Do you know of any people who have tested positive as a result of Christmas Day mixing?

[hettyhooverdoover]

I'm thinking cases will start emerging around now of cases that were spread by Christmas mixing?
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Yes me and everyone who attended on Christmas day. 4 house holds (I left before the 4th house hold arrived) 13 people. Including 2 vulnerable. All now early stage symptoms.

@binkyblinky

My friends mum sadly died on Xmas day from it ☹️

That's really sad but clearly she didn't get it from Christmas mixing?

@LacyEdge

Re the case rate soaring despite schools being closed:

That still doesn’t mean schools aren’t driving community spread. Any reduction caused by schools closing for the holidays has been cancelled out by increased mixing over the Christmas period. The graphs showing a near-vertical case rate rise from the beginning of September are probably a fairer way to check the effects of fully open schools with no safety measures or mitigation.

Means nothing. A normal exponential growth graph shows near vertical rise after the early stages. Infection rates started to rise in August which fits in with the standard exponential growth graph to show a very steep graph line the following month.

@Mreggsworth

Yes me and everyone who attended on Christmas day. 4 house holds (I left before the 4th house hold arrived) 13 people. Including 2 vulnerable. All now early stage symptoms.

4 households is a lot!

“Not Christmas day but I do know one family where a youngish couple left London on the day of the Tier 4 announcement and traveled to stay with her patents in there 70s and have both since tested positive - so they are now isolating in one room of the house waiting to see if they have given it to her parents who are in doubtably high risk.”

Wow how selfish of the couple

@Mreggsworth

Yes me and everyone who attended on Christmas day. 4 house holds (I left before the 4th house hold arrived) 13 people. Including 2 vulnerable. All now early stage symptoms.

Wow are you uk?

This thread shows how leaving people to make their own risk assessments it a stupid idea and why the restrictions are needed unfortunately..

@Happychristmashohoho

Yes I'm UK

I am quite bitter to be honest as the plans did escalate past what I was comfortable with. I was apprehensive about going in the first place but two other house holds just 'popped round' while there, ended up staying for hours, I left before 4th house hold came. Not fully placing blame as I knew deep down a Christmas gathering was unwise, and should have kept to my gut feeling. Thankfully we have been in 0 contact with anyone since Christmas so shouldn't have passed it on further.

Yes! Next door neighbour met her sister in law just before Christmas, don’t know who had it but both showed symptoms in Boxing Day. My neighbour gave it to her household and her son in law who was over for Christmas dinner. And the sister in law gave it to her daughter and husband who came over for Christmas. All households now isolating. My neighbour is ok she has a bad cough and lost sense of taste. Her sister in law was hospitalised. She had breast cancer a few years ago, all clear now but maybe that is linked to why it hit her so badly as she is only in her early 50’s

I’d say that’s only the start of it from Christmas mixing! Apparently those who got infected at Christmas would be most contagious on NYE so I would the spreading is likely continuing!

@Mreggsworth

I know what you mean. The problem is relying on others to follow the rules too, which has proved to be problematic.

I met a couple of friends outside a week before Christmas, all sensible, intelligent women. One was planning to stay with her very elderly parents but had been massively socialising (indoor meals and shopping trips) with her dd and their friends.

It made me realise that you can’t trust anyone to be sensible even if they know the Risks.

@Mreggsworth

Yes me and everyone who attended on Christmas day. 4 house holds (I left before the 4th house hold arrived) 13 people. Including 2 vulnerable. All now early stage symptoms.

I thought you were only supposed to meet one household?

Am I wrong or were you breaking the rules?

So far I’ve heard of 3 people who developed symptoms shortly after Christmas which has sent 7 households into panic. I haven’t yet heard whether any of the other people in those households have developed symptoms. Some are waiting on test results and others can’t test at all. I think it’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Yes. Friend and her husband and one of their three kids after having a single friend staying over.

@QueenOfTheDoubleWide it was three households who could meet (unless in tier 4, in which case it was none)

I just think the whole situation is ridiculous. Christmas has turned into a great big shopping and eating fest.
Apart from people visiting friends and relatives facing imminent death, everyone else should have stayed put. The vaccine is being rolled out, pretty inefficiently I grant you, but there is progress.
I feel so sorry for the poor nhs staff who are absolutely exhausted.
I have been shielding since March. I haven't seen my dc for months. Christmas is really hard for me since I lost my eldest child. Being in the family home with just DH has been tough. But I am not selfish enough to go out and put not just myself, but other people at risk. It is so unnecessary.

I do know a family who have all got it, but they had been out socialising, so hardly surprising.