I know you have to isolate for 10 days, I am not dismissing that but realistically it's going to be less or more isn't it?! How would we know?!
Dp has covid. He's isolating for 10 days ending on the 15th. He felt rough for one day and is pretty much back to normal. I really cannot imagine that he would be contagious up until Wednesday, 9 days after his symptoms are gone.
He's quite happy to have ten days off feeling very much fine and normal after working all the way throughout the pandemic. He's been able to do some stuff around the house etc. No issues.
But with every other illness, we get back to normal when better or for sickness & diarrhoea its 48 hours after symptoms stop.
Not sure how long he was contagious before either. He was a close contact. He tested negative on a pcr just 36 hrs before his is any positive lft and then pcr. So in less than 48 hours he went from negative on both pcr and lft to strong positive on lft, confirmed by pcr.