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The NHS advice is very weak, and much weaker than international advice. I hesitate to link it because I think they've got it wrong.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isol...

NHS says If you have symptoms the NHS tells you to self isolate for 7 days. If you still have symptoms you need to self isolate until those symptoms go.

NHS says If you live with someone who has symptoms you need to self isolate for 14 days from the day their symptoms started.

I think this is one of the reasons we have such high rates of infection in the UK.



Which international advice is much stronger than the NHS guidance?

e.g. CDC is the greater of 7 days since symptoms start or 72 hours after symptoms end: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/disposition-in...

My local (Canada) guidance is greater of 10 days or end of symptoms: https://www.alberta.ca/isolation.aspx




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