If you were to voluntarily self-isolate for 14 days despite not showing any symptoms, could you be almost certain you were virus-free?
If you were to voluntarily self-isolate for 14 days despite not showing any symptoms, could you be almost certain you were virus-free?
If you were to voluntarily self-isolate for 14 days despite not showing any symptoms, could you be almost certain you were virus-free?
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.
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.
The first two replies are sufficient.
True. I was thinking if you needed to visit a vulnerable person, say an elderly relative with other health issues, this might be one way (albeit an extreme way) of doing it.
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.
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.
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.