Sparkle1984
19-03-20, 23:12
I have been working at home since Monday morning, like most other people in my office. However, this morning a manager called in sick with a fever and temperature, and he also said his young daughter has a cough. So I'm concerned it could be coronavirus, especially given the long incubation period.
Before we all started working from home, he worked in the same room of the office as me, although approximately 5 metres or more away from me and his desk faced away from me. I can't remember when he was last in the office as he always worked from home 2 or 3 days a week, even before the official guidance about working from home was released. I think it could have been last Wednesday, though, as he usually works from home on Thursdays and Fridays anyway.
So given the fact that his desk was quite far from mine, he was last in the office with me about a week ago, and I always wash my hands for 20 seconds after going to the toilet, touching door handles or before having a snack, do you think I could be at increased risk of getting coronavirus than anyone who hadn't worked in the same office-room as him?
I feel like I'm almost constantly checking to make sure that I don't have a tickle in my throat! Sometimes I feel paranoid that there's a very slight tickle in my throat, but I think it could be just because I'm hyper-vigilant about it at the moment. I'm still feeling more anxious today, ever since I heard this news about this colleague.
Before we all started working from home, he worked in the same room of the office as me, although approximately 5 metres or more away from me and his desk faced away from me. I can't remember when he was last in the office as he always worked from home 2 or 3 days a week, even before the official guidance about working from home was released. I think it could have been last Wednesday, though, as he usually works from home on Thursdays and Fridays anyway.
So given the fact that his desk was quite far from mine, he was last in the office with me about a week ago, and I always wash my hands for 20 seconds after going to the toilet, touching door handles or before having a snack, do you think I could be at increased risk of getting coronavirus than anyone who hadn't worked in the same office-room as him?
I feel like I'm almost constantly checking to make sure that I don't have a tickle in my throat! Sometimes I feel paranoid that there's a very slight tickle in my throat, but I think it could be just because I'm hyper-vigilant about it at the moment. I'm still feeling more anxious today, ever since I heard this news about this colleague.