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

[TellerTuesday4EVA]

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.

@ThornAmongstRoses

The whole reason that the kids are now isolating is so that they don’t unwittingly go passing it around in the community and to protect school staff who may not yet have been infected. What is there that doesn’t make sense to you about that?

She does understand the need for isolation!

The point she’s making is that according to current guidelines the student shouldn’t have been tested in the first place.

She is just highlighting how flawed the system is because the current guidelines mean that potential positive, but asymptomatic students are still allowed in school.

Of course it’s good the student’s positive test has been acted on, but if guidelines had been followed, although she would have been isolating, the rest of her classmates would still be in school, which in hindsight would have been a big problem.

Nobody should be getting arsey with the OP because she pointing out a flawed system - they should be getting arsey with the Government and demand the testing guidelines change to say everyone who lives with a positive person should always be tested - even if they don’t have symptoms.

Exactly this! The OP is concerned about the flawed system that potentially allows an asymptomatic child to be in school. The child could have been the cause of spread to her parents as well as other children but if the parents hadn’t been symptomatic no one would have known

Are some people seriously that thick that they don’t comprehend someone can have the virus, pass it on yet have no symptoms? And are complaining that people without symptoms had been tested which action taken due positive test result. Do they realise a positive test means they have the virus? How thick can someone be??

I think you are BU.
Yes it sucks but another child in that class might have a vulnerable parent who really doesn't want to get it.
That's possibly 20+ getting it and taking it home to their parents who then spread it to others while shopping or whatever?!
Why can't people just accept and follow the rules?! Your not exempt just because its inconvenient to you 🙄

They only say have test if you have symptoms because otherwise everyone would be doing it all the time, and people who really do need tests might not get them.

I think it is quite sensible however to have a test if both your parents have it, and they obviously provide close care to the child.

And in this situation, I'm not sure what you are moaning about.

Surely you would prefer this than for the child to already have passed it on (perfectly possible) and for your child to then be infected by someone else in the class who isn't showing symptoms?

I'm really not sure of why you're wound up over this.

I'm somewhat concerned about the thought of having to do self isolation over the Christmas holidays, if we get cases in the final week. That's going to be a real pain for everyone.

So far we haven't had to ask any class to SI more than once yet (all 9 classes have had to do it once to date) but we know it's always possible. It was bad enough many had to SI over their half term, but Christmas too?

@TellerTuesday4EVA

So at least some of you understand the point I am trying to get across. There's now 14 days of all 30 children being at home even though they have all had contact as of last week when the contagiousness was higher so they've all been exposed already anyway.

Which is surely why they are self isolating as they might have it and pass it on if out and about?

Having a child self isolating is not fun - just finished second period of it with my eldest, but understand why it was needed. It also meant we knew to limit our contact with vulnerable family members just in case.

My local authority have now released a whole list of symptoms where they are asking people to get tested which includes headaches, feeling tired for no good reason & tummy aches in children.

YABVU. I would be very annoyed if someone know that their child have Covid and still bring the child at nursery, as my child could take it and bring it home where his brothers can react worst, or even the parent. Husband works less than usual but still go to work where he can spread the virus to other, and others to their families and so on. So are you still annoyed that you have to homeschooling your child? That should be great as a parent usually like to spend more time with the kids untill it's not too late