I Got It

[poliphilo]

Ailz is on a three day course. She rang yesterday morning to say she might be bringing home a fellow attendee who didn't have a bed for the night and I thought I'd better take a flow test before meeting a stranger.

The red line showed up immediately- even before the control line appeared- and there was I thinking I'd gotten through the pandemic unscathed.

Official guidance on covid etiquette- once so prescriptive- has dwindled to a shrug and "Do what the wilt is the whole of the law". Even so I plan to keep myself tidied away until I know I'm no longer infectious.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Hope you get over it quickly.

[poliphilo]

Thanks.

I believe I've had it for a week or more, and this is the final phase. I just hadn't named it until now.

[mtbc]

Thank you for testing and planning to isolate, here's hoping all's good soon. (If only the powers that be still took this half as seriously as that.)

[heleninwales]

It's best to do the public spirited thing and keep away from others until you're no longer infections. You never know whether someone may be vulnerable or be left suffering long-term after effects. Our daughter was unwell for months after "recovering" from covid. She ended up paying for private blood tests and treatment and is now, thankfully pretty much 100% again.

[qatsi]

It sounds like you think you're probably past the worst, let's hope so and that it clears quickly. And it's good (but not surprising) that you're being public-spirited about staying away from people where possible. R had a memo at work saying it was OK now to come in to the office with covid, which I think got the generally derisory response it deserved.

[poliphilo]

We may be past the worst of the pandemic, and the new strains may be relatively harmless- but I think we should do what we can to protect one another.