Collateral Flow

The fallout from a positive lateral flow COVID test. Collateral flow can range from frantically calling restaurants, bars, friends and family to alert them of your result, hiding yourself away and getting people to do your food shopping, or to doing not an awful lot. The latter likely would not apply if you're not bothered for COVID, then there is no collateral damage.

"Having COVID sucked, but what was worse was dealing with the collateral flow."

"I tested positive on Monday, and have been dealing with the collateral flow all day today."