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You can still be contagious for a while after being free of symptoms - how long to isolate after that is still difficult to gauge. The NHS suggests 14 days afte

• DanBC 7y ago
  The NHS advice is very weak, and much weaker than international advice. I hesitate to link it because I think they've got it wrong. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-advice/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isol... NHS says If you have symptoms the NHS tells you to self isolate for 7 days. If you still have symptoms you need to self isolate until those symptoms go. NHS says If you live with someone who has symptoms you need to self isolate for 14 days from the day their symptoms started. I think this is one of the reasons we have such high rates of infection in the UK.
  • Marsymars 7y ago
    Which international advice is much stronger than the NHS guidance? e.g. CDC is the greater of 7 days since symptoms start or 72 hours after symptoms end: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/disposition-in-home-patients.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/disposition-in... My local (Canada) guidance is greater of 10 days or end of symptoms: https://www.alberta.ca/isolation.aspx https://www.alberta.ca/isolation.aspx
• Marsymars 7y ago
  Sure, but even if you bump that up by a lot, like to 90 days, you're likely still better off after those 90 days than people who don't have antibodies.