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On holiday WWYD?

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fadingfast · 28/08/2022 18:02

We’re currently in France and DD has started to feel unwell (sore throat, snotty). We’ve got some tests but I’m waiting until the morning to test her, so we don’t do it too early. So far the rest of us x3 are fine. We are due to leave on Wednesday to stay at another location for two nights, before heading back home on Friday with another night stopover.

I know there’s every chance it’s not covid, but if it is I don’t know if we should just head straight home, or try and continue with our plans? I’m just in a bit of a panic about what to do and feel like I need to have a plan just in case. What have you done, or would you do, in this situation??

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abovedecknotbelow · 28/08/2022 18:05

I wouldn't test

UndertheCedartree · 28/08/2022 18:21

For me it would depend how unwell she is.

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fadingfast · 28/08/2022 20:16

I suppose my concern is that me or DH get it and are too unwell to drive home by that point.

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pinklavenders · 29/08/2022 07:33

Yes, if you do feel unwell it may be very difficult to drive. I couldn't get off the sofa for a couple of days when I had it recently.

KangarooKenny · 29/08/2022 07:34

Don’t test and carry on with your holiday.

olympicsrock · 29/08/2022 07:39

You should test and if she is positive avoid indoor/ busy places and take some hand sanitizer. You shouldn’t use public transport

FlyingFlamingo · 29/08/2022 07:46

We had similar, but in the U.K., and ended up coming home. It was a long drive so I had no choice but to mask up and use the services. Your situation is more complicated by presumably needing to use a ferry/the tunnel? Where are you staying? We were camping so sleeping in our own unit but sharing showers/toilet facilities.

StottyCakeandJam · 29/08/2022 07:56

I wouldn’t test but just carry on and enjoy your holiday.

Passthecake30 · 29/08/2022 08:01

I would test and if it was Covid, wait until the driver(s) had first symptoms (sore throat) and then travel home - for me it took a few days for the other symptoms to come out.

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fadingfast · 29/08/2022 08:40

We are ‘camping’ in a caravan with our own facilities. The place we are due to visit on Wednesday/Thursday will be busy and difficult to avoid other people. Due to cross back to the UK on Saturday via Eurotunnel.

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OnlyFoolsnMothers · 29/08/2022 08:45

I wouldn’t test and carry on, treat it like a cold.

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fadingfast · 29/08/2022 09:05

Just to add, a big part of my anxiety is that neither me nor DH have yet had covid (at least to our knowledge).

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Branleuse · 29/08/2022 09:30

I wouldnt test. Just get sone lemsip/day nurse and carry on

CeeceeBloomingdale · 29/08/2022 09:31

I currently have covid for the first time. Symptoms came on a couple of days before I was testing positive. The two days since I tested positive have been pretty rough and I wouldn't have been able to drive. As you need to drive I would return at the first hint the drivers might have it.

RoseAndRose · 29/08/2022 09:37

I would test because knowledge is power.

If she has it (and therefore it's likely that you have it too) then you need to keep away from other people and wear masks if you need to use indoor places. That would include on your return journey at any times you have to be near other passengers

Only you can decide on risks of being incapacitated and unable to make your return journey - what's you're insurance cover like for extended stay?

PattyMelt · 29/08/2022 10:13

I'd test. If she's positive get masks and hand sanitiser and head home.
I came home from our holiday in Cornwall with what felt like a cold. By the time I got home it was bad. tested positive and got worse from there.

Siameasy · 29/08/2022 16:50

Continue as usual

Northernsoullover · 29/08/2022 16:54

I think people are missing the point. I couldn't have driven when I had it. Yes, if its covid you do run the risk of being incapacitated.

pinklavenders · 29/08/2022 17:16

I could not have driven a car on day 3 of having Covid! I felt terrible. Thankfully I recovered quickly thereafter.

pinklavenders · 29/08/2022 17:17

I wouldn’t test and carry on, treat it like a cold.

Many would struggle to drive a long distance journey with a bad cold!

WhizzFizz · 29/08/2022 17:19

This happened to my sister. Within 24 hours of symptoms she was very unwell and certainly couldn't drive. They set off home and made it before her DH started with it.
I would test each day and if negative carry on, if positive head home.

nottodaytomorrow · 29/08/2022 17:19

I wouldn't test and carry on as normal.. chances are when you are out and about there are many positive cases doing the same.

TheFairyCaravan · 29/08/2022 17:22

I would test, if she has it come home. When I had it I couldn’t get out of bed. I couldn’t have driven to the supermarket half a mile away.

TheBikiniExpert · 29/08/2022 17:22

I would probably head back if it's positive as you could end up stranded.

MineIsBetterThanYours · 29/08/2022 17:47

MASK

All of you, whatever you are deciding to do test wise.

As for testing, if you do the test yourself, no one will be none the wiser. Different if you go to a ‘pharmacy’.
But how will you feel going places, in a plane/train knowing that one of you at least has covid? That will tell you what you should do.