Covid again

Grandmabatty

So he risks infecting someone who might be immunosuppressed and causing them to be seriously ill or worse. Covid is still killing people. I wouldn't be impressed with him at all.

As someone who is immunocompromised, I feel the same.

I don't expect people to change their lifestyle for me, just show a little bit of consideration. I hope he is at least wearing a mask.

I had a severe cough recently (the worst cough since I was 8 years old and had whooping cough) so I sent for new Covid tests from Amazon. I was negative.
If I had been positive I would have avoided people for a few days, for their sake.
I've still got the cough but it is improving.

My D has it now, my Grandson and S have both had it in the last month.
All too unwell to carry on with normal activities so no question of still working and socialising.
For that I am pleased although obviously not pleased how unwell they have been.
It is very much still with us.

Well at last covid has found us. Husband came back from London trip with covid. He had been on crowded buses and full planes. My question is about the antigen test kits. How relevant are the expiry dates? I have quite a selection now but they still seem to 'work' except where the mixing liquid in tube seemed to have shrunk back to a bare drop, too little for a proper test.

We both had covid in December. Mr C was incredibly unwell and couldn't go out for the first 5 days if he had wanted to. On day 6 he felt totally well again but was still testing positive, he therefore stayed away from people for a further week. No, he didn't need to according to the NHS but we agreed, why risk infecting anyone else.

I was much less unwell at the time, minor cold symptoms and would not have tested if Mr C had been well. Although clear after a few days I'm left with what the GP would diagnose as long covid if I hadn't been living with CFS/fibromyalgia for over 30 years, as she said it's hard to tell as many symptoms are the same. Whatever it is I continue to struggle after six months.

We'd use common sense and stay home with anything we thought could be infectious, I'm not sure why covid should be any different.

We have a very small dispensing pharmacy where I live. The room with the collection counter is very small. Last time I was in folk ahead of me in queue were asking about buying testing kits. Pharmacist said he had quite a number of folk buying them and asking for advice re covid. Well weve never had covid and i felt quite concerned having touch door handle plus folk coughing. I used hand gel asap and felt some concern. I know covid is everywhere and avoiding it is near impossible. Quite a few staff in our local supermarket have restarted wearing masks.

I agree Luckygirl and after reading SueDonim's post can see how you feel you were infected from your visit to A&E.

My daughter is an A&E doctor. Advice for them is that if they have Covid they should still go to work - ah, funny that. I have covid right now and am absolutely sure I got it from a sojourn in A&E the week before last where a member of staff was coughing and spluttering loudly and liberally and generally sharing bugs.

The reason I tested was because I was due to visit my DGD who is immune-compromised by her Crohn's treatment and I did not want to risk her getting very ill.

I am still testing positive today over a week later, and will make a point of not going near anyone unnecessarily till the test is clear. I think it is just good manners and consideration for others. Now I know I have it I feel obliged to do this. I have an ECG booked for this coming week so will have to make a decision about that.

I think your OH needs to avoid close contact with others for 5 days, and not to get up close and personal with people while he has symptoms. That does not stop him going out for a walk.

I always test if I get a cold or feel different to how my health conditions effect me. I always wore a mask but found if it was hot or cold it made my breathing harder but only gave up wearing it last winter up until then I always wore it on the bus and in shops.

My daughter is an A&E doctor. Advice for them is that if they have Covid they should still go to work unless they have a temperature. They’re not getting any patients seriously ill with Covid coming tnrough the doors now.

Why does he have to stay indoors? A walk in the countryside will do him the world of good and he won’t have to meet anyone.

I think anyone with any infectious illness should keep away from others if they can. I realise this may be difficult for people who work but if you don't have to go out stay at home.
For some people catching covid or flu can be very serious.

I never had Covid during the Covid years and have not
had any 'flu' for even longer than that.
However mid Mai I came down with a crash and spent
3 days in bed. I'm no longer shaking anybody's hand
nor 'bisesing' even my Grandchildren. Once bitten twice
shy.

According to NHS website, try and stay in for five days, most people after that are not infectious to others, although can be up to ten days. So after I felt headachy, never get them, , do have tests,and thought might as well, was POS, stayed in for 5 days, bit unwell, to be fair was not as bad as the Flu I had years ago. I would stay away from anyone if unwell anyway. No booster since last November, and am asthmatic.

Maybe he should wear a mask when he goes out and disinfect his hands.

To be honest, I wouldn’t go out for a few days and risk infecting anyone if I had any type of infectious disease or virus. But a walk in the fresh air, without entering small spaces such as shops, won’t harm him or anyone else.

We were told fairly early on that covid would always "be around", like flu.

As people have said, advice now is to carry on as normal unless you feel really ill. Same as flu. And really bad colds.

After all, how does one know one has flu unless one feels really quite ill?

Ex dancer I am unimpressed at someone who appears to be minimising the effects of the virus and is contemplating living as normal. I don't think you are overreacting.

Well he hasn't actually been 'out' grandmabatty so you can relax, no need to feel unimpressed and, as Primrose says, current advise seems to be "carry on as normal" and I am unimpressed by that.
So I'm beginning to think I've been over reacting as I'm sleeping in the spare room and sanitising everything in sight.
(I'm getting a much better night's sleep in the spare room - this could become a permanent arrangement )
No wonder covid is still around and people are still dying from it if everyone's treating it as 'just a bad cold'. DH has been quite ill.

If I felt unwell I wouldn't do a test. I've done it so often and have only ever tested negative so I've given up.

You have reminded me to book my booster though!

I dont know anyone who tests for Covid anymore.

So he risks infecting someone who might be immunosuppressed and causing them to be seriously ill or worse. Covid is still killing people. I wouldn't be impressed with him at all.

Last time I looked it was “carry on as usual.”