DH has just let me know that a colleague of his has tested positive for COVID. Normally I'd be sympathetic and hope they are OK, but I'm so pissed off.
This colleague is living with someone who's had a positive test earlier in the week, but he didn't tell anyone this. He construed coming to work, even after taking his own test. Only today that he's had his positive result has he bothered to warn anyone.
A family member he lives with tested positive early in the week, yet he continued coming into work and didn't tell anyone. He got tested, still came into work not telling anyone. Only today that he's had the positive result has he actually bothered to warn anyone.
DH's job and workplace means that they cannot socially distance from each other, so it's likely that he'll have passed it on. They've been told by management to keep an eye out for symptoms but they shouldn't self isolate until/if they are contacted by the track and trace people.
I have a weakened lung due to a past illness, so am very nervous about catching covid. I'm just so angry that this selfish prick thought it was OK to go into work, knowing he most likely had it and would pass it on to others. I thought there was some kind of fine now for these idiots?
It's a particularly bad time as DH has just been made redundant (he was already on reduced hours), and my hours have been reduced, so money is tight and we absolutely cannot afford to self-isolate. If we have to, of course we will, but it does mean that next month we won't be able to pay the rent.