If you had all recently tested positive Wd you risk seeing elderly (vulnerable) relatives over Christmas?

[Thethingswedoforlove]

We have all tested positive in the last 2 weeks. The last of us will be out of isolation by a week on Christmas Day. My parents are really still desperate to see us (we had previously said no way because we had teens in secondary school without time to isolate). But we now have all had positive tests. Ans recently. So it feels like the safest time to see them. Would you see yours in these circs? Their mental health is really suffering as mum is at the beginning of dementia, dad is pretty deaf and they are huge extroverts who gain their energy from being with others.

After a week is it still likely to be on surfaces in the house? I know no one knows. It’s a calculated risk but dad was on the shielding list. It feels ok to me. But I wanted to see what others think?

I would, surfaces are only a couple days, at most. Give the house a good clean, and I'd have no issue with inviting them over, if they wanted to come.

So many amazing responses. Thank you so much everyone!

I'm CEV and so are my parents but my DC and I are carers for my parents so have been seeing them pretty much daily since March. Since Sept DC has been at college and still cares for my parents. We are all careful with distance / washing hands etc.

I'd do it.

We all had it in October, I did a private test paid for by work two weeks after testing positive and it was negative to be on the safe side before I went back to the office as my co workers are in their 60s and 70s

I would go and see them

@Shuffled and @MissSmiley

Thank you for your encouragement and kind words

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