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If one of you got covid would you isolate from each other?

71 replies

fortheloveofallthings · 30/11/2021 22:28

Two triple jabbed adults - DH has developed a cough so is going for a pcr tomorrow.

Undecided where to carry on as normal or lock him in a room. Resigned to having covid at some point so kind of thinking if he's got it I may as well join him, and at least hopefully get it over with by Christmas.

WWYD?

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Delatron · 30/11/2021 23:02

I didn’t isolate from DS (11) we carried on as normal. And he likes hugs so we hugged. In fact he seemed to want to spend more time with us then normal. Maybe he was worried. Anyway we didn’t catch it.

If DH got it I would happily make him sleep in the spare room 🤣. Bliss to escape from his snoring. He works in an office upstairs so I would actually keep out of his way. But not a child.

Confusedteacher · 30/11/2021 23:02

We are at the moment. DD got it and I obviously didn’t isolate from her, but then I got it. DH is sleeping in separate room, using separate bathroom as much as possible (we only have one shower though). It’s horrible seeing him and not being able to touch each other Sad Sometimes we have a ‘date’ and sit opposite ends of our very long dining table 🤣

DentalWorries · 30/11/2021 23:03

Yes we definitely would. DP is self employed in a physical job so him getting ill and not being able to work/earn is a bit of a worry.
Even if I have just a normal cold we sleep separately to limit the risk of him catching it.

MrsSkylerWhite · 30/11/2021 23:03

If I were the unwell one, I would because my husband is CEV. Other way round, no probably not. I wouldn’t see anyone else until he had recovered though.

Lweji · 30/11/2021 23:04

Of course, as much as possible but chances are that if the other was to catch it, they would have before or by the time the test was positive.

SteggySawUs · 30/11/2021 23:04

We didn't isolate from each other and didn't give it to each other (had it at separate times). Passed it on to one DC. Neither of us could cope with single parenting, or being shut away for 10 days!
But, we don't regularly see anyone clinically vulnerable, we can both work from home, and there are several neighbours who could take DC to school.
Thankfully we've had it now, it's not a threat hanging over us as we head towards Christmas!

Scautish · 30/11/2021 23:05

We didn’t make my 12 year old isolate within the house and I continued to give him hugs as he’s got a lot of anxiety at the moment. None of the remaining three of us got it. So May be fact we’re vaccinated, maybe we had it without symptoms or maybe it’s just a weird virus that only affects some?

Ragwort · 30/11/2021 23:06

Yes, but easy for us as we already have separate bedrooms and bathrooms Grin.

bumblefeline · 30/11/2021 23:12

We tried. Separate rooms, loos etc. But it must have been spread symptom free between us as we all came down with it the day after DH.

baggies · 30/11/2021 23:19

Our adult son who lives at home caught it in July. He was quite poorly. He literally stayed in his room the whole time. I left meals outside his door along with drinks and anything else he needed. Separate towels , antibacterial wipes left in toilet and bathroom for him to clean handles, taps etc when he used them. If I had to go in his room I wore a mask. My husband and I didn't catch it.

jenkel · 30/11/2021 23:24

I got it first, isolated away from DH but he still got it, two teenage dds didn’t get. I slept in a separate room, ate at different times, didn’t stay in bedroom all the time though but kept my distance, anti bac spray everywhere.

1stWorldProblems · 30/11/2021 23:34

Slept in separate rooms whilst I was positive but ate together still. I didn't give it to the other 4 family members. Then a month later DD2 (aged 11) got it from school - other 3 members - 85-year old (3x jabbed), DH (2x jabbed) & DD1 (15 1x jabbed) didn't catch it. Both times neither I nor DD2 had much in the way of symptoms, so am thinking we didn't have a very high vital load to be shedding.

LaurieFairyCake · 30/11/2021 23:35

Yes, he's still in the next bedroom after 6 weeks as he's still ill

I didn't catch it as we were careful

sofakingcool · 30/11/2021 23:36

We did, last week, I kicked it off but within 2 days it was obvious that DH had it too , so we stopped the separate isolation then

yomellamoHelly · 30/11/2021 23:37

We did. DH and 2dc (all jabbed) didn't get it

piscis · 30/11/2021 23:39

We didn't. Seems pointless

MrsJThornton · 30/11/2021 23:40

10 year old DS has had it for a week. He's the most vulnerable health wise out of all of us but me, DH and older DS didn't isolate from him at all - he has needed lots of cuddles from us all too as he did feel quite poorly for a few days but none of us have caught it which has really surprised me. Not sure what we would have done if me or DH had caught it instead though.

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fortheloveofallthings · 01/12/2021 05:38

We don't sleep in the same bed anyway as he snores but I've been in the car with him/eaten together etc.

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ColettesEarrings · 01/12/2021 07:26

In our circumstances, I'd isolate from dh if he got it because I need to leave the house regularly, but dh wouldn't isolate from me if I got it as he works from home. Ds2 had it a couple of weeks ago and happily isolated in his room (early teens) for 90% of the time.

Toadsinholes · 01/12/2021 07:31

My 13 year old has it - almost at the end of isolation now. At no point have any of us distanced from her - she’s 13, she’s my daughter, we have cuddles every day.
So far the rest of us haven’t had it. Even if I did catch it I wouldn’t regret not distancing - how anyone can not hug their own child for a week I don’t know 🤷‍♀️

frenchiemummy92 · 01/12/2021 07:50

Partner caught it last October, obviously both weren't jabbed. We didn't isolate from each other and me and our two dds didn't catch it.

User5489205347 · 01/12/2021 07:51

No, because we would probably get it anyway, I would treat it like we do when one of us has flu, care taken - hand washing and stuff like that, and probably separate beds, mainly because it is difficult to sleep in the same bed if one of you is ill and fidgeting, coughing, etc.

MrsLargeEmbodied · 01/12/2021 07:52

that is the plan

MrsLargeEmbodied · 01/12/2021 07:53

@baggies

Our adult son who lives at home caught it in July. He was quite poorly. He literally stayed in his room the whole time. I left meals outside his door along with drinks and anything else he needed. Separate towels , antibacterial wipes left in toilet and bathroom for him to clean handles, taps etc when he used them. If I had to go in his room I wore a mask. My husband and I didn't catch it.
same situation, with dd

i was on hand taking up meals

Blupblup · 01/12/2021 07:57

We did when DH tested positive but I was ill myself 2 days later so moved back into our room at that point. It's horrendous being so ill and isolating at the same time though, we basically just had to leave the kids to it and hope they fed us for a week. We arranged taxis and lifts to school (all did daily LFTs and none of them have caught it) and couldn't move out of bed for several days. Luckily our kids are teens but if we'd had young ones it would have been a nightmare, neither of us were well enough to look after children. For that reason, I'd do anything possible to avoid getting it both at once.