Do we think the message about 7 days isolation for coughs/colds has got through?

[Frouby]

Ds is 6. Was a bit off it yesterday after school. Put it down to being tired.

He's got up this morning with a cough. No temp but a cough. Am keeping him off and have phoned school to tell them and asked for a call back.

According to school office if he is OK Monday he can go back. I have no problems taking him back but was expecting them to say he would have to isolate for 7 days.

Am not worried about him. But his class teacher is an older lady, grandparents collect others, there is a little girl with downs syndrome in his class, blah blah blah.

I don't think the message from last night has gotten through. Unless I get another phonecall later today telling me to keep him off. I also got a text message on the parent thing saying the school would be adhering to government advice. Am hoping that the lady that called me back hasn't been made aware yet of new government advice.

Will wait and see.

No, a lot of people won't have got the message. A lot of people don't read or listen to the news, for a start. They mentally switch off when they hear the word 'government'.
They do need to be a lot more proactive about getting the information out, not rely on people being intelligent or motivated enough to inform themselves. Even headteachers, it would seem.

People won't follow the advice.

The known case in this town has been seen merrily in town and the supermarket, and so have his friends who have been told not to go into school. This is why other parents are saying there's no point in closing schools, because kids will hang out with each other anyway.

But I think schools need to stop being so uptight about absences. My DDs school aren't allowing children on trips if they have attendance below 95%. Kids who really want to go on a trip aren't going to stay at home because of a cough.

No, it hasn't got through. I had a hospital appointment this morning (private hospital). The guy on the desk asked, 1. Have I travelled abroad in the last 14 days and 2. Have I got any coronavirus symptoms?

All of this as he coughed into his elbow/a tissue.

To be fair @Alicia the advise is to isolate for new coughs. I'm just coughing out the last of a cold that started 3 weeks ago, I'm not self isolating.

That said, no I dont think people will follow the advice. I think most are busily thinking up reasons why it doesnt really apply to them.

We are in self isolation now since last night's change of government guidance as DH and DS2 have had a temp and a dry cough for 3 days. I was feeling ok about it until I started a dry cough myself last night because I have underlying health conditions. This morning I now have a temperature and feel a bit achy and so does DS1 although he has no cough. I wish there was some access to testing because I feel worried not knowing. We are self isolating as per guidelines on the NHS website and not leaving the house so for example the dog won't get walked as I can't figure out a safe way to arrange this. We informed the school and they seemed ok and aware of the government advice and said they would set some work.

My Dd has a temp. The school called and said that she can’t come back until next Friday. They are sending work home for her as it’s likely schools will close then anyway.

I called in for DD today as she has a headache, sore throat & cough yesterday & temp overnight.

The odd cough this morning but that seems to have stopped now, her temp did go down but just done it & she's up to amber.

School asked for an update on Monday but that was it.

I'm fully expecting her to be off all next week, with me working from home. DH is keeping his distance but can work from home as well if I get sick & he needs to isolate too.

@AliciaWhiskers DH has had a persistent cough for the past two years. He uses inhalers. I find his cough really annoying and keep telling him to return to the GP. He says the GP can't do anything else for him (he's had lung exray etc)

If he does get CV I'm not sure how easily he'll shake it off, and I'm pretty sure people won't want to be anywhere near him if he's out and about.

No. Go look at the other thread. People think they can still go for a run. You couldn’t make it up.

I think it’s time for the government to get more graphic and outline exactly why people need to start listening.

So many schools are caught up in this attendance at all costs, 'no excuses' mentality that they can't really comprehend that kids now need to stay away for a week if they have a cough.

That'll change fairly quickly once the numbers of severe cases in adults rise - which they will. In the meantime if I had a child with cough or temperature I'd keep them off. You can't be fined for following government instructions, and to be quite honest, the need to slow the spread of the virus right now is far more important than a bit of disruption to a child's education.

@Frouby, those where exactly my thoughts. I feel as though my ds 4 and dd2 regularly have coughs. Today we went for a walk....no cough at all today, but as soon as we walked into a shop which was well ventilated, the door was open, not dusty, no air con, they both started coughing loads. A really dry cough. It was so awkward as everyone was staring!
I quickly retreated outside and their cough stopped. It was bizarre. I go in that shop almost everyday and this has never happened before. I’m presuming someone’s perfume triggered it. I’ll be so glad when this is all over, but to be honest I can’t see how unless we come up with a vaccination it will always be around.
Some people could be far more vunerable than they realise. Last year my son developed Pneominua literally overnight as he had really low iron deficiency. Up until then he was seemingly perfectly well. We honestly had no idea. Low iron can effect immunity, etc
They are suggesting kids will be less effected but my guess is, not those with low iron levels, immunity. Low iron is really common in this country and in all countries. I’m certainly not going to take the view of not worrying for my children or anyone else’s children at the moment.
It seems it’s hoped enough if I’d get it to have a wide spread immunity but nobody has actually stated we can’t get it twice. It’s just presumed we can’t as far as I’m aware.

I think a lot of people think it’s daft.
I’m a Childminder, I have sent two children home today, one with a temp of 38.2, and one with a hacking dry cough, (that wasn’t there yesterday)
Both sets of parents looked very annoyed at me but quite frankly tough. If I become ill and my setting has to close that’s going to cause more people hassle than one child just self isolating in the first place.

No. The advice is vague, wishy washy and confusing.

No, people won't follow the advice.

I've already seen comments from people who are self employed and own small businesses who say they can't possibly self isolate as they'll lose too much business.

It is unbelievable.

Also agree with others it's the same parents who sends their kids in to school when they were being sick the night before!

I saw a so called 'ex nurse' post on our town FB saying everyone needs to calm down it's only a silly little virus. But I wonder if they realise that people who have loved ones who are elderly or with a serious health condition/comprised immune system don't see it that way?

Could you imagine being one of those people having to pay the price because there are people who aren't concerned because the virus isn't potentially life threatening for them.

The school seems like it is taking the same approach as my partners work. Carry on as normal but wash your hands!

I just don’t understand why we all have such different opinions though. Surely we get our facts from either the news and the govt websites. It really can’t be that complicated to follow. A new dry cough and or fever, self isolate for 7 days. It’s literally as simple as that I thought anyway. In about a week it’s suggested that for entire families the isolation period will be 14 days.
I just can’t help but feel a bit of a gamble us being taken here for the greater good but at the cost of so many others.
For some, they get regular dry coughs. I know my 22 yr old dd does. She’s now expected to keep self isolating every time she has a dry cough, but it’s what she has to do. I’m a cougher too. Don’t smoke, don’t have asthma, otherwise fit and healthy. I wish we could all just get the shut down fine and dusted so we can all move on.

It certainly hasn’t at my local Boots!

The shop was weirdly rammed for the time of day. Was browsing the cold remedies section, and multiple people came over coughing and spluttering. Why the fuck didn’t they stay home instead of coughing all over the products and people nearby? We live in the realm of online shopping after all, and if you must go to the shops at least cough in a tissue to mitigate the spread of your germs? I left the shop without buying anything because it was genuinely a nasty environment to stay in.

It’s really unclear. Dd and myself have been at hone this week with a cough and high temperature. We’re fairly snotty so don’t think it’s coronavirus.

But we were out and about yesterday before the advice to self isolate. And we’re getting better now.

I have no idea whether I’m supposed to be self isolating or not.

They have cancelled all football in the UK today so can certainly see schools closing sooner rather than later. Am happy to keep him off next week, tbh was in the back of my mind to do so anyway. I wfh and can do so with him sat playing on his tablet for an hour.

If it reduces the risk even just to my own family it will be worth it. Like most people we have loved ones in the vulnerable category. And I have asthma all be it well controlled. And dh has stents. No heart disease that we know of now but it's still a concern.