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[Misc] Self isolation question
- Thread starter kevo
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A mex eyecan
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- Nov 3, 2011
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as the criteria for alcohol based sanitisers is to kill germs on skin, if you drink a minimum of one bottle of gin or vodka each day then i think the answer is yes
jonnyrovers
mostly tinpot
Yeah but if you wanna avoid catching it you'll have to self isolate for a little bit longer than that.
If after the 14 days you still had no symptoms, then yes you would almost certainly be virus free. However as soon as you went back out into the world you’d lose that guarantee.
Machiavelli
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I'm not claiming any specialist knowledge here, but I'd imagine it depends on who you've been in contact with during that period (self-isolation tends to be interpreted as home-bound, as opposed to not being in physical contact with housemates/friends/family members).
And again from my limited understanding, after 14 days of complete self-isolation, you may have actually contracted the disease (because, in some instances, it's either asymptomatic or the symptoms are often extremely mild that you wouldn't be aware of them) and, if this were the case, then you'd thereafter be immune. If you self-isolated and didn't pick up the disease, then you'd not only only be virus-free, you'd also remain liable to pick up the virus.
There's some good news on C4 News this evening: a company has developed a test that is much quicker than what the NHS (and other public health authorities) have been relying on. It reveals whether you are infected within 10 minutes.
The first two replies are sufficient.
Slightly odd question [MENTION=11720]kevo[/MENTION]. Have you worded it quite as you meant it?
Looking at the length of reply and the post times, the poster probably started their post before the first two replies were up. Happens to me all the time, I hit submit reply only to find someone else beat me to the punch.
Ah! Makes sense now. Yes, provided you travel to where they are with a paper bag over your head.
Seriously, I think that if you inhale a bit of virus en route you could puff it (or it's children, grandchildren etc - the buggers reproduce very fast) out on arrival. So you should be fine if you travel by car.
Good to hear about someone thinking about the welfare of someone else.
The hard part is isolating someone you live with. My wife needs protecting, I need to work though,but am able to restrict certain things, such as training people at the brewery etc. I have worked at home for the last few days while I sort things out with HR.
kevo
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- Mar 8, 2008
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I was thinking of my own personal situation - but also someone at work was telling me they have a friend whose mum has cancer. He obviously wants to visit her, but is terrified of giving her the virus and actually making her condition worse.
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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find this unlikely as currently the tests are genome based, looking for signature genes from the virus. thats why its been so difficult and slow for test, you have to do it in labs. could change of course, would have thought more of a stir. someone did claim to have antibody detection last week but nothing more heard.