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What do people think of someone doing this

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yarncakes · 27/10/2020 19:26

Been speaking to an old colleague of mine and of course, subject turns into a corona subject. She was saying that as she doesn't have a mobile phone, she can't download the app any way and even if she could, she would never do it.

She also wouldn't get tested for covid if she had symptoms of it because it is a waste of time and just giving the government another statistic to cause more scaremongering media. She will still go and see her family and friends and nobody is going to stop her as she wants to live her life. (She's in her 60s). She's not going let the government tell her what she can and cannot do and she won't be told to stay indoors and 'self isolate'. If test and trace did manage to get hold of her which the only way is on her land line, then she would just hang up on them, etc and tell them to piss off Shock

I can't help but feel like I wish I was like her somewhat but as a healthcare worker I have to put other people's health before my own therefore I do comply but one thing I won't ever do is download the app.

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Rabbitholebonkers · 27/10/2020 21:11

I agree with her to an extent. I don’t agree with her going out and about with covid symptoms, that’s just selfish. If I get covid symptoms I would self isolate, but wouldn’t necessarily feel the need to get a test if I’m being totally honest.

RedRiverShore · 27/10/2020 21:18

I don’t agree with her going out with symptoms but I wouldn’t bother getting a test as I don’t work so it wouldn’t be of any use to me to go to the bother of getting one and I would just stay in, I also do not have the app on my phone as I don’t want constant false notifications and it is a waste of space

sparklepink · 27/10/2020 21:20

you can't argue with stupid!

Twillow · 27/10/2020 21:27

This is why as many of us [rational] people have to do the right thing and follow the rules: there will always be idiots like this.

I don't have the app either but I am extremely careful in my behavior. I would certainly get a test if I felt ill and isolate in the meantime, or if any close contact/family were showing symptoms or tested positive.

Torvean32 · 27/10/2020 21:33

Does your friend have an issue will all rules set my the govt. or just the covid ones?
If she goes out with symptoms she's incredibly selfish.

RedRiverShore · 27/10/2020 21:35

Most people have a test because they either have to get children back to school or get back to work themselves, I don’t work or have children so I would not be traipsing around trying to get a test if I felt ill, probably passing the virus around at the same time by doing so

Pipandmum · 27/10/2020 21:39

I think she's a fool and hope I don't ever come in contact with her. Shame on her for being so selfish.
Of course of get a test. I'd want to know if I had it and isolate myself and family. Or if not then I can go out and about. I don't understand why you wouldn't.

Malteserdiet · 27/10/2020 21:41

I have occasionally thought to myself that if we all stopped getting tested then the governments would only be able to go on hospitalisations and deaths and so maybe we’d get a more balanced approach to dealing with this bloody virus.

ilovesooty · 27/10/2020 21:47

She's someone I wouldn't be in contact with in future.

TheSeedsOfADream · 28/10/2020 07:50

She's probably a MNer. There are selfish twats like that on every thread.

OpheliasCrayon · 28/10/2020 07:58

I get tested etc and I'd never just go and see people / ignore symptoms that's absolutely absurd- I'm not going to be affected by it but as I drum into my children when they start licking stuff in shops - we don't know who would be affected badly so we must be considerate and kind!! Wouldn't download the app though. No way!

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HollyRoadRaider · 28/10/2020 08:01

I have a colleague like this.
Which is fucking irritating considering she's the only person outside my immediate family who I have regular close contact with Angry

TheSeedsOfADream · 28/10/2020 08:01

@Dontforgetyourbrolly

This isnt real ,no one would say that
You need to check the Covid deniers on here. They all say it. Fake phone numbers so Bill Gates can't come and give them implants. Etc.
Dontforgetyourbrolly · 28/10/2020 08:02

Look , you have only got to search my posts to see I'm so laid back about this pandemic but even I would isolate if I had covid / suspected covid .
Any normal person would not deliberately spread any virus, whether its chickenpox, flu , covid , a cold or whatever.

joystir59 · 28/10/2020 08:04

I more or less follow the rules but not 100% For example I will visit my close family and friends and they can freely visit me, regardless of the tier they live in. My family and friends are mostly in their sixties. I will not be dictated to by the government. I wont travel on planes, very seldom on any public transport. I limit how much I go into shops restaurants or cafes as I think these are risky environments.

joystir59 · 28/10/2020 08:05

I would keep away from people if I had anything wrong with me.

bigbluebus · 28/10/2020 08:06

This is why I stay 2m away from other people. I don't expect that she is alone in her thinking. Pure selfishness to think that spreading a this virus is OK when you've got symptoms. Whilst continuing to live my life (within the rules) I have boycotted any venue where people do not stick to the distancing rules (and that includes 2 allegedly covid safe businesses of which i am a member)

joystir59 · 28/10/2020 08:07

I'd have to get tested as I work, otherwise I don't know if I'd bother. I do have the app. Once again I work and wouldn't want to expose my colleagues to the virus.

LaMarschallin · 28/10/2020 08:08

She will still go and see her family and friends and nobody is going to stop her as she wants to live her life. (She's in her 60s).

I think she's very wrong and should obey the rules.
The only thing I was wondering about was the non-sequiteur (as it seems to me) in your post that I've quoted above.

Presumably, this behaviour would still be wrong if she were in her 20s or 80s?

Or is it that by 60 odd she's must have already lived her life?

People talk about dog whistle racism; I do think that dog whistle ageism is a thing too.

Bagelsandbrie · 28/10/2020 08:10

Does she live in Norfolk? Everyone I speak to who lives here says the same thing - I think it’s genuinely one of the reasons our official figures are so low. No one is bothering to get a test.

I’ve been reading that in the USA several states have come together to say they refuse to be tested anymore.

As a clinically vulnerable person I’m really not sure what to think about any of it anymore.

Berline · 28/10/2020 08:10

I wouldn't go out with symptoms but agree with the rest of it.
But as symptoms same as any other respiratory illness, I wouldn't go out anyway as I 'd feel rough.
With Christmas coming, a lot of people are going to be like this. Good.

There's only so much life that can be put off. This is getting fecking ridiculous now.

Heatherjayne1972 · 28/10/2020 08:23

Going out with symptoms is an awful idea. If you’re ill stay in.

Being rude to the t+t people is off too - they’re just doing their job. And I think if they call you then you’re on their list and will check up on you even if you’re rude

But it’s not compulsory to have the app.or a smartphone to download it

Xiaoxiong · 28/10/2020 08:28

I thought the mention of her age was to indicate she wasn't in her 20s, and therefore justifying her actions with the fact that she was at a very low risk of getting seriously ill.

QueenStromba · 28/10/2020 08:33

I think she's a selfish bitch and I really wish that people who carried on like this during a pandemic were made to opt out of medical treatment if they caught it.