Whether we like it or not, Covid is out there in society, so it's pointless speculating about how Noel caught it as there really is no way of knowing. Yes their lifestyle doesn't help but he could have just as easily contracted it from the fact he still has to go out to work, he could have got it from one of the kids who got it from school, rather than shopping trips. Not everyone who gets Covid gets it because they've done something wrong. I'm no Radford fan by any means but I don't like that vibe on this thread. Whilst their lifestyle *could* have contributed, it could just be plain bad luck. Any one of us could get Covid, especially those of us still leaving the house to work in the community. It's an unavoidable risk for anyone having to leave their homes right now, for any reason.
That said, I am stunned that they are doing absolutely nothing to avoid it spreading further throughout the household. They are in a more fortunate position than most with all their bedrooms and bathrooms, they could easily isolate symptomatic family members on one level of the house to try and avoid it spreading further. They're usually a fan of musical bedrooms, why on Earth wouldn't you do it when it's a necessity?
Just because they're all isolating together, doesn't mean they should be placing each other at unnecessary risk. What if Noel, Sue, Chloe, Katie, Millie etc (basically all who are 18+) all get it so bad they are all bedridden at the same time? They really haven't thought this through. I cannot believe how laid back about it they all are. If I was their kid's school I wouldn't be happy to welcome them back after just 2 weeks after seeing that blog content and how they're all still freely mixing within the home, despite the positive test. With their lifestyle the virus is definitely going to linger longer in their house than just 2 weeks, it's plain stupidity to carry on as they are. It'll be a domino effect. Even if asymptomatic, the last one to be infected will probably just be infected as the 2 week period comes to an end, long after Noel hopefully recovers. Isolation should end 2 weeks after the infected person first displays symptoms. The only sure fire way to ensure they're not risking bringing the virus back to school and ruining everyone's Christmas is by testing all of them before their return. They'll claim discrimination of course but their household set up is hardly the norm. It's run more like a care home than a family home. It'll be rife with it, symptoms or no symptoms, and there's no way of knowing who has it and who doesn't unless you mass test them all, like you would in a care home environment when Covid sadly gets in.
What a nightmare.
It wouldn't have even occurred to me to wear a mask at home. I'm just being honest. It seems like there is a set of rules then there is another set of rules that people make up and say oh you should be doing this or you should be doing that. I don't want to stick up for them but they are following government advice which does not state that you should wear a mask in your own home.
Then you have the other side of the coin of do they work... Because we've all been wearing masks but here we are in a second wave.
Anyway I'm done with covid talk
let's just hope they manage to keep it contained to their household.
It's common sense to protect your family if there's a positive test within the family home. Whilst masks are not outlined in official guidance, isolating from the rest of the family, where possible, definitely is. It's very possible in a house the size of the Radfords, if they had thought it though (much too late now sadly). Wearing masks in communal areas might not be an official guideline, but it's common sense (as opposed to coughing all over shared surfaces, ala Noel).
It scares me how many people would think nothing of carrying on as normal within the family home, should they test positive. Not everyone can isolate away from the family (single parents, people in small homes etc) but where possible it's the easiest way to protect loved ones.