To send my DC back to school with Covid?

[TheChemicalsAintGotYouBaby]

DS tested positive on Sat, and was still a glaring positive last night.

He's due back at high school tomorrow. V few symptoms apart from a snotty nose, and DH and I seem to have swerved it.

He's desperate not to miss the first day of term, and I'm aware that official guidance means that you no longer have to isolate etc if you test positive, if all reasonable steps (masks, distancing etc) are taken. However, I wouldn't be confident he'd remember to do this (little scatterbrain!)

On the flipside though, I don't want to unleash a new infection that will no doubt spread through the school like wildfire.

WWYD?

YANBU - send him. Covids going nowhere and we need to carry on

YABU - keep him off until he's negative

Of course he shouldn't go to school with an active covid infection.

You shouldnt have tested if this is a question for you- as it is you know he has it, keep him off.

Don't be fucking ridiculous. Keep him off school

Why on earth did you test? There's no point testing if you're going to ignore the result.
We won't be testing again.

Guidance for kids is 3 days. The positive test day is day 0. Then send him in on day 4. Don't keep him off longer than that but I don't think school / staff will thank you for sending him in earlier.

Oh so in that case he can go in tomorrow! Happy days.

Twisted logic.

My DD’s school says not to send them in. It seems obvious to me that you wouldn’t, especially as there could be immunocompromised kids there.

Are you kidding? HELL no!

Why did you test?

That doesn’t add up...

YABU

How selfish could you get

Keep him home. I've been laid up for 2 weeks now with Covid, I don't think it's a coincidence that DC had not long returned to school (Scotland). Dont be selfish to your DC or others, wait til he's well enough to return and no longer symptomatic

I'm waaaaaaaaay over covid but I don't think I could send mine in with a positive test to school.

At my kids school you can send them in after 3 days but only if they have no symptoms.

Definitely not being selfish or trying to get anyone's back up - I know it's an emotive subject.

However, having just checked the gov website, sending him 3 days after a positive test (making today the first day he potentially could go out), is the recommendation.

Please don't pile on with negativity - I haven't done anything wrong - it was just a WWYD?

Also, if C19 is suspected, why wouldn't I have tested? Am I missing something?

Is this a joke? Obviously you don't send a sick child into school.

Good point about being non- symptomatic. He's definitely sneezing and sniffling well this morning, so it may well be the rest of the week off after all.

I have vulnerable people in my life as well, so I do understand the need to protect others, but the official advice has seemingly changed every few days for the last few years, so wanted to check!

Thanks for the helpful replies!

FFS no you don’t send him.
In addition to the Govt guidance didn’t your school send their guidance as well? Ours said not to send them with symptoms.

Don't be a dick Op, don't send him in.

I wouldn't, no. I honestly don't care what the current advice is, I would not send my child to school knowing they had Covid. Certainly once the symptoms are gone, I would send them in, but not if they're going to be snotting all over everyone.

What's the school's policy?

I wouldn't send him with confirmed positive covid...but I'd not have tested him to begin with.

We've had Covid twice in our house, Jan and April this year.

There have been a variety of colds/coughs/mild temperature since but I've just treated them as I always would have - keep the dc in until they feel well enough and then back to normal. I'm not continuing to test and isolate my dc when covid is everywhere anyway.

Also, if C19 is suspected, why wouldn't I have tested? Am I missing something?

I think unofficially if you don't want to isolate don't test. Or at least that's what I'm seeing IRL... not sure where that sits morally at this point 🤷‍♀️ (my own DD missed 3 weeks of school when still had to isolate because of positive covid tests and never had a single symptom, if it wasn't for having to test regularly then we'd have never known).

The key point in your question and follow ups is it's 3 days after positive test with no symptoms but you've said your DS has symptoms, albeit mild but he has them.
What is the schools policy on covid and absence? I'd follow that as you have a positive test.

If you send him in this week, his teachers may be off next week. I think 3 days is the absolute minimum, I took longer than that to pick it up from my own dh. Symptomatic/asymptomatic makes a difference too. Could be uncomfortable for the child to be coughing in class, other pupils may not be too happy about it either.

I wouldn’t have tested.
Once we run out of tests I’m not buying any more. I currently have Covid actually but I still went to work as I was well enough to.