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Seeing other isolating people?

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Notasseptable · 03/07/2021 20:31

I'm interested how controversial this would be: We currently have Covid. My parents currently have Covid. (We gave it to them almost certainly. Not sure whether it came via kids school or DH work (healthcare) but we were all away for a weekend - DD came down with snotty cold on Sunday, we all gradually succumbed - us first, then my parents - and have now all tested positive.) I'm pretty sure the rules don't specify about seeing other people who also have Covid. Obviously you're just supposed to stay in your house - and obviously we would only go see them in the car, driving straight from our driveway to theirs. I feel like we probably shouldn't, rules-wise - but common sense-wise, I'm not sure it really matters. Mass outrage from Mumsnet jury, or bit of a shrug?

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Oldandcold · 03/07/2021 20:34

The issue is that you may have an accident then emergency services would be exposed. For the sake of 10 days isolation I would stay at home .

mog27 · 03/07/2021 20:35

Be prepared for mass outrage. For what it's worth I think if you all have it and have done the tests to confirm it then who will you pass it onto?

caughtinanet · 03/07/2021 20:35

I think I would but someone will probably come along and say what if you had a crash on the way and exposed the emergency service people

caughtinanet · 03/07/2021 20:36

@Oldandcold

The issue is that you may have an accident then emergency services would be exposed. For the sake of 10 days isolation I would stay at home .

That is so funny, you were literally typing this as I was predicting that someone would say it

Oldandcold · 03/07/2021 20:37

Lol I'm so predictable

nothingcanhurtmewithmyeyesshut · 03/07/2021 20:39

Or the car broke down and you had to call a breakdown service? Or you need petrol?

purplejungle · 03/07/2021 20:39

If you don't mind me asking op - were you all vaccinated? I know vaccine doesn't always protect from infection but concerning for you all to test positive.

caughtinanet · 03/07/2021 20:42

@Oldandcold

Lol I'm so predictable

MNers as a whole can certainly be predictable on some topics

If only there was a way to prevent running out of petrol @nothingcanhurtmewithmyeyesshut

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Notasseptable · 03/07/2021 20:45

Hmmm. I'm getting a sort of "slight scolding" feeling rather than outrage... I've been vaccinated once purple jungle, the other grown-ups twice, kids obviously not at all. I didn't think the jab really did stop you getting it. It stops you getting very ill (and Little Miss One Jab over here is definitely wilting hardest) - and less coughing etc means less spread - but I didn't think there was a dramatic decrease in likelihood of getting it.

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Notasseptable · 03/07/2021 20:53

Should say as well - we were visiting my brother and his wife. Us and parents stayed in a holiday flat near them. We saw them on and off over the weekend - quite a lot, but not actually living together. They've both since tested negative - it's only us who shared living space (and who had small children lounging all over them) who've tested positive. Brother and his wife have both had one jab.

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Katie517 · 03/07/2021 20:58

I would do it, there is no risk of passing it onto anyone and aside from the “what if you have an accident” argument which is very unlikely I can’t see any harm.

PositiveLife · 03/07/2021 20:58

Technically you shouldn't but I'm likely to be in a similar situation with my partner and I'm happy for him to still come over if we've both got it (we were both here when my dd spiked a temp and she subsequently tested positive. We're awaiting home tests/results)

Tiddleztheelephant · 03/07/2021 20:59

I'd say technically no, you're supposed to stay at home alone but if it's important to you all to be together then it'd be a shrug rather than outrage from me.

floatingboater · 03/07/2021 21:00

It wouldn't bother me, unless you were having to drive long distance to see them and increase the chances of kids needing the loo etc

TheSunShinesBrighter · 03/07/2021 21:03

Regarding a car crash on the way there. That could happen on the way to the testing centre. Do your parents need your help?
I would go.

TheSunShinesBrighter · 03/07/2021 21:04

If they’re local.
A two hour journey down the motorway -no.

MMMarmite · 03/07/2021 21:07

@TheSunShinesBrighter

If they’re local. A two hour journey down the motorway -no.

Yeah I'd go with this. If there's much chance of accident/ breakdown / petrol station it's not fair on others. But driving round the corner seems fairly harmless.

covetingthepreciousthings · 03/07/2021 21:07

Would this not mean some may end up having a higher viral load? This would make me err on the side of caution. I just remember in the beginning of the pandemic there was a lot of talk of trying to reduce contact even in households due to the viral load.

I just wouldn't want to make parents sicker, but I don't know if that's more relevant for the incubation than when you actually already have it?

TheSunShinesBrighter · 03/07/2021 21:07

Ask yourself... What would Hancock/Cummings/Johnson do? 😅

OffCycling · 03/07/2021 21:08

Isn't it to do with viral load too though - the more you mix with other infected people the worse someone in your party could be affected? (I may have misunderstood.) Personally I wouldn't anyway for reasons already mentioned.

Looubylou · 03/07/2021 21:09

It's not the same as going to testing centre - that is a necessary journey, which is in line with the rules.

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Notasseptable · 03/07/2021 21:11

Okay, actually getting very little outrage here. They're a 15-20 minute drive. In all honesty, it's not really to offer them help that they particularly need, it's more just to keep everyone's spirits up and break up the tedium. So I can't pretend it's needs-based, but I feel like the actual risk is so low! I just wanted to a straw poll of outside opinions - felt like several days stuck inside with little ones might be warping my judgement.

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Notasseptable · 03/07/2021 21:15

My understanding of the viral load thing is it's more to do with the viral load at point of infection: if you're surrounded by twenty coughing people and take in lots you'll likely end up sicker than if you drift past one person and get it. I'm not even sure how true that actually was, but after point of infection I don't think it makes any difference? You can't get more infected once it's in your system, I don't think.

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beentoldcomputersaysno · 03/07/2021 21:35

In theory don't see anything wrong with it. I just don't know whether you increase each other's risk in terms of viral load etc.

CarrieBlue · 03/07/2021 21:41

You actually have Covid and you’re thinking of leaving your house? Yes, I’ll be the outraged one. There’s no bloody hope for this country really is there?

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