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Outbreak at work. Could’ve been avoided with isolation!!!

156 replies

Dandy008 · 27/08/2021 07:42

Work colleague came in to work last week whilst her husband was at home, positive with Covid.

She was doing daily LFT’s and had been for a PCr test at the beginning of her husbands isolation.

Monday she was in work, Tuesday morning she got a positive LFT.

Yesterday 4 other colleagues have also had positive LFT’s.

Surely it’s got to have been spread by the lady who’s husband had Covid? Perhaps her LFT’s were just late in showing her positive?

I just cannot understand the logic behind not having to isolate when someone in your household is positive.

Thankfully I’m not affected by this as it’s in a different office to me!

OP posts:
Lalliella · 27/08/2021 10:07

You can be infectious up to 48 hours before a positive test shows up. You can spread it to a lot of people in those 48 hours. It’s all ridiculous. I think the government wants everyone to get it now.

Comefromaway · 27/08/2021 10:10

My workplace have conducted their own risk assessment and have brought in a rule that you must not come into work if a member of your household tests positive.

HailAdrian · 27/08/2021 10:12

What are you lot gonna do when Covid tests aren't a thing anymore and you don't know which virus you've picked up?

bizboz · 27/08/2021 10:19

There will be a lot of working parents out of work anyway looking after their kids if you have Covid. I am a teacher and have to admit I'm a bit worried about what happens in the middle of winter if Covid is spreading unchecked within schools and vaccine efficiency is likely to wain after 6 months. Most of the teachers I know had their second jabs between May and July so 6 months will take us to November/December/January.

bizboz · 27/08/2021 10:19

if they have Covid that should say.

Bexily · 27/08/2021 10:24

I agree. I've tested positive with a lateral flow this morning. Rang DH, who rang his boss to be told as he's doubled jabbed he needs to stay at work.

I've booked us all in for PCRs this afternoon.

ThanksIGotItInMorrisons · 27/08/2021 10:25

Unless you can prove that it was definitely this lady who passed it on yabu. It could have come from anywhere. She did lft and pcr and followed current guidance. Not everyone can afford to drop to sick pay for days off when they have no real basis to do so - and that’s assuming the employer would allow it given the negative test results. Anyone could have spread it about. You’re only blaming her because you KNOW she has now tested positive. Any of the other people who tested positive could have been the one to spread it about. Stop trying to blame and bully her.

HalfShrunkMoreToGo · 27/08/2021 10:31

Dd is 7yo, started back at school on Wednesday this week, yesterday late afternoon we got an email saying someone in the class has tested positive.

Turns out the kid had done a PCR the night before due to symptoms, been sent into school the next morning by parents and been sent home at lunch as not well.

No one needs to isolate as all under 18 but they have recommended getting PCRs done, not that that will be helpful as Covid takes several days to incubate so if they all do a test today 24 hrs after contact they'll get negatives. So there are 25 kids all possibly incubating the virus, many with siblings in other classes, all sat together in a classroom today.

I cannot see any possible problems with this scenario AT ALL!

Who wants to bet there'll be loads of kids in the class not going to school next week?

ThanksIGotItInMorrisons · 27/08/2021 10:33

Also can confirm that, here at least, kids on third week back at school and there’s no carnage and no mega spreading of Covid.
On another note, which will lead to me being flames alive and persecuted, it’s natural
Selection. There will come a point as pp have stated that people will
Just have to get on with it and if they catch it, they catch it. Same as flu, same as viruses etc. Not saying it’s going to be pretty or not heartbreaking for some, but we really
Can’t hide from this for the rest of our lives.

toots111 · 27/08/2021 10:37

I think the key is that the person with Covid is supposed to isolate away from
Everyone including their family. Obviously that isn’t possible for everyone so people are carrying on as normal.

glitterelf · 27/08/2021 10:38

@cantkeepawayforever I totally understand your situation I am a childminder so I am also juggling my way through however each time a member of my household has been ill I've closed got them a PCR and followed the guidance.
I'm not looking forward to the return to schools and the pressure and stress put upon our teachers by the powers that be. My dd escaped having to isolate the last year but that's because her school were pretty lax at following the guidance but for those who had to isolate I can understand why they don't want to go through what they did the last school year.
We are still waiting on our schools guidance but regardless of what the DFE stance is on attendance if my child's displaying any symptoms she'll be tested and kept home as I know there is a child in her class who is CEV.
I truly hope that you don't have too much of a bumpy ride when you return.

Abraxan · 27/08/2021 10:38

@Savoretti

You are still supposed to isolate when someone in your house is positive
No your not. And the PCR is only advisory, not mandatory.
cantkeepawayforever · 27/08/2021 10:39

@ThanksIGotItInMorrisons

Also can confirm that, here at least, kids on third week back at school and there’s no carnage and no mega spreading of Covid. On another note, which will lead to me being flames alive and persecuted, it’s natural Selection. There will come a point as pp have stated that people will Just have to get on with it and if they catch it, they catch it. Same as flu, same as viruses etc. Not saying it’s going to be pretty or not heartbreaking for some, but we really Can’t hide from this for the rest of our lives.
Even in the very worst points of the previous peaks in schools, there were schools unaffected, and schools that flipped from unaffected to 50% of children out overnight. If your school is unaffected yet, that might stay the same - or it might not - and it is not a general predictor of the status of all schools in a few weeks' time.
Abraxan · 27/08/2021 10:40

[quote Savoretti]@HungryHippo11 that’s what I understood it to be.
I hadn’t heard of the -ve PCR bit @bookh[/quote]
That's the old rules

wonderstuff · 27/08/2021 10:45

Going to be a nightmare when schools return. I read of one Scottish school closure already because so many staff were off. Feels never ending

thanksamillion · 27/08/2021 10:45

The other 'fun' announcement yesterday was that children are no longer classed as CEV. The cynic in me wonders why that's been announced just as schools go back, when virtually all mitigations have been removed...

Abraxan · 27/08/2021 10:46

@Carycy

Do you no if it had been isolate if someone in household had it and not all this bubble nonsense then Maybe people would have been more willing to do it. But my kids have been in and out of nursery and school all year. If someone has covid now am sending them in. They have missed too much.
Please don't send a child who,is covid positive into,school,or nursery. It's against the rules. It could make a more vulnerable child or,adult very ill.

Whilst I understand household contacts can still go in, it still isn't acceptable to,send in the one who is positive.

Hopefully you meant it to read that you will only send in siblings, and not the actual positive child.

Abraxan · 27/08/2021 10:49

I do understand the guidance however I'm also able to apply common sense so if someone in my household tested positive we would isolate.

Not everyone is in a positive to do that though.
I teach. I can't not go in. I will be expected in as I am fully vaccinated and school know that. My job can't be done from home when everyone else is in school.

Abraxan · 27/08/2021 10:52

@HailAdrian

What are you lot gonna do when Covid tests aren't a thing anymore and you don't know which virus you've picked up?
At the moment that is irrelevant as the tests are available and are advised for all contacts or for anyone with symptoms.

When they are no longer deemed necessary then people will move on to just looking out for symptoms.

I'd like to see a shift away from presentism anyway - people who have an infectious illness ought to stay home wherever possible regardless. This keeps everyone healthier overall. Now we know a lot of jobs can be done from home, where it's possible people should take heed if they are ill and keep away from others as much as they can.

DumplingsAndStew · 27/08/2021 10:58

@PenOrPencil

It just doesn’t make sense, does it? I am really not looking forward to kids going back to school next week, it will be mayhem (again).
Some schools in Scotland are into week 3 of term and, yes, it's mayhem. Our school have had more covid positives in this past 3 weeks than in the previous 18 months combined.
DumplingsAndStew · 27/08/2021 11:04

@illuyankas

Is school allowed to have a discretion to give choice to parents to keep children home if someone in the household tested positive, or their hands are tied? I don't think it's going the way people against all mitigation and school to be totally normal wanted. It will be a massive disruption until everyone catches it eventually.
I know in the past few weeks, our school have still had children home as contacts, not just positive cases.
thebeatingofthedrums · 27/08/2021 11:08

I really want to vomit with anxiety at the OP's post.

This is exactly what I'm terrified of, when it comes to going back to the office. No one at work takes Covid seriously anyway, so if they don't have to isolate, they're not going to - even though it's really easy to work from home at my company.

If you think you live with someone with Covid, why would you risk spreading it? Why? Even if you don't have it straight away, chances are you're going to catch it shortly!

flumposie · 27/08/2021 11:09

I'm a teacher. My daughter starts Year 7 next week at my school next week. If I have covid it just wouldn't sit right sending her in to school to be taught by colleagues and mix with other pupils. As an aside, if she catches it I have no family nearby at all to look after her so will be unable to simply leave her at home and go to work.

QueenHofScotland · 27/08/2021 11:14

It makes no sense at all.

And is causing huge issues in schools in Scotland. I am aware of parents who ate positive for Covid but who have children in school.

Wondering if the rules will change again.

Feel like in education settings it is just going to result in more teachers becoming unwell and schools not having enough staff to cover the sickness.

Howshouldibehave · 27/08/2021 11:18

If you think you live with someone with Covid, why would you risk spreading it? Why? Even if you don't have it straight away, chances are you're going to catch it shortly!

Because your boss will expect you in, so you will have absolutely no choice in the matter.

It is a stupid idea.

I could quite easily spread it to 250 children in a week who will take it home to siblings, parents, grandparents, neighbours, childminders, after school clubs etc