vexxxboy:mattwnz:
My parents have had Covid really bad . Bed ridden and were on antivirals, and the most ill they have been.. Only now are they getting better. They think the caught it from someone at a hairdresser who was clearly sick from it. My dad initially had cold symptoms for a few days and told me he just had a cold. I told him to take a test and it was positive. Amazingly I never caught it off them and still never had it , at least no that I know of, but I use a mask in when going shopping. So it can badly affect older people. THey were vaxed but hadn't had the latest booster. I had told them to get it about a month ago but they didn't. Ironically they were too sick to go and about after the 7 day isolation period and were still testing positive, and if they did they would likely have infected other people. So the whole isolation period is highly inaccuarte
just remember you will probably still test positive after 7 days even though you are not infectious
This is not 100% true. If you test positive on a RAT you can still be infectious. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/29/health/coronavirus-testing-positive.html