pandemic. It’s spreading.

During March/April and now sept dh has distanced as much as possible from me and the kids. Separate bedrooms and bathrooms. We've got animals to feed and crops to drill. He has to be good when I'm ill and vice versa otherwise we're Fucked.

He also moved into our caravan last week when the kids go a cough. We're watching figures closely this week and will make permanent for the winter if needs be.

No I wouldn't because we're not afraid of getting sick with c19.

But I acknowledge that isolating can be effective, to avoid passing it on.

I read somewhere the chances of passing it to a housemate if you take no particular precautions are only about 30%.

Why wouldn't you? No one would want to infect their family if they can do things to try not to.

Not all of us have the space. There's no way we can isolate from each other so we're resigned to both getting it if one does.

I suppose you can try your best. Would be easier to distance between adults but I wouldn't even attempt trying with my kids. My son has symptoms now, we are waiting for test results although I am sure it is this cold going round. He slept in my bed last night as he always does when poorly.
Anecdotally, one of my sons little school friends hasn't been back to school yet as her dad tested positive nearly two weeks ago and they are isolating. The dad is the only case in the house - the mam and three kids haven't caught it, all tested negative and no symptoms. I suppose they could have been asymptomatic but you would probably expect at least one to have some symptoms. Its a strange virus.

By the why, I took hydrochloroquine. My friend had some. I believe it cut the nasty symptoms to this virus. Went into ER with acute respiratory. Took hydrochloroquune for 3 days and survived. All the negative crap they say about this drug is bunk. It worked for me in any case.

@yeOldeTrout that's amazing. A close friend of mine didn't catch it when her partner had it and they didn't at all.

How on the one hand can it be so infectious you can catch it from sitting in a seat at church a few hours after someone sat in it but only a 30% chance of catching it if you share a bed?! Madness!

I think it's because some have some kind of natural immunity, unpredictable who though. Likewise some infected people are superspreaders, again impossible to predict who.

In the U.S. people of color, blacks and Hispanics are by far the most likely to die from it. Covid19 was manufactured in a lab and so probably targetting this population was intentional.

Yes, I tested positive in May. I pretty much stayed in my bed until my symptoms had passed. I ate in their and apart from trying to sit in the garden each day for a short time, I stayed there. I wanted to protect my two teenage daughters, as much as I possibly could.

chances of transmission to each individual are on on a probability distribution. Not set at always 0% or always 100%, etc. This is normal with infectious diseases.

But it still doesn't explain why people of color are more prone to death from this disease than others.

It could be socio-economic factors or vitamin d.

As soon as the bubble burst I isolated. I was in total isolation and was so careful, for 3 days before I got symptoms, but I still managed to pass it on to two out of three family members, and the third one could be asymptomatic for all I know.

But yes viral load makes it worthwhile if possible.

I think its more sinister than that. It's the new warfare.