Covid in the house - what would you do?

sporina

So, situation is.. I got Covid - started Tue confirmed Thurs by PCR..

OH totally fine..

Started isolating when I got symptoms..

The worry is now whether or not OH will get it - and when...

Thing is, we have an event next weekend that we both really need to go to..

We considered ditching the isolation - and exposing him, in the hope that he would get it and have it over with therefore we would both be free to head away next weekend.. (obv it might not have gone that way but anyway..)

In the end I isolated..

Maybe we shudda thought about this sooner - before either of us got it.. had an action plan so to speak..

Anyway, if you found yourself in this situation - what would you do?

Would you risk exposure, to get it over with etc?

Jim_Hodge

Had that situation three weeks ago. OH had covid and stayed home. I didn't isolate from her in the least (thought we'd get it over with together). I still didn't get it.

Vivienne23

in The situation ourselves , one got it positive Friday, another positive today , chances are I’ll be positive tomoro , I already have 2 negative tests but somethings going on with me , 2 left to get it , one is staying away the other is driving on as normal , let’s hope it’s a mild one ☝️

Dempo1

Very difficult to advise OP , I've friends were one got it, extra careful , isolated, even meals handed to hubby in sperated room. 5 of them had it within a few days.

I know others, one caught it, took no measures, 4 in the home , no one else caught it .

This was in May .

lawred2

Wouldn't really know if there was covid in the house as we don't test but even if for some reason we did, we wouldn't change anything.

Pissy Missy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058251926/covid-in-the-house-what-would-you-do

Don't risk exposure, a friend of mine now has long covid and is in a really bad way, not worth the risk

sporina

@Dempo1 thanks - but not looking for advice as its too late to start now..

just curious - in theory

@Pissy Missy yeah thats the thing - we decided against as OH is prone to chest infections.. I was barely effected but he might be different

sporina

years ago when one kid in a house got chicken pox, all kids wer exposed so they all had it at the same time.. but I guess that was different - no vaccine and no major side effects (that I know of)

none the less, the theory got us thinking ie: expose - get it over with .. but with Covid, it might not be as simple

Pissy Missy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119254731#Comment_119254731

That's the thing, ya just never know. Hope you feel back to your best in no time and hope ye both enjoy next weekend without any issue 🤞

Xander10

Me personally, having seen lots get the Omicron version, I'd just get on with things.

That is , I wouldn't bother with antigen testing.

sporina

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119254745#Comment_119254745

thank you .. i'm actually totally fine - was only sick for about 1.5 days - sore all over and elevated temp.. though mood not great perhaps - prob lack of air and movement - not use to being stationary for long..

Cork Lass

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119254473#Comment_119254473

Couldn't agree more with this. Myself and my OH got Covid from our daughter in December (she isolated as soon as she had a positive antigen, but we obviously had picked it up at that stage) and he's still out of work with long covid. It's not simply a case of get it and get it over with, some people get really sick and a lot of people get long covid. If you pick it up unintentionally, fair enough but I'd never advise anyone to deliberately expose themselves to it.

Pissy Missy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119254766#Comment_119254766

Thank god it wasn't too bad, glad you're feeling better, yeah it's not the funnest isolating but hopefully online bits like this, YouTube, online (window) shopping etc will keep you a bit distracted til you're free to go 🤞

Pissy Missy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119254770#Comment_119254770

Sorry to hear about your OH, hope they can recover 🤞 we just don't know enough about covid and everyone can react differently to it. My friend didn't have underlying health problems (as far as she knows) so for her to have long covid shows how unpredictable it can be

Cork Lass

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119254804#Comment_119254804

Thanks, hopefully he will. He was perfectly healthy and a regular swimmer so we were stunned that this happened to him. He's just started a 12 week rehabilitation course so hopefully that will help. Covid must be one of the most unpredictable viruses ever.

Pissy Missy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119254829#Comment_119254829

God that's mad, really hope the rehabilitation course helps 🙏 you said it and now we have another summer outbreak, the gift that keeps on giving

Pawwed Rig

My little boy had it in Feb and we just continued on as normal. None of the rest of us got it. 2 weeks ago I was on a trip with a friend and he got a positive test when he go home but I didn't get it. It is fairly unpredictable

sporina

@Cork Lass @Pissy Missy hope all make a full recovery asap..

well.. we went with our gut.. didn't feel right to risk exposure.. and went agains the grain really.. I've been sanitising everything I touch

Pissy Missy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119254917#Comment_119254917

Sounds like you're doing what you can do, it's a pain in the arse but hopefully it'll be worth it

Cork Lass

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119254917#Comment_119254917

fingers crossed for you ☝️

Nigel Fairservice

I would err on the side of caution and not go out of my way to get it just to get it. I had it a few month ago and was thankfully fine. I have no idea how my missus hasn't got it. She was in the house when I had it and didn't pick it up. I did keep away from her but she was around me for a day or two before I tested positive. Her job has a bit of a social element to it and lots of face to face meetings and nothing. We've been to concerts, restaurants, weddings and travelled abroad a few times in the last couple of months and nothing. I don't know how she has avoided picking it up.

_Kaiser_

Just get on with whatever you need to do.

It's not and has never been the Black Death, those actually still vulnerable can still get vaccinations etc.

I had a few sniffles and headache with a cough last week. Panadol and Benelyn Day and Night sorted the first two. Exputex the latter. Didn't bother with any tests. Why bother? To add to case numbers and more media hysteria about the rising wave?

A week later as is the norm for me with such things, I still have a lingering and annoying occasional cough but otherwise perfectly back to normal.

I work from home nowadays anyway so nothing changed there but if I've needed to go do something else I have.

For the overwhelming majority it's no more than a mild dose. No more threatening than similar doses before we put a "scary name" on it.

What I am sick of is the ongoing pandering to this and the perpetually anxious. We have the government about to slip mask mandates onto the books again (supposedly as a precaution - surrrre!), and unions ramping up the calls for "something to be done!".

The only thing we need to do is get on with living our lives rather than living in fear.

fun loving criminal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119269154#Comment_119269154

Ah jayus, isn't it great how you're well protected working from home. But you don't want others testing themselves, god forbid they might stay at home while positive and prevent transmitting.

You're on the mask thread every day crying about people wanting to protect themselves, how dare they and look at you, working from home.

_Kaiser_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119270000#Comment_119270000

As usual you've completely missed the point.

My routine didn't and hasn't changed at all. I've continued to work away, I've done anything else needed, and I will continue to do so.

The only ones who need to be concerned and seek treatment are those who are ACTUALLY sick - and a mild dose of the sniffles is not sick.

Otherwise its just feeding their anxieties and building up the national hysteria about "rising cases" (which mean nothing because as always, it's the OUTCOME that matters!) and calls for more to be done by Government by unions using it as a convenient excuse to cover their own inadequacies.

I'm flattered by your following me around though but unfortunately you're not my type! Anything else aside, I couldn't put up with the constant worrying and anxiety.

sporina

I wasn't looking for advice folks.. as we had made up our own minds..

I was just wondering what others would do if they found themselves in our situation...

in any event, glad I isolated as OH didn't get it - so far anyway but i'm day 10 now so its well gone i'd say..

i'm not even gonna acknowledge the cynical and crazy posts