Third trimester / Covid

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I'm currently 30 weeks pregnant and yesterday I had my first social event in my whole pregnancy so far. It was my Dads 60th in a local pub garden however as much as I wanted to socially distance, a lot of family came to congratulate me / touch bump / cuddle / kiss. It just kept happening.

I've played by every covid rule since finding out I was pregnant and I'm terrified about what could now be happening.

I know I couldn't have not gone today but we nearly lost my dad to a major heart attack last year and Ive barely seen him - I just didn't think people would want to hug me etc - let alone about 20 people!

@FatAnneTheDealer hey Karen, I am 100% too lazy to look up studies that support someone's opinion on here. No apologies for that 😘

it is important to remember that infection prevention and control practices in healthcare settings remain of paramount importance, as do the mitigations to prevent spread in our daily lives. The risk of transmission did not go down to zero after the healthcare worker was vaccinated.

And it states 30% POTENTIAL reduction in transmission. The study is also based only in Scotland. These aren't facts they are ongoing as are most situations with covid. It's too soon to make sweeping statements especially when it comes to the vulnerable groups of people which is the point of my whole post - nothing to do with OP and completely to do with your unsupported statements.

Anyhoo this debate is done.

@Rubyrecka: 30-54% and it states that that is a minimum. And that is only one study There are also studies from Israel which show even larger reductions, if you want to look. The fact remains that vaccination reduces transmission. And then there is the remote possibility that the OP got hugged by someone (vaccinated or not) who had asymptomatic Covid - when there is only 1 in 610 people in the UK with the virus. And finally, the whole event was outdoors where transmission is “massively reduced” according to the government.

The chances of her having contracted it are very, very small, and I am entirely correct in trying to reassure her. Was it ideal to be hugged and kissed by lots of people,? Probably not. Was it dangerous? Also probably not. (Very, very probably not. The odds are overwhelmingly in her favour.)

Instead, what do you suggest? Time travel to undo what has already been done? Sack cloth and ashes?

Or maybe you just want her to suffer and worry for the next couple of weeks that she is going to make her baby an orphan if it even survives. Or at least she will be in the ICU... Naughty, naughty OP!

That’s so nice of you.

@FatAnneTheDealer

Anyhoo this debate is done.

And then there is the remote possibility that the OP got hugged by someone (vaccinated or not) who had asymptomatic Covid - when there is only 1 in 610 people in the UK with the virus.

That’s the number of positive tests, and they aren’t evenly spread across the country (see the recent Swansea outbreak). You don’t know how many people are wandering around with asymptomatic Covid on top of the 1/610.

@DicklessWonder the Office of National Statistics calculated estimate of 1 in 610 includes asymptomatic cases. It is based on a weekly random sample of households asked to take a test.

You are correct that it is not evenly distributed, and I mentioned in my original post mentioning that there is very little virus currently in circulation in the community that it was an average and that, of course, I did not know where the OP lives. There are some areas where the numbers are higher than 1 in 610, but that also means that there are areas where the numbers are even lower than this already very low number.

The point remains that a number of highly improbable events would have to come together in order for the OP to be infected and she should not worry.