Guilt with a positive test

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I work in school but there are no other cases there atm and I've been generally happy with the measures in place. We've only had 4 positive cases, including me, in students and staff through the whole thing, despite being right in the centre of one of the areas Hancock was panicking over last night. I feel that I've been very careful at all times.

Other than work I've only mixed, following all guidelines, outdoors and been to the supermarket with a mask, being careful to distance. No idea where I got it.

Now it looks like DH and DS1 have it and I feel wretched for bringing it home. I can't imagine how it feels to have brought it home to someone with vulnerabilities.

And yet, people seem so sure that mixing with relatives over the holiday is the right thing to do.

How have you dealt with the guilt of passing it in to loved ones?

How have you dealt with the guilt of passing it in to loved ones?

I'm not sure about your last question

But regarding 'guilt with a positive test', often it's very difficult to know with any certainty who passed it to who as so many people are asymptomatic and not everyone develops symptoms at the same time. So finger pointing and shaming shouldn't happen in my view

It's a pandemic, we can individually lessen the risk of transmission to protect ourselves and others but the virus will get around. You are not to blame, and nor is anyone else (with exceptions for reckless actions).

You aren’t to blame. This is the result of schools being open. It’s likely an asymptomatic person gave it to you at school.

No one is to blame. I followed all the rules and precautions and managed to get it, no one I know has had it and I passed it on to no one (that Im aware of). It's a pandemic, and there's asymptomatc people, so it's unavoidable really.

Anyone can get it. Even those who have followed the guidelines to the letter and been extremely careful.
Transmission cannot be completely stopped even with the strictest measures.
You should not feel guilty. You have done nothing wrong.

You're not to blame! My brother-in-law was so, so careful but still caught it and brought it home to my immuno-compromised sister. He was absolutely wracked with guilt.

Thankfully she seems ok-ish. The fatigue is getting her more than anything else.

But we have decided not to mix over the Christmas break. It just brought home how easy it is to catch and spread, and we have even more vulnerable people to worry about. It's not worth it!

I know dsis was more worried about passing it to our vulnerable parents than anything else but she hadn't been near them so it was just a panic reaction.

I hope none of you are too ill with it.

No one is to blame OP.

DH is blaming himself at the moment. He could have got it from anywhere.

This virus is so bloody infectious and we have all been so careful.