It's pretty impossible to isolate right?

[Bumblebee2930]

Partner has tested positive. Day 1 and there's no way that he will manage to isolate away from us which is recommend and many people have suggested. We have a small house, no spare bedrooms, one bathroom. My eldest is oj the spectrum and doesn't really understand. To add to it partner is currently pretty much asymptomatic and doesn't feel ill (yet). If he feels well enough I need him to help with the kids! I can't do it all for 10 days as selfish as
It sounds.

Spoken to a relative - over the phone and they are amazed we seem confining him to one room. It's just impossible for most of us isn't it?!

Yes it is very hard.

I would consider everyone in your house self isolating at home if you’re unable to stay apart, in order to help prevent spread.

I think that most people don't unless they are particularly vulnerable.

It would be impossible for us as you have to walk through our living room and kitchen to get to the bathroom.

We havent bothered.

Annoyingly our kids are negative, but having to stay home because we can’t get them to school

I didn't even bother trying. I caught. caught it off dp and we isolated together. It seemed pointless to isolate as we'd been very close for the whole of the incubation period anyway. We're now both feeling much better and climbing the walls with boredom, counting down the hours til we can leave the House.

@ThursdayLastWeek

We havent bothered.

Annoyingly our kids are negative, but having to stay home because we can’t get them to school

This is my concern. Obviously don't want dc to catch it but at the same time if I test posting no school for the rest of the term - then the Christmas holidays!! 🤯 I think Dp will be grateful to be back at work over the festive period 😅

We wouldn't even bother trying as we have the same layout as Hellocatshome. We also only have one bedroom so there's no way it would work.

Can he wear a mask?

We tried hard to isolate DH - he stayed in one room, I slept downstairs, loads of masks used, windows open etc etc - but we all caught it anyway!

No one I know has isolated although granted they are all female and mums. It's really not possible, they have dc to look after. I wonder if your relatives would be as shocked if it was you with covid but still mucking in

We didn't isolate from my daughter and we didn't catch it. As she was asymptomatic before test we had no idea and she was breathing all over me!

We didn’t isolate from our DD and we didn’t get it. We all isolated at home though despite negative PCRs just in case, keeping our other DC at home as we didn’t want to be responsible for them possibly spreading it at school.

DD isolated in her room, and if/when I get it I will do the same. DH is CEV, so I would be very worried about him catching it.
However, if DS caught it I would not want him to spend a week in his own, so DH would have to isolate himself away from him.