scottsdad Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: Their very own app pinged me and said, very cleary, "Isolate and book a PCR test." It did not, anywhere, say (but you don't have to if you don't want to). I didn't anyway as I was able to take daily LFTs instead, but it's rather disingenuous to say that it was "well understood" that it was guidance. Quote In a statement to the Scottish Parliament, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that anyone who tests positive for Covid-19, regardless of vaccination status, must still self-isolate for 10 days. However, from tomorrow, 6 January, new cases will be advised they can end self-isolation if they don’t have a fever and test negative on a Lateral Flow Device (LFD) on Day 6 and again at least 24 hours later. The key word being "must" - that is an instruction. This is from 5th January this year. ETA: these have consistently been referred to as self-isolation rules throughout. Example here Edited February 22, 2022 by scottsdad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 45 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Thing is, there is a hard core of people who believe that this is the case now who will have all summer to spread their propaganda. "A plane crash every week" is how they're describing the currant death figures. Our only hope (jeez, can't believe I'm about to type this) is that Johnson and the Tories keep the tap switched off to prevent the money being splurged all over the place come the winter. No doubt they'll be raisin this statistic at every opportunity.. (Mods: please note I resisted the opportunity to link this to falling attendance at a certain large venue in Glasgow) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squalor Vic Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 22 minutes ago, scottsdad said: The key word being "must" - that is an instruction. This is from 5th January this year. ETA: these have consistently been referred to as self-isolation rules throughout. Example here Yeah, 'must' , 'shall', 'requirement' thats terminology that means it has to be adhered to no matter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) Were any of you lot not curious about why you never heard of anyone being done for ignoring the isolation guidance/instructions/rules? Edited February 22, 2022 by welshbairn -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 minute ago, welshbairn said: Were any of you lot not curious about why you never heard of anyone being done for breaking the isolation guidance/instructions/rules? To be honest, I don't know anyone who broke that particular rule. Everyone I know who caught Covid isolated for the required 10 days, despite the problems of getting food delivered and such like. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Brazil Forever Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 minute ago, welshbairn said: Were any of you lot not curious about why you never heard of anyone being done for breaking the isolation guidance/instructions/rules? This family at least were never ever very clear on what we could be nicked or sent to jail for. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squalor Vic Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Were any of you lot not curious about why you never heard of anyone being done for ignoring the isolation guidance/instructions/rules? Not really. I just a) assumed the majority was sticking to it and b) assumed nobody was low enough to report someone 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 17 minutes ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: No doubt they'll be raisin this statistic at every opportunity.. (Mods: please note I resisted the opportunity to link this to falling attendance at a certain large venue in Glasgow) 1 minute ago, oaksoft said: They obviously feel there's a good raisin for making that comparison. Twice in two minutes across two threads...on a twosday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 12 minutes ago, scottsdad said: To be honest, I don't know anyone who broke that particular rule. Everyone I know who caught Covid isolated for the required 10 days, despite the problems of getting food delivered and such like. I broke the rules. We went out and about as usual but didn’t get too close to anyone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Just now, Dawson Park Boy said: I broke the rules. We went out and about as usual but didn’t get too close to anyone. As we found out today, you didn't break any rules. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, scottsdad said: As we found out today, you didn't break any rules. Took me a while to work that out but yes. We were hoodwinked all along. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Did she actually say all that was guidance and not mandatory? Self isolating, taking a PCR test etc? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 58 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: Their very own app pinged me and said, very cleary, "Isolate and book a PCR test." It did not, anywhere, say (but you don't have to if you don't want to). I didn't anyway as I was able to take daily LFTs instead, but it's rather disingenuous to say that it was "well understood" that it was guidance. Think it might have been a legal requirement if you were pinged or contacted by test & trace. Not 100% sure of this though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 bit of revisionism from Sturgeon which doesnt add up. There absolutely was provision on the covid laws for people to be taken to their home address or place of treatment by force if necessary if they had the virus, i know this because ive seen it in black and white. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Saintsible Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 10 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said: I broke the rules. We went out and about as usual but didn’t get too close to anyone. I was on honeymoon in England when I tested positive with a LFT, last August. There were 4 of us down there, including my bro and sister in law. We all tested positive with LFTs (we tested cos we kept hearing of folk from the wedding catching it - super spreader event) None of us really had any symptoms, just loss of taste, not feeling 100%. We didn’t isolate either. As we were in England then we were breaking the rules. We told folk back home we were all negative though and only began to admit the truth once everyone who’d caught it at our wedding had recovered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Captain Saintsible said: Test twice a week before going anywhere? Has anyone actually been doing this? I didn’t realise this was a thing! Some weirdo I work with was LFT 3 times a day Morning, afternoon and evening Her reasoning? “Just in case” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Just now, Clown Job said: Some weirdo I work with was LFT 3 times a day Morning, afternoon and evening Her reasoning? “Can tell everyone how virtuous I am on facebook” FTFY. Will soon change when they aren't free. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 The guilt tripping over masks has already started 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Just now, Left Back said: FTFY. Will soon change when they aren't free. Exactly I didn’t have an issue with free testing, but people like her abused the system 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 A boy I follow on Twitter saying there that if they can come off your face in March, they can come off your face in February.Spot on. Nicola Sturgeon is posturing with her " care more" stance and is taking the Scottish people for mugs. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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