[nomadking]

Originally Posted by Carth

Hang on a minute here . .

I've seen the following at least a dozen times at my workplace:

Person A tests positive, isolates for 7 days then returns to work.

*There is a 10 day window after incubation when they are most infectious.*

Somehow during the time before, during, and after their isolation, they fail to infect anyone else, whether it's work colleagues, close family or friends.

Is it a dozen miracles, a dozen cases of damn good luck, or a dozen cases of a false positive test

My money is on the latter

Isolate for only 7 days?
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How long to self-isolate
If you have symptoms or have tested positive for coronavirus, you'll usually need to self-isolate for at least 10 days.
You'll usually need to self-isolate for 14 days if:

• someone you live with has symptoms or tested positive
• someone in your support bubble has symptoms or tested positive
• you've been told to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace