DS (5) recovered from covid - WIBU to send him to school tomorrow?

[AnotherEmma]

DS is 5, symptoms started on Monday evening, we tested him on Tuesday morning and the test was positive. He was ill (fever and other symptoms) for about 36h. Was OK on Wednesday, raised temperature but no longer tired or complaining of any pain. Today (Thursday) is back to his usual self - that is to say, very loud and energetic.

The official guidelines say that children should self-isolate for 3 days after a positive covid test result. So following those I should keep him off school tomorrow. However, symptoms started on Monday and if we'd tested on Monday evening it would have been positive.

WIBU to test him in the morning (LFT) and send him to school if it's negative?!

For context - DD (toddler) and I also have covid and I could really do with sending him to school (DH would take him). I also think he would have a better day at school than stuck at home with us, almost literally bouncing off the walls.

YABU - don't send him to school tomorrow
YANBU - send him to school

But its not just a cold to some people, I’ve just had it and I felt awful.

The Covid Zoe app said today there are iirc 4,026,000 active cases. In a separate email, they said 1 in 25 people get long Covid after Omicron. That’s 160,000! This is going to be a tremendous burden on taxpayers! Statistically, if every parent of a child in a class of 30, caught Covid, that’s 60 parents and two would get long Covid - meaning long term disability, possibly not being able to work for the foreseeable future….

That is not just a cold; and if I had school age DC, I’d find those odds too high for my comfort! It’s all very well OP saying she is struggling with DS at home; but looking after DC while suffering long Covid would be even worse, if all parents send their children to school with Covid and they pass it round the class?