{"id":29554,"date":"2022-01-13T19:46:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/?p=29554"},"modified":"2022-01-13T19:46:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:46:51","slug":"covid-19-christmas-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/54.155.211.39\/blog\/2022\/01\/13\/covid-19-christmas-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 Christmas in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Due to Covid-19 Christmas in the UK was again not the one we were all hoping for. With yet another new variant spreading, and positive test results many did not get to celebrate it how they wanted. This is what happened to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19 Christmas Cancellations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many families will have been affected by Covid-19 cancelling their Christmas plans last year I am sure. It was very frustrating for us as we had hardly seen anyone when my husband tested positive for Covid-19<\/a>. Worst still that not one of us had any symptoms!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not Seeing Family due to Covid-19<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We had arranged to see family but obviously couldn\u2019t. Gutted as I had wrapped the present early November. In fact we hadn\u2019t even done the Christmas food shop. Getting an online delivery slot that close to the big day was just not going to happen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But more worrying than that was what would happen about the eldest. Isolation would not be over until the end of Boxing Day. This would result in the oldest either being home alone at Christmas or having my husband isolate alone. The thought of moving Christmas was there, but still would it feel right with the eldest being alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Boris saves Christmas with New Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Then just like that our Prime Minister Boris Johnson saved the day with new science. He said that now if you tested negative on days 6 and 7, on a lateral flow test, you were no longer contagious and were free to stop self-isolating. He literally said this just in time as hubby was on day 6!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now no-one really believed this new science if I am honest but it meant we could do things. You see mental health is important and covid-19 really has knocked a lot of people. Plus, there was an element of thinking this is how it is now, we need to just learn to live with it. We may have also been a little sceptical at the fact that we hardly went by anyone, no-one had symptoms and only hubby had it when it apparently spread so easily!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-19 Christmas 2021 in the UK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With it believing to be spreading so much there was a new slogan and push for the booster, so I booked and took the eldest for his. We only saw our eldest on the 23rd<\/sup>, 24th<\/sup> and 25th<\/sup>. We saw 3 more members of family on the 26th<\/sup>. Then quite a few more on the 27th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Positive with Covid-19 Symptoms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the 29th<\/sup> unfortunately a family member messaged me to tell me that they had tested positive. Literally that moment my husband started to feel really ill. Just went really cold and started shivering. It sounded like an after-drop. But he felt really hot. A lateral flow test showed that he was positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This time he was scared, it was the worst feeling ever as I couldn\u2019t comfort him due to the self-isolating. Plus self-isolating isn\u2019t easy when you don\u2019t have spare rooms and everyone shares a bathroom! We were cleaning surfaces all the time and wearing masks in the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Missing School and the Previous Covid-19 Dilemma<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At first I wasn\u2019t going to get the boys tested as they could just self-isolate – but of course it wasn\u2019t that long until the boys were due back at school. The 14 year old\u2019s 90 days after Covid-19 window ended<\/a> on the day he was due back at school. Before that the guidance was not to test him with a lateral flow. This has since changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the boys were positive and didn\u2019t test until the LFT at school it would mean missing even more school! Therefore I decided it best we all had a PCR as the advice for being a close contact was to test. This included the teen as I didn\u2019t realise that the teen was only meant to have a PCR if he had symptoms and so did get him booked in for one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lack of Covid-19 Tests in the UK<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There was a lack of both PCR and lateral flow tests. This was probably due to the fact that Omicron was spreading faster. Also because those who were a close contact of someone who was positive should do lateral flow tests for 7 days. Not to mention those trying to get out of isolation early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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