Covid and a choir rehearsal

[Rizzoli123]

My father in law has covid and his isolation period will finish next Monday. Its our last choir meeting next Wednesday and I would like to go

I have been testing and have been negitive and if i can continue to test negitive and be is out of isolation could I go

I will say I am the youngest one there and the rest of members are over 50.

AIBU go or should I say leave it and go next year.

My heart says stay home. My head says go

You don’t have Covid and aren’t required to isolate. Legally you can attend.

Thank you

A cautionary tale!:

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cowbridge-male-voice-choir-covid-22192076

Thank you for this. It will be a party evening where I can distance. I will test before I go and keep my mask on.

You think I should leave it till next year

I'm a choir singer. If you're a close contact of your FIL I'd want to know that you've done a negative PCR test (not just lateral flow), as that's the guidance for close contacts. Beyond that, I see no reason to stay away.

The story from Wales is very sad indeed and my heart goes out to them. But it doesn't mean that every choir gathering is inevitably a super spreader event.

Exactly and I always wear my mask and distance.

Not really a close contact of his. We love in the same house but we pretty much kept ourselves to ourselves. I am still testing negitive and don't see a reason to do a PCR test. I always wear a mask and keep my distance. I rinse my hands if I touch anyone.

You are a close contact if you’re u live in the same house, you’re sharing the same air especially overnight.

There have been many cases of choir outbreaks because singing is the activity most likely to spread covid... however you - presumably - won’t be singing at the social?

I'd say indoor singing in a choir was quite risky as Covid spreading goes. I wouldn't.

Absolutely 100% you should do a PCR test before going and singing in a room with a group of over-50s. It is completely possible to be infected with Covid without symptoms and test negative on a lateral flow - they are far from 100% reliable. And it's so easy to do a PCR test, why wouldn't you?

@Rizzoli123

Not really a close contact of his. We love in the same house but we pretty much kept ourselves to ourselves. I am still testing negitive and don't see a reason to do a PCR test. I always wear a mask and keep my distance. I rinse my hands if I touch anyone.

Live together but not a close contact? Do you have separate bathrooms, two kitchens to each cook food in? Has he been confined to his bedroom 24/7 since having COVID?

COVID is airborne. You live together. It only takes one slip up for you to be incubating covid and infectious when you have your night out. If you care about the other guests you should get a PCR the day before the event. Even then you could still have it but not enough for a PCR to detect but that's better than a lateral flow.