DH and covid

[Nahgiem]

DH has it and has locked himself away from the rest of us. He's now saying our 6 y.o. will need to be tested before we could allow them to school tomorrow (first day back after holidays). I disagree - I have followed every rule all the way through so I checked current guidance which is not to test kids even with symptoms, unless a doctor advises it. DC doesn't even have symptoms. I think it's a waste of time (and one of our last tests) since I'd send them anyway as they're healthy. He thinks a positive test (with no symptoms) still means we'd keep them off school all week.

I'm all for keeping people safe so I'm slightly conflicted, but tend to go with guidance which would be no test and send in regardless as a healthy child shouldn't be missing their education.

YABU - do the test and keep off school if positive
YANBU - no testing and school as usual

I was wondering because different areas have different rules.

You’re husband is stuck in 2021.

Who does he think will be looking after DD if she stays off?

We all got covid except for Ds2, even though his brother who he is very close to was the first one to get it from a gig. It isn't a given that everyone will catch it. Ds2 tested every day and nothing. We were all using the same box of tests and we were all instantly positive.

I would send them in, they are not poorly and tested negative today.

I'm on maternity leave with my youngest, so me. It's been hard during the holidays last week, then this weekend being on my own too, so there's an element of practicalities to it as well. It's very boring, and a bit frustrating, being at home with me when my attention is mostly on a needy baby!

Colour me not at all surprised.

Our school has recently changed its guidance and is asking that children come in regardless of covid status as long as they are well enough to come in
so nobody is testing
I’d go with what your school says but the vast majority will not give a monkeys as well as the child is not visibly ill.

As long as
that should read above

Don't bother testing the rest of the week. If she's ill, keep her off.

COVID is now a non event in schools, whether the school agrees with the government's line or not.

^COVID is now a non event in schools,"
Until you have 6 teachers off with it, as we have had this last week (in a primary school).
Any guesses as to how soon the parental complaints about lack of cover started rolling in?

I had to keep checking the date of this post. We are past all this. We’re back to kids going to school if they are well (thank goodness) and if they are ill then keep them off.

No testing of healthy children. In fact I’m not sure anyone is testing anymore.

She should go to school unless unwell.

I think staying in more ie don't visit people or go to cinema/softplay etc is being sensible. Staying off school is a step too far as not the current guidelines.

I wouldn't be testing any of you regularly. Stay in while unwell and when feeling better test if you are visiting someone more vulnerable.

"No testing of healthy children."

You don't know that they're healthy unless you test them, surely?

The complaints need to be directed to the government, not the school.

They're the ones who've issued the school guidelines.

Regardless, parents say they want their kids in school, even if Covid-positive, because they've missed so much education already.
The irony is that sending your child in in these circumstances is likely to lead to more disruption as they infect the staff who are meant to be teaching them.

Not to mention, looking to the government for any sort of effective guidance in this is stupid.
And no one will be fined for their child being off school due to illness.

It has ever been thus with coughs, colds, flu.

This is my DDs school guidance:
If a child or young person has a positive COVID-19 test result they should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 3 days after the day they took the test, if they can. After 3 days, if they feel well and do not have a high temperature, the risk of passing the infection on to others is much lower. This is because children and young people tend to be infectious to other people for less time than adults.

So here we are told to test if any symptoms or a person in the household had Covid, and if positive, keep the student home for 3 days.

That doesn't advise you to test. That's just the info if you have tested. There's no advice to test anymore

@BlueRidge Parents are not even testing children with symptoms let alone with no symptoms. We’ve had no disruption this year. People don’t even have tests anymore. We are beyond this.

I’d worry about flu more to be honest.

@Looneytune253
There is this guidance though and OPs DH is positive for Covid so it applies:

”What to do if you are a close contact of someone who has had a positive test result for COVID-19
People who live in the same household as someone with COVID-19 are at the highest risk of becoming infected because they are most likely to have prolonged close contact. People who stayed overnight in the household of someone with COVID-19 while they were infectious are also at high risk.

If you are a household or overnight contact of someone who has had a positive COVID -19 test result it can take up to 10 days for your infection to develop. It is possible to pass on COVID-19 to others, even if you have no symptoms.

You can reduce the risk to other people by taking the following steps:

avoid contact with anyone you know who is at higher risk of becoming severely unwell if they are infected with COVID-19, especially those whose immune system means they are at higher risk of serious illness from COVID-19, despite vaccination

limit close contact with other people outside your household, especially in crowded, enclosed or poorly ventilated spaces*

wear a well-fitting face covering made with multiple layers or a surgical face mask if you do need to have close contact with other people, or you are in a crowded place

wash your hands frequently with soap and water or use hand sanitiser

If you develop symptoms of a respiratory infection try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people and follow the guidance for people with symptoms.”

www.gov.uk/guidance/people-with-symptoms-of-a-respiratory-infection-including-covid-19#what-to-do-if-you-have-symptoms-of-a-respiratory-infection-including-covid-19-and-have-not-taken-a-covid-19-test

*to me this bit would mean keep a child home from school, unless they test negative. If they test positive, then you’d go to the school guidance I posted earlier.

There’s legal requirements and then there are moral obligations. This is something I think while you won’t be fined as you’re not breaking any laws, you still have a moral obligation to limit the spread of Covid 19. Especially since hospital admissions for it have increased over the past month in a new wave.

@Discovereads this STILL doesn't advise testing tho and the gov guidance def expects children to still attend school

No, but that part was said at parents evening. It was also in one of their weekly letters as a recommendation, but I can’t be arsed to go and read through all of them again.

I suppose it all depends on interpretation. To me
limit close contact with other people outside your household, especially in crowded, enclosed or poorly ventilated spaces
indicates you shouldn’t be acting like everything is normal and sending your child to school when there is a Covid + sick person at home.

Of course you send your child to school if they are well. It’s not 2020.

And before you start bleating on about asymptomatic cases. Testing isn’t advised. If they have symptoms that you would normally keep them at home for, then they don’t go in. If they appear fit and well they go to school. Like we do with any other illness. This is where we are now.