So covid for the 2nd time wwyd about this event ?

[Lichensclerosus]

I've just had a disagreement with my partner so I need to vent a bit.
Ive tested positive for covid this morning(test was taken for a hospital appointment), it was exactly this time last year we caught it the 1st time round.
Our 3 children are negative.
Partner tested he is also positive and is allowed to be at work if he feels well enough which he says he does. We had an event booked for next week to see a show. He says straight away you need to let them know we can't go and i said but nhs website says you are allowed out and to carry on as normal if you feel well enough but to keep distant-now at this moment in time I do feel unwell have done for a few days but by the time the show comes round I may feel better- he says but its not morally right. But as I said to him I don't think being at work is morally right either his awnser to that is but work you have to do. Things to do for pleasure isn't. So all my Christmas plans for the children have to be cancelled but his allowed to go to work!

We have very different views since the laws changed and always have done

Whats your views please?

There are no rules atm so you can do whatever you please. I’d say exercise common sense.
Both myself and my husband are currently positive. I haven’t tested the kids (2 and 5) but I’m exercising the same logic as with any other bug - feeling poorly/high temp etc I’d keep them home.
Ive cancelled any close dinners with friends etc but am still going out - school drop off, popping into shops etc. On the days when I felt really poorly I stayed inside, same as with any other flu really.
I’d say by next week you’ll be fine to see the show, as long as you feel well enough and nobody is still coughing/sneezing.

I tested positive last week so took a week off work, that’s policy, they have 13 off last week, officially it’s 5 days isolation after positive test. Many are going to have Christmas disrupted, some may not care but always let family know if you have got Covid, the they can choose.

I wouldn't knowingly go to a show where I'm in close contact with other families if I had Covid/flu/noro/strep.

It's not about rules or laws, it's about not being a selfish arsehole.

You're (rightly) upset about stuff being spoilt for your family but seem happy to put another in the same position.

Some will argue that there'll be others there with Covid etc and they might be right but you don't need to add to it.

You could all test on the day and you might well be clear by then.

Tbf, I coughed for 6 months after Covid so that's not really an indicator of whether someone can still spread it.

Annoying for others in the theatre though!

Knowingly going to an event where you’re in close contact with lots of other people, carrying a very infectious germ (much more easily transmitted than flu, btw), in Christmas week, is just assholery and selfishness of the highest order. How many Christmases might you ruin? If your DH can’t work from home and the rule is to go in, then he must do that, as work comes first, but optional stuff - no.

But you almost certainly won’t be infectious six weeks after testing positive, whereas six days later, you might still be.
If I’d had the flu or any other infectious bug but was feeling well a week later and not coughing/sneezing etc then I’d be going back to normal life.

If you feel better go and wear a mask. He should too. If however any of your kids test positive in the meantime (assuming you are all going), then someone will have to stay home.

I thought guidance was stay home for 5 days if positive test then mask etc
Not law but guidance
Its all a mess though and people are doing whatever , some don't care others are more risk adverse
Been lots of people in work cough/ colds prob most not testing and now couple do have covid and I have been close contact as well so several of us who may now be missing xmas because others came in ill ( and we can wfh if poorly )