Covid positive at a party

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We were at my auntie and uncles golden wedding party yesterday and I was chatting away to my cousin who I haven't seen for a couple of years - within the conversation he mentioned that him and his son both have covid and his wife had it last week and she is a hairdresser and still went to work. I was a bit shocked they were at the party to be honest. He said something about no one worries about it anymore - we do especially as we go on holiday at the end of the week.

I mentioned to my mum what my cousin said and she said I probably heard him wrong so she asked my auntie who was so blase about it and knew he had it and that everyone now just gets on with life and doesn't give it a second thought.

Am I right in thinking if you knowingly know you have covid it is selfish to mix with people?? Completely different if you are not aware because you aren't testing.

"would you go to a party with other contagious illnesses too?"
Yes.
Remember how we all used to behave pre 2020, before everyone collectively lost their minds?
Remember how we used to just crack on with life, regardless of whether we were ill or not?
I'd behave exactly like that.

The guidelines are clear :

"Try to stay at home and avoid contact with others if you have tested positive"

"limit contact with people you do not live with, particularly in crowded places, indoors or where there is not much fresh air"

They are only guidelines. Not law. But they are clear. Basically it means don't go to a party.

@ImplementingTheDennisSystem most considerate people wouldn’t rock up to a party with flu or D&V pre COVID times, especially if there were elderly or vulnerable people there.

I haven't taken a test in months - I was asymptomatic the first time too so I wouldn't know. I think we need to treat it like other viruses, if you are ill stay home

Really selfish. They should at least have pre warned people so people like you with an imminent holiday could decide not to attend.

Selfish idiots

If you have no choice but to go to work, fair enough - I was in a shop yesterday and the man serving was telling another customer he has covid but as he was well enough to work, the company told him he had to come in but wear a mask.

But I wouldn't go to a party, no, unless I was after day 5 and felt well enough to do so.

Can everyone here decrying these people as selfish fuckers hand on heart say they never went to a party/social event with a cold or flu, though?

Prior to Covid, particularly in the winter, public places were full of coughing spluttering people. Flu can be incredibly dangerous to CEV people and can banjax holidays, too.

Selfish as fuck too.

Sorry forgot quote.

selfish as fuck too.

Can everyone here decrying these people as selfish fuckers hand on heart say they never went to a party/social event with a cold or flu, though?

if you actually had flu you certainly wouldn't be feeling like partying.

Nonsense. Flu can be mild, and it can be asymptomatic.

In my younger days I've peeled myself out of bed to go to long anticipated gigs/parties with flu. Lots of work places insist you come in if you have flu but are well enough, just as they do with covid and a whole host of other illnesses.

Not saying it's right, but it's a fact.

No they are necessities while a party is not.

Are you going to pay my wage and do my shopping?

Because if not sit down and shut up.

Golden wedding = elderly relatives. Beyond reckless to attend with covid

I wouldn’t go to anything/anywhere inside knowingly with covid

It is true though, before covid people went to work etc with a cold. Some colds are really bad and you'd have to stay in bed, but sometimes a cough or a cold isn't that bad. We will probably return to that, in time.

That's a duck move. I wouldn't go to a party with a bad cold let alone Covid. I'd go to work if needed but I'd let people know and I'd take precautions if needed. I'd go out and about but would keep away from people and wear a mask where needed but I wouldn't go to a party.

@AskingforaBaskin - No they are necessities while a party is not. Are you going to pay my wage and do my shopping? Because if not sit down and shut up.

Going shopping is not necessary; do an online order.

As long as you tell work you have Covid and tell your co-workers, then crack on. 🙄

Youbdo know not everyone has that luxury.

Also someone's private health matters do not need to be declared.

Again will you be paying the bills?

Not this again.

Flu can be asymptomatic, and it can be mild. Anyone who has ever gone to a social event with a bit of a snotty nose, cough or headache, which is nearly everybody, could very well have had the flu and transmitted it. As could anyone who went to a party feeling well and with no symptoms of anything at all. I'm not one for covid and flu comparisons generally, but that's one way in which the two are very much alike.

That said, in these specific circumstances I wouldn't have gone. Though I also wouldn't have known in the first place. When I had covid I could not have managed a party.

Very selfish in my opinion.

Utterly selfish.

And comparing Covid to flu and colds is ridiculous. Unlike colds and flu we now know that Covid infection has a approx 1 in 10 chance of causing long term health issues. As a novel virus a lot is still unknown about how Covid will effect brain, heart and lungs long term, even after mild / asymptomatic infection. Anyone knowingly risking other people’s long term health is as selfish as fuck.

Unlike colds and flu we now know that Covid infection has a approx 1 in 10 chance of causing long term health issues.

No we don't. Fair enough to point out that it's an unknown, but figures like 1 in 10 are only ever arrived at when using ridiculously wide definitions.

Er are you a scientist?

Imagine thinking you need to be a scientist to have read the 'evidence' for some of these 1 in 10 claims. Have you seen any of it?