What's the score with household positives post 16th August?

[AubergineParmigiana]

Obviously we know close contacts of positive cases post 16th August won't have to isolate. However, what will happen if a member of your own household tests positive - will we need to self isolate in that instance, or will it be the same as a regular close contact?

I want to know this ans also does the whole house isolate if one person has symptoms - till the pcr test comes back . Or is it just the person with symptoms

It doesn't matter if they are in your household or not. The rules will be the same, you will only have to isolate if you are positive yourself.

A good question.. I’m not sure we know the answer yet! I really hope it’s the same as close contact & you can go out if you don’t have symptoms! But I have a feeling households with positive members will still need to isolate..it’ll be some major inconsistency. Cos let’s face it, in the week, I spend more time in the office with my colleagues than I do at home 🤷🏼‍♀️

I've been wondering this, I thought it was going to be a stop to isolating of close contacts but you would have to get a PCR test.. so would you have to isolate until those results came back to see if you were positive?

Do we think workplaces will still want close contacts to isolate or will they all do away with it too ?

I'm sure I read that you wouldn't have to test if you were a close contact unless you had symptoms, it would be recommended but not a requirement.

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/coronavirus-self-isolation-change-august-b1890535.html

Just found this article, here it seems to suggest that if you are a close contact you'll be contacted by Test & Trace and advised to have a PCR test. So it doesn't sound like a requirement but I wonder if workplaces will state that they require a negative test ?

Apparently you won't have to isolate but it doesn't make any sense they consider all contacts the same. Spending an hour sitting near someone in a restaurant is much less of a risk than being exposed to the virus repeatedly at home if someone you live with is ill. Not everyone has a big house to completely isolate the ill person from the rest of the family.

I was interested to see that in Alberta, Canada, they are even lifting the requirement for the person who’s actually tested positive to isolate after 16th Aug! That seems quite a leap!

edmonton.ctvnews.ca/mobile/alberta-to-eliminate-covid-19-quarantine-rules-as-cases-rise-among-the-unvaccinated-1.5526426

@Bobholll

A good question.. I’m not sure we know the answer yet! I really hope it’s the same as close contact & you can go out if you don’t have symptoms! But I have a feeling households with positive members will still need to isolate..it’ll be some major inconsistency. Cos let’s face it, in the week, I spend more time in the office with my colleagues than I do at home 🤷🏼‍♀️

Yes, but hopefully you're not kissing, cuddling & sleeping with your colleagues!!

Mid-August is the time by which we should kniw if cases really are falling - we had a big post-Euros high, from which there is a fall, and what's left to see is if the trend is fully downwards or if there might still be underlying growth for a couple of weeks (mid-August peak being what was sort-of in mind when setting a mid-August date for policy change)

I think it would take considerably more growth than expected to either knock back the date for change, or to modify the proposed policy. A single PCR test is going to miss a lot (as incubation is typically 4-6 days, range 2-14). Daily LFTs, or isolation for household only, might need to be reconsidered if the rates are higher than anticipated

Not everyone has a big house to completely isolate the ill person from the rest of the family.

Exactly. DH and I won’t be isolating from each other at all, we don’t have the space unless he sleeps in the shed!