Would you?

[ohdoriswheresthesalad]

We're due to have 2 family members and their 1 year old come to stay for the weekend next week - both in medium risk areas but cases below 50 per 100,000. All key workers, 2 family members have already had covid positive tests months ago.
Problem is we're a family of 4, plus them = 7.
Obviously they'll use their own towels, we have 2 bathrooms/showers so no problem there.

Would you risk them staying for the weekend as a 7?
We don't see them often and it's too far to go for the day to meet up.
Neither family are off out to the pubs or seeing lots of different people.

Are you allowed people to stay overnight?

You realise that’s it’s actually illegal if your in England, not just guidance? If you don’t care about breaking the law then my only consideration would be is there enough room to distance from them if there is 7 If you in one house?

I personally would.

@decoraters

Are you allowed people to stay overnight?

Yes in medium risk areas people can stay the night as long as it is up to 6 and you can do 1m+ distancing

@Racoonworld

Thanks. I'm in Scotland where we are not even allowed in people houses never mind sleeping over

I would.

I'd even take a fine, but that would never actually be enforced.

The rules are unscientific, amd mad.

No. By law, even if you are in a Tier 1 area, you cannot have more than 6 people mixing, either indoors or outdoors (unless your household comprises more members than that). If you are in Tier 2 or 3 then you cannot mix households indoors at all.

No.

You would be breaking the law.

Yes I woild!

Yes I would before you really can't

If they are key workers how can they not be seeing lots of people?

Being illegal wouldnt put me off but you do know its possible to get covid more than once? Your children are presumably in school so you are all taking risks and potentially adding to transmission of the virus so I would have seen them last month but not know with things rapidly getting out of hand. Meet up halfway between for a socially distanced walk.

Well I wouldn’t because it’s illegal.

The actual risk of Covid wouldn’t worry me though & I would certainly be staying with friends / family if it weren’t for the rule of 6.

Ok so those saying no they wouldn't is it because of the breaking the law part? The risk of getting caught? The risk of covid?

We are in the camp of it not happening as it's not worth the risk, as much as we love and want to see them!
The family members are really pushing to come, making us feel guilty about it.
As for key workers status, we are all working in full ppe not that that makes you any less risk really does it - look at the poor nurses and doctors who caught covid during lockdown with ppe!

It's my sister and brother in law if that helps.

I would.

If they are key workers how can they not be seeing lots of people?

FWIW not all key workers are in customer/public facing roles.

They can be tucked away in back offices or otherwise out of public view having very little contact with others, for example working in government agencies and industries such as utilities, communications, logistics, transport etc...

No, it’s illegal. I also wouldn’t have anyone staying in my house.

I’m really not sure when it became completely acceptable by many people to break the law. I’m actually baffled, people are made to feel like they are the weird ones for following the law!

To answer your question, I wouldn’t. Firstly because it is breaking the law but secondly (and even if it was allowed) it’s not worth the risk of contracting it. I would have visitors at a distance, when allowed but I think it would be very difficult to SD during an overnight stay.

Ok so those saying no they wouldn't is it because of the breaking the law part? The risk of getting caught? The risk of covid?

You've just given the 3 reasons! All of them apply.

No, it’s illegal and I follow laws otherwise imagine what the world would be like.

We all know the risk of transmission is higher indoors and prolonged periods so I wouldn’t be having overnight guests regardless of who they were.

No. And no wonder we're in such a mess if you even have to ask.

Put it this way. An MP recently tested positive and then took a 400mile train trip. 1 extra body in your house is fuck all in comparison.

No. And no wonder we're in such a mess if you even have to ask.

If one family had one less kid between them it would be ok.. so not sure how that one extra being is such a huge bigger risk factor ... if one family member has it it’s likely they all do anyway!

No. If we all stuck to the rules (including MPs) we might stand a chance of getting somewhere.

Too many people have an excuse as to why the rules don't apply to them.

No. If we all stuck to the rules (including MPs) we might stand a chance of getting somewhere

But where exactly is it we are getting? Lockdown and the cases go down. Open up again and the cases go up. We are not going to get rid of this virus because its endemic in the population now. As somebody said yesterday we are playing the coronavirus Hokey Kokey.

We cannot put our lives completely on hold waiting for a vaccine that may never arrive. Make sensible judgement calls is the best way forward imo.