To find it mad that life goes on

[Mammyloveswine]

Covid cases are crazy where I live!! Anyway, my husband (who works from home and never goes anywhere bar school run!) has just tested positive on a PCR! He goes nowhere! All my lateral flows are negative (I'm a teacher) so myself and both children can just carry on as normal!! It's staggering!!

I've been for a pcr tonight as a contact but can't get over the mega difference in just a few months re being a close contact!!

Virus gonna virus

I went to a musical last night. Was bloody brilliant to see a full crowd and talented performers back on stage. I welled up at the end thinking about how much freedom vaccines have brought us. Also feeling joy of a crowd again. We’ve done what we can and life must go on.

I went to the cinema and a gig the same week that DS was isolating at home with Covid a couple of months back. Felt fine, negative LFT. Life does indeed go on.

Oh I do get that life has to go on but to be out and about whilst waiting for a pcr result is just a total contrast to how it was not very long ago at all!

But never mind...it is what it is!

It's not mad .. it's good!!! Everyone has become way too obsessed with covid it's unreal!

It's almost like people want to hang in to the drama of it all!!

Someone at work LOVES giving us the daily stats but nobody is interested anymore now

@Wellbythebloodyhell

I don't think it's crazy at all, life went on beforehand when anyone else in our home had an infectious illness, illnesess that could have the potential to severe in elderly or vulnerable contacts,and no one gave it a second thought

I think that was because those most at risk from flu knew they were at risk. With Covid-19 we still don’t actually know who is most at risk, either from initial infection or “long” Covid-19. The shielding category is obviously helpful and will include a good proportion of those most at risk, but I’ve had friends who weren’t on the shielding list end up in hospital for a week due to Covid. We’re not at the same understanding for Covid that we are for flu yet, so it’s reasonable to be more cautious with Covid. Eventually though we’ll end up treating it more like flu, due to better treatments, and higher immunity and better understanding of who is actually at risk.

honestly life goes on

Ds had covid - 4 positive lft. I've no intention of getting him PCR - i can see hes positive as hes very symptomatic and so he will do the 10 day isolation from day his symptoms started. None of us are going for tests. I see no reason to keep this circus of tests/restrictions going. IF i get sick, then ill do lft and if positive ill isolate. PCR is purely to record the stats and alert T&T who do sod all ime

Stay in iff unwell, otherwise get on with life

Does the same apply to other infectious diseases within the household? If not, why not? Who's going to fund missing wages due to repeated isolations? Practically how do you propose your idea become a viable option ? We can't just ignore the financial consequence repeated household isolations can cause, goodwill and the greater good doesn't pay the bills and that's the harsh realistic reality here

This ^
Lots on MN seem to think everyone will have unlimited leave or can wfh , or go without income for weeks at a time. DH is self employed, if he can't work he won't get paid.
We could potentially be ok with that for 1 x 10 day isolation but not necessarily 4 if everyone got it at a different time

Positive pcr at 5pm tonight.. having been in school all day..

I completely agree @Fizbosshoes. People who think the more recent rules are 'mad' are mostly those who have no concept of the economics of the situation, or who assume that everyone can WFH, or received so much furlough that they feel that the government purse (aka the taxpayer) should pay them lock down or isolate on an ongoing basis.

@Mammyloveswine your illness is likely to be short and mild, and the illness of anyone you have passed it to is likely to be the same. It is now no more dangerous than many of the illnesses that we have all taken a risk with for decades.

@Sleepdeprived42long

Not sure what the rules are elsewhere but in Scotland whole household has to self isolate if someone in house has symptoms. If they are positive then other members of household can only end isolation with negative PCR result.

This is news to me. No one is operating by these rules.

[quote freckles20]@Mammyloveswine your illness is likely to be short and mild, and the illness of anyone you have passed it to is likely to be the same. It is now no more dangerous than many of the illnesses that we have all taken a risk with for decades. [/quote]
I've actually got scarring on my lungs due to severe blood clots but thank you for the medical advice that I'll be fine.

@Mammyloveswine I hope you get better soon.

@ATieLikeRichardGere plenty if people are operating by these rules, particularly because it’s the guidance test and trace give when they contact you (guidance here)

@Watapalava if you do develop complications (e.g. long covid) you might experience delay in getting help. Out if interest, are you not concerned for anyone vulnerable he might have come into contact with?

I didn’t say I thought people were actually following the rules but it is frustrating that some of us are and having to deal with the consequences (work, childcare etc) and others just aren’t! Makes a mockery of the whole thing tbh.

@Mammyloveswine sorry to see you got a positive test. Hope you don’t get it too bad.

Personally I think it's reckless. If any of us test positive the whole family is staying home at least until we get a clear PCR - it's madness.

Why is it madness? What’s mad is forcing perfectly healthy people to hide in their homes to avoid giving somebody a virus that, for the vast majority. is a mild illness. That’s what mad. Forcing children to miss 10 days of school because they have a virus that barely makes them ill - and barely makes their classmates ill. Inconveniencing ourselves to protect people who won’t vaccinate themselves. And yes, to protect people who for whatever reason are compromised and more vulnerable. But they are the minority. We shouldn’t be isolating at all. We just have to get on with it like any other virus. Wash your hands, hope you don’t get it, but accept your probably will and it won’t be a big deal - for most people.

I was with the majority before thinking it's a mild illness, no worse than a cold for the double jabbed, life has to go on etc.

Then I caught it and I was the illest I have ever been, two weeks in bed, another 3 weeks feeling terrible, now undergoing heart tests. I'm in the minority I know but I'm certainly not a stand-alone case. It's not always a mild illness for the double jabbed.

I know that Cherrydown and I’m sorry to hear you had such a rough experience. But that is not common. You’ve been very unlucky. The same happens with colds and flu and other respiratory illnesses every year. Most are over it in a week. Some get it badly and are floored. But we don’t keep children off school for ten days with a symptomless virus to ensure their classmates don’t catch a symptomless virus too.

It's not crazy. Just get on with your life. Your husband sounds like he is wasting his life.

@Motherdare

I know that Cherrydown and I’m sorry to hear you had such a rough experience. But that is not common. You’ve been very unlucky. The same happens with colds and flu and other respiratory illnesses every year. Most are over it in a week. Some get it badly and are floored. But we don’t keep children off school for ten days with a symptomless virus to ensure their classmates don’t catch a symptomless virus too.

Totally agree with this. My daughter has had 10 days away from school with no online learning provision because she tested positive. She had a headache and felt tired for a few days. That was it. Before august that would have meant another 5 or 6 year 8s missing two weeks of school in case they got a headache and felt tired 🥱

I don’t think it’s madness - if people try as much as possible to limit contact and test regularly. But the majority are not.

I think there are some who think that Covid will go away if we somehow hide away... Unfortunately unless we shut ourselves away Wuhan-style forever that will never happen.