Do you make family members who test positive isolate in an area of the house?

[Branchesonatree]

Just wondering if anyone would do this?

I’m 24 living at home still.
CUrrently positive and isolating in my room.
Working from home as well. I’m finding it really lonely, and also being cooked for really frustrating! I’m a good cook and no one else in the house is haha
My last day of isolation is Christmas Day so I might come out then to the living room
We are sharing a bathroom but I wear two masks when I go

Poor you--hope you have a lovely Christmas day anyhow.

I completely agree with you, and thank my lucky stars every day of this isolation that we have the space that we do.

I have also been eternally grateful for my garden during this pandemic and know others aren't so lucky.

Whilst I'm on it, I think it's bonkers people have been told they can't leave their property for a walk outside! We know how this virus spreads now, and you don't catch it from a walk in the woods.

None of us have had it yet but I've told everyone that if they do, they will isolating in a separate building (fully heated/gym/tv). Don't think they're too bothered about that. 😄 Totally agree about keeping viral load down as much as possible.

I like China's Vietnam and Singapore methods, you don't have a choice on self isolation you do it away from home in government approved centers. That is one of the reasons why they are on top of this pandemic and we aren't.

DS stayed in his bedroom but he’s a teenager so for him, it was a dream come true - although we would go out occasionally to let him have a walk around!

I would encourage my older teens to do so, at least for the first few days while they're more infectious m, and would do the same if it were me because I wouldn't want to mess up their Christmas too much. But we have a tiny house with only one toilet / bathroom so it wouldn't be easy.

There is no way that I would make any of my children isolate away from the family, I think that is pretty cruel.
I would love to be able to hide away in my room for 10 days but I don’t think anyone would allow that. My husband would hate to be separated from us for 10 days. So no, none of us will be isolating away from each other if we get Covid.

@Mouseonmychair

I like China's Vietnam and Singapore methods, you don't have a choice on self isolation you do it away from home in government approved centers. That is one of the reasons why they are on top of this pandemic and we aren't.

Thank God we don't have to do that.

@Mouseonmychair what happens if children test positive in those countries? Are they taken away from their parents?

No, it would have been impossible even if we wanted too we don't have the space to isolate anyone separately. We carried on as normal when DS had it none of us went on to catch it.
I saw post on FB from a friend saying she couldn't wait to cuddle her 8yo tomorrow after 8yo isolation has finished and went on to say how 8yo had really struggled not being able to hug mummy and daddy. She's 8yo ffs hug your child!!!

We are five people in a small three bedroom house, my sons share a room. We have one bathroom. This is pretty normal for a lot of people, and a lot have less space than we do. Carving out separate areas of the home is impossible for a huge number of people.

When I said it wasn't possible for us to self isolate from each other on here I was told that sure I had a living room and one of us should sleep in there. Well yes I do, but a) I work in it and b) you have to walk through it to get to any of the other rooms so we couldn't actually isolate.

@Mouseonmychair

I like China's Vietnam and Singapore methods, you don't have a choice on self isolation you do it away from home in government approved centers. That is one of the reasons why they are on top of this pandemic and we aren't.

What an awful idea. What happens to children and pets if there's no one at home?

Yes over the age of 10

Yes we did. Because we had important things happening just after ds's isolation period ended and it would have been a pain if dh and I had caught it off him, not becasue we were scared of getting ill, but because of the enforced isolation.

Ds14 and DH both had COVID and there is no way I would have made them isolate. Ds was quite ill and needed looking after and hugs, he needed checking in on his oxygen levels taken. I did not catch it from them.

We’ve made a few adjustments - sleeping in different rooms, using certain bathrooms, keeping socially distanced - but not proper isolation since the third of five got it. We were staying in one room before that but it became impractical at that point.

My cousin had it. His mum kept him confined to his room for several days and brought his meals in herself (she was wearing a mask) on a tray. That was it really, he had a mild version of it.

When I had it I was in a room alone but they had to come in to help me. I was really very unwell for a week and there was talk by Doctor of me being admitted to hospital. This was at the start of severe first lockdown. DH and DS took turns staying up 24 hours at a time. I have never been so scared in my life. I lost a lot of weight. I then recovered DH bought me a comfy padded reclining garden chair, a bit like a bed and moved it to the conservatory so I could lay and look at the garden. I was incredibly weak for about three months with some sort of horrible post viral fatigue.

I really think it depends what kind of house you live in. We are very lucky. Ds has his own bathroom, he had his bedroom, the boxroom is set up as his music studio (when we moved house he said his sister could have the biggest room if he had the two little ones) and we set up a folding table for him to eat his meals. His rooms are to the right as you go up our stairs, ours is to the left and we have an en suite. So he was perfectly happy. Occasionally he came down and sat in the conservatory whilst we sat in the adjoining dining room with the patio doors in between us.

Much more difficult if you are in a smaller house with one bathroom etc

Yes.

this idea of isolating an individual in the home is quite a middle class thing.

And also pretty pointless.

On the grounds of health, generally it's not a serious virus.

And if you do think you're at any serious risk from it, it's really dumb to rely on isolation within a household making a material difference. Much better to adopt measures like FFP3. You can do FFP3+isolation for kicks, but it's an FFP3 that'll make the difference. Don't take the risk of isolation alone.

Unless you've got a really really big house, then — err... pissing in the wind comes to mind.

What's FFFP? DS3 is currently self-isolating in the west wing

@cheapskatemum

What's FFFP? DS3 is currently self-isolating in the west wing

I liked a comment by a PP that those testing positive are limited to "certain bathrooms".

I do love a good MN stealth boast.