To not want to take this child to school?

[weend]

My friend has an 8 year old son and so do I, she works early shifts of a Monday so I always take her son to school as her partner has to go to work. I don't have an issue with this.

She texted me last night saying her partner has tested positive for covid and it's likely her eldest also has it as he has most of the symptoms, but her youngest is fine and can go to school.

AIBU to not want to take him? WWYD?

No wonder it's spreading like bloody wildfire if people are sending their DC into school when they are household close contacts.

@coconutpie

But the child shouldn't be going to school anyway since the child would not be vaccinated?

This hasn’t been the case for ages!

The rules are different throughout the uk.

In Scotland every member of the family over 5 has to return a negative pcr covid test to end isolation as a close contact.

Our 6 year old tested positive last Tuesday we all got tested and tested negative except her, we could go out but thankfully we didn't as on day 4 dh got a fever and has tested positive. I am still negative i did a second pcr to be sure even though ive had temperature for 3 days.

If dh hadn't choosen to wfh he would have infected his colleagues possibly.

@weend

I'd be taking him in the car which is why I'm not sure I want to take him. He has had negative LFTs but I'm just worried in case he is positive later on and will have passed it onto me and DS.

Both my kids tested negative on lft the same Day they tested positive on a PCR so they are a pile of shit and shouldn't be used for decision making.

@coconutpie

No wonder it's spreading like bloody wildfire if people are sending their DC into school when they are household close contacts.

Well. yes - but those are the Government rules (which also force schools to require the attendance of such children), so it is the fault of neither the school nor the parents if they try to follow them.

In some areas, local Public Health have over-ridden the government rules with guidance that such children should stay at home. However, my understanding is that this can only be a request, it can't be required or enforced.

I'd say no. Most people we know in similar circumstances, despite having negative lfts at the beginning, the other family members had positive PCRs within three to five days.

@DreamerSeven

Text back “sorry, as there’s a good chance he’ll get a positive test too soon, I’m not comfortable having unnecessary additional contact with him. I’m happy to resume our usual Monday arrangement once you’re all clear of it”

^ This

Nope. Wouldn’t do it. Just for once she’ll need to make other arrangements. FWIW, the school provided taxi company wouldn’t take my daughter under those circumstances.

@ShinyHappyPoster

I'd say no. Most people we know in similar circumstances, despite having negative lfts at the beginning, the other family members had positive PCRs within three to five days.

Yes, this. Unlike at the start of the pandemic, Delta is really different and I don't know a single household where anyone's escaped.

Also, I know a lot of 40 somethings who are double jabbed, caught it off their kids and have been / are really very ill (with low oxygen saturation etc).

Plus also, if you take this kid to school and he's actually presymptomatic, he could spread it around the school and give it to the teachers who then could have a long time off and compromise the educational provision (including that of your own child).

I wouldn't and I think she's a CF for expecting you to do it.

I would be happy too if I could walk them all to school but not so happy if I had to drive with child with covid positive household members in the car.

A negative LFT would not reassure me, I have very little faith in them.

wouldn't and I think she's a CF for expecting you to do it

Gosh parent tries to work within government rules is a CF? She’s stuck and trying to do the right thing within guidelines - not her fault the government have given no consideration to parents.

Just say "sorry, can't take him until you're all clear. "

I wouldn’t have a child from a positive household in the car and if it was my household I’d be keeping my child home regardless of the “rules”. Negative LFTs aren’t that reliable.

@usernumberno46273

I would be happy too if I could walk them all to school but not so happy if I had to drive with child with covid positive household members in the car.

So, you don't want that child in your car for five minutes, but you'd quite happily walk them to school in open air and hand them over to the poor class teacher? Great.

@CallmeHendricks calm down!! Not my fault the government has told us children can go school if they are testing negative even with covid positive people in their house (I don't agree with that at all but legally allowed to happen). That wasn't even op's question was it.

I am perfectly calm, thank you.
"That wasn't even op's question was it."
No, but my remark was in answer to all the posters expressing reluctance to wanting this child in their car for a few minutes' journey. Why not? Because they fear that there might be some sort of risk.
If so, then that "risk" will be passed over to the staff (and other children) at school.

LFTs are absolutely useless. My DS had 4 negative LFTs before I made him take a PCR, which came back positive.