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Thora said:
My understanding is that false negatives are much more common than false positives, so I would be cautious.
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Yeah, for sure and it wouldn't be too much of an issue to have to self isolate as we have support in place from family lucky. I guess it's just the fact that between her having no symptoms and not having left the house in 10 days, it makes me more confident of a false positive yesterday than a false negative today. And selfishly I'll be gutted if I have to take two weeks off running. I know that doesn't really matter in the greater scheme of things though.
 
strung out said:
Results back - we're both negative, so given the fact that my wife hasn't been anywhere for the last week and hasn't got/had any symptoms, do people think it's safe to assume yesterday's result was a false positive? Would people continue to self isolate or start going out for shopping or exercise?
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A negative test doesn't absolve one of the requirement to self-isolate unfortunately, it's all in Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection (search 'negative test').

Bracing myself here, but if it were me - I wouldn't let it stop me from exercising or doing low risk activities outside, but I'd definitely take a wide berth from vulnerable individuals for the period.
 
hypernormalized said:
A negative test doesn't absolve one of the requirement to self-isolate unfortunately, it's all in Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection (search 'negative test').

Bracing myself here, but if it were me - I wouldn't let it stop me from exercising or doing low risk activities outside, but I'd definitely take a wide berth from vulnerable individuals for the period.
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have to agree, had to walk the dog when self isolating a few weeks back, I just made sure I wore a mask stayed away from humans when seeing them and choose times with no one around.

In other news: definitely have been struggling with it all for a while now, and that's having a one day a week job with human interaction :-(
 
strung out said:
Results back - we're both negative, so given the fact that my wife hasn't been anywhere for the last week and hasn't got/had any symptoms, do people think it's safe to assume yesterday's result was a false positive? Would people continue to self isolate or start going out for shopping or exercise?
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Probably best to avoid the orgies.
 
Looking at my financial loss is horrifying. Lost work means lost savings. We would have expected to have earned an excess (above basic costs) of 10k+. Instead we've had no work and had to spend savings to live, so we are 20k down just there alone.

This has meant deferring buying a house, and buying a boat is currently unlikely to happen.

But we are extremely lucky. We have had the money to survive, we have a decent enough flat to live in, and enough food to eat. I am very grateful for this.
 
We are going to see my step grandma tomorrow in the gardens of her flat. She's actually had her 2nd jab a month ago (she's 92 and was in first round before they mooted longer gap), kids aren't in school so honestly this week's about as safe as it gets for the next few months - haven't seen her in person since August or September I think.
 
My wife's had a shielding letter and we can't work out why. She is the main carer of someone who has a shielding letter but the letter doesn't mention this or any reason for the shielding. I can't find any suggestion that carers get shielding letters online. Our son has a shielding letter of his own but that's clearly addressed to him. His doctors are pretty unconcerned about coronavirus; his haematologist has said that it doesn't really affect kids even if they're immunosuppressed. She has no notable long-term health conditions.
 
maomao said:
My wife's had a shielding letter and we can't work out why. She is the main carer of someone who has a shielding letter but the letter doesn't mention this or any reason for the shielding. I can't find any suggestion that carers get shielding letters online. Our son has a shielding letter of his own but that's clearly addressed to him. His doctors are pretty unconcerned about coronavirus; his haematologist has said that it doesn't really affect kids even if they're immunosuppressed. She has no notable long-term health conditions.
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Did she have gestational diabetes?
 
Our synagogue is going to re-start in-person services from 20 March (low numbers, masks and distancing as last summer, as well as a shortened service) - bizarre that in theory they could have been open all along in current tier, but other than ultra-orthodox synagogues ( :rolleyes: ) I don't think I've noticed any place of worship appearing to be open on relevant day over current lockddown.

Will try to visit in the first few weeks - I last went a week and a half before March 2020 lockdown, when I was reading from the Torah that week. It's now the countdown to daughter's bat mitzvah, so we'll want to go to get a feel for what it will be like for her day.
 
Cloo said:
Our synagogue is going to re-start in-person services from 20 March (low numbers, masks and distancing as last summer, as well as a shortened service) - bizarre that in theory they could have been open all along in current tier, but other than ultra-orthodox synagogues ( :rolleyes: ) I don't think I've noticed any place of worship appearing to be open on relevant day over current lockddown.

Will try to visit in the first few weeks - I last went a week and a half before March 2020 lockdown, when I was reading from the Torah that week. It's now the countdown to daughter's bat mitzvah, so we'll want to go to get a feel for what it will be like for her day.
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Catholic churches in my area re-opened for Mass a couple of weeks ago. It was apparently co-ordinated so they all opened the same week rather than just one opening and people from other parishes all trying to crowd into one.

My wife is still going to online Mass every Sunday, hasn't been in person for over a year.
 
Cloo said:
Our synagogue is going to re-start in-person services from 20 March (low numbers, masks and distancing as last summer, as well as a shortened service) - bizarre that in theory they could have been open all along in current tier, but other than ultra-orthodox synagogues ( :rolleyes: ) I don't think I've noticed any place of worship appearing to be open on relevant day over current lockddown.
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You've reminded me that I saw some rather large numbers in a SAGE minutes document I was reading recently.

The document in question doesnt seem to want to let me cut & paste right now and I am also tired, so I'll just post it in the form of a screenshot for now.

Screenshot 2021-02-28 at 21.54.38.png

www.gov.uk

SAGE 81 minutes: Coronavirus (COVID-19) response, 18 February 2021

Record of the discussion that took place at SAGE's eighty-first meeting.
www.gov.uk www.gov.uk
 
Yes, we've been doing the 'unofficial' Zoom shabbat regularly - our synagogue is observant enough not to do electronics on shabbat, but strictly speaking, anyone can lead a service, so a rota of people have been leading it.

elbows - I'd read there was a very high level of antibodies in the Charedi community, way above average. I drove through Stamford Hill again yesterday and you can see no notices in their shops, no one wearing masks or distancing.
 
As a person who not only likes but actually needs time on my own it's a source of tremendous frustration to me that I can no longer guarantee time alone at the end of the day. I hope the return to schedules will mean the kids are tired enough to stay the fuck upstairs after 11 or so instead of getting up at all hours to make hot chocolate or microwave burgers including during that precious quiet period between Mrs SI going to bed and me following her.
 
S☼I said:
As a person who not only likes but actually needs time on my own it's a source of tremendous frustration to me that I can no longer guarantee time alone at the end of the day. I hope the return to schedules will mean the kids are tired enough to stay the fuck upstairs after 11 or so instead of getting up at all hours to make hot chocolate or microwave burgers including during that precious quiet period between Mrs SI going to bed and me following her.
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I can understand that. With both my wife and I working from home for the last year, and the kids at home for large parts of it, daily walks and running alone have been vital to my happiness.
 
S☼I said:
As a person who not only likes but actually needs time on my own it's a source of tremendous frustration to me that I can no longer guarantee time alone at the end of the day. I hope the return to schedules will mean the kids are tired enough to stay the fuck upstairs after 11 or so instead of getting up at all hours to make hot chocolate or microwave burgers including during that precious quiet period between Mrs SI going to bed and me following her.
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I've had to sleep in for an extra hour to give the wife just that extra alone time and space for herself.

This might seem like an everyone wins benefit but I really feel a bit groggy and shit if I go back to sleep after the alarm.

Once the hour moves on I can stay out in the evenings somewhere I guess
 
Artaxerxes said:
I've had to sleep in for an extra hour to give the wife just that extra alone time and space for herself.

This might seem like an everyone wins benefit but I really feel a bit groggy and shit if I go back to sleep after the alarm.

Once the hour moves on I can stay out in the evenings somewhere I guess
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Early morning walk? Or get out of the house another way?
 
S☼I said:
As a person who not only likes but actually needs time on my own it's a source of tremendous frustration to me that I can no longer guarantee time alone at the end of the day. I hope the return to schedules will mean the kids are tired enough to stay the fuck upstairs after 11 or so instead of getting up at all hours to make hot chocolate or microwave burgers including during that precious quiet period between Mrs SI going to bed and me following her.
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Yeah I hear you on that. My evening time has always been when I unwind and let the days stresses go. When that keeps getting interrupted I feel I have to stay up even later in order to achieve that. Saying that, a solitary walk between work and tea time really helps speed up that process.
 
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