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

[Wnikat]

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

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Please don't. If your child is at my nursery you are endangering my baby who has a heart condition. It's terrifying to me that so many people on here are saying to go for it.

No I wouldn't. I didn't send dc2 to school when my dc1 got covid. We did 10 days self isolation despite testing negative.

No. Regardless of the rules i wouldn’t want to risk someone getting ill because of my decision. LFTs aren’t very accurate so I wouldn’t trust the results.

No, definitely not.

If she’s had 2 negative PCRs I would send her in. Obviously keep her home if she develops symptoms.

Well my three kids are in school despite their sibling testing positive last week so I’d send her. School were adamant they could go even though I offered to keep them home. They have tested negative every day so far (4 x LFT and 2 x PCR). The rules now say they can go in so they have. And I’m CEV too.

No - we've already decided that the whole house is going to isolate if any of us get Covid even with the rule changes.

DH is a dr and has been working Covid wards so it's been fairly up close and personal for the whole pandemic.
Its still a highly contagious virus and it's a fairly easy and manageable way to reduce the spread.

Send her to nursery its absolutely fine. You are breaking no rules. If i was in your position mine would be going in.

Hope you feel better!

I know families where at least one adult and a child have Covid currently and the other parent is going out and to work and the other kids in the household are attending school or nursery which is the correct choice since the recent rule changes. Most of the adults I’ve known in this situation said that after vaccination, their Covid symptoms resemble a bad cold.

You will have no idea how many kids in the nursery have someone at home currently isolating with Covid, or have someone at home who thinks they have a cold but actually have Covid and they aren’t isolating at all, because their symptoms didn’t prompt them to test.

As long as you don’t go out yourself, and your child and partner have no symptoms, it is fine for your DP to take the child to nursery. It is not immoral, or illegal, or irresponsible.

[quote DoubleShotEspresso]@BobsBurgersisthebest

*This is different. Your daughter is actually ill. Hers isn't.

I hope your daughter feels better soon..*

OP cannot possibly know it's different yet. Her poor DD could be carrying the virus but yet to show symptoms. Neither is she of compulsory education age, OP has stated that she's able to WFH. Sending her into a nursery setting would be frankly wrong and disrespectful to all attending and working their, along with their families.[/quote]
She's had two negative PCR tests.

Government guidelines have changed. Whether its morally right or wrong, she is allowed to send her child to Nursery.

If I had Covid, both my children would be allowed to go to school and my husband would still be allowed to go to work.

Legally you can. However keep in mind your child still has the potential to develop symptoms. Are all the staff at the nursery double jabbed? If there are lots of younger staff members they may not have had a chance to have both yet. Also other children could pick it up and spread it unknowingly if they are unaware they've been in contact with a potential carrier.

I work in a nursery and the law change does make us feel more vulnerable again. There is no social.distancing in a nursery. Lots of bodily fluids etc. Just be mindful despite what is legally allowed.

If it were school, I’d say send the child in, but it’s not worth it for nursery just so that you don’t have to take sick leave when you have been genuinely sick.

Absolutely do not send her in.

I'm a teacher who is very ill at home right now awaiting the results of my pcr test because two Covid positive parents thought it acceptable to send their children into school. One of them has since tested positive. I'm 8 weeks pregnant.

@BobsBurgersisthebest you have completely ignored my point. OP cannot possibly know her DD is not carrying the virus.

Guidelines are just that-anybody with a brain cell can figure out the responsible course of action here, sadly too many are too selfish to think of others.
I am appalled at this thread, and I speak as somebody still unwell at home, though legally we could go to work and/or school, it just is wrong to even do so.
Is is really that difficult to keep a 4 year old home? No it isn't. But it might mean it saves a family like ours some severe illness and the risk of long covid. Think about it fgs.

I work in a school and yes we have had plenty of parents drop their children off who have also another child/person at home positive with covid, they give no shits what so ever as they have rightly said. No rules are being broken.
Schools hands are tied, nothing can be enforced and there absence would go down as unauthorised (government and council decision not schools)

For those saying they would be livid, you don't know and will not find out unless a parent decides to tell you and then you cannot do a thing about it other than take your own child out.
Staff are having to attend while someone in their home is positive, there are no choices not to.

@Nillynally

I'm a teacher who is very ill at home right now awaiting the results of my pcr test because two Covid positive parents thought it acceptable to send their children into school. One of them has since tested positive. I'm 8 weeks pregnant.

Sorry you're ill. However, they are legally obliged to send their children in. Those are the rules. Are you vaccinated?

@Nillynally

I'm a teacher who is very ill at home right now awaiting the results of my pcr test because two Covid positive parents thought it acceptable to send their children into school. One of them has since tested positive. I'm 8 weeks pregnant.

I'm sorry you are ill but what did your school say ? I have been told I have to send my DC in to school now they have negative PCR tests even though there sister is positive...its not down to me thinking it acceptable... I questioned it with school and was told quite categorically they need to be in. So it may not be reasonable to be blaming the parents.. 🤷‍♀️

I’m a teacher too @Nillynally. Sorry you’re feeling poorly but you need to direct your anger at policy makers, not parents. ‘Acceptability’ doesn’t come into it, those are the roles now. I am teaching children with Covid positive siblings. Nothing I can do. Likewise I’ll be teaching if I have positive members at home. I hope I’m not judged!

*rules

I wouldn't personally. Although our kids' school have made it clear they will be giving unauthorised absence and fining if children are kept off because of household covid. I feel sorry for the staff having to deal with kids who are spreading it because the headteacher is more worried about ofsted than their health. I've written to the chair of governors to make this point. I was against absence policing in schools and companies for this reason - it just makes everyone ill rather than keeping germs contained.

Yes I would. The government want you to send her, we can’t continue to live in fear. You’ve done what was asked of you, she has two negative tests. YANBU to send her to nursery. It’s time to get on with returning to normality now.

I could have made my point more clearly, Apologies.

I don't think it is much different at all.

OP has confirmed Covid - my daughter hasn't - but even if she hasn't got Covid, I will not be sending her as she is still clearly ill.

Op's post is frustrating to me as its pretty clear my daughter is ill precisely because somebody in as similar position to OP clearly decided to send their child in when perhaps they really shouldn't have done.

However, just because OP's child isn't displaying symptoms, does not mean they haven't caught it yet.

So my point ultimately is that its better to err on the side of caution in regards to Covid.

My work place has told us we should not attend work if a positive household member. Wfh if possible but not in person under any circumstances