Child's class bubble close but should it have been?

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This also happened to a friend with DC at a different school.

Message to parents last night, DD's class bubble will now be closed and children to isolate for 14 days as a child in the bubble has tested positive over the weekend.

Class group chat starts, one mum comes on & says it's X but we're ok. Then says X doesn't have any symptoms, was me on Friday afternoon and husband Saturday but we got her tested anyway and it's positive.

Now every single thing I have read says only to have a test if you develop symptoms. X would have to self isolate anyway due to the parents having positive tests but by getting her tested they now closed the bubble and all 30 kids are at home for 14 days. This what would happen if following the rules but then it shows the system if flawed as this child obviously did have it and was asymptotic.

So I don't know if I'm right to be annoyed by this or not. I'm certainly not looking forward to 2 weeks home schooling again.

Yes it closed because x has the virus, being symptomatic isn’t relevant because they could spread it to others (staff and pupils) who become very unwell.

Thank god mum had her child tested!

But what I'm saying is X didn't have any symptoms should following guidelines shouldn't have tested unless they developed any. X should 100% of self isolated because of her DM's positive test but if X hadn't been tested the rest of the class would be carrying on as normal. DYSWIM?

Makes sense to have her tested and for school bubble to self isolate.

I know it makes sense but what I'm saying is if you followed the guidelines then nobody would know the child had the virus so is the system not process/guidance not flawed somewhere?

But the bubble has only closed because she was positive! Of course they system is flawed but thankfully in this case the parents have been cautious. Good for them.

Exact same thing happened at my son's nursery. We're on 2nd week of isolation because his friend, who was asymptomatic, tested positive. Whole nursery closed. It does irritate me because she had no symptoms and should not have been tested, just isolated with her parents.

The system is rigged to keep more people in schools. It' an absolute disgrace.

I get what you mean, and x would have had to have the 14 days off anyway, so the rest could technically have kept going in if they didn't know x was also positive, BUT, assuming x has already passed it to y and z in the class last week, it's best now that everyone is off, or y and z (assuming they're asymptomatic) would continue spreading it to others in the class.

So this way, anyone who may have been in contact with x and caught covid now can't spread it to the others and they're all safer at home.

Have you guys lost the plot? Your children have been playing with a child who has coronavirus and so must self isolate. Suggesting the child shouldn't have been tested means they'd still have been at risk of catching it from that child.

I'm so confused are you annoyed that the bubble closed? Because essentially all the kids in the bubble have been exposed to a positive case so surely you want them all to isolate ?

It sounds like the parents did the right thing and what I would do in a similar situation l?

So if x was in school, positive and asymptomatic on Friday. She could have spread it to Y and Z (also asymptomatic).

Without a test for x, x stays at home but Y and Z are happily going on as normal. Then between them they spread it to one parent each and a sibling who spreads it to their class teacher and so it goes on.

The big problem with this virus is that it can spread asymptomatically. So closing class bubbles aims to reduce this. It's shit and I do sympathise because my ds also starts day 1 of a 14 day isolation today after an asymptomatic case. It's intensely frustrating and makes you wish the parents hadn't bothered with a test but try to keep in mind the reasons for it.

The parents applied common sense, good news.

This child could have passed it to loads of other kids in the class who then pass it to their grandparents or other vulnerable people in the community. Not knowing would only make this worse and result in potentially 20 kids infected rather than just the one. The parents did the right thing whether it was in the guidance or not. Sucks that she's home for two weeks but not as much as it would suck if someone died or had long term effects from catching it.

YAB spectacularly U!
And don't seem to have a bloody clue what the isolation of a class bubble is for.

It is quite clear from evidence like this that households of positive cases should all be tested. Let me guess, it's an inconvenience for you.

OP, you are thinking like Donald Trump.

Are you serious??!! My god, no wonder we can’t get rates down! FYI, when you test you can also test household members since homes are one of the primary sources of transmission. In fact you’re very much encouraged to.

The aim is to break chains of transmission by isolating contacts of positive cases (which is why your bubble has closed). So yes they absolutely did the right thing and you should be thankful for it, not annoyed about the inconvenience it’s caused you.

I think what the OP is saying is that way happened in the case she is talking about is what should happen all of the time. As it will reduce transmission.

Why are you questioning that they got child tested? Surely it was the right thing or X could have given it to Y who passed to their parents and their vulnerable grandparents etc. The whole point is we are breaking cycles.

Isolating to kill the virus!

OP, you are thinking like Donald Trump

So true! If you don’t test it doesn’t exist right?

You should be moaning about the system being wrong, not the school closing a bubble.

No, she say she's annoyed that it's happened and she has to stay at home for 14 days. Which I can understand, but is also why I have 5 members of staff off isolating this morning!

Incredibly selfish thinking.
My school has had a similar case, where parents tested positive BUT decided to send their 2 children in anyway. Guess what, we now also have 4 infected teachers and a total of the best part of 4 year groups out, with cases rising daily - this is affecting mock exams, which may well become real exam grades for our Y11s. All because the parents didn't want to "home school" their kids.

OP- no thought for the other kids? The teachers? The support staff? The lunchtime supervisors? Etc

As long as your kid isn’t having to be at Home with you, you seem to not give a shit about others.

A colleague if mine was advised to test because she lived with someone who tested positive op. I get what your saying, but I read yesterday that people who live with someone who’s had a positive result can get tested. They probably were following advice