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What’s our position here?

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HeyMacarona · 05/10/2020 10:30

DP and I live with 2 adult DS. DS 1 and GF arrive home from a non quarantine country on Wednesday and stay at her place.

They arrive at my house on Thursday and spend some time chatting but mainly in DS room. DS stays home and she goes home.

DS mainly in room until Friday when she arrived again and stays over chatting again with myself and DP and same on Saturday morning until they both leave for her house.

She gets contacted by track and trace on Saturday as she has been in contact with a positive and takes as test. This morning she received a positive result. They are now away from us at her house for a minimum of 2 weeks.

What is the position for myself, DP and DS 2? Are we to self isolate as they are classed as living here or are we close contacts? (I genuinely can’t find the answer to this).

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HeyMacarona · 06/10/2020 12:57

You would think wouldn’t you. Like I said I’m just guessing here either way it demonstrates that TT is not working and unless they tighten up the guidelines many others will be in the same position.

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Planty13 · 06/10/2020 12:58

T&T aren’t minder readers though, has she spoken to them and told them who she has been in contact with?

A relative on mine was in the same (small) room as someone for about 15 mins who tested positive 4 days later and she was contacted by T&T after the patient advised them of who they had been in contact with

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HeyMacarona · 06/10/2020 13:02

AFAIK she has told them.

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HeyMacarona · 06/10/2020 13:08

Now it’s been demonstrated how TT can spectacularly fail, the requirement should be that must self isolate if you have been in contact with a confirmed case, even though as pp pointed out the legislation does actually provide this.

For employers in practice thought I guess I can see how this might be abused.

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StopMakingShitUp · 06/10/2020 14:30

Did his girlfriend have symptoms? I'm assuming she did if she arranged a test? It says that contacts who've been contacted by track and trace should not seek a test unless they have symptoms. Would your sons and husbands employer take it a bit more seriously if they knew they'd had close contact with a symptomatic person?

I know a lot of people are lying to get a test where I am, one of my own family members was contacted by track and trace and told to isolate for 14 days and only get a test if symptoms develop, they lied and booked a test which came back negative and they've been carrying on as normal since as has the other friends contacted by track and trace despite them knowing they're supposed to be home. It's a mix of people not isolating to go on the piss or not isiolating because employers are putting pressure on contacts with no symptoms to go to work. (And like your family, it's large companies too)

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HeyMacarona · 06/10/2020 14:37

No she didn’t have symptoms she was contacted and asked to test. Nobody in the family has symptoms currently so would not qualify for a test. As far as I’m aware you still need to isolate even with a negative test.

Good point though not sure why she was tested with no symptoms? She works from home herself so wouldn’t have gained anything.

DS employer saw sense as he works in a public facing role. DP works just with colleagues but do have PPE. DP is isolating apart from work.

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Ginogineli · 06/10/2020 20:20

Track and trace decide because it’s all down to when they got symptoms and when you met them, when they treated positivity etc

There’s a ‘window’

Not all contacts need to isolate which is why you don’t just ring the world an his wife to make that choice as you don’t have all the facts

lljkk · 06/10/2020 20:25

Lesson is: Don't ask MNers for advice.
I spoke to a T&T person today (not tracing me, I hasten to add). He's doing his (very expert actually) best but agrees the system isn't working well.

MRex · 06/10/2020 20:36

OP said DS's girlfriend stayed overnight Friday including chatting with all 3 and was with all 3 on Saturday morning chatting, presumably large parts of this was indoors without full PPE. She then was asked to take a test that she took on that same Saturday, which came back positive. There is no plausible reason for T&T not to request that the 3 of them isolate.

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HeyMacarona · 09/10/2020 13:15

So we’re now on day 6. Since yesterday DS2 has developed a hive type rash on both wrists with no obvious cause. Not a recognised symptom but given we know we have been exposed should we test?

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Keepdistance · 09/10/2020 13:30

I dont know. But it's surely possible that the girlfriend caught it abroad and gave it to the contact (then with no symptoms tested positive).

dalmationsandcats · 09/10/2020 13:42

@HeyMacarona

So we’re now on day 6. Since yesterday DS2 has developed a hive type rash on both wrists with no obvious cause. Not a recognised symptom but given we know we have been exposed should we test?
No,t test if he develops the symptoms you need to have in other to be eligible for a test.
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