Isolation question in unvaccinated

[kiltia]

If an unvaccinated person tested positive for covid 1st December and yesterday 20th December was exposed to covid (close contact in the house) again, do they need to isolate again?

Yes surely!

Depends where you are- uk I think they need to lft every day .

In England they must isolate, yes.

Does anyone have a link to the relevant page(s) please.
And yes in England.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-and-treatment/when-to-self-isolate-and-what-to-do/

[quote CorrBlimeyGG]www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-and-treatment/when-to-self-isolate-and-what-to-do/[/quote]
Thanks. I actually don't read that as unvaccinated people have to isolate. It definitely says you don't need to isolate until contacted by t&t.

(I am not the unvaccinated person, but and meant to be spending Christmas with them and they are currently refusing the isolate as they 'have antibodies from their covid')

Well yes, technically no one needs to isolate unless they have a positive test or are told to by t&t. They're legally correct but still twunts.

Ok. But we think that when (?if) t&t call, they would not count them as 'exempt from isolation' given their very recent positive status?

If they had been vaccinated on the 1st would you think they were being unreasonable for saying they ‘had antibodies from their vaccine’?

@bumbleymummy

If they had been vaccinated on the 1st would you think they were being unreasonable for saying they ‘had antibodies from their vaccine’?

Perhaps. Got anything useful to add?

It was a question. Good to know your position :) I’ll let you get back to hoisting up your judgey pants.

Don't give a shit about being judgey, do give a shit about other people being callous with the health of others.

Well, you’re entitled to your opinion. Whether it’s justified or not given that he has just recently recovered is another matter. Several countries do consider people to be immune after infection for 6 months (12 in Switzerland) so I think you are being a bit unreasonable - particularly If you’ve been vaccinated yourself and aren’t immunocompromised.

I don’t think so, if it’s in the same household? Then presumably person A just passed it to person B and then on to person C?
Isn’t it like that old diagram explaining length of isolation (before the summer) which showed that it was possible for the first person in the household with Covid to come out of isolation first, potentially before everyone else had tested positive?

@thewhatsit

I don’t think so, if it’s in the same household? Then presumably person A just passed it to person B and then on to person C? Isn’t it like that old diagram explaining length of isolation (before the summer) which showed that it was possible for the first person in the household with Covid to come out of isolation first, potentially before everyone else had tested positive?

Not same house, siblings who live separately, we're all at a parents house yesterday for 6ish hours

Unfortunately t&t only count vaccination status in relation to isolation, so previous infection won't matter. Sorry.

Yes they would be required to isolate as a contact if unvaccinated.
Previous infection does not override this unfortunately.

Strange one as you can’t get a vaccine when you’ve had recent covid- so technically you would fall under medically exempt if you haven’t had both I’d imagine.