Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

[road2ruin]

That's not what the (latest) recommendations state....
How long to stay at home and away from others

If you have COVID-19, you can infect other people for up to 10 days from when your symptoms start. Many people will no longer be infectious to others after 5 days.

You can do a rapid lateral flow test from 5 days after your symptoms started (or from the day you had the test if you do not have symptoms) and another the next day.

If both tests are negative and you do not have a high temperature, you're less likely to pass COVID-19 to others and you can go back safely to your normal routine.

If your test result is positive on day 5, you can carry on doing rapid lateral flow tests every day until you get 2 negative test results in a row.

Report your test result after each test.

Contact with people at higher risk from COVID-19
You should avoid meeting people at higher risk from COVID-19 for 10 full days.

This starts from the day your symptoms started or, if you do not have symptoms, from the day you got a positive test result.

How to avoid passing COVID-19 on to others
Do

• stay at home if you can – this helps reduce the number of people you have contact with
• ask friends, family, neighbours or volunteers to get food and other essentials for you
• follow advice on how to avoid spreading COVID-19 to people you live with
• cancel any routine medical or dental appointments – if you’re worried about your health or asked to attend in person, let your medical contact (such as your GP or dentist) know about your symptoms or test result

Don’t

• do not go to work, school or public places – if you’re unable to work from home, ask your employer about options available to you
• do not have visitors in your home, including friends and family – except for people providing essential care or services

If you need to leave your home
If you need to leave your home while you’re still infectious, you should take steps to avoid spreading COVID-19.

Do

• avoid contact with people at higher risk from COVID-19
• avoid crowded places – if you need to use public transport, avoid using it at busy times of the day
• limit close contact with people you do not live with – meet people outside if you can and stay at least 2 metres apart from them
• wear a face covering that fits snugly against your face and has more than 1 layer
• do any exercise outdoors and away from other people
• wash your hands with soap and water or use hand sanitiser regularly throughout the day

It doesn't say to stay in after 10 days though does it?

This is the important bit I think...

If you have COVID-19, you can infect other people for up to 10 days from when your symptoms start. Many people will no longer be infectious to others after 5 days.

If you are still testing positive after 10 days it's likely to be residual virus rather than anything transmissible?

 

[PNWokingham]

So if still testing +ve after ten days I can leave the house but I still should not go into any indoor environment. Well at least then I can play golf.?

i think it is common sense that dictates what you do now. Government have guidelines but the only thing that matters is to not infect others. So i refer back to my previous statement. And to add to the outside debate, i would have no probs being outside with someone who had covid, including playing golf with them - just keeping a safe meter or so distance in the open air

 

[Foxholer]

It doesn't say to stay in after 10 days though does it?

This is the important bit I think...

If you have COVID-19, you can infect other people for up to 10 days from when your symptoms start. Many people will no longer be infectious to others after 5 days.

If you are still testing positive after 10 days it's likely to be residual virus rather than anything transmissible?

It says what it says!
Anything, other than what it actually says, is your interpretation. Your interpretation might or might not be correct.

I can't definitively comment on your 'residual virus' suggestion, other than....'Seek medical advice'. It would be wrong to assume anything imo!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Well…the government guidelines that @road2ruin has provided seem 100% clear to me.

Up to and including a 10th day I could be infectious and must isolate until I have a -ve test on consecutive days after 5 days and within the 10 - after 5 days with reducing risk to others, and a list of Does and Don’ts are provided for that 10 period. After that 10 days I can get on with doing whatever I feel I wish to do and do not need to take any measures.

We will separate determine when we feel we should travel to my MiLs/BiLs.
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[SocketRocket]

Thats sounds risky to me. What if you dropped a sturdy flower pot on your toe and had to go to A&E!, Even worse you may break down on the way an expose the RAC man to your filthy germs. And what if Joe public stops to see if you're ok! What then! O.M.G have some thought for others, just lock your self up.

Give it a rest ?

 

[Swango1980]

Well…the government guidelines that @road2ruin has provided seem 100% clear to me.

Up to and including a 10th day I could be infectious and must isolate until I have a -ve test on consecutive days after 5 days and within the 10 - after 5 days with reducing risk to others, and a list of Does and Don’ts are provided for that 10 period. After that 10 days I can get on with doing whatever I feel I wish to do and do not need to take any measures.

We will separate determine when we feel we should travel to my MiLs/BiLs.
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Is that "must" really a "should", as surely it is public health advice rather than legislation. Furthermore, the advice continues to explain what one should do when they are not isolating for whatever reason (e.g. exercise).

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Is that "must" really a "should", as surely it is public health advice rather than legislation. Furthermore, the advice continues to explain what one should do when they are not isolating for whatever reason (e.g. exercise).

Yes it should be a should rather than a must…

And as we have found out…one man’s ( or woman’s) common sense ‘should’ can be rather different from anothers’.

 

[drdel]

Well…the government guidelines that @road2ruin has provided seem 100% clear to me.

Up to and including a 10th day I could be infectious and must isolate until I have a -ve test on consecutive days after 5 days and within the 10 - after 5 days with reducing risk to others, and a list of Does and Don’ts are provided for that 10 period. After that 10 days I can get on with doing whatever I feel I wish to do and do not need to take any measures.

We will separate determine when we feel we should travel to my MiLs/BiLs.
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Perhaps if the LFTs are still positive after 10days a PCR might be an idea

 

[PJ87]

Perhaps if the LFTs are still positive after 10days a PCR might be an idea

That is against all guidelines

And PCR will pick up virus for up to 3 months

So would be a waste of resources.

Complete 10 days. If feel well return to normal.

 

[DanFST]

Yes it should be a should rather than a must…

And as we have found out…one man’s ( or woman’s) common sense ‘should’ can be rather different from anothers’.

While you’re no longer legally required to self-isolate if you have COVID-19, you should try to stay at home and away from others to avoid passing on the virus.

This advice will be updated on 1 April 2022.

Check advice in other parts of the UK:


It is a should.

 

[PJ87]

Remarkable how much like clockwork this covid has been in our house

11th march (Friday) wife postive
16th march (weds) eldest postive
18th march (Friday) wife 1st negative (day before faint positive)
22nd march (Tuesday) myself postive
23rd march (Wednesday) eldest 1st negative (day before faint postive)
29th march (Tuesday) once again 1st negative.

Now that Is a remarkable pattern. All of us postive and then a week later all negative

With the day before being faint negative

But what's even more remarkable is last night 8pm I thought do a test. If negative I could have done one at 8pm tonight and just saved mucking about .. still Wednesday normal either way

But no that was faint faint postive .. it was like the test was like nope wait

6am this morning all clear

Mental

 

[drdel]

That is against all guidelines

And PCR will pick up virus for up to 3 months

So would be a waste of resources.

Complete 10 days. If feel well return to normal.

I was not referencing the guidelines. I was merely suggesting that it MIGHT be an idea for anyone who was still concerned after 10 days: eg. an option nothing more nothing less.

It seem posters are looking so hard for an argument they're reading stuff that's not there !

 

[road2ruin]

I was not referencing the guidelines. I was merely suggesting that it MIGHT be an idea for anyone who was still concerned after 10 days: eg. an option nothing more nothing less.

It seem posters are looking so hard for an argument they're reading stuff that's not there !

I think the point being made was that a PCR is far more sensitive so if you're going to use it as a confirmatory option you might well find that your 10 days is going to be extended to 3 months. That said, given some people on here that might be for the best.....

 

[PJ87]

I was not referencing the guidelines. I was merely suggesting that it MIGHT be an idea for anyone who was still concerned after 10 days: eg. an option nothing more nothing less.

It seem posters are looking so hard for an argument they're reading stuff that's not there !

This is how fake information starts tho, by posting good intentions.

If someone feels well after 10 days the advice is carry on as normal

PCR is A a waste of money and B a waste of time.

 

[drdel]

This is how fake information starts tho, by posting good intentions.

If someone feels well after 10 days the advice is carry on as normal

PCR is A a waste of money and B a waste of time.

You really have decided to firmly hang onto the wrong end of the stick.

 

[PJ87]

You really have decided to firmly hang onto the wrong end of the stick.

Just correcting incorrect "advise"

But hey feel free to advise someone to take an test that's not needed a cost to the tax payer when it's likely to come back postive due to reasons outlined which will probably make them feel more worried

Happy days.

 

[SaintHacker]

Went to bed Saturday night feeling a little bit rough, thought i was just a bit overtired. Woke up sunday morning and thought I'd been run over by a steamroller in the night, literally took all my energy just to get up and go for a pee. Assumed the 'rona had finally caught up with me so took the tests, all negative. PCR also negative. So two days in bed and two on the sofa so far for what us essentially a (extreme) head cold. Sounds pathetic really but there ya go.?‍ I can only think that not being round people for two years has weakened my immune system to the point that an otherwise annoying little bug has smashed me for 6.

 

[Ethan]

Went to bed Saturday night feeling a little bit rough, thought i was just a bit overtired. Woke up sunday morning and thought I'd been run over by a steamroller in the night, literally took all my energy just to get up and go for a pee. Assumed the 'rona had finally caught up with me so took the tests, all negative. PCR also negative. So two days in bed and two on the sofa so far for what us essentially a (extreme) head cold. Sounds pathetic really but there ya go.?‍ I can only think that not being round people for two years has weakened my immune system to the point that an otherwise annoying little bug has smashed me for 6.

That sounds like flu rather than a head cold. Head cold usually restricted to upper respiratory tract, flu a generalised whole body experience with muscle aches and fatigue.

 

[Reemul]

Well 2 weeks from getting Covid symptoms, I still feel like crap. Working from home this week, I have now passed my 10 days isolation but I still have a persistent cough, blocked nose, bad head and at times struggle for breath and feel very chesty. Tuesday was worse than Monday and today feels worse than Tuesday. Just trying to rest up as much as possible but frustrated at not getting better.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Up to 127 cases in the trust and a spike in A&E attendance. Restrictions back in place for visits and these now require evidence of a negative LFT on the day. 13 ICU nurses off and 9 doctors so staffing becoming an issue. It's coming back regardless of whether its tested for or numbers published