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Are you preparing your home in case of Covid?

179 replies

QueenBlueberries · 23/09/2020 09:06

The Government is now saying that most of the contagion happens in the home, so I wanted to ask if you wouldn't mind sharing any tips on how to try and prevent Covid from spreading from one member of the family to others.

I have prepared a small box (shoe box) with gloves, masks, Dettol, an old baby monitor (my kids are teenagers now but I somehow kept a baby monitor all those years at the back of a cupboard), paracetamol, face masks and a face shield. We have two bathrooms so I know how we will use the bathrooms in case someone gets infected. We also have good neighbours and we have all agreed to get food for each other if one of us get ill.

Any other tips??

OP posts:
JacobReesMogadishu · 23/09/2020 11:29

We don't have a spare bedroom. If dh gets it I'll carry on sharing a bed with him and vice versa.

Heffalooomia · 23/09/2020 11:30

It's very difficult to completely self contain if you are sharing a household (depending on the size of the premises of course and the number of people living in it)
However this is not a binary issue, there is still some benefit to be gained from minimising contact with the infected person, keeping rooms well ventilated so the concentration of virus particles is kept down.
As far as I know it is the case that infections can be less severe if you are exposed to a low concentration of the virus for a short time.

ChromaBook · 23/09/2020 11:31

You'll be left at home w no support but your family til you are half dead.

Utter bollocks, please don't scaremonger.

nex18 · 23/09/2020 11:48

Yes I am prepared. I downloaded the app to get home deliveries from the local corner shop. Think that should cover it.

gurglebelly · 23/09/2020 11:50

@BiddyPop

Similar. We've worked out which room is the isolation room (well, if DH or I get sick really - DD is in the attic here too) and which bathroom gets used by who.

We have masks, gloves, hand sanitiser, lots of liquid soap, etc - not all gathered together but it's the work of moments as they are all placed around the house in places for use. Gloves and hand sanitiser behind the front door.

I have spare bottles of squash in my stash, as I reckon ill people will need lots to drink. And there is a travel kettle in the spare room (isolation room) that I will be pulling off its shelf - DH may not necessarily use it, but I definitely would for lots of tea without bothering others.

My plan is that the isolation room would have a coolbox with icepacks renewed daily to hold a bottle of milk and a couple of cold things (some butter, jam, ham, cheese, fruit etc). I would have teabags and instant hot choc mix, maybe some instant coffee (but in all likelihood would just beg for the bigger cafetiere to be filled and delivered to me). A couple of packs of biscuits and a half pan of bread, and some other snacks (and a bottle of screwtop wine for medicinal purposes =- screwtop so I can take a glass and close it again for tomorrow). There are already a few books in here, and my crafts (as it's also my office at present) - but I would make sure to bring a few more. And I already have phone charger etc in here too.

Oh my god, this is the most ridiculously OTT thing I have seen in a while 🤣
Lugubelenus · 23/09/2020 12:06

It's Covid-19 not the plague. As long as you are in reasonably good health, you will be unwell for a short while and make a full recovery. There's no need for these extreme measures, talk about panic mongering!

I currently work on a Covid ward and I've managed not to infect anyone in my household, probably because good hand hygiene and good quality appropriate PPE actually works to stop the spread.

RuthW · 23/09/2020 12:15

Nothing except we have two weeks supply of food and meds. Only one bathroom so we have to share.

stayathomer · 23/09/2020 12:15

You'll be left at home w no support but your family til you are half dead.
The drama!! Left at home=stay at home
Half dead=feel you need to go to the hospital

Tfoot75 · 23/09/2020 12:22

Wow. I guess some people have too much time on their hands! We might use separate bathrooms as we would when someone has a sickness bug, no other measures.

I'm not sure people get it - most people have no symptoms or symptoms that may be indistinguishable from a cold - that's the danger!! You're not 'stuffed' if your child gets it. If you're all healthy you probably won't even know you've got it, or have had it - all that you need to do is keep your distance from people who aren't in your household. Not act like there's a plague going round.

BiddyPop · 23/09/2020 12:23

Grin glad to amuse some people!! Grin

TheGreatWave · 23/09/2020 12:25

I have everything required to burn the house down. You can never be too careful.

user1521373495 · 23/09/2020 12:30

@QueenBlueberries

We do have mobile phones but the wifi doesn't reach the loft so DS can speak to me if he needs to. Sorry wasn't clear in my post. I have a few things around the house and masks for school but I tend to run out of things without noticing, hence a few in the box so we don't use it and it's always there, I wont have to look for it.
Oh for gods sake get a life, just get on with your lives, there are viruses everywhere. What about cancer? People die of that every day, that's not going to stop. We are going to become a population of being 'too clean' and we won't be able to fight anything off! I wish people would stop blaming the government, we need to use our own common sense, wash your hands and social distance, if people did as they were told we wouldn't be in this shit! The world has gone totally mad.....
Littleposh · 23/09/2020 12:32

Does it not mean the contagion from people visiting?? Hence local restrictions including don't meet in homes??

GabriellaMontez · 23/09/2020 12:34

@BiddyPop

Grin glad to amuse some people!! Grin
I'd like to thank you personally! I particularly like that despite all this preparation you imagine yourself well enough for a glass of wine still !!!
Thanksitsgotpockets · 23/09/2020 12:35

I'm not particularly worried. We've all had that a cold bug over the last fortnight. If we can catch a cold so easily, then I assume we'll catch coronavirus at some point if we haven't had it already. It's rare for all of us to be ill, usually just two at most, so I do wonder if that's due to less mixing with people since march.

Anyway, we'll just crack on as normal.

Jrobhatch29 · 23/09/2020 12:39

"BiddyPop

grin glad to amuse some people!! grin

I'd like to thank you personally! I particularly like that despite all this preparation you imagine yourself well enough for a glass of wine still !!!"

I love this too! Hmmm what will I need in my covid bunker? Well obviously crafts and wine. Love it!

Friendsoftheearth · 23/09/2020 12:41

It is extremely important for good mental health to feel prepared, and to control and organise what they are able to do. I find it in pretty poor taste that some are making fun of other posters.

Choosing to control what you can, so you don't feel overwhelmed or stressed by events is a good thing! Positive thinking and feeling okay about the next wave is right. Particularly if you are vulnerable clinically, or have others that depend on you that are. Ignore the nasty comments on here, what you are doing is natural and healthy.

peachescariad · 23/09/2020 12:43

FFS get a fucking grip people...

Bluntness100 · 23/09/2020 12:45

Op you do realise if one of you get it you’d probably never know as the biggest symptom is no symptom right?

Bbq1 · 23/09/2020 12:47

If myself or dh gets it, we will still be sharing a bed as our spare room is a music room filled with instruments. We do have a super kingsize bed so we can distance a bit. Anyone else with no spare rooms to decamp into?

SoUtterlyGroundDown · 23/09/2020 12:48

@Bbq1

If myself or dh gets it, we will still be sharing a bed as our spare room is a music room filled with instruments. We do have a super kingsize bed so we can distance a bit. Anyone else with no spare rooms to decamp into?
We have 4 bedrooms but all occupied by children so I will continue to share a bed with DH.
GetOffYourHighHorse · 23/09/2020 12:50

If sharing a household it will be incredibly hard to avoid transmission. Just the usual, handwashing, distancing and keeping windows open for a bit of ventilation is all you can do.

Why do people sneer at the very real concerns others have? It's sensible to have a plan. I know some thick parents who are still letting their kids have mass sleepovers and you only have to read threads on here that many are self diagnosing coughs as 'a cough but not a covid one' and carrying on as normal Confused thus putting others at risk.

ChavvySexPond · 23/09/2020 12:50

It's jolly interesting how much the idea of people organising their own lives in their own homes sets some people off.

Obviously some of us are more into thinking ahead and taking responsibility for ourselves than others.

But what skin off other people's nose it is I can't imagine.

SoUtterlyGroundDown · 23/09/2020 12:51

I know some thick parents who are still letting their kids have mass sleepovers and you only have to read threads on here that many are self diagnosing coughs as 'a cough but not a covid one' and carrying on as normal confused thus putting others at risk

What relevance does that have to this post, which is about isolating yourself (or someone else) from the household for 10 days?

polkadotpixie · 23/09/2020 12:53

I'm not. I have a 2 year old so if he gets it I'll be cuddling him and caring for him as usual and if DH or I get it we'll continue sharing a bed as we don't have an alternative

My boss' husband had it though (tested positive) and neither her nor their 3 kids caught it and they didn't socially distance at all