Not a close contact.. yet!

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Yesterday dh spent the day on a course with a colleague. Pretty close contact, they had lunch together too! I mean they wouldn't have been in each other's faces as didn't know each other well before. Thankfully didn't share a lift which was planned initially. Dh took his own car in the end alone.

Anyway, the colleague did say his wife at home was feeling pretty unwell and had done a lft which was negative - I mean if she had covid symptoms she should of done a pcr imo! But that's not my place to say 🤦‍♀️ Fast forward a day, colleagues wife has now tested positive on a lft.

What does that mean for dh? Assuming his colleague is double jabbed with no symptoms at present.. what's the risk? I mean he could have it and asymptomatic or incubating it yesterday?

They don't have much contact at work itself, just on this one day long course!

Personally I’d be doing daily LFT’s and thinking about getting a PCR at the weekend. It wouldn’t harm for you to do it too.

@GoodnightGrandma

Personally I’d be doing daily LFT’s and thinking about getting a PCR at the weekend. It wouldn’t harm for you to do it too.

Yeah absolutely. That's not a problem. I'm just anxious but we've been fortunate enough to miss covid altogether so far. Neither of us have ever been a close contact to anyone with it either - that we know of. We are both double jabbed so will hope for the best. Just worry my dc will get it and they will miss all the Christmas things at school 😢😢

Feeling unwell doesn't mean covid

Your DC might get it from this, or they might get it from somewhere else. There’s nothing you can do.

@Theunamedcat

Feeling unwell doesn't mean covid

The wife has had a positive LFT.

@Theunamedcat

Feeling unwell doesn't mean covid

She's had a positive lft

@GoodnightGrandma

Your DC might get it from this, or they might get it from somewhere else. There’s nothing you can do.

Absolutely but there's been no cases in their school! 💕 we've been lucky our little village school has been pretty unaffected!

Get a PCR if you start to feel ill, otherwise crack on.

@Mybalconyiscracking

Get a PCR if you start to feel ill, otherwise crack on.

I am hoping dh's colleague will get a pcr so we will know where to go from there! I guess if his test is negative the risk will me lessened for dh! They don't have much daily contact at work, just yesterday.

It gets worse. Many people at dh's work has family members at home who have tested positive.. being double jabbed the staff can come in BUT the workplace are telling them not to bother with a pcr as close contacts, but just do a lft. I know pcr testing isn't mandatory but recommended! If you have are double jabbed and have no symptoms you don't even have to isolate waiting for results as a close contact right??

But surely this is how it’s spreading, by people not getting tested.
There have been many threads on here with people saying they were negative on LFT but positive on PCR.

If her lft was negative the day she first felt unwell then that's a sign she might not have been infectious at that point anyway.

So there's a good chance that the husband hadn't had a chance to catch it from her anyway.

My whole house just had Covid and took 5 days from the first DC having it to everyone else being positive.

Except for me.

2 weeks of caring for the sick. Sharing beds with DC, helping with LFTs and PCRs, kissing DH the night before his positive LFT. Still not got it at any point. So it's not guaranteed the DH will catch it anyway.

@GoodnightGrandma

But surely this is how it’s spreading, by people not getting tested. There have been many threads on here with people saying they were negative on LFT but positive on PCR.

Absolutely! This is why I don't trust lft tests at all!

@LindaBlinda hope you are all better now and glad you didn't get it! 💕

If the wife only just started feeling unwell the day your dh saw the colleague, you're probably ok. The wife will have been infectious that day and may have already passed it to colleague, but colleague wouldn't have yet been infectious. Probably. Like you I'd be wondering and being careful around others, and dh would be doing daily LFT.

Surely your DH would only, at this stage, be a contact of a close contact? So not a close contact of an actual case?

Whether you like it or not, even with his wife positive the day of the conference, DH’s colleague could still have attended.

Yes your DC may potentially catch it off DH, but they could do that any day of the week! How far would you like the chain of isolation to reach? Should you isolate as a contact of a contact of a contact?

@Ohshitiveturnedintomymother

Surely your DH would only, at this stage, be a contact of a close contact? So not a close contact of an actual case?

Whether you like it or not, even with his wife positive the day of the conference, DH’s colleague could still have attended.

Yes your DC may potentially catch it off DH, but they could do that any day of the week! How far would you like the chain of isolation to reach? Should you isolate as a contact of a contact of a contact?

Yeah him going to the course was never an issue for me, I know he could have gone even if she was positive beforehand but just fretting about it.

Contacts of contacts have never had to isolate/test/have their details given to test and trace.

There nothing wrong with being extra careful and doing lfts, or even booking a pcr if you or your dh really wanted to although that’s probably overkill. If everyone who thought they were a contact did that we’d be in a better position.

@TheNarwhalBalloon

If the wife only just started feeling unwell the day your dh saw the colleague, you're probably ok. The wife will have been infectious that day and may have already passed it to colleague, but colleague wouldn't have yet been infectious. Probably. Like you I'd be wondering and being careful around others, and dh would be doing daily LFT.

I think it was actually a day or two before the course she got poorly now according to dh but regardless of his colleague has no symptoms, I'm hoping the risk to dh is minimal!

(In England at least) He does not need to isolate as a contact of a contact
Nor does he have to isolate if double jabbed (and enough time has passed since the second)
He can preempt with regular LFTs and if he gets any updates, symptoms etc then a PCR

I’ve just PCRd following an app proximity alert for Saturday on Tuesday night
I had already done a negative LFT before getting the alert on Monday
I booked an AM drive in PCR Wednesday morning and had the clear this morning

Note that on the app it asks if you are ‘fully vaccinated’ - which was yes
Then if you have had your last before x date

I gave the wrong answer as my booster was two days after that date, instead of using my 2nds date so the app gave me the isolation countdown. Either way I isolated yesterday rather than just deciding I can go out, and I was due in the office today which I cancelled and will still do it remotely

With a clear test and my vaccination status I can go out again in

Thanks all. Turns out the colleague is now positive on a lft too. Wife has been confirmed with pcr now too after a test last night! Never came this close to know one of us is a contact before.

When is it recommended Dh does a pcr? I feel like today would be too soon given contact was yesterday! Or do one then another in a few days. Any idea? New to us! 🤯

The official guidance is straight away.

@PurpleDaisies

The official guidance is straight away.

Thank you. But I know someone whi was a contact who tested the next day - negative! Then positive 8 days later on lft with absolutely no symptoms! So I wasn't sure!

So pcr straight away? If negative do another pcr in a few days or wait to see if any symptoms show? Or lfts after initial pcr? I can't see how a pcr would be positive less than 24 hours after contact even if dh did catch it?

I would follow the official guidance.
Pcr straight away.

I agree with lft daily and another pcr if symptoms/positive lft.