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Does Covid still matter?

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katerose2022 · 27/02/2025 12:06

DH started feeling rough about 10 days ago and had a fever of 38C. I suspected Covid as his throat was very sore and a test confirmed it. We have a toddler at home who's already having a cold so I didn't want him to get infected with Covid too. Asked DH to self isolate in the guest bedroom and I took over all the toddler duties, but it also means that I have to wfh. 10 days on DH is still testing positive though the line is faint, and I'm losing my patience a bit. I don't mind continuing looking after the toddler myself (with the help of nanny and nursery during the day) but my work may think I'm being too fussy with Covid if I continue wfh. What would everyone do in this situation pls? Thanks!

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MumChp · 27/02/2025 12:07

If DH is feeling fine why doesn't he return to normal life?

boulevardofbrokendreamss · 27/02/2025 12:08

Carry on as normal.

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katerose2022 · 27/02/2025 12:09

MumChp · 27/02/2025 12:07

If DH is feeling fine why doesn't he return to normal life?

Thanks he's feeling mostly fine, just an odd cough here and there. I mainly don't want me and the toddler to get infected

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MumChp · 27/02/2025 12:10

katerose2022 · 27/02/2025 12:09

Thanks he's feeling mostly fine, just an odd cough here and there. I mainly don't want me and the toddler to get infected

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After 10 days I wouldn't think of it as a risk.
Few people can isolate from job and family for weeks felling ok. Wouldn't be an option here.

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katerose2022 · 27/02/2025 12:20

Thank you both! I'll head to work tmr then and let DH care for the toddler but just be a bit careful.

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MarioLink · 27/02/2025 14:31

We didn't isolate from each other even when it was the law to isolate at home. The kids caught it but unlike us were asymptomatic one time and had a single feverish night and a minor cough the other. DD2 was a baby the first time.

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katerose2022 · 27/02/2025 15:27

MarioLink · 27/02/2025 14:31

We didn't isolate from each other even when it was the law to isolate at home. The kids caught it but unlike us were asymptomatic one time and had a single feverish night and a minor cough the other. DD2 was a baby the first time.

Thanks! Good to know that their symptoms can be mild. Though I just wouldn't want to knowingly send DS to the nanny or the nursery if he's got Covid, so prefer he doesn't get it in the first place

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TheMorels · 27/02/2025 15:42

What would everyone do in this situation pls?

Well, I wouldn’t have tested and I certainly wouldn’t have isolated the poor bugger at all, let alone for 10 days 😂 If he felt unwell, he should’ve stayed home if possible, like any illness or cold. But you should not be treating it like it’s 5 years ago.

its2025 · 27/02/2025 15:49

Treat it like any other virus. So if hubby is literally too ill to continue normal activities then yes he should rest in bed. Otherwise you just have to crack on.

I recently had Flu and was genuinely pretty ill. Went to the doctors and I said should I do another covid test (I'd done one at home and it was negative but the test kit was out of date) and the Doctor said it didn't matter - either way I had a "virus" and treatment is the same weather it be Influenza or Covid.

mindutopia · 27/02/2025 19:27

We didn’t isolate from each other when one of us had COVID. Funny enough, we have never gotten COVID from the other despite sharing a bed, and at most only one child ever got it at a time, even though we were all sharing a space and germs.

He ideally shouldn’t be out and about though. I’d treat it like the flu. I wouldn’t go to work with the flu, so I wouldn’t go if I had COVID either.

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