When will isolating end?

[november90]

I know nobody knows the answer to this but just after thoughts as to when people think it'll come to an end. They are saying that we will live with Covid like flu bu the end of the year so could the end of the year mean if we have it, we just get up and go like normal?

I'm so intimidated and scared of isolating. I think that I get more worried about being told to isolate then anything. Even when things reopen I feel I'm going to be too scared to do anything at the thought of track and trace contacting me 😩

While we don’t know actual dates, there will come a time when we’re almost all vaccinated and things will change.

What bit of being isolated frightens you most? Is it not seeing people or not being able to go to shops/cinemas/parks etc? How have you coped so far with the lockdowns? What makes you feel you won’t cope?

It’s easy to overthink things when you’re having a particularly anxious period.

I think it would be worthwhile getting your head round isolating as (like norovirus) I can't see a time when we say 'oh you've got test-confirmed covid, you're fine to go to the cinema anyway' happening this year.

I think we will track and trace for some time - but once you yourself are vaccinated you wouldn't need to isolate if in contact with a case.

What scares you about isolating?

@november90

I know nobody knows the answer to this but just after thoughts as to when people think it'll come to an end. They are saying that we will live with Covid like flu bu the end of the year so could the end of the year mean if we have it, we just get up and go like normal?

I'm so intimidated and scared of isolating. I think that I get more worried about being told to isolate then anything. Even when things reopen I feel I'm going to be too scared to do anything at the thought of track and trace contacting me 😩

Take track and trace off your phone and please don't worry.

I agree with taking the app off your phone.

The app is not test and trace, they are separate things. I imagine there will always be some sort of isolation like for e.g. chicken pox, measles.

@dementedpixie

The app is not test and trace, they are separate things. I imagine there will always be some sort of isolation like for e.g. chicken pox, measles.

Yes, I think this too. I think we will continue to test and then if you've been in contact with a case but fully vaccinated you ignore, if not you isolate. But maybe the second bit will go too in time, and you only isolate if you have it.

I think we’ll move to only isolating if you have it by autumn. And we once we’re fully back to normal that will fall away too for most cases because once we’re back to our normal lives who’s actually going to get tested for mild symptoms?

What do you mean by isolating?

I think those who have it and their close contacts will still have to SI for a considerable time to come - into 2022 at the earliest

By spring next year I think it’ll become like other illnesses/diseases that require the infected person to isolate, for which we don’t even batter an eyelid for eg sickness, chicken pox etc. I personally don’t think before then because I don’t expect an increase in cases/severe illness during the autumn and winter but not on the scale of this year.

*do expect

I think household SI where someone has symptoms is here to stay. We aren’t going to tell people it’s OK for them to go out if they have Covid.

@Cloudsurfing

I think we’ll move to only isolating if you have it by autumn. And we once we’re fully back to normal that will fall away too for most cases because once we’re back to our normal lives who’s actually going to get tested for mild symptoms?

Yes, I agree with this. I think that contacts having to isolate will end once the vast majority of people have been vaccinated.

@RedcurrantPuff

I think household SI where someone has symptoms is here to stay. We aren’t going to tell people it’s OK for them to go out if they have Covid.

I agree. Just like a sickness bug has an isolation period etc.

Yes we probably won’t officially get told we don’t have to isolate anymore when we have it. But for a lot of people symptoms are cold-like, don’t think many people are going to test for covid with mild symptoms once we’re back to normal.

Sorry guys my message was a bit all over the place. I don't have the app, I mean more when you have to leave your number and then they contact you.
I do have a massive issue with isolating... I do it and adhere to all the rules but I just struggle. I've always been someone who struggles to stay in doors, I find it really overwhelming. I'm also a single mum to two children and I just don't know how we'd cope. My ex doesn't listen to the rules so on his watch I know they'd go away and have a great time whilst stuck in prison with me 🙈 I know I'm being over dramatic!

Yes, I agree with this. I think that contacts having to isolate will end once the vast majority of people have been vaccinated

But that would be next autumn. Bit irresponsible to end it immediately before the next winter virus season. That's why I think 2022 (spring/summer)

I am more scared of isolating than actually catching the virus. Mostly because of the impact on my exam year kids, I feel if I take them somewhere, leave my name and address and then we’re contacted, they might have to isolate as contacts and miss vital schooling, and that would be my fault entirely.
Hence we don’t go out much and I definitely don’t have the app. I feel too guilty.

@Cloudsurfing

I think we’ll move to only isolating if you have it by autumn. And we once we’re fully back to normal that will fall away too for most cases because once we’re back to our normal lives who’s actually going to get tested for mild symptoms?

We will need to test for mild symptoms to check on variants.

I don't understand why we would stop doing this when it isn't much hassle and could avoid real problems.

@november90

Sorry guys my message was a bit all over the place. I don't have the app, I mean more when you have to leave your number and then they contact you. I do have a massive issue with isolating... I do it and adhere to all the rules but I just struggle. I've always been someone who struggles to stay in doors, I find it really overwhelming. I'm also a single mum to two children and I just don't know how we'd cope. My ex doesn't listen to the rules so on his watch I know they'd go away and have a great time whilst stuck in prison with me 🙈 I know I'm being over dramatic!

In this case I would just avoid the type of places which are higher risk until autumn - by then either cases will be seriously improved due to vaccination or we are all fucked anyway.

So in the next few months pick an outdoor place over an indoor one - much much less likely to have to isolate.

Cases will (should) drop - the lower the cases, the less likely you are to be near one. I am quite often seen as pessimistic on this front but by autumn we should have fewer cases.

The worst issue you'll have, sadly, is school as they are unvaccinated with no measures to limit spread.