Covid degrees of separation

[frenchtoast88]

I have tried googling this with no success so hoping the world of Mumsnet may have had specific experience.

Person A has covid. Their partner B spent some time 3 days ago with person C. This included a hug.

I then had dinner with person C last night, including a hug and sitting across from each other about 1m apart for 2hours.

Person C only found out about the positive test of A this morning. C got a test done at lunchtime today and is awaiting results.

What the hell do I do? Isolate? Test? Wait for C's test to come back? DH thinks I'm overreacting and it's too many degrees of separation but I keep worrying. I'm also nearly 3 months pregnant, if that matters. We're in Scotland so have the Track & Trace app but I know C was not using so not sure if that then prevents it from working.

Both person C and I have had a fright now and don't need to be told that hugging people is a stupid thing to do.

@orangenasturtium

All this person A and person B stuff is a bit of a red herring if you have woken up with a "cold". Forget about whether you have caught COVID from these people, you could have caught it elsewhere. You have symptoms now, you should be considering whether those symptoms mean that, according to the guidelines, you should get tested/isolate.

This does make sense. Except that I'm 99% sure I just have a cold. Sore throat. Runny nose. That's it's. No temp and no cough. Just a poorly timed coincidence.

And I'm not condoning C's unnecessary test. But also note that she managed to have a test carried within 4hrs of finding out. As did my friend who had symptoms. Maybe Scotland isn't having the same shitshow with testing that England is.

@orangenasturtium what Covid symptoms did she say she had? She said she had a tickly throat and what feels like a normal cold. The only symptoms you go for a Covid test for are a fever, a continuous dry cough, or a loss of taste or smell. Everything else is time-wasting twattery and why we currently have a chronic shortage of tests for people who genuinely have Covid symptoms.

Yes, "delay-caught". Otherwise known as the incubation period . A test today would be totally pointless for you OP in terms of whether you've caught it off person C, it won't show in your system yet.

Wait for person C's result before you start panicking. If they've got it then you'd need to self isolate but even then not test unless you get symptoms.

@bethany39

Yes, "delay-caught". Otherwise known as the incubation period . A test today would be totally pointless for you OP in terms of whether you've caught it off person C, it won't show in your system yet.

Wait for person C's result before you start panicking. If they've got it then you'd need to self isolate but even then not test unless you get symptoms.

Not sure if the is at me or PP. People are infectious during the incubation period so if I had managed to catch it then I could be spreading it until B and C catch up and get symptoms etc.

There seems to be a fine line to tread between not panicking and not spreading. And different people appear to have different concepts of where that line is.

Which is why close contacts are told to self isolate for 14 days and not to get a negative test and then go out.
The incubation period is 2 days before, 1o days after.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-contacts-of-people-with-possible-or-confirmed-coronavirus-covid-19-infection-who-do-not-live-with-the-person/guidance-for-contacts-of-people-with-possible-or-confirmed-coronavirus-covid-19-infection-who-do-not-live-with-the-person#what-is-meant-by-a-contact

so...person A has covid. Person A lives with person B. Therefor, there is obviously a possibility that person B may have caontracted COVID from person A. However a test for person B at this stage is pointless, because even if he has contracted it the test will still likely be negative at this stage. Therefor the advice is for person B to isolate for 14 days. This way, if he does have it he doesnt spread it to anyone else. Only if person B develops symptoms does he need a test.
As it is virtually impossible for person B to have passed this onto person C then it also follows that person C can not have passed it on to you. You could of course have picked it up from anywhere else, but only need to test if you have specific COVID symptoms.
Depending on the exact timing of the start of person As symptoms is very unlikely/ almost impossible that person B could have infected person C 3 days previously. Therefor person C does not need to either test or isolate.