Going to work with COVID.

If you’re a single working mother and your company doesn’t pay sick pay, you don’t have an option.

The problem is employers who want staff in when they are too ill to work (or even party in this case!)

montymops

My husband and I both got Covid in April 2020 - it was early days and there were no vaccinations. We are both immunosuppressed - We both recovered well - I was quite ill for a week but after that, apart from an irritating cough which lasted 3 months, I was fine. I have since read - and don’t know if it is true or not- that those people who are immunosuppressed have a better chance of recovering well because Covid attacks the immune system. I guess that if that isn’t very strong, there’s not so much to attack! I don’t know 😳🤔

A normal immune system produces proteins - cytokines -that help it to coordinate a response against bacteria /viruses.

If produced in excess they can actually damage the body and its organs (cytokine storm).

Possibly the immunosuppressed do not produce sufficient proteins for this to happen? Which would explain why an elderly person with a suppressed immune system can occasionally fare better than a younger fit person with a normal immune system?

My husband and I both got Covid in April 2020 - it was early days and there were no vaccinations. We are both immunosuppressed - We both recovered well - I was quite ill for a week but after that, apart from an irritating cough which lasted 3 months, I was fine. I have since read - and don’t know if it is true or not- that those people who are immunosuppressed have a better chance of recovering well because Covid attacks the immune system. I guess that if that isn’t very strong, there’s not so much to attack! I don’t know 😳🤔

M0nica

No. If I was your son. I would change my job, if I could.

I agree with Monica.
No one should go to work with Covid or any other flu or virus that can be transmitted to others.

I heard from a nurse friend that they are allowed to go to work with it but must wear a mask and not handle patients! So admin jobs to do. Doesn't sound safe to me!

Well, exactly, Dickens! I did some weird things when I had Covid, such as making phone calls of which I had no memory. They only came to light because people phoned me back after I’d left messages!

My daughter works in a stroke ward and they have to go to work when they test positive. They wear masks but it's still a massive risk to people who have no say in the matter. I wouldn't go out if I tested positive.

SueDonim

My DD is an A&E doctor. Their rules are that you go into work unless your temperature is over 39deg.

She had Covid for the second time in the summer but felt too ill to go in. She now thinks she has flu. 🤷‍♀️

Surely, no-one should go into work if they feel really ill?

There's a point at which you just can't function properly - quite important for a medical professional?

I’d go out for fresh air (remote location) if I felt up to it, but mixing with others would be a definite NO.

My DD is an A&E doctor. Their rules are that you go into work unless your temperature is over 39deg.

She had Covid for the second time in the summer but felt too ill to go in. She now thinks she has flu. 🤷‍♀️

Even if you don’t feel too bad, if you pass it on to someone else it could kill them even if fully vaccinated. Please don’t take that risk.

We’ve been told to treat Covid as a cold now. Which means we can go out, to work and school. However, I have it at the moment and am quite poorly. I’ve been in bed all day and I don’t think anyone would thank me for turning up at a Xmas party this evening.

I have been on steroids for 8 weeks now for an autoimmune condition and now reducing the steroids and increasing the dose of an immunosuppressant. This make me vulnerable to infection and I have to report to the hospital if I catch anything as I could be quite ill. I am surprised at how blase some people are. My neighbour hasn't had the shingles vaccine as she gets bad side effects after vaccinations but has been looking after her grandson with chickenpox. She is a nurse and going about her life as normal.
Needless to say I am giving her a wide berth.

A fever can result in convulsions or delirium. Apart fromany other considerations.

No doctor would suggest it's OK to travel and attend a party. Especially if someone is feeling pretty ill.

I hope your son feels better - quite soon.

... and that he's a man with talent in his line of work and can look around for another employer who would treat him with more respect.

I recently had a bad cough didn’t feel particularly ill but still tested just in case by my previous experiences of Covid. I kept well away from meetings ect whilst I had this cough nobody wants to share it.

No I definitely wouldn’t go out to work or to any place outside the home if I had covid . It’s very irresponsible. Covid is still here and people are getting ill with it and hospital admissions are increasing, obviously with flu as well .
I think the nhs guidelines are to stay at home for 5 days since the first symptoms or a negative test .

I have just had Covid but tested negative today after 5 days. Still don't feel very good though. The symptoms were those of a really bad cold and I had a high temperature for 36 hours. I probably wouldn't have tested if I hadn't had a message from a friend saying that she had it and we had been singing in the same room a few days before. Needless to say DH now has it, but he just had a day when he felt tired and generally off-colour. Better to stay out of the way of people if you can, although our plumber was installing a new boiler for us whilst I didn't know I was getting it, so fingers crossed I didn't pass it on.

It’s quite frightening, especially if your health is such that catching covid would be particularly dangerous. I wonder if anyone else was persuaded to attend the event despite being ill. Karma would see the boss catching it.

I was talking to my friend earlier. She was saying she felt uneasy on her bus journey in to town as there was a man sitting behind her coughing and spluttering. He answered his phone and said to his friend on the other end “yes I’ve got covid but I’m still going to the football tonight. See you later”
I wonder how many folk he’ll have infected before his day is over.

No. If I was your son. I would change my job, if I could.

Reading this as a person who is immunosuppressed, I am horrified.
Is it now acceptable to put other people’s lives at risk???

If you have Covid , stay at home. It does exist, and there are guidelines as before on Gov.UK. can we force people to stay at home, no,but surely you would to stop others, especially vulnerable, getting it. I wouldn't go anywhere with flu either, both can be very debilitating and both are infectious.
The problems lies with companies not having a sick pay policy.
With mortgage or rent to pay, who can afford to live on £76 ssp.

The fact that your son felt ill with a high temperature should be enough to keep him at home regardless of it being Covid nobody wants to pass any virus around. Very short thinking of his boss did he want all of his staff infected for the sake of a party

He tested positive for COVID. It’s a ridiculous state of affairs. No reporting figures so it doesn’t exist!