And it’s not like you get daily housekeeping anymore!
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Hotel housekeeping has resumed, but we usually decline it. We are never there long enough for it to matter.
But back to the OP question. The tough part about this was that they were the middle of places this couple was visiting. It wasn’t like they could just go home. I think the issue here is they didn’t reach out to the hosts to come up with some sort of plan.
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I usually know when I am coming down with something and also getting better. I would tell people I am getting together with if I am sick and let them make decision if they want me to come. Sometimes I would out right refuse if I know I may still be contagious. My siblings told me they were fine with me coming to a family get together when I was 5 days into Covid infection. I was feeling fine, but the test was still positive.
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I’ve always preferred to decline housekeeping and just get any needed extra towels and trash emptied when we are at hotels. The hotels we have been to are now offering the option of service of no service, with towels, of course. Some give guests a free drink or something if they opt for just towels and no service.
“Shouldn’t there be a fever involved to call it sick?”
No. A fever on its own isn’t contagious. It’s the stuff coming out of your nose and mouth that gets other people sick. Especially if it’s being expelled at these rates, as per www.lung.org
“A cough can travel as fast as 50 mph and expel almost 3,000 droplets in just one go. Sneezes win though—they can travel up to 100 mph and create upwards of 100,000 droplets.”
So perhaps visiting friends and relatives while one is at the height of coughing and sneezing with an illness is inconsiderate at best, and words I can’t say on CC at worst. In an ideal world, visitors should always let hosts know they are sick.
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And a fever simply means one’s body is fighting off some illness. It in and of itself is not diagnostic
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Apropos of…
I read the new study last week about STD’s, particularly chlamydia and syphilis and how widespread they are. The article confused me.
But now I think I get it. If someone is uncomfortable telling the person who is hosting them- serving them meals, entertaining them, etc. in their own home when they have a cold/cough/viral something or other, I guess it must be REALLY uncomfortable to tell a partner (whether someone you know or just a casual pick up) that you have an STD.
I don’t think people need to stay home because there are auto fatalities. I think that’s a poor analogy, btw. I think people SHOULD wear seat belts (a documented, no cost way to reduce the risk of dying) and not drive when impaired by booze or drugs, use their turn signals, and in general, avail themselves of all the ways that driving can be made safer.
There’s kind of a weird “nobody tells me what to do” persona emerging on this thread and I’m not sure where it comes from. But I guess I’m learning.
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My D came down with the stomach flu the day my parents were flying in…it was too late to have them not come, since they were already on the plane when she woke up sick. We had them stay at a nearby hotel…they would’ve had to share a bathroom with her…
In the case of guests traveling, if they haven’t left home yet, you could ask them not to come. If they are already at your house, I’d have them mask up and I’d give them lysol/clorox to wipe down their bathroom and bedroom. And I’d keep my distance from them best I could. I would also keep other non-sick family members from using the same bathroom.
That said, I wouldn’t go stay at someone’s house if I was already starting to feel sick. I don’t want them to have to deal with me…
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