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Double Jabbed tests positive. Non jabbed tests twice weekly - Negative.

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eekbumbler · 09/07/2021 02:49

Looking for opinions really - my double jabbed mother and her partner have been travelling around England and South Wales for the last few weeks in their motorhome. Mum has just tested positive for covid after feeling a bit 'odd', partner has tested positive but is asymptomatic. They only took a test after Mum feeling ill.

I haven't had the vaccine but test twice weekly - so far always negative.

The amount of shops, restaurants, cafes etc they must have been in on their travels makes me wonder who you would feel safer with esp with asymptomatic partner...

A couple in early 70's double jabbed who dont feel they need to test, ot me - in 40's unvaccinated but testing twice weekly.

Interestingly it made me think of a gp who was on tv last week who has to test as part of her job, asymptomatic too, but tested postive both lateral and PCR so of course had to self isolate.

I'd be interested to hear opinions - and not a vax vs anti vax free for all, but as a situation that has happened and could have spread the virus through a few towns at least.

OP posts:

anon12345678901 · 09/07/2021 04:53

@CliffordMouse

Bloody brilliant news that your mother and her partner have had the vaccine - it explains why they are not very unwell (just feeling "odd" or without symptoms). I'm so relieved the vaccine is working as well as it is, makes me feel like I've made the correct choice in having it and I am less worried for my vulnerable relatives knowing they have too. Thank you for this post OP, it's good to know it's working!!

Haha I don't think OP thought that her point could actually prove the vaccine working. But you're right, it does 🥳

OldScrappyAndHungry · 09/07/2021 04:54

Do you just want affirmation for your decision not to get vaccinated?

YenneferOfBattenberg · 09/07/2021 05:05

Also - waffling on before bed... If Mum had come home positive without knowing, she could have passed it on to me

This wouldn't be an issue if you had been vaccinated.

Kinsters · 09/07/2021 05:09

I would prefer to be around other vaccinated people. Yes vaccinated people can still get it but it's a lot less likely. Testing regularly is helpful but doesn't mean that much imo - I assume they're lateral flow tests? Not necessarily accurate and like somebody else says, it only tells you about that day. If you're negative on Wednesday you could be positive on Thursday and not know until whenever you test again.

SarahBellam · 09/07/2021 05:23

Statistically I’d be much more comfortable with people who’ve been vaccinated, because they’re much less likely to have COVID and are therefore much less likely to pass it on. All a test does it tell you that you don’t have covid at that point in time, but you could walk out the door and catch it 20 minutes later. The vaccines don’t offer total immunity but they are very protective and they reduce the risk of getting it or being seriously ill with it.

LincolnshireYellowBelly · 09/07/2021 06:21

I also test twice a week, because my job asks me to, however the reliability of these LFTs are said to not be very good at all.
I’m fully aware that a vaccination does not stop you getting or transmitting Covid, however I feel much safer being around people who have been vaccinated. We recently had an outbreak at the school I work in. It went through a large number of students but for the first time, didn’t affect any of the staff. I only wish that children were next to be vaccinated.

ScarlettDarling · 09/07/2021 06:27

The problem with lateral flow tests is the huge number of false negatives they give. So you could be testing and be given false reassurance that you’re Covid free when actually you’re positive and going around spreading it to everyone you meet.

TheReluctantPhoenix · 09/07/2021 06:36

Asymptomatic are VERY unlikely to spread to someone else who has been vaccinated.

On the other hand, unvaccinated and pre-symptomatic (as you could well be) can be highly infectious the day before symptoms.

So, logically, your parents are a safer bet.

Menora · 09/07/2021 07:18

What is the question here
Of course it’s better to be vaccinated, you will be less unwell. That’s the whole point. I’ve been double jabbed so I could possibly catch it, and hopefully I would not be seriously unwell. You might be though and a lateral flow test won’t protect you.

Menora · 09/07/2021 07:21

It is very ironic to see posts where there is a feeling of resentment towards someone who chooses to be vaccinated being dangerous to society. The people they are dangerous to are adults who choose not to have a vaccine 😂
Your DM is over 70 and wants to enjoy her life, she doesn’t work and doesn’t LFT as part of a workplace policy. If she’s gone to 7 cafes and in them, were 20 people who chose not to have a vaccine that is not your mothers fault

headintheproverbial · 09/07/2021 07:23

No one thinks you're a 'hotspot', OP, they think you're a selfish idiot for not being vaccinated.

Your post is nonsensical.

leafygarden42 · 09/07/2021 07:24

Odd.

Yup.

Definitely feel happier with those who have been double jabbed.

tallduckandhandsome · 09/07/2021 07:34

I've already had it, I'm not frightened of getting it again, but at least I know I'm negative whereas they didn't know they were positive.

You’re not frightened because you’re relying on everyone else to have ot and protect you.

I had Covid on March 2020 and still had antibodies a year later (I’m part of a survey). I’m not frightened but I still had the vaccine.

You sound very smug about not being frightened and not having had it.

Manzanilla55 · 09/07/2021 07:43

I went to the dentist yesterday for a tooth extraction and he mentioned several people had been double jabbed but still caught covid. They also felt ill from it.

millymollymoomoo · 09/07/2021 08:18

Wouldn’t feel unsafe around any of you jabbed or unjabbed

Fluffycloudland77 · 09/07/2021 08:27

One of my colleagues had it April 20, antibodies gone by Oct 20.

She thought she was going to die.

The3Ls · 09/07/2021 08:28

Lateral flow tests are so inaccurate they wouldn't make me feel safe around you. The face you won't have the vaccine makes me view you as ridiculous/selfish and I'd not want to be around you. As an health care worker who had to plough through working without one and lost colleagues I've just zero tolerance for anti vaxers. But I am aware my feelings are emotive. I believe in personal choice but I don't have to support it. I'll treat you without hesitation should you become ill but want to be no where near you in my personal life

Jangle33 · 09/07/2021 08:28

it’s well established that lateral flow tests are unreliable so I presume you’ve done a PCR? 2) my whole household got covid except me who is double vaccinated. Go get the vaccine!!!

Keepemguessing · 09/07/2021 08:40

OP, are you looking for a prize because you test twice weekly?

NoIDontWatchLoveIsland · 09/07/2021 08:40

I would feel far safer with the vaccinated people. They are less likely to pass it to me and less likely to be severely ill themselves.

At the moment the majority of people getting hospitalised are those not fully vaccinated. Most of the positive tests are clustered in children and young adults (this information is on the government Covid dashboard). People exercising their "personal choice" not to have the vaccine are quite literally holding up the rest of us returning to normal.

Youdiditanyway · 09/07/2021 08:44

Just be thankful your Mum was fully vaccinated before catching it. At her age she had every chance of becoming incredibly sick and possibly dying so the vaccine may well have saved her life. You can still catch and spread covid after the vaccine, it’s just far less likely you will be seriously ill.

As it goes, I wouldn’t trust either of you not to have it because right now anyone could have it. Since 1 in 3 have no symptoms at all and lateral flow tests are only 70% effective, anyone could be carrying it.

30degreesandmeltinghere · 09/07/2021 08:49

Doubly jabbed and + here. And ill. Still glad I had them. .non vaccinated should be worried.

Calmdown14 · 09/07/2021 08:51

I think you are trying to justify your position and are feeling smug because your mum has covid and it somehow shows the jabs don't work. It's quite the opposite. She isn't seriously ill and is much less likely to have been a super spreader.
You test twice weekly but it still leaves kits of days you might infect me.
Are you literally staying in the house the rest of the time?
Your mum wants to go back to living life. Maybe you don't. One approach is not more right than the other

Unanananana · 09/07/2021 08:51

If you are looking for validation that you are the superior being for not giving in and getting vaccinated then you may be in the wrong place. The coronavirus board may suit your needs better.

Seems as though you are quite happy to accept the protection of the vaccine from others but not pollute your precious self. I would feel safer around your parents as they are less likely to transmit covid to me. LFT testing twice weekly means exactly jack shit as it tells you if you have it there and then. What if you pick it up on the days inbetween? Being better than everyone else apparently unvaccinated means you will more easily spread it.

GraduallyWatermelon · 09/07/2021 08:56

In any case the vaccine is 90% effective, not 100% 3ffective, so some people will have no response to the vaccine anyway, it's not a guarantee of protection.

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