Aibu to wonder (hypothetically) the % who adhere to the 48h rule- strictly

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So if say a dc V 12noon saturday. So shouldnt be at school monday. (Or till after noon)
Are people sending them in as they are 'better' (but possibly still contagious). Or not wanting to take a day off work unpaid.
So Yes is sending them too early.
No is stricktly adhering.

I wouldn't send them in if they were sick that late on Saturday. If it was before half 9, so 47 hours before school on Monday I would send them in because I can't see that one hour making much difference to how contagious they are.

For the dc I’d stick to 48 hours or whatever policy Nursery/school had as a minimum.

For myself, any instance of “contagion” is 48 hours off (or two working days). Work insists on this especially with d&v bugs. We have. Couple of people who arenimmunocompromksed so they’re given the work from home option.

I work in a nursery. We have children with compromised immune systems/ children with siblings who have compromised immune systems. All parents are made aware of the importance of exclusion periods but many don't follow it. Their jobs are clearly more important than a child's life.

My sons school phone to collect him as he had been sick in the toilets. I went to collect, said he would be back once symptom free for 48 hours and the office lady told me to bring him back tomorrow if he hadn't been sick again.

School has a 48 hour policy.

Does any one know if there is a scientific basis to the 48 hour rule?

I stick strictly by it. And also get annoyed at those that don’t. I also don’t let them go anywhere for 48 hours other than our house, a drive out and possibly a drive thru for entertainment

Grapefruits - my thoughts exactly.
Happy to look at proper scientific evidence?
The contagion period can often be a lot more. And it's not just d n v that is contagious and yet we focus on that.
48hrs seems a bit arbitrary. And indeed some school have moved to 24hrs.... So no I will not look at the clock in that manner and I'd be surprised if most people did to be honest.
I would expect if the NHS recommends 48hrs they do it knowing people will cut it short (that's the nature of people - we all 'adjust' some rules to suits us, that's human...).

The scenario your describing I would send them in , our school is 24 hr policy

I stick to it. For my own kids sake as well as others. They need 48 hours to recover themselves. However you can still carry norovirus for up to 2 weeks after the V so the 48 hour thing doesn't really make a difference re passing it on

Depends why they're vomiting, if it's a bug they stay home, if they throw up from crying too much (mine did it a lot when they were little) they go to school. In primary we did sometimes send them in if they were better but now they can stay home by themselves so not really a big deal. FWIW, you're more contagious in the days before symptoms show than after, so outbreaks aren't usually caused by ignoring the rule.

I always keep my son off 48 hours.
I don't work so we are lucky to be able to not worry about time off work but there is a girl in my sons class that is immunocompromised (?) And the class and parents are all aware so we really do need to keep him off if there is any chance he's unwell

The 48 hour rule is entirely arbitrary. Someone does not stop being contagious exactly 48 hours after they last vomited - some will still be contagious for several days after, others will no longer be.

If a child vomited at 12pm on Saturday, and were perfectly fine afterwards, I would quite happily send them in on Monday.

@roses2 I work full time actually.

If the vomiting has been due to coughing or something, and they seem fine afterwards, I'd send them in (unless there's a bug going round, then I wouldn't take the risk).

If it's been 46 hours or so and they've been completely fine and eating well with no V/D for that 46 hours, I'd send them in.

Otherwise I stick to it. Mine are still small, so not always able to tell me how they feel, and I feel that they're better to get a good rest after being ill.

SIL doesn't remotely stick to it - they could vomit at midnight and still be in school the next day if they didn't look sick any more. She claims she can't take time off work- in her case, she could, she just doesn't want to. Anyway, what if her DC pass it on to 5 other children, each of whom then need a parent to stay off work? Are their jobs not as important? (In SILs head, no, they're not as important)

As an added extra to my last post, we now have 2 dc down vomiting. I scrubbed the house clean after df's dc left, but here we are. Least it wont be xmas this year hopefully