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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2240661" data-attributes="member: 480869">No wonder people are confused. The officials giving guidance don’t know the guidance!My symptoms (after more than a week of chest ache, slight wheezing, intermittent cough) stepped up last night and I now definitely have a consistent cough and very slight sore throat but otherwise ok.  I was confused about the isolation period so called PHE general advice line (via 111 options)  after getting no enlightenment from 111 online yes / no answers.They were completely muddled as to whether the chest symptoms from the last week or so marked the start of my isolation or the proper consistent cough as one of the two official markers did. They advised talking to 111 directly. So I did. They really didn’t know either but ended up going with the fact I’ve done the 7 days and now have a lingering cough as opposed to being infectious - so long as there’s no fever.  So neither person inspired confidence in the decision. I’ll extend it as long as I reasonably can just in case.When I mentioned being diabetic she asked if I was aware i should be isolating for 12 weeks.  I said I thought that was just the very highest risk groups that were getting letters eg cancer patients not those of us just classed as more vulnerable. She quickly backtracked and said she didn’t realise that <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head    :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head    :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" />   These are the people that are supposed to be guiding us all and they don’t know the basic rules. incidentally my bgl are normal and maybe even lower, perhaps due to the huge amounts of vitamin C I’m ingesting (2-3g over the day right now)??  Found lots of papers to say type 2 are typically low anyway and Vit C can lower bgl and insulin levels significantly as well as plenty to say it helps support the immunity for this kind of bug</blockquote>

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