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Contact with a positive case but no nhs app

113 replies

summerweddingfun · 09/07/2021 05:08

I haven't got the NHS app as my phone is too old.
Manager has just text to say she's tested positive and is informing everyone she's been in close contact with. I was in a small office but masked for a day with her two days ago.
We've both been double vaccinated and wear masks at all times at work.
My sister gets married tomorrow so wtf do I do?
Do I need to self isolate on the grounds of a text or only if NHS contact me?
I've just done a VCR test and it's negative
Why oh why now?!

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Ifihadapoundd · 09/07/2021 07:17

Do a LFT, if it negative. Go and enjoy your sister wedding.

Blueberry40 · 09/07/2021 07:18

Please isolate. My mum is double jabbed and also doesn’t have the NHS app. She found out she had come into contact with a positive case last Friday and thought it was ridiculous she was having to isolate but did it anyway under pressure from others!

We found out she has covid 2 days ago and she isn’t very well now. Had she carried on as normal she would have passed it on to so many people, including her brother who is clinically vulnerable. Please do the right thing!

Original poster
summerweddingfun · 09/07/2021 07:19

LFT is negative
If NHS make contact I'll obviously self isolate as no choice
However I wont otherwise

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Antiquestuff · 09/07/2021 07:19

Hang on OP, you say she tests twice weekly? Is it a lateral flow test that’s come back positive, or a PCR?

Blueberry40 · 09/07/2021 07:22

Oh and she did a lateral flow 2 days before that which came back negative. Likely she was contagious at that point but not enough to show up on the LTF. Don’t rely on a negative LTF to keep others safe, especially if you’re working with vulnerable people.

Blueberry40 · 09/07/2021 07:23

Sorry meant LFT not LTF!

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summerweddingfun · 09/07/2021 07:23

Please do the right thing
God I'm in such a turmoil now
So if the rules are that I am considered a contact if it's 48 hours before my manager took a test....
Last contact I had with her was Monday at around 5pm
So assuming she took the test on Tuesday or Wednesday, posted it off and got the results Thursday then I have had contact within that 48 hours
Shit

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Undertheoldlindentree · 09/07/2021 07:26

Can you ask her exactly when she took the test?

Rainbowsandstorms · 09/07/2021 07:27

I really feel for you. It’s contact within the 48 hours before getting symptoms or taking the positive test. Prolonged indoor contact some of which without masks is risky especially with the Delta variant. I’m really sorry but it sounds like you need to isolate and risk potentially infecting a lot of people some of whom are vulnerable if you go, my heart goes out to you.

Original poster
summerweddingfun · 09/07/2021 07:27

Is it a lateral flow test that’s come back positive, or a PCR?
It's a PCR

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DinosaurDiana · 09/07/2021 07:28

I thought the whole idea of PPE was that we don’t have to isolate ?

Blueberry40 · 09/07/2021 07:29

I understand it must be really hard to miss a family wedding but think about the possible alternative. My mum had to miss her own dad’s funeral yesterday Sad but she’s also so relieved she did the test and didn’t go and pass it on to family and friends. She thought it was stupid to be doing a test at the time.

Athinginitself · 09/07/2021 07:30

T&T should contact you today if they consider you to be a close contact. My understanding is that they went from 48hrs from when they took the test/first noticed symptoms.

Wanttocry · 09/07/2021 07:34

@Athinginitself

T&T should contact you today if they consider you to be a close contact. My understanding is that they went from 48hrs from when they took the test/first noticed symptoms.
T&T have not, in my experience, been that quick to contact people. Obviously until OP is contacted she isn’t legally obligated to isolate, but I wouldn’t take a lack of a call to mean that she wouldn’t be considered a contact.
Rainbowsandstorms · 09/07/2021 07:41

@Athinginitself

T&T should contact you today if they consider you to be a close contact. My understanding is that they went from 48hrs from when they took the test/first noticed symptoms.
But the person knows she’s a close contact. Yes it’s only a legal requirement to isolate if track and trace contact her but morally she risks infecting all of her family at a wedding.
HarveySpectorWins · 09/07/2021 07:41

Pps are correct it's 48 hours from symptoms starting or taking the test.
So sorry OP. I'm getting married in a few weeks and this is one of my fears too Sad

If it were me I couldn't go. I would be too worried about passing it on, especially if there were any older/ vulnerable people going to be there. Plus your manager will know you haven't isolated when they see pictures. How is that likely to reflect at your work if you work with vulnerable people that you aren't following the rules?

Although I know it's a really awful decision for you I do sympathise Thanks

The only saving grace may be the masks, I don't know how it goes with those.

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summerweddingfun · 09/07/2021 07:44

OK had a text back to say she took the test yesterday so that's 72 hours after my contact. I'm not considered a contact
They do have symptoms but not majorly
I had Covid in January and thought I was dying

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HarveySpectorWins · 09/07/2021 07:47

The thing is op even without major symptoms they have symptoms. So if t & t ask when they started it might still include you if it were the day before. I really hope it isn't though and you manage to go. I hope you all have a lovely day Smile

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summerweddingfun · 09/07/2021 07:48

My mum had to miss her own dad’s funeral yesterday
That is so very sad, I'm so sorry

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Blueberry40 · 09/07/2021 07:50

There’s no doubt that technically/legally you can go to the wedding and also carry on working with vulnerable people. I guess it comes down to a personal/moral decision. Just for info, it was well over 48hrs that my mum had been in contact with the positive case too- it was Tuesday and they tested on Friday. She still got the virus.

1fluffydoodle · 09/07/2021 07:50

It's 48hrs from when you develop any of the NHS List of main symptoms or from a positive test results if asymptomatic .... I've been debating this with the contact tracers. As headache isn't listed as a main symptom on this list despite being a known leading symptom of delta variant. Our contacts didn't need to isolate or test because of this interpretation of the rules, didn't get pinged by the app either.
I don't know what I'd do in your situation but do know how contagious this new variant is , as two people in my household are now positive.... testing positive 5 days apart

Mansplainee · 09/07/2021 07:51

Based on your latest update I would plan to go to the wedding unless contacted by T&T to say otherwise. And even if you are contacted by T&T I’d be wanting an explanation of why you’re included, they do make mistakes sometimes. I had a colleague who was told to isolate last week, when he looked into it it was because the person who tested positive mistakenly thought they had been in a meeting together and gave his details to T&T.

Blueberry40 · 09/07/2021 07:53

@summerweddingfun

My mum had to miss her own dad’s funeral yesterday That is so very sad, I'm so sorry
Thank you- yesterday was a sad and difficult day. We are going to watch the recording of the service together when she’s out of isolation but it was heart breaking not to be there in person Sad
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summerweddingfun · 09/07/2021 07:55

I know the manager will have been in contact with at least ten members of staff this week. She plays completely by the rules and is highly professional and risk averse when it comes to Covid. It is our organisation that has insisted she travel around from place to place rather than work at home which she could have easily done.
I do know she will have given all contact details as required by Test and Trace and I'll stay near my phone all day. Fortunately I'm not working today and don't need to have any contact with anyone.
I didn't ask when she started having symptoms but she said I wasn't to worry and to enjoy the wedding

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