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What to do if you don't agree with being told to self isolate??

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jaychops · 03/06/2021 09:09

Colleague of DHs has tested positive and provided DHs details to track and trace as a close contact. However, he doesn't meet the criteria for close contact - he hasn't been under 1m, and not within 2m for more than a couple of minutes. We are supposed to be going away this weekend! What do we do? Has anyone been in this position?

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PurpleSunrise · 03/06/2021 09:13

Have test and trace been in touch with him yet?

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jaychops · 03/06/2021 09:18

Yes but they didn't run through the guidelines they just said he's been listed as a close contact and he needs to isolate. He didn't think it through until afterwards

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ZeroFuchsGiven · 03/06/2021 09:19

If he has been told by t&t to isolate then he isolates. Having plans to go away doesn't change the fact he's been in contact with someone who has tested positive Hmm

Oblomov21 · 03/06/2021 09:21

This is so irritating. Especially if you don't agree that he'd been / are a close contact.

jvfryv · 03/06/2021 09:22

We had a similar thing at work, a lot of people affected when they shouldn't have been. Tried to get it overturned but track and trace said nope.

MiddlesexGirl · 03/06/2021 09:24

If he is certain that the information given by the colleague is incorrect ie he is not a close contact, then I'd ignore.
However I'd sat that not with 2m for more than 2 mins is pretty borderline and isolating would be the right thing to do.

Smartiepants79 · 03/06/2021 09:25

Personally, use your common sense.
Something similar happened to my DH recently. His was a notification from the app. The date given he had only been to one place and we were the only people there! All seems a bit nonsense to me.

PurpleDaisies · 03/06/2021 09:25

If t and t have told him to isolate, legally he has to isolate.

www.gov.uk/government/news/new-legal-duty-to-self-isolate-comes-into-force-today

loulouljh · 03/06/2021 09:26

I would simply ignore.

TropicalFairyCake · 03/06/2021 09:27

It's a legal thing though isnt it? Wont t and t ring a few days in to check?

(Do they ever fine?)

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jaychops · 03/06/2021 09:27

@zerofuchsgiven it's not the weekend away that's the problem it's the fact he doesn't meet the guidance for self isolating so his details have been given incorrectly.

Thanks everyone else for the advice.

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Mindymomo · 03/06/2021 09:28

Where my son works they wear watches say bleep when you’re in close contact with someone for over 2 minutes, you would be surprised how many times these bleep. I’m afraid if T&T have contacted your DH, then he has to isolate.

starbrightstarlight8888 · 03/06/2021 09:34

Its a legal requirement so you must do it even if you don't agree. Notifications from the app aren't legal requirements.

PurpleDaisies · 03/06/2021 09:35

@Smartiepants79

Personally, use your common sense. Something similar happened to my DH recently. His was a notification from the app. The date given he had only been to one place and we were the only people there! All seems a bit nonsense to me.
The app is different. That’s just advice. If you’ve been phoned by test and trace, that’s a legally binding ting.
mygee · 03/06/2021 09:42

I was thinking about this the other day. We sat in a pub garden for about an hour, there was one other family over at the other side of the garden. We had to give our details of course (our names, phone numbers, the date and the time of arrival) but if someone from the other side of the garden tests positive, we'll all be told to isolate despite being nowhere near them at any time?!

Oblomov21 · 03/06/2021 09:44

Nowhere can I find any info on what do do, legally, if the information given about you is factually incorrect.
This is because such errors are just not accounted for. Angry

Oblomov21 · 03/06/2021 09:45

The system is just not advanced enough. Not 'fit for purpose'.

Smartiepants79 · 03/06/2021 09:46

Ah, didn’t know that about the app! I don’t use it myself for exactly this reason!

BentBastard · 03/06/2021 09:47

Similar happened to a friend. She lost a week of work and therefore pay (self employed) as a result. She tried every legal Avenue to avoid isolating but no luck.

After she asked the person why on Earth she named her as they hadn't even come close and the person admitted they hadn't read the close contact guidance at all 😒

It's a shit system that someone can get screwed over by someone that doesn't even understand what a close contact is purely on their say so.

RibenaSky · 03/06/2021 09:47

If you don’t agree then dont worry about isolating I think you have to trust your own judgement here

HavelockVetinari · 03/06/2021 09:50

If your DH is absolutely sure he's not a close contact within the correct guidelines then you should go.

June2021 · 03/06/2021 09:50

I thought it was a legal requirement to isolate when told to by track and trace, otherwise what's the point of spending millions on it I'd people told to isolate just ignore it Hmm

PurpleDaisies · 03/06/2021 09:51

@RibenaSky

If you don’t agree then dont worry about isolating I think you have to trust your own judgement here
It is a legal requirement. You can be fined.
PurpleDaisies · 03/06/2021 09:51

@June2021

I thought it was a legal requirement to isolate when told to by track and trace, otherwise what's the point of spending millions on it I'd people told to isolate just ignore it Hmm
It is. Some people are giving really bad advice here.
Sometimesfraught82 · 03/06/2021 09:51

Totally and completely ignore

That is what I would do