In my shoes, would you see my mum today

[BiggerTallerFaster]

I had Covid a few weeks ago. My official isolation ended on 15 December but I didn't go out until 19th, as I still had a slight runny nose.

Since then I've been well with no symptoms at all, even the cough went away completely and my sense of smell has returned.

This morning I've woken up full of aches and pains and with a sore throat, tickly cough and runny nose. I'm very phlegmy, when I understood the Covid cough was dry, but I was phlegmy before.

It must just be a cold? But that's what I thought before, I was amazed when the test was positive. I can't have a second case so close though, surely

I can't test again within 90 days and if I did it would likely be positive, regardless of what I'm suffering with now.

We're Tier4, I haven't seen my mum since before I was ill, we were planning to go out for a socially distanced walk this afternoon

Would you go?

Another no from me.

@BiggerTallerFaster The misconception probably comes from this! (The email you get when your positive test is confirmed just says fever!) Not everyone will go through the links and read the detail....

I wouldn't just incase, seems extreme but you genuinely never know.

Also, if you're still under the weather, you should definitely rest, the fact that you have another bug/virus so quickly means your immune system isn't quite back up to speed yet

@Mulhollandmagoo

I wouldn't just incase, seems extreme but you genuinely never know.

Also, if you're still under the weather, you should definitely rest, the fact that you have another bug/virus so quickly means your immune system isn't quite back up to speed yet

I know I'm not very good at looking after myself, but going for a gentle stroll is resting to me

No. Hospitals are close to breaking point.

This sounds like a regular cold with the snotty nose, phlegm, sore throat and aches. I would still be going to work with those symptoms. A fever/chills and constant hacking dry cough are symptoms of c19. Let your mum know you have a cold and see if she still wants to meet.

This thread raises a lot of interesting ethical dilemmas / dichotomies.

Get an OTTY pillow! #happying #adulting #blank reams of paper #22nd December

OP, tell your ma you love her, and do what YOU think is best. Love that a gentle stroll is ‘resting’ for you.
TBF scary K (❤️) went for a run “run (woods), run!” ... the .. same day? Morning? She found out she had the dreaded C word!

Op given whst your body has just been through, you probably don't have it in you to quickly shake off a normal cold. So cancel for today as you are unwell. It isn't likely to be covid, but still you need to not be in "just keep going" mind set for a month or so.

Reschedule seeing your mum. Make yourself a pot of nice coffee, put on snuggly clothes and watch some crap on TV. Preferably with biscuits.

Nice idea but you'd need all the children with colds to stay at home too, which means their parents as well. Are you going to be happy when your colleagues are off all winter for their children's colds? Or when your children's teachers are missing for half the year?

I'm not proposing a rigid policy across all fields of work, just making the general point that if we all thought of "not infecting other people" as a valid goal, we would all have a few fewer colds, so it wouldn't be half a year. There are plenty of people who are perfectly capable of staying away from other people when they have colds or mild viruses, but who before this year didn't bother to because the idea of trying not to infect other people just wasn't on their radar. Hopefully it now will be. Not as a rigid policy, just an attitude change.

I really don't get why anyone want to go for a walk in the cold when they are full of aches and pain. Surely your mum wouldn't want you in pain?