Positive Covid test but we have no food in!

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I got a text at 10pm tonight to say the DS is positive for CV. He hasn’t really had symptoms but THREE members at his SN college tested positive earlier this week so he was sent home to isolate and I wanted to make sure as DH is a keyworker. I really didn’t think it would be positive.

I’m bloody furious that staff have passed it onto vulnerable students. DS is classed as CEV so has been taught to be very good with hygiene but the staff haven’t been wearing masks, and didn’t seem to adhering to 2m social distancing at his induction session, but that’s another thread.

This means the whole household needs to isolate from now obviously but we are a family of 6 (adults) and get through a LOT of food so I shop every 2/3 days. The next big shop was due to be tomorrow!

The earliest online delivery I can get is for Wednesday and we literally only have milk, eggs, chips, meat and rice/pasta but not enough for 4 days. No squash/bread/cereal/yoghurts/fruit/veg etc.

There is literally no one local we can ask. DH’s brother lives an hour away but his family also has Covid (not from us as we haven’t seen them for months).

It’ll be a lot of shopping for a volunteer to get, if I can find one.

I’ve booked the other 5 of us for a drive in tests tomorrow so I was thinking about me and DH double masking and scooting round Tesco chucking stuff in trolleys as quickly as possible straight afterwards.

Should we? If we have it tomorrow, we had it today too!

On a more positive note - this thread is becoming a great resource for finding out how to get food at short notice if self isolating! 😁

YABU. Going to the shops today isn’t any different to yesterday, yesterday you put people at risk by shopping but of course you didn’t know so it’s not your fault, but it’s no excuse to go and put them at risk again now you do know.

In terms of the college, I work in an SEN school and we have been given a small number of tests for asymptomatic staff to test themselves several times over the last few months and there are other situations where people can be offered tests with no symptoms (Eg: several ONS/ research studies going on at the moment) so it’s not necessarily that the staff members had symptoms and new they had to isolate beforehand.

Also, if your DS is testing positive just a day or two after the staff member it sounds unlikely he caught it from her as the virus isn’t usually detectable straight after catching it, it is usually 5-10 days after contact that somebody starts to display symptoms and have enough virus for a positive test. It sounds like as they are positive with the virus at the same time your DS probably caught the virus from the person the staff member caught it from, maybe another student or staff member, a week or so ago and that he didn’t catch it from the staff member.

You = your

You are so selfish and hypocritical. None of you need to get tests aside from your son as you don't have symptoms, he doesn't need it for his work. All he does is tell them there's a case at home and he has to self isolate.

Hopeisnotastrategy

As I’ve said, I don’t think she should go. But the actual risk is quite low.

You don't all need to get tests. Why does everyone struggle with this concept so much?? You are just required to isolate for 14 days.

Lots of ideas on this thread for how to get food at short notice. Don't go to tesco. Double masking will make absolutely no difference, you might as well hang a lucky charm around your neck for all the difference it'll make.

And it's outrageous you're blaming it on the school staff. He could have got it literally anywhere.

I think some people are being quite harsh on here. I get it, you want to keep your family safe but also want to make sure they are fed. Having said that, I don't think I would risk tesco if I were you. What if you also have the virus and no symptoms?

If I were you, I'd pop a message on a local fb group. I know if I saw a post like yours, I'd be happy to help, not least because it's an excuse to get out of the house. Failing that, download just eat and deliveroo on your phone, let everyone eat crap for a few days and then add a load of vegetables onto the online delivery slot for Wednesday to make up for it. Also maybe fill the freezer up while you're at it, in case something like this happens again.

@flaviaritt

I think people should stop giving the OP grief about friendships. It’s not helpful and actually, not everyone is the same. Some people are just a bit introverted and that’s fine. There is no rule in life that says you have to make friends.

True but it’s more than a touch surprising that out of a household of 6 adults not one of them has anyone they can call on to do them a favour when they are stuck. Or even a neighbour

I got stuck like that with NO food in the house whatsoever I had to order food off amazon prime and starve for a couple of days until it arrived but mostly it's next day delivery. No way I was going out until I got a negative result.

True but it’s more than a touch surprising that out of a household of 6 adults not one of them has anyone they can call on to do them a favour when they are stuck. Or even a neighbour

If they all have the OPs attitude its not a surprise.

@flaviaritt

Hopeisnotastrategy

As I’ve said, I don’t think she should go. But the actual risk is quite low.

That's probably what the person who went and infected that staff thought though. Who's to say they didn't get it from someone who was positive but went to the shop.

This post must be a wind up. The combination of unnecessary testing and "should I just nip quickly to Tesco" with the raging at school staff.

OP you don't all need to be tested unless you become symptomatic. Even your DH.
And of course you shouldn't go to Tesco. Deliveroo, takeaway, ask an acquaintance, be creative with what is in the cupboards and freezer.

You're a delight OP.

Well done for ignoring advice and using up multiple tests for people that shouldn't be tested and then going into the supermarket when you should be self isolating.

Absolute delight.

Now I know how one of my elderly, vulnerable friends has something that looks very much like covid when the only place she goes is the supermarket.

Of course her test results will take several days because people are taking tests without symptoms too, so it makes it harder for her to access treatment if it isn't actually covid but something that needs antibiotics for.

It cements the idea that I should not be going to the supermarket at all this winter even if I'm struggling to get a delivery, because I can't trust other people to keep to the rules.

Please don't go shopping, that is incredibly selfish. People have suggested plenty of options on here now.
I had to isolate unexpectedly (it ended up being 4 days) and a friend brought me supplies, but I noticed that deliveroo and the likes were doing food shops.
I'd get one of those to see you through til weds when you can get the shopping delivered. And yes, tests generally don't come back that quick but some do. You seem very angry with the college but they, like everyone else, are trying their best. Your child is in a SN school which suggests pupils need extra support. Even with masks on, there is still a chance it can spread. They are all touching the same things and using the same spaces. I am sorry to say but by sending a child to school it is a chance that they could catch covid and that isn't the fault of the staff. You're taking your anger out on the wrong people.

OP you sound like a complete selfish arsehole and I am not in the least bit surprised you have no friends. Stop being a selfish bitch. The world does not revolve around you. If you willingly passed the virus on to someone in my family, I would be more than "fucking raging"

So 2 people who are meant to be self isolating are going into the supermarket, it gets better!

Did you lie about your symptoms in order to get the tests for the rest of the family?

That's probably what the person who went and infected that staff thought though. Who's to say they didn't get it from someone who was positive but went to the shop.

Who is to say? But the actual risk is low. And it doesn’t help anyone for people to be spreading misinformation about that. The OP should isolate as per the law, but the chances of her killing swathes of people if she doesn’t are negligible.

Just no! Please do not do this.

For one, your child may have picked it up from college but since he was a symptomatic you have no idea when it was picked up so you and other members of your family may also already be harbouring the virus unbeknownst to you.

It is also breaking the law.

The risk of passing it on is not minuscule. You could pass it on to someone who could be extremely ill or die, that’s not ok.

Driving to a test site is not the same as driving to and walking around Tesco touching things and passing various people.

You will not starve to death between now and Wednesday. For example you say you have no squash??? Drink water for goodness sake!

True but it’s more than a touch surprising that out of a household of 6 adults not one of them has anyone they can call on to do them a favour when they are stuck. Or even a neighbour

It is. But that isn’t what I am talking about.

Oh and every takeaway is open so you can get cooked food delivered!

It is totally hypocritical to be raging about your DS catching the virus because you feel someone wasn't scrupulous enough with their mask wearing/social distancing and then considering going to Tesco when you should be self-isolating. You really couldn't make it up. Far too many people think that the rules don't apply to them - 'aw sure the risk is low' and all that.

This is what is happening and is going to happen to loads of people. You happily live your life and then, suddenly, you find it's your turn to navigate the logistics of testing, feeding the family etc. It's crap, it really is, but you need to find some way of getting food that doesn't involve going to the supermarket. There are loads of great suggestions here and I would add my voice in recommending Iceland who have had slots available, often for the next day, when nobody else had.

To the poster who said she should have thought of all this when she knew her son was being tested, that's utter crap. As soon as the decision was made that her son be tested, she and everyone in the household needed to self-isolate immediately.

[quote PerkingFaintly]Click & Collect slots are usually available more readily than deliveries.

Your order can be picked up by another person to whom you've forwarded the confirmation email, if you find someone who can do this for you.

Here's the Tesco FAQ on it, but other supermarkets are similar:
www.tesco.com/help/groceries-faq/[/quote]
Where I live, taxi companies are doing this for people.

There’s so much wrong with this post that I’m a bit

• you can meat, chips, rice etc - so the things you “need” aren’t essential and can easily be delivered by say Deliveroo. You’ve mentioned you work in London so am guessing you aren’t in a remote area that doesn’t offer this. Wednesday isn’t that far away to get by even with takeaway.

• you AND Dh are going to “scoot around Tesco” not just one Of you.

• you’re raging at the school yet considering going to a supermarket on the busiest day of the week.