My mother, who I have limited/no contact with, is flying out to Australia via Singapore on the 14th February.
She is returning on the 10th March and wants to see my three children (2, 7 and 9) for a long weekend on the 13th.
I am nervous about this. I have no doubt, regardless of the information given, that they will travel unless expressedly told not to do so.
Its not so much the location as the fact we know Corona virus is spreading via the air, that it infects 3-4 people for every carrier and we are still unaware of how it is going to affect people in this country.
My immediate reaction was that they have no contact with her for 1 month after her return (this was before the WHO changed the quarantine time to 14-24 days but it seemed obvious for me, from the longetivity of the illness that was about right)
Theres two things;
1 - they dont need to see my mother, she and them can wait and, to be honest I dont see why I would put them in any amount of risk for something not worth it.
2 - I think I would just worry, I think I would be worried the whole time they were gone and the entire month after they returned. For me this seems a valid enough reason to remove the contact and reinstate it when we know sitting on a plane for 24 hours in recirculating air and flying into one of the epicentres of this illness is not going to cause a problem for my family.
To be honest I think shes irrational and beligerent for even choosing to still go, she is the sole carer of my 92 year old grandmother and is only supported by my aunt who has progressed COPD. To go on a trip you know full well may bring back an unknown virus that would easily kill both those people seems totally selfish. But I know her (and her husband) and I dont think any rational will make them change their plans.
AIBU to keep my children away from her until mid-June?