COVID

Thanks for all the comments guys. 

This morning my daughter woke me up at 8 am to tell me that the test had come back positive, and her work wanted her to go and take care of old people anyway!  She went ahead as she only had 1 or two visits scheduled and I let her because I was half asleep and figured here work should know better than me whether it was safe.   Now that we've had calls from Track and trace and they are taking it very serously, I can't help but think how insane that was to send her to an unsuspecting old person's house. 

This is pretty shocking.

Since 28th Sept, it's UK law that you must self-isolate if you test positive:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-legal-duty-to-self-isolate-comes-into-force-today

Your daughter, her employer and you should all have been aware of this.

This is pretty shocking.

Since 28th Sept, it's UK law that you must self-isolate if you test positive:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-legal-duty-to-self-isolate-comes-into-force-today

Your daughter, her employer and you should all have been aware of this.

Yep, we wouldn't make the same decision again and regret it. 

The employer needs reporting to the hse. They’ve put people at risk (not at all your awesome daughter’s fault!!!).

https://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/concerns.htm


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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55785912

My husband was one of those positives.  He gave his swab on the 22nd of December.  We learned he was positive on Christmas Eve.  Christmas sucked this year.  But he remained asymptomatic, and we got through it (with heightened precautions from what we were already doing).

BUT... all of our efforts to shield me seem to be working.  As far as I know, I have not caught Covid through the lack-of-contact I've had with my husband the last 10+ months.  Living this way sucks.  It's hard, especially in winter, and I miss everything.  But the government cannot be relied on, so this is how we live.  For now.

(It's taken me this long to be able to talk about my husband's positive test without immense rage directed at the government and their "go back to work!  Open the schools!" boolsheeeeets.)

Argh JFKimberly! And after you'd spoken about the layout in his office it did not sound safe. I'm so glad he is OK and you didn't catch it. Have the employees impacted spoken to a lawyer at all?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55785912

My husband was one of those positives.  He gave his swab on the 22nd of December.  We learned he was positive on Christmas Eve.  Christmas sucked this year.  But he remained asymptomatic, and we got through it (with heightened precautions from what we were already doing).

BUT... all of our efforts to shield me seem to be working.  As far as I know, I have not caught Covid through the lack-of-contact I've had with my husband the last 10+ months.  Living this way sucks.  It's hard, especially in winter, and I miss everything.  But the government cannot be relied on, so this is how we live.  For now.

(It's taken me this long to be able to talk about my husband's positive test without immense rage directed at the government and their "go back to work!  Open the schools!" boolsheeeeets.)

Kimberly!  Holy cow!

How is he now? 

Will you guys take the partitions out now?  Or just keep trucking on until you are vaccinated?  Or not until both?

Huge hugs!!!

Kimberly!  Holy cow!

How is he now? 

Will you guys take the partitions out now?  Or just keep trucking on until you are vaccinated?  Or not until both?

Huge hugs!!!

He's fine... as far as we know, he was asymptomatic.  He is kind of thinking about all the things we don't know about the long term effects of covid, but he's fine.

We're doing a bit more now than we did before.  Being immune because you have antibodies does not mean you can't carry the virus and spread it to others, and he still goes to that office five days a week, so he remains a threat to me.  And they're not really doing much to make it safer there.  While they're doing more testing now, they are not testing people who have a recent positive test.  So my husband won't be tested again for 90 days from that Christmas Eve test.  And that's agency-wide, so everybody walking around who's had a recent positive test and did their 10-day quarantine have been deemed fit-to-work won't be tested again for three months.  Meanwhile, no additional measures are being brought in to protect the workers, other than the lateral-flow tests for those who haven't already had a positive test.

So the plastic sheet is still up, and we are still avoiding all contact.  I now give him his coffee in a disposable cup so he doesn't have to give me that extra dish back.  He has the cutlery set from camper van, and he's using those and washing them himself.  During his 10-day quarantine period, I put all of his food on disposable plates, but that's not really sustainable, longterm.  So, other than the coffee cups and the cutlery, we're living as before.

That sounds really tough JFKimberley.  I'm sending you all the positive vibes I can muster. 

Our isolation ended on Saturday and it looks like we've all made it through.  My daughter may have had some light symptoms and nobody else has felt anything.  We've got lateral flow tests booked this afternoon just to double check. 

Wow, you guys have been going through some tough times with this, but it is good to hear that you may well have come through it now.

Oh JFKimberly, I'm so sorry he was positive tested. You've been so careful, so I'm very glad you didn't get it too!


Hope all good Jimbo!

Oh JFKimberly, I'm so sorry he was positive tested. You've been so careful, so I'm very glad you didn't get it too!

Yeah, that's the one good thing about his positive test... We've now tested it, and the fact that I'm still alive and kicking means being careful works.  It does seem possible to avoid getting it.  I mean... it can work if you don't have to go out into the world because you have to earn money to pay rent/a mortgage, or you need to buy food, or any other of a myriad of reasons why many people need more support.

Yeah, that's the one good thing about his positive test... We've now tested it, and the fact that I'm still alive and kicking means being careful works.  It does seem possible to avoid getting it.  I mean... it can work if you don't have to go out into the world because you have to earn money to pay rent/a mortgage, or you need to buy food, or any other of a myriad of reasons why many people need more support.

Yeah, most at risk people I know still needed to go grocery shopping. And guess where a lot of people caught covid? Grocery shopping because that was their only risky activity.

An interesting article in the German - "...DER SPIEGEL interview, BioNTech founders Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin discuss the development of the world's first COVID-19 vaccine..."
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/biontech-founders-tuereci-and-sahin-on-the-battle-against-covid-19-to-see-people-finally-benefitting-from-our-work-is-really-moving-a-41ce9633-5b27-4b9c-b1d7-1bf94c29aa43


Apparently, last July, the U.S. reserved 600 million doses from BioNTech. The EU didn't place their order until November and that was only half that of the US.