Coronavirus discussion thread

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larkim Oct 2020 10:17am, 30 Oct 2020 12,455 posts	0 larkim Formerly shielding office worker at my workplace has tested positive. Husband tested positive a few days earlier after going to the pub with his brother (tested positive earlier too). Now formerly shielding office worker reports that on her last day in work she say within 2m of another member of staff all day, despite being under strict instructions not to and despite her own air of caution (self-declared) because of her formerly shielding status. So her 2nd in command in the team now also needs to self isolate. Idiots the lot of them.
EvilPixie Oct 2020 10:19am, 30 Oct 2020 19,791 posts	0 EvilPixie and this is the problem people aren't helping themselves even if you ignore the don't kill granny or social responsibility they don't even think of them
mathschick Oct 2020 10:27am, 30 Oct 2020 148 posts	0 mathschick to be honest if you are sharing the same office air all day, I doubt whether being 2m away will actually help that much, but obviously anyway being closer than 2m shouldn't be. People are thinking that if workplaces declare themselves to be 'covid secure' it means they can't catch it there, maybe partly it is the wording, there is no such thing as a covid secure workplace if there is more than 1 person using it
EvilPixie Oct 2020 10:34am, 30 Oct 2020 19,794 posts	0 EvilPixie this is where wearing masks inside come in!
Carpathius Oct 2020 10:44am, 30 Oct 2020 20,088 posts	0 Carpathius As the link a few pages back showed, depends on ventilation and length of time indoors. Most masks, even the surgical ones, have gaps around the edges.
ThorntonRunner Oct 2020 11:01am, 30 Oct 2020 4,040 posts	0 ThorntonRunner Ventilation seems a lot more important than masks indoors if you're going to be with someone for a significant length of time
EvilPixie Oct 2020 11:12am, 30 Oct 2020 19,797 posts	0 EvilPixie all our meeting rooms which is where the 2 boys will have been are internal so no windows
The_Saint Oct 2020 11:36am, 30 Oct 2020 6,648 posts	0 The_Saint So in summary, the difference between the Australians and New Zealanders bring able to control Covid outbreaks is "Shut up, that's different"
The_Saint Oct 2020 11:37am, 30 Oct 2020 6,649 posts	0 The_Saint I love the bizarreness of British exceptionalism that is immune to all logic.
HappyG(rrr) Oct 2020 12:02pm, 30 Oct 2020 36,269 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Does anyone know how latest no house mixing rules impact the incoming traveler isolate rules? (Scotland) gov.scot The page still reads like you can have family come stay with you, just in a room with an open window and try not to share a bathroom. That seems to be massively in conflict with "no other household to visit you indoors in your home" recent changes for almost all tiers, certainly 2 and above?