We are going on holiday (uk) and I think my son has covid

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Trying to work out what to do.
500 miles from home, in self catering house with in laws.
My DS5 had a meltdown today on the beach and said he was cold and wanted to go home. He then developed a very high temp which is yet to go down. We've had covid in January but none of us had many symptoms. He's had no symptoms until today.
I'm trying to work out what to do. If a get a test tomorrow and it's positive do we go home? Do we stay here and isolate? Do we try to keep away from in laws and split the living space? Send them out for food? Son is currently too unwell to take on long car journey. Does one of us drive son home and other stay with currently non symptomatic DC?
This is a fricking nightmare. We're paying 2K for the week which our holiday fund for the year. I know shit happens but still.

Tell that to the 250k people in the uk who have a blood cancer or have had treatment for it in the last 5 years. They account for 22% of the deaths from Covid over the last 6 months despite having 4 or even 5 vaccinations

Thanks all, I think I'll keep him in; go get a test in boots and let the others decide what they want to do.

In the school holidays for what appears to be a large party? How is that remotely surprising?

That sounds fine. It seems like you'd feel more comfortable if you knew whether it was covid or not, so by all means do that, and let everyone else know so they can make an informed decision about what they prefer to do. Your son isn't well enough to travel, so whether it's covid or not, one parent can stay at home with him and the other can take remaining DC to the beach, parks etc.

I stand by my words. People with blood cancer or any other immune compromised problem still live I. The world full of viruses and infections that can be life threatening. People are no longer isolating for any of them and it is up to individuals to make an appropriate risk assessment and make their own decision.

Gosh so much drama. If he is ill, calpol and rest, if he feels ok, life goes on. It’s not that hard!

Tell that to the 250k people in the uk who have a blood cancer or have had treatment for it in the last 5 years. They account for 22% of the deaths from Covid over the last 6 months despite having 4 or even 5 vaccinations

Whilst that's sad, unless there is someone with blood cancer within OP's holiday party it isn't really relevant.

Is it definitely covid?

I wouldn’t be returning home but might take precautions such as upping hygiene levels, not letting him climb over my in laws, trying to do things in the fresh air rather then go to soft play and so on. These are just things I would do for any illness though not just covid. Apply common sense.

Sorry OP - I don’t mean you need to apply common sense. More just apply common sense and treat as you would for any illness

Quite honestly I'd give him some calpol and crack on. If he feels up to it I'd probably stick to outdoor activities rather than knowingly spread it around, but no need for major drama.

Treat it going by how ill he is. Don’t go home as he sounds to ill to travel, and why would you?

Let him rest in bed where you are

If he turns out to have Covid, let the ILs know and keep him away from them if that’s what they feel comfortable with.

if he gets better whilst you’re there, just doing outdoor stuff in quiet places to minimise risk of passing it on

@Changednamesorry what are isolation rules in Spain ?

It's 1 in 22, not 22%. So less than 5%. Which (if there actually are 250k blood cancer sufferers) makes people with blood cancer 10x more likely to die from covid as anyone else. So quite a low absolute risk still. All of which is beside the point really. Unless anyone in your group is high risk and shielding, I would not bother testing and treat like any other illness. If you have a high risk person in the party, presumably it makes no difference if your son has covid or some other infection, they should still keep away.

A temperature means he is fighting something. Why have you have jumped to covid with no other symptoms? It could be anything, or nothing.

Easy. Any comfortable, spacious property for 6+ will cost that for half term week, in most of Cornwall etc.

Covid has NOT mutated to be ridiculously mild. The reason fewer people are in hospital is VACCINES plus some immunity from prior infection.