Corona dillema

[Coronanamechangie]

Hi all. Name changed as don't want real life hatred.

We've been isolating for 8 days as DH tested positive. We count the 10 days from when he first showed symptoms. Were sending DC1 and DC2 back to school tomorrow.

However just lateral flowed them and DC2 is stongingly positive. We're tempted to send DC1 to school as it's their last couple of days of year 6.

Is this horribly irresponsible? Should we sit out another 10 days as a family? Sposed to be going to Devon on Sunday.

If we should send DC1 to school what should we tell them?

IBU - should do more isolation NBU should carefully proceed with life.

[quote MordredsOrrery]@richardMarxisinnocent she can't take a positive case on holiday so Devon is off, regardless of everyone else[/quote]
Oh yes, completely agree Devon is off.

Keep reading the post by Littlepool and then give us your answer
I'm hope you and your baby feel better soon @Littlepool, those parents should be ashamed

Now I see why cases are still soaring. Of course you all isolate until the isolation period is up, I wouldn't send your other child in unless they got a negative result from a PCR test.

It isn't a positive case. It's a LFT. There is no legal basis and as long as rest of family have isolated and already had Covid v recently then he isnt going to pass it to them.

Well you are clearly going to send them in.

If the pedantic arguing is anything to go by.

But I would be fucking fucking furious if I knew a parent had made that decision which would potentially seriously complicate things for everyone else.

Depends if you can afford the fine for breaking isolation. It's £1k I assume per person.

@Nettleskeins

Don't do a PCR test. Don't send him or his brother to school (pretend it's d and v) Go to Devon but keep Ds away from people. That would be my advice. Lft aren't binding

Holy shit, am I really reading this? You’d take your child on holiday with a positive LTF? Really?

Speechless.

It's thanks to someone doing almost exactly this that my DD and her classmates have missed the end of their year six! Sibling was 'fine and negative' on the day they were in but they blinking well weren't the day after. Boom - bubble popped and primary school over with no warning and no goodbye's for all of them.

Two weeks before that, a parent sent her two kids in while she went for her own Covid test. The kids developed symptoms while they were in school!

I'll ask you what I've so desperately wanted to ask them: Why is your child so much more important than everyone else's?

Get a PCR for the child with the positive LFT, and for God's sake, if you even think there's active infection in the house, don't have either of them mix with that many other families. It's just selfish!! Just because your first child didn't catch it from dad, doesn't mean they can't/haven't caught it from sibling!!

Stay the fuck at home

You absolutely can send DC1 to school. As you’ve shown in the picture there is no need for him to isolate any longer than 10 days provide he is testing negative with no symptoms.

I would send them if they were mine. I know many will disagree, but the rules are backed in science and therefore the risk must be low. They would say isolate for longer if needed.

Test and trace will confirm it with you when they speak to you regarding DS1’s result, but DS2 definitely does not need to extend their isolation.

Of course your precious darlings last couple of days at school and your lovely holiday is more important than the health of others.

My child's friend came here for a playdate one Tuesday; turns out his parents were at that moment off getting Covid tests. They sent him to school so he didn't miss his last few days of term.

Of course that meant 26 other kids and two teaching staff missing their first week of the holidays. But never mind hey?!

I didn't say take him anywhere, just to self isolate in Devon. I didn't suggest him going to school.

@justinhawkinsnavalfluff

Depends if you can afford the fine for breaking isolation. It's £1k I assume per person.

There will be no fine as DS2 Will not be legally required to isolate. As per the image she posted. Test and trace will also confirm this for her.

The first thing to do is book a PCR test. Until you get the result then you all need to self-isolate. It's totally unfair to send your other child in and risk passing it on to everyone else.

Ok. Cancelled Devon. Booked PCR for both kids. If DC1 is negative will send to last day of school. I think of PCR is negative after 10 days off isolation this is not irresponsible.

It's not pedantic arguing. I am trying to follow the rules and do what's best for all.

@user1471447924

Stay the fuck at home

This ^

Has your dh been isolating from everyone in the home, and now your dc2 also isolating in the home as soon as they showed symptoms? (I know I couldn't leave a yr6 alone in their bedroom with covid symptoms)

If they have I guess dc1 officially could go back, but for a couple of days I wouldn't risk it for the sake of all the families looking forward to their school holidays.

Your trip to Devon is off as you should be limiting contact which will not be possible on the journey.

Please don't send DC1 to school unless they're both negative.

@Nettleskeins

Don't do a PCR test. Don't send him or his brother to school (pretend it's d and v) Go to Devon but keep Ds away from people. That would be my advice. Lft aren't binding

Yeah, that's just great for Devon.

Imagine this level of selfishness. Unless they are staying in a caravan with all their provisions, how exactly could they never come into contact with others, even along the route? This country has now told ECV/CV people that they need to live with covid, fair enough. Yet here comes OP and her merry family walking around in blissful ignorance while ECV/CV/non-CV people try to live and work carefully around them. People suck.

of course you cant send her to school, nor go to devon

@PamTheSpam Thank you. I genuinely don't know how someone can think this is okay. Incredibly selfish in my opinion. No wonder cases are soaring.

I’m honestly amazed you even have to ask this, appallingly selfish behaviour. You do not know the circumstances of any of the classmates families, some could be having cancer treatment, be immunosuppressed etc.

Your act of selfishness could kill someone! This is why personal responsibility will never work, there’s always an idiot who thinks it doesn’t apply to them

I'm in Scotland and was about to come on and sat what @StatisticallyChallenged has said. Test and Protect as it is here wouldn't require the isolation of your other child to restart as long as the positive test was within the 10 day isolation period. Everyone except positive child would be free to leave isolation after 10 days providing they are well. However if positive test was on day 11 then entire household would isolate again for 10 days.

This is Scotland, I'm aware that mum's net doesn't revolve around us

Test and trace will confirm it with you when they speak to you regarding DS1’s result

Test and trace won't contact her as I don't imagine she's going to get him a PCR. She can plead ignorance and still go on holiday this way