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

I would. Covid isn't going anywhere and we can't carry on as we are in terms of children missing out on being in school/ nursery.

As she's had negative PCRs I'd send her in. By day 7 she'd be more likely to be testing positive if she was catching it by now.

If it wasn't essential and you didn't test her, I'd keep her off.

[quote DoubleShotEspresso]@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.[/quote]
It doesn't take away from the fact the Government have changed the guidelines and she can send her child into nursery, if she likes. You are fighting a losing battle. Op is asking the question, that I can guarantee a lot of people don't even ask and just carry on..

100%

The rules have changed and you are simply following them.

Also the likelihood of a three year old contracting covid is ridiculously low, despite what the media might tell us

No.

@Ralph871

100%

The rules have changed and you are simply following them.

Also the likelihood of a three year old contracting covid is ridiculously low, despite what the media might tell us

Ah right, I best tell the 8 local nurseries to us that. The under 2's rooms in the nurseries all have cases.

No

The fact guidelines have changed so technically you can use just ridiculous

It can take up to 10/days to show. Not sure the nursery, or the other parents, would be impressed if your child went down with it

My dd’s best friend is in school and her db has COVID but they’re following the guidance so dc is in school sitting next to my dd. I assume we’ll have COVID in our house soon. That said, the mum is doing nothing wrong as it’s completely in line with the guidance. I’d discuss with the nursery re their policy for these circumstances. There’s a lot of posters on here who seem unaware that many household contacts will be walking around shops etc.

I probably wouldn’t if I could work from home and look after her. Probably wouldn’t keep her back the whole 10 days but after one week of absence would send her back. The odds of anything materialising after a week are tiny.
If you were in a job where you couldn’t work from home, or weren’t able to look after her yourself, I wouldn’t begrudge you sending her in. Life has to get back to normal sometime!

There should be clearer guidelines.

Some people just see children and vaccinated don’t have to isolate.

The SUGGESTED guidance says

Meet outside if possible
Open doors and windows
Limit number of people you meet, avoid crowded spaces
Wear a face covering
Wash hands
Consider limiting contact with people at higher risk.

@BobsBurgersisthebest
`It doesn't take away from the fact the Government have changed the guidelines and she can send her child into nursery, if she likes. You are fighting a losing battle. Op is asking the question, that I can guarantee a lot of people don't even ask and just carry on..

So we have officially dropped all personal responsibility now have we? Officially adopted "fuck everybody else" policy?
Rightyho . What a time to be only justalive!

It isn’t a case of “fuck everybody”. If I have positive cases at home I will be teaching 6 classes a day, work in a work room with colleagues, walking on the corridors, doing duties. I can’t refuse to go to work.

@BlueberrySugar Hhhmmm ok then.

So by public health England's own admission something like less than 2% of covid cases are children under 4 and less than 1% of these are symptomatic and it's practically unrecordable the number of children than become seriously ill and deaths from covid in the under 5 age group are practically non existent, even in kids with underlying health conditions.

@Wnikat I had covid before the rules changed and couldn't send my two toddler to nursery and it was torture, let yourself get some rest.

[quote DoubleShotEspresso]@BobsBurgersisthebest
`It doesn't take away from the fact the Government have changed the guidelines and she can send her child into nursery, if she likes. You are fighting a losing battle. Op is asking the question, that I can guarantee a lot of people don't even ask and just carry on..

So we have officially dropped all personal responsibility now have we? Officially adopted "fuck everybody else" policy?
Rightyho . What a time to be only justalive![/quote]
Take it up with the Government, seriously.

@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.

It’s not that they “thought it was acceptable” they were allowed to as per current guidelines. If you are worrying about covid in pregnancy then you should be off work, or maybe not planned a pregnancy during a pandemic.

I’d send her, only I’d be testing daily.

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’re feeling ill, the parents didn’t deem it acceptable, public health England did and they were simply following the currently covid guidance.

@Everydayimhuffling

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.

This exactly. You never know who nursery children are going home to, often it's newborn babies and grandparents and it's just not worth the risk. If anyone in my household tests positive there is no way I'd send my DD to nursery.

If she has negative PCR tests then I'd let her go in. Obviously don't take her though.

The whole point of vaccinations was to prevent people getting hospitalised with covid. Vaccinations cannot stop covid.

I'm afraid we just need to start getting on with life at some point, and you're following all legal NHS approved guidance....

I don’t have a school age child so fully prepared to be corrected but my understanding is that parents don’t have a choice about sending children to school if a household member tests positive - it’ll be classed as an unauthorised absence otherwise? Although I’m not sure what parents are supposed to do if they are Covid positive and their child depends on them to get to and from school. (Nursery is obviously different).

@YouMeandtheSpew

I don’t have a school age child so fully prepared to be corrected but my understanding is that parents don’t have a choice about sending children to school if a household member tests positive - it’ll be classed as an unauthorised absence otherwise? Although I’m not sure what parents are supposed to do if they are Covid positive and their child depends on them to get to and from school. (Nursery is obviously different).

There are 3 of us here who have all tested positive in the past week. DC now negative (but still unwell tbh). I am still positive as I was last to go down with it, school have stated we can return when we are all well and I am fit to do drop off and not to feel pressured. Was super grateful they are being sensible, though we would have stayed home regardless. Haven't even discussed how/what absence is being recorded as, but it's sort of irrelevant when. making sensible decisions anyway really.

@HaudYerWheeshtYaWeeBellend

I’d send her, only I’d be testing daily.

Have you ever tested your dc? It's very uncomfortable for them. My ds was very distressed both times (initial and day 8 test). I wouldn't put them through that every day.

There's a child in my son's class that has a sibling with COVID he has been coming in as normal. I don't have a problem with it AT ALL and would recommend that you send your child in to nursery too.

Yes I would if I could wfh.

It's a stupid rule but all other parents will be doing this. I know a parent who did this with an older child without even testing them, because she 'didn't want him to miss out on his first few days back at school' even though he had a temperature for a day (while she was positive).

Keeping her off is completely futile with the current rules. You would be losing out financially to stop the spread when everyone else is carrying on as normal.