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AIBU to ignore the notification?

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Doifollowrule · 04/07/2021 17:39

This morning I woke to find a notification on the NHS app telling me I'd been in contact with someone with Covid and need to isolate for 8 days. The only place that can have come from is a farm cafe on Thursday, out for lunch with DH, who does not have the app so has not been told to isolate so isn't going to. He's manager of a large pharmacy and they're on skeleton staff already and have been encouraged to delete app by big bosses. I'm a childminder so will be letting down parents if I close. I've had a pcr test this morning and I'm double vaccinated. The app says to isolate even if its negative as I could still develop covid. But seriously, what's the point of having had 2 vaccines if I'm still going to have to isolate?! But I am usually a stickler for the rules and worry about getting "caught." What do I do?

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Drovememad · 04/07/2021 17:52

@nanbread ok he didn't not isolate to our knowledge (who knows in reality), but he was shagging with his mistress whilst telling others they can't see their dying It's Matt Hancock

It's Matt Hamcock'

I find it hard to assume that anyone believes that Hancock and Cummings ignored other guidelines but adhered to a random "you've got to isolate". Do you believe they would've?

Tory voter I presume? 🙄

UnChatNoir · 04/07/2021 17:54

Ignore

dementedpixie · 04/07/2021 17:57

Why do you have the app if you're going to ignore what it says? If you're not going to isolate when it tells you to then you may as well delete it

Original poster
Doifollowrule · 04/07/2021 17:58

To be fair, the parents of the little ones I look after have not been following the rules at all, I've gradually discovered that all have been using grandparents and friends as additional childcare, one has family parties each week. I think they're going to think I'm being ridiculous if I close.

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StudentPurse · 04/07/2021 18:03

To be honest I would have just ignored and deleted because I’m doubley jabbed and do lateral flows twice a week but my
Son had to isolate on Monday because someone in his class has Covid. We did lateral flows-negative and no symptoms. He stayed at home and I went out as normal as per the rules, including going to work in a hospital. Did lateral flow tests again on Wednesday, negative. Thursday his comes back positive (again no symptoms!). Left work straight away, booked us all in for PCR’s (I did a lateral flow again and it was negative) and on Friday mine and his came back positive but dp’s negative! I then started feeling really unwell Friday afternoon and am
Still ill now, DS is running about and you wouldn’t even know he had it! So all I’m
Saying is being double jabbed hasn’t helped me 😭

dementedpixie · 04/07/2021 18:04

@nanbread the app is separate from test and trace.

The app uses Bluetooth to assess how close you are to another phone running the app and if they put in that they test positive then you get a notification to isolate. It can be a complete stranger that causes you to isolate.

Test and Trace ask you for your known contacts and then contacts them to tell them to isolate. Its a legal requirement to isolate if T&T tell you to do so. The app isn't legally binding as there are no names divulged so it won't know who has been told to isolate

UnChatNoir · 04/07/2021 18:04

@dementedpixie

Why do you have the app if you're going to ignore what it says? If you're not going to isolate when it tells you to then you may as well delete it
Err, probably because you have to scan in to go anywhere nowadays?
Bearsbearsbears40 · 04/07/2021 18:05

My DH has been pinged this morning, a day before our (UK) holiday. We had a long discussion, DH had only popped into Sainsbury’s on the day in question, but we have decided to change our plans so he can self isolate as it’s the right and safe thing to do. I’d say you have to self isolate, it sounds like you’ll be in contact with lots of people in the next few days.

dementedpixie · 04/07/2021 18:08

@UnChatNoir you can turn the tracking off or use an alternative method to check in anywhere

UnChatNoir · 04/07/2021 18:09

[quote dementedpixie]@UnChatNoir you can turn the tracking off or use an alternative method to check in anywhere[/quote]
Easier to use the app ...

ThinWomansBrain · 04/07/2021 18:09

If the PCR is negative, ignore - results are usually back within 24 hours (bit longer if by post rather than a test centre).
Ministers are openly discussing removing the need to isolate if someone has had both vaccinations because there is little scientific research to back up that it is of much use.

ThinWomansBrain · 04/07/2021 18:10

Mrstamborineman - you forgot the wee donkeyGrin

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 04/07/2021 18:12

Given that having and using the app isnt the law, then they cannot enforce isolation through it.

I dont have the app.

Lifeispassingby · 04/07/2021 18:13

Why are you asking us? You will get divided opinion and still have to make up your own mind anyway! Why not send a message to all your parents explaining the situation and asking if they would like to send their child or not?

Unanananana · 04/07/2021 18:14

Ignore and delete the stupid app. My friend got pinged as her next door neighbour was positive. No direct contact, it pinged through a brick wall Hmm. If you must keep it, turn contact tracing off.

Its not legally binding.

MouldyPotato · 04/07/2021 18:14

What's the point of having the app if you are just going to ignore it? What were your intentions when you downloaded it?

Drovememad · 04/07/2021 18:15

@MouldyPotato when I downloaded it I intended to use it. But not now!

Probably the same as OP!

BritWifeInUSA · 04/07/2021 18:16

I’d delete the app and crack on. So glad that shit got overruled here.

Gubanc · 04/07/2021 18:17

I can't believe so many of you are saying 'ignore'. You can still get it after two vaccinations unfortunately, I'd be fuming if my family caught it from the childminder. (And you could consider that the families of the children you're looking after might include vulnerable members.)
You should absolutely isolate.

DinaofCloud9 · 04/07/2021 18:19

Ignore it.

MouldyPotato · 04/07/2021 18:19

Drovememad fair enough I was just wondering if there was anything handy on it that I'd missed. I had it for the alerts for a bit but then so many people weren't using it I just got rid.

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Doifollowrule · 04/07/2021 18:20

Of course I intended to use it, but a) I thought it was test and trace and b) that was before the vaccinations and c)I usually do as I'm told. But I think I'm just going to wait for a negative test result then check with parents. Thankfully, I only look after the same 3 children all week.

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BusySittingDown · 04/07/2021 18:20

It doesn't work!

DH got a notification to isolate and he hadn't been anywhere within the last week! It's nonsense.

dementedpixie · 04/07/2021 18:21

So he's been in the house all week and not seen anyone or been anywhere? The app will tell you the date of contact

Kayjay2018 · 04/07/2021 18:25

@Doifollowrule as a parent who uses a childminder I would be very very annoyed if she took this attitude. Just because a person is vaccinated doesn't mean they cannot catch and spread it to everyone else including the children they are looking after. Every person getting infected is another opportunity for this stupid virus to develop another mutation that at some point will render the vaccines totally useless. In your position you owe it to your childminding parents to tell them what you are doing so they can make a choice for their own children and families.

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