Really confused about isolation period.

[Keepgoing88]

We are all positive apart from 2 household members in a household of 6. I am confused as to how long the negative people have to isolate for… looking at this Bbc graph it looks like regardless of people testing positive in the household at different times the negative people only need 10 days isolation which doesn’t really make sense to me… surely if they didn’t catch it from
One person to eg could still go on to catch it from another later on…? Any advise?

Photo of bbc advice attached!

Yes I think that’s right. If you’re sharing a house they will have been exposed and if they don’t catch it then are presumably immune via vaccination, prior infection or natural immunity - therefore no need to isolate past the original 10 days

That's right, people can't be expected to keep on isolating forever. If anyone whose then catches it after day 10 though then you're all back to isolating.

Else not whose

@MRex

That's right, people can't be expected to keep on isolating forever. If anyone whose then catches it after day 10 though then you're all back to isolating.

No, those who tested positive first, don't need to re-isolate if someone else in household tests positive within 10 days.

@curlyLJ - I think you didn't read that properly, you missed that it says "after 10 days" in my post.

[quote MRex]@curlyLJ - I think you didn't read that properly, you missed that it says "after 10 days" in my post.[/quote]
No I didn't miss it, they still wouldn't have to re-isolate having just recovered.

If it's essentially from the same infection so to speak.

The original 10 day isolation ends on Monday I am going to give my son a test then. Can I ask you then if his test comes back negative that he can come out of isolation even though I only tested positive today and am going to be isolating for another 10 days?! Not that he’s gonna go out much on his own seeing as he’s only 2 :p

@Keepgoing88

The original 10 day isolation ends on Monday I am going to give my son a test then. Can I ask you then if his test comes back negative that he can come out of isolation even though I only tested positive today and am going to be isolating for another 10 days?! Not that he’s gonna go out much on his own seeing as he’s only 2 :p

Don't put him through a test if he's only 2. He just needs to isolate for 10 days from when the first person in household showed symptoms. As long as he's showing no symptoms he's 'free' then.

@curlyLJ - that isn't correct unfortunately, if people have left isolation at 10 days and then another in the household gets infected it counts as a new infection, even if logically at say 11 days you would expect it to have been caught during the first isolation period.

@MRex well 'technically' that might be true, but I'm sorry to say that I wouldn't isolate again if I'd had Covid less than 2 weeks ago.
I mean you're not going to get it again that quickly, are you?!
Perhaps those who didn't get it first time, yes, but not if you've literally just recovered from it.

I’m so confused. Even the official guidance is confusing !

[quote curlyLJ]@MRex well 'technically' that might be true, but I'm sorry to say that I wouldn't isolate again if I'd had Covid less than 2 weeks ago.
I mean you're not going to get it again that quickly, are you?!
Perhaps those who didn't get it first time, yes, but not if you've literally just recovered from it.[/quote]
It doesn't matter what you would or wouldn't do. I would have at least made the law 90 days personally, but it isn't that by law right now. OP asked a question and I gave her a full answer about legally when she would have to isolate to avoid fines. You told her it wasn't true, now you know it is.

Once you know that's the law, it means it's worth anyone in the household who didn't get symptoms getting a test during the 10 day period, to avoid that situation of double isolating.