I have Covid. Should I send my child to nursery?

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Interested in what others would do. I am on day 7 of covid. My 3 year old is legally allowed to go to nursery under the new rules. She has had 2 negative PCR tests, the last one yesterday. Would you send her to nursery?
YABU: yes
YANBU: no

& we have no idea why the numbers are going up - infections, hospitalizations & death -

No, keep her home.

Please keep her home

I'd send her in tbh. According to the government rules she is allowed to go in. I have been going in to work as normal despite being a close contact and I would imagine tens of thousands of people have been doing the same over the last month. Regular testing is sensible (I did lft daily).

She has negative PCRs, so yes id send her.

I wouldn't. You need to ask the nursery. Even if she's negative for now she might be spreading it from your household, impacting other families, who might not get sick pay, whose jobs might be at risk, the staff, everyone there who might be vulnerable physically or financially.

You need to check the nursery's rules.

As another parent, I'd strongly prefer it if you didn't, but given it's allowed, I'd understand if you did.

Sheesh, that sucks. Any chance your employers would let you wfh and look after her?
Can you claim this?

Please don't. The rules are shit and make no sense. LFTs are totally useless and I know from experience of 30+ people that they've given false negatives.
It's hard but we've been through worse, please keep LO at home. Please.

@montysma1 why would you be fucking livid. The Op isn't breaking any laws or rules.

I would speak to nursery but if your DP can do the nursery run and you have work to be doing, I would send DC to nursery.

I wouldn't OP.

In fact, my own 3 year old daughter has been poorly these past few days - continuous cough, tired more easily, bit of a temperature.

We've tested her for Covid, just waiting on the results. Regardless, she will not be attending preschool tomorrow. Its not fair on her or the other children, despite it almost certainly being the place she has picked this illness up from.

Sods law too - my daughter only started there this past Tuesday!

The rules might have changed, but the virus hasn't. And unfortunately it's spreading in children faster than before. My DDs school has far more cases today than it's had through the whole period.

If I could work with her at home, I would. You're allowed to send her, and I'm very far from being the Covid police here. But in your position I would just feel really uncomfortable putting anyone at risk.

Yes I would send her. I sent my younger children to school last week when my older daughter had covid. Negative tests etc, all was fine.

I personally wouldn’t. I just don’t think it’s right. You just don’t know who the other children live with.

That said, the rules are what they are and you are allowed to do it (provided the nursery haven’t asked parents not to). I can understand why you wouldn’t want to take three days of SSP. Is there no way you and your husband could balance childcare between you while WFH for three days?

Under the new rules, she can but you would have to check with the nursery. If I could I'd probably wait the 3 more days until the isolation period for you is over. If she did go I assume you have someone to take her? This is my issue, if I got covid and my kids didn't - I am not sure how I would even get them there. J have a Dp but if he was covid free he would be at work as expected!

Seriously? Absolutely not. Please keep her home.

To be fair OP, I've been pretty relaxed about Covid but this is a hard NO from me. Why would you risk other kids getting sick as your likely to pass it on - or is this a joke?

No - I can't believe it would cross anyone's mind to send a child into nursery or school when they have a covid case in the home. I don't care what Boris is allowing - morally it is not the correct thing to do. This is why covid will be ripping through schools this autumn/ winter.

@montysma1

I would be fucking livid if a parent did this at my nursery.

I can understand your concern but I think you'll have to get used to it. Under 18's do not have to isolate anymore if they remain covid feee. It'll be norm for kids to go in if they test negative even if parents/siblings have covid. I don't agree with it but nothing we can do! Parents are doing nothing wrong if they do send them in this situation.

My friend had covid last week. Her kids were negative and were able to go school on their first day of term as usual!

Slightly bonkers though.

It might be allowed but it's morally wrong to do that.

You can't guarantee the tests aren't false negatives and you don't know what the health of the children and staff she'll be exposing are, and by extension their families.

*Slightly bonkers"?

Downright irresponsible! What is wrong with people suddenly to make their own informed decisions?

Our household has been down with Covid the past two weeks. DC not been in school for best part of two years, battled hard for a place all through lockdown, was due to start week before last but we would not have dreamt of sending in when either of us was positive. We are still all home now!?

Sometimes doing the right thing is neither "required" or convenient, but it is simply the best and kindest thing to do.

Apologies that was intended for @Kaley3043

I took 10 days to show a positive COVID test after contracting it from my DH, your DD might have it, I wouldn’t send her to nursery yet.

Yes I would.

No way. I couldn’t live with myself if I knowingly caused her to infect a member of staff who goes seriously ill. I struggle to comprehend anyone with a conscience doing that.