My understanding is that the vaccines won't stop you from getting covid but it's supposed to reduce the chances of serious sickness or disease. Is that correct?
So you can still get covid after vaccines and it might turn out to be like a cold or a flu. Can you still pass it onto other people if you are vaccinated and feel unwell?
Basically my mother is a nightmare to deal with. She is aging and in her late 60s. I think she might be losing her mind but I don't know. I don't live in the UK. I'm in Ireland and if anyone has family in Ireland your are likely aware of the housing and rental crisis that is happening. I'm greatful to have the roof over my head and I don't use my mother as if she is a slave and I do my part and pay towards bills and I help with other stuff. I am not using my mother thinking she is a free household slave or whatever other perception people might have of living at home. I just can't afford a roof over my own head. It's between home or homelessness.
I was running away there with a brief history. Anyways I am going through a difficult time with my mother. She was never able to comprehend the public health advice of covering coughs and sneezes and she coughs and sneezes into the open at home without a care in the world if she's carrying any infection or contagious infection. It wasn't so much a problem last year when in lockdown because she wasn't going anywhere but life is back to normal now. She goes on public transport about 2 or 3 times a week to have a day out because she gets bored easily in the home. My issue is that she doesn't like covering coughs or sneezes. She won't wear a mask properly and I think she is more likely to pick up an infection if not covid or some other viral infection. Not long ago she opened the fridge and coughed into the open fridge while she was looking for somto eat. Another day, she was coughing and sneezing standing over the open and just washed dishwasher. She refused to allow me to help and insisted on empting the dishwasher herself while she coughed over the clean dishes.
She has a heavy cold and I suggested for her to phone her GP to see what she should do incase its covid. We don't have the home tests like in the UK. I think they might be available in some pharmacies but the government and health authorities never recommended them. She has a heavy cold and she has refused to isolate. We don't usually isolate for colds by the way but with covid I am not too sure what the up the date guidelines are about isolation. She sat in her big chair last night like a throne watching TV coughing into the open and she's gone off now to have a day trip into town for herself, still coughing. There could be a chance this is covid and there could be a chance she is infecting others. It's just pure carelessness and selfishness from her.