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My mum tested positive Lft

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wjg65ka · 18/07/2021 10:19

My mum has tested positive on an lft. She is CEV (heart disease, diabetes and asthma) she is double jabbed.

She has other disabilities that means she needs full time care and cannot leave the house without support. My sister lives with her, they've ran out of LFTS but my sister is assuming she's positive.

How do they arrange a PCR? They don't drive.

I last seen my mum on Thursday evening, she began having symptoms on Friday. Am I right in assuming we need to isolate?

Sorry for the questions that I'm sure you're all sick of. The rules around isolation are changing, I want to be sure I'm doing the right thing. I'm 35 weeks pregnant, with really bad health anxiety so I'm terrified

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wjg65ka · 19/07/2021 23:22

If you aren't happy with what I did, that's not really the point of the thread. He knows better than to put people at risk, I don't need angry mumsnetters raging at me, I'd do it a thousand times over if it meant he didn't infect anyone from his work place

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wjg65ka · 19/07/2021 23:25

Anyway, 2/3 of us has our results. Waiting on mine. Not responding any more now, started with quite nasty symptoms tonight's, but hopefully this is the worst they get. This with the heat and heat 36 weeks pregnant is abit much!

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Mixmeup · 19/07/2021 23:37

OP, you did the right thing calling his work. You have seen for yourself how contagious this thing is and he was being ridiculously selfish.

I'm sorry you're feeling poorly and hope you're better soon.

IncessantNameChanger · 19/07/2021 23:37

Hopefully you will be fine even if your positive OP. Covid was so mild for me I wouldnt have known i had it unless i hadn't lost my smell and taste. Take paracetamol if you need to, but no ibuprofen unless you get a horrific headache. It's not recommended in pg I found out when I had migraines 😫

Covidworries · 19/07/2021 23:58

@Tryingtryingandtrying

He is more likely to lose his job if they find out he was going into work knowing he was close contact to positives.

16th august isnt yet. If i got paid on the 16th of every month i couldnt demand it today because the 16th is inconvienent to me and i want wages earlier.

PlantDoctor · 20/07/2021 00:01

Hope you feel better soon. You did the right thing.

notapizzaeater · 20/07/2021 00:18

I'd have done the sane thing, if we all 'bend' the rules to fit ourselves we're never going to get out if this (and I isolated last week for contact having a negative PCR plus LFTS) was a pain in the arse as loads of things booked last week but hey ho, I did the right thing.

Summerfun54321 · 20/07/2021 01:00

If my DH refused to isolate after being in close contact with positive cases, of course I’d ring his work. Your DH crossed a massive line and you called him out on it.

JacquelineCarlyle · 20/07/2021 01:08

Hope you're ok Op.

Tryingtryingandtrying · 20/07/2021 13:28

@covidworries how can something be morally wrong now, but no longer morally wrong on 16th August? Is it just because our government gave decreed that they are rules?

Covidworries · 20/07/2021 14:08

[quote Tryingtryingandtrying]@covidworries how can something be morally wrong now, but no longer morally wrong on 16th August? Is it just because our government gave decreed that they are rules?[/quote]
How can it be wrong to smoke in pubs now when it wasnt in the past? Historically being gay was against the law now it isnt? rules change.... They haven't yet

Tryingtryingandtrying · 20/07/2021 16:10

I'm not talking about rules. Following the rules is not necessarily the moral thing to do.

Covidworries · 20/07/2021 16:13

Ok then the moral thing to do is not to be out and about with a child who should be isolating. This is also also the legal thing that should be happening at this time too

Tryingtryingandtrying · 20/07/2021 16:23

So are we all going to be immoral in 3 weeks then?

Backofbeyond50 · 20/07/2021 17:26

Hope you are ok. Ignore any hate x

Covidworries · 20/07/2021 18:47

Well IF the no need to isolate if close contact goes ahead in 3 weeks, which remains to be seen.... then no its not immoral as the situation has changed.
Ot would be difficult to continue to isolate if/when rules change because while rules are in place workplaces can not penilise people having to isolate. So no i wouldnt expect people to isolate when regulations dont support this. Although, i would hope most people would be cautious (if they are aware they are a close contact of a positive) and only do vital things and not go clubbing, wear a mask while near others, wfh if feasible etc.
So yes going into crowded but avoidable places whilst knowing you have had close contact with a positive person would still be morally suspect after rules change but legally acceptable.
Currently it is both illeagal and morally wrong.

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