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DD has sore throat, no fever, in normal circumstances I'd still send her to school but with the COVID climate best to keep her off?

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Entreprecurious · 09/03/2020 07:17

I can't seem to find any official guidance on this. DD is slightly under the weather, a cold last week and now a sore throat but no coughing and no fever at any point. Even before there were any COVID cases in the UK the class seemed very anxious about even the slightest sniffle - best to keep her off in these times of contagion even though it's very mild?
Really appreciate your views

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caulkheaded · 09/03/2020 07:20

I’d send her.

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Entreprecurious · 09/03/2020 07:22

thanks caulkheaded - no other adults around, useful to get a second opinion :)

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LittleCabbage · 09/03/2020 07:23

I would send her too.

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 09/03/2020 07:24

I'd she actually feeling unwell? If just sniffles, she should definitely go to school.

PurpleDaisies · 09/03/2020 07:24

Send her.

ChasingRainbows19 · 09/03/2020 07:25

Any cases nearby or to concerned about contact?
To be honest the symptoms don't sound like corona virus anyway. Send her in.

Unusualsuspicion · 09/03/2020 07:26

Id send her!

occulus · 09/03/2020 07:29

I'd send her too. My dad is in a vulnerable category so I've suggested and he's agreed that he stays indoors with minimal visitors for now. If he wants fresh air he can go for a walk to his local beach which is 200 yards from his home, having to touch only his own garden gate. The otherwise healthy have to go about life with the at risk group taking extra precautions in my view.

MrsP2015 · 09/03/2020 07:38

I'd send her as it sounds it's unlikely to be Corona virus.

If you keep her off when she's not got the usual expected symptoms I'd think that would scare her and the class more than her being there with a sore throat?

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Entreprecurious · 09/03/2020 07:53

Thanks so much for taking the time to answer. Yes, I'm v confident it's not the coronavirus - it was more to do with not causing anxiety in the class. They do seem to be a particularly worried bunch - one of her friends' parents has just spent £750 stockpiling groceries and the kid has her bedroom wardrobes full of baked beans.

Anyway, she's heading in...

occulus agree - my mother is also in a vulnerable category/underlying health conditions etc so I"m advising her to be cautious too. But otherwise we're just going on as normal.

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Bestnewshoes · 09/03/2020 07:58

£750?????? I was slightly embarrassed at my extra couple of cans of beans! 😝

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Entreprecurious · 09/03/2020 08:03

@bestnewshoes - I know, it's crazy!

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Mrsjayy · 09/03/2020 08:10

Send her I think it is best to carry on best we can. £750 worth of shopping bloody madness I can forsee once this is over foodbanks are going to be fit to burst with crappy tins of .stew and pasta

blah1blah2blah3blah4 · 09/03/2020 08:26

yep, i'd send mine in

DontBiteTheBoobThatFeedsYou · 09/03/2020 08:28

I've sent two of my kids in, we have constant colds. They would never be in if I didn't send them in.

oncemorewithfeeling99 · 09/03/2020 08:53

I’ve sent my child with a light cold. We haven’t been to any of the Hugh risk areas of knowingly come into contact with someone diagnosed or later quarantined. It’s England, children will still get all the normal colds. If the official advice was to keep them off then I would follow that but so far they haven’t suggested it. So I’m sticking with the experts

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