SIL positive but hasn’t been anywhere

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My sister in law tested positive for COVID yesterday but lives alone. She has only been to the supermarket and out for walks alone in the past few weeks. Trying to work out how on earth str could have caught it! We did see her about ten days ago but we are a family of five and none of us have had any symptoms. We have also been in school/seen other family members who are older and none of them have symptoms. I would have thought if it was us, someone somewhere would have had symptoms from our wider circle. How on earth could she have caught it at a supermarket or on a walk?

3 of my close family tested positive with no symptoms. Just because your family haven’t shown any symptoms does not mean that one of you didn’t give it to her.

Yes, we saw her indoors(allowed as she lives alone) but only the once as we are trying to be careful! It was about ten days ago but she started with cold symptoms before the cough, so yes could have been us which is awful. I just would have imagined if it was us that this would have led to cases within our schoos. I am a teacher and my kids are in school too with no known cases in either of our schools yet.

My guess would be from you I'm afraid or rather your kids. I work in a school and it's all the adults who are testing positive. Not one child so far. It's the kids who are carrying it, asymptomatically and passing it on to grownups.

I wouldn’t feel bad, she will be fine.

She knew your kids are all at school and you’re a teacher and as an adult she made the decision to see you.

There may be 50 cases in your
School currently but no one has symptoms as 80% are asymptomatic

I hope she feels better ASAP

I missed that in your OP. The isolation period is 14 days because it can take that long for symptoms to start after infection. If you and your family were in her house 10 days ago, you are highly likely to be the contact.
The virus doesn't care if you visiting her house, or her going to the supermarket is 'allowed'. None of these activities is risk free, they are viewed as necessary for mental health or economic reasons and so alloed as part of the constant balancing act of minimising risk while not battening us all in our homes for the duration.

I would also say it is way more likely she caught it from one of you. Remember the most common symptom of Covid is no symptom. That’s why they call it the silent killer.

PHW said people are catching it from talking indoors. Simple as that.

Yes I'm afraid I think she caught it from you or your family.

@RafaIsTheKingOfClay

So she hasn’t been anywhere except an indoor public place and seen family with school age children within the last 14 days.

You’re right OP it’s a mystery.

😂😂

Wouldn’t be surprised if she caught it in a supermarket. For the last couple of months I seem to be the only one sanitising the shopping trolley handle and using handheld.
Personally I believe that mask wearing has had the opposite effect to what it was intended to do. Although Covid is a droplet infection most people will have caught it by touching a contaminated set face then touching their face. I have yet to see a member of the public who doesn’t constantly mess with their mask.
Face visors may well be more effective because they are less likely to irritate your face or need adjustment and they are a physical barrier stopping you touch your face.

Oh and isn’t it funny how infection rates have steadily climbed since masks became mandatory.

*handgel
*surface

I haven’t socialised with anyone outside of own my household since August and only been out to a couple of shops which were empty at the time and I still caught it. It may be the kids that have passed it to me but you can never really pinpoint it.

I would assume she caught it from your family. I work in a school, my bubble is 60 children and 3 adults. I have three DC in secondary, their bubbles are year groups. As a family we could well mix with over 700 people.

So lots of people think from within the family. I’m just surprised that out of five of us, no one is showing symptoms. And no further cases within any of our schools. But I do appreciate it’s possible. Equally the supermarket scenario.

@H1978

I haven’t socialised with anyone outside of own my household since August and only been out to a couple of shops which were empty at the time and I still caught it. It may be the kids that have passed it to me but you can never really pinpoint it.

I’m sorry you were so unlucky. Can I ask if you made a good recovery ? Were you very ill?

Supermarket or one of you is asymptomatic and gave it to her.

I am a teacher and my kids are in school too with no known cases in either of our schools yet.

Yeah but it will be in your school and your kids' school. Regardless of whether it's known. Sorry OP it's probably one of you lot.

THe communal areas of her flat are also a probable source. Touching door handles, stair rails, lift buttons all possible sources. In fact if there is a lift, if someone +ve had eft the lift just before she got in, the virus could still be in the air in the lift. She's also possibly forgotten the chat she had with a neighbour on the stairs etc

From the supermarket, they are known areas of transmission and not everyone wears masks
From something she touched when out, or talking to someone
From family members who maybe asymptomatic
From talking to a neighbour

I’m just so shocked she has caught it when she hasn’t socialised with anyone at all

You what? You said she socialised with your family of five!

@Angrymum22

Oh and isn’t it funny how infection rates have steadily climbed since masks became mandatory.

Yes, it'll be the masks doing it, not winter!

Well wait a week or two then get yourselves antibody tested? That would give you an answer?

There's lots of cases where one person in a couple catches Covid and their spouse who sleeps in the same bed doesn't.

I'd suspect that one or more of your family have picked it up from school but are asymptomatic as many people (especially kids) are

Are you england?
As 10d ago already in lockdown and basic rules are no meeting inside or out. (Except 121 excercise and support bubbls)

I dont know if you gave it to her but, given the kids and you teaching its high risk meeting indoors.
If i were her i would be wearing a mask in the flat communal areas.

Also from the thread about if people would keep kids in for th e 2w there were comnents like
1 taking the isolating kid in the supermarket!
several to the park
1 letting the toddler run up and down the hall of the flats
Others take isolating kids in the car with them and on school runs

Others send kids to school with positive tests
With family with positive or symptoms

And there was also a thread where someone was concerned about a coughing supernarket till person and they had just come back after covid and also werent wearing mask right.

So yes it could be from lots of places