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HJB2021 · 2023-01-30T00:07:22+00:00

Hi, I tested positive today, I’m so far feeling okay. Should we still be isolating at home? My DS isn’t a fan of staying home all day, and I was looking forward to taking him to soft play tomorrow. I have no idea what the guidance is, I would feel too selfish taking him to a soft play but then I hear we should treat it like a cold now 🤷🏻♀️

TheYearOfSmallThings · 31/01/2023 09:39

The advice to treat it like chicken pox is about right. Open air and keep a distance from others, so beach, forest etc is fine, but definitely not soft play, playground, cinema etc.

jannier · 31/01/2023 13:01

I think the idea of treating it like a cold is nuts....we still have to test before going to hospital we don't have to for a cold.

x2boys · 31/01/2023 16:19

boxingdayisbest · 30/01/2023 00:38

Seriously? No you can't go to soft play morally!

If you gave it to my kids and they gave it to their grandad, there's about a 90% chance he'll die.

Your kids could catch it from nursery/school etc school.s expect covid, positive staff and pupils in now if they feel ok ,not many people are testing anymore I
I mean I wouldn't knowingly go and visit my elderly vulnerable parents if I had covid but there are no restrictions anymore.

JanuaryBlues2023 · 31/01/2023 17:06

I was on the shielded list and led a miserable kind of half life shielding. I still largely wfh, I am still really careful where I go and when I go. I would never go to a night club, busy pub, busy restaurant or shopping centre at peak times a concert, a cinema at peak times when a new popular film has came out etc etc.

I speak to people I know in the street or on a walk from a safe distance still and I would still never go into a doctors, a pharmacy or into a hospital without wearing a mask.

However, I was a bit down this month and tried to go out a little bit more thinking I was being over the top but thanks to this post and your response @x2boys I realise their are still some selfish thoughtless immoral people out there.

x2boys · 31/01/2023 17:36

JanuaryBlues2023 · 31/01/2023 17:06

I was on the shielded list and led a miserable kind of half life shielding. I still largely wfh, I am still really careful where I go and when I go. I would never go to a night club, busy pub, busy restaurant or shopping centre at peak times a concert, a cinema at peak times when a new popular film has came out etc etc.

I speak to people I know in the street or on a walk from a safe distance still and I would still never go into a doctors, a pharmacy or into a hospital without wearing a mask.

However, I was a bit down this month and tried to go out a little bit more thinking I was being over the top but thanks to this post and your response @x2boys I realise their are still some selfish thoughtless immoral people out there.

Not sure what you mean?
I'm merely pointing out there are no restrictions anymo re?
we are not back in 2020 and we have treatment and vaccines now
my dh,was also on the shielded list as was my mum and my husband is expected to.work in a ware house with no protection my youngest son goes to a special school for children with severe and profound learning disabilities,they have childrn in oxygen and tube Fed who.are life limited,but ,children are still expected to go in with covid,if they feel well enough .

x2boys · 31/01/2023 17:41

JanuaryBlues2023 · 31/01/2023 17:06

I was on the shielded list and led a miserable kind of half life shielding. I still largely wfh, I am still really careful where I go and when I go. I would never go to a night club, busy pub, busy restaurant or shopping centre at peak times a concert, a cinema at peak times when a new popular film has came out etc etc.

I speak to people I know in the street or on a walk from a safe distance still and I would still never go into a doctors, a pharmacy or into a hospital without wearing a mask.

However, I was a bit down this month and tried to go out a little bit more thinking I was being over the top but thanks to this post and your response @x2boys I realise their are still some selfish thoughtless immoral people out there.

And you are very lucky you have a job that enables you to.work from home, people like my dh,who work in minimum wage factory/ warehouse type jobs but who are also CEV,are just expected to.get on with it do don't yoI dare tell me im selfish and immoral.

maranella · 31/01/2023 17:44

You don't have to isolate, but if you are feeling unwell, stay at home. Otherwise, I wouldn't be taking a DC to soft play, because it's just not kind or reasonable to spread viruses unnecessarily. I'd wear a mask indoors and get outside for fresh air and exercise any day I felt well enough to do so.

Becgoz7 · 31/01/2023 17:46

If you feel ok then carry on as normal but you must feel unwell to test?

If you feel unwell stay at home, the same as any other illness.

Becgoz7 · 31/01/2023 17:49

JanuaryBlues2023 · 31/01/2023 17:06

I was on the shielded list and led a miserable kind of half life shielding. I still largely wfh, I am still really careful where I go and when I go. I would never go to a night club, busy pub, busy restaurant or shopping centre at peak times a concert, a cinema at peak times when a new popular film has came out etc etc.

I speak to people I know in the street or on a walk from a safe distance still and I would still never go into a doctors, a pharmacy or into a hospital without wearing a mask.

However, I was a bit down this month and tried to go out a little bit more thinking I was being over the top but thanks to this post and your response @x2boys I realise their are still some selfish thoughtless immoral people out there.

That's ridiculous. I was on the shield list, even told to stay away from immediate family in my own home.

I carried on as normal, you can't expect others to put their life on hold for you 🙄

JanuaryBlues2023 · 31/01/2023 17:53

The harsh lines your husbands employer and many other employers take is a different matter to the OP wanting to take her bored DS to an indoor soft play centre when she has covid, surely you can see that?

Yes, I worked hard have A levels and a degree and sympathetic employer and I appreciate I am fortunate in this respect and with advances in technology I am able to work from home most of the time but not all of the time. But tomorrow I will probably work at home with covid.

x2boys · 31/01/2023 18:04

JanuaryBlues2023 · 31/01/2023 17:53

The harsh lines your husbands employer and many other employers take is a different matter to the OP wanting to take her bored DS to an indoor soft play centre when she has covid, surely you can see that?

Yes, I worked hard have A levels and a degree and sympathetic employer and I appreciate I am fortunate in this respect and with advances in technology I am able to work from home most of the time but not all of the time. But tomorrow I will probably work at home with covid.

So only educated people like yourself should be protected ?
those that you perceive not to have worked hard enough will.just have to.get on with it?
and you call.me thoughtless ,selfish and immoral🙄
there are no restrictions now and people have to.work.and go.out ect even with civic because otherwise they risk losing their job ,that's the reality now .

MajorCarolDanvers · 31/01/2023 18:11

Wear a mask, wash your hands and avoid interactions.

Most people aren't bothering testing.

Hopefullyupwards · 31/01/2023 19:49

I'm not sure @JanuaryBlues2023 was saying some deserved protection, more recognising that they were fortunate with their employer etc. This is how 'important' people are protected. www3.weforum.org/docs/AM23HealthandSafetyMeasures.pdf

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HJB2021 · 31/01/2023 21:34

Sorry everyone I re-read my message, I see how it come across. I didn’t mean I would take him to soft play I was just stating I was looking forward to it (which sounds crazy but he loves it and I don’t see him much in the week usually).Last time I had covid we started indoors and it was hell, this was a while back. Recently I know a lot of work places still ask you to attend work even if you have covid, very naively I didn’t release how much covid is still impacting people.

sorry if offended anyone. I can assure you we haven’t been near people, we went for a walk in the fresh air and have been doing as many indoor activities as I can think of. DS is getting bored though and mum guilt is hard, anyone have any magically ideas of what else I could try, other than messy play… thanks

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skingraft · 01/02/2023 08:16

Yes, I worked hard have A levels and a degree and sympathetic employer and I appreciate I am fortunate in this respect and with advances in technology I am able to work from home most of the time but not all of the time. But tomorrow I will probably work at home with covid.

😳

Plenty of us ‘worked hard’ but still can’t WFH with covid.

BitOutOfPractice · 01/02/2023 08:27

Are you saying people without A levels don’t work hard @JanuaryBlues2023 or that people who can’t wfh don’t work hard? Did you learn nothing about what jobs are important and vital during lockdown? 🙄

I think you will be isolating and isolated for a very long time if you keep thinking as you do!

MsMartini · 02/02/2023 14:26

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

This is the guidance.
If you test positive you should try to stay away from others for 5 days and from vulnerable people for 10.
If you feel unwell but test negative, you should also try to stay away from other people.

BettyBoo123456 · 03/02/2023 07:11

MsMartini · 02/02/2023 14:26

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

This is the guidance.
If you test positive you should try to stay away from others for 5 days and from vulnerable people for 10.
If you feel unwell but test negative, you should also try to stay away from other people.

I don’t know why people find this so difficult to understand. Yes rules have changed but its basic decency.

x2boys · 03/02/2023 07:58

BettyBoo123456 · 03/02/2023 07:11

I don’t know why people find this so difficult to understand. Yes rules have changed but its basic decency.

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And I don't know why people don't understand that basic decency doesnt.pay bills and those people who.dont.have nice cosy work from home jobs still have to go into work as they don't get paid
over Xmas both my son and I dh,had a virus a ,my dh Was on a warning for having to much time off sick ( bereavement earlier in the year) so if he hadent gone into work,he would not only have not been paid but would have lost his job too ,it may well have been covid,they both had but there was no point in testing as it would have made no. Difference to his employer ,so yeah basic decency 🙄

MsMartini · 03/02/2023 08:00

@BettyBoo123456 , yes, for clarity - that is what the guidance actually says - that if negative but unwell you should stay away from other people, that wasn't me commenting 😀.

piedbeauty · 03/02/2023 08:04

No matter what the guidelines say, it's morally wrong to go to soft play with Covid! Go out for a walk but I'd be keeping away from people. You have no idea who is CV or ECV.

x2boys · 03/02/2023 08:13

piedbeauty · 03/02/2023 08:04

No matter what the guidelines say, it's morally wrong to go to soft play with Covid! Go out for a walk but I'd be keeping away from people. You have no idea who is CV or ECV.

My dh,was classed as CEV,guess what he still has to work in a warehouse with no protection , wether we like it or not life has moved on from 2020.

mum2jakie · 03/02/2023 08:18

jannier · 31/01/2023 13:01

I think the idea of treating it like a cold is nuts....we still have to test before going to hospital we don't have to for a cold.

Not all hospitals. My local one just asks for masks to be worn. I didn't even have to do a covid test before a planned inpatient admission.

maddy68 · 03/02/2023 08:21

It's the decent thing to isolate. You could kill my child. I know you don't have to legally. Bit you wouldn't be in public if you had measles or mumps so you shouldn't with covid either

x2boys · 03/02/2023 08:35

maddy68 · 03/02/2023 08:21

It's the decent thing to isolate. You could kill my child. I know you don't have to legally. Bit you wouldn't be in public if you had measles or mumps so you shouldn't with covid either

Again people don't get.paid to isolate anymore so unfortunately people are not going to.put their own families at risk for the saked of strangers
can I ask you how you keep.your child safe from all.other virus,s?
.I'm asking because my son is disabled and whilst hes thankfully healthy ,he goes to.a special school and some of the pupils have profound and multiple learning disabilities,and some are.on oxygen and tube Fed ,so extremely clinically vulnerable,but pupils are still expected to go into i.school if they feel well enough ,even if they test positive for covid,and as you can imagine in that kind of environment it's difficult to keep pupils away from each other .