DD's dad has CV - she has no symptoms. School?

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As above. DD's dad came down with high temp and cough on thurs. 111 said no testing but to assume he has it. He told me Friday morning, I rang school and they asked me to pick DD up. Since spoke to him and he is worse, all his symptoms are consistent with CV.

DD and I have isolated since Friday morning, neither of us have developed any symptoms.

DD last saw her dad on tues night/weds morning. She is 8.

Obviously I will call school in the morning, but current advice seems to isolate if you have symptoms.

What would you do?

Definitely 14 days off.

Imagine how many people should could infect

I find it hard to understand why you even ask. Keep her home.

Because the current advice is not to isolate in this circumstance. That’s why OP asked.

but to all those saying isolate and saying you dont understand why she has asked - you do all realise dont' you that isolating her would NOT be following current government advice which would say she should carry on as normal.

Of course it’s not OK to send a child in to school whose parent has coronavirus.

Thank you for the posters pointing out I am asking as the guidance currently is NOT to isolate her.

Reverse the scenario. Ask yourself how you would feel if you knew someone in your dd class had been in close contact with someone who has corona virus. Would you then worry about sending your dd in?
You’re right, it is really confusing in terms of having been in contact, but personally I wouldn’t want to knowingly, potentially put anyone else at risk. If your dd is carrying it, she could pass it to so many people who then in turn take it with them, everywhere they go. In no time at all, it’s spread like fire. If you were to just keep your dd isolated and yourself, you could save a lot of potential spread.
Is there anyone who can get groceries etc in for you?

Isolating when symptomanic is too late. You have already been a spreader. Your daughter has been in direct contact with a person who has Coronavirus. It can take 5 days to show symptoms. In this time she can do a lot of damage even if not showing symptoms. Why would you risk it.

In your circumstances I would not send your dd in. Screw the guidelines. You want her home warm and safe and not infecting anyone, who is vulnerable.

I didn't think people with no systems were told to isolate.
Only 1/50 ppl with apparent symptoms actually had cv19.

I'm self isolating due to CV symptoms. DS and DH are going to school and work tomorrow as they are both perfectly well, as per guidelines. I'm a frontline NHS worker

Personally I would keep her off school for a week and send her next Monday (23 March) if she hasn't developed symptoms by then.

That's a compromise between the 7/14 days as it will have been 12 days since she last saw her dad.

Yeah I'm really not worried about groceries etc, got lots of lovely people around me, I'm fortunate enough to easily be able to work at home.

I asked because the guidance is to send her in, which directly contradicted my immediate thoughts. Also I don't want to keep her off for a week, send her back in for a week and then her get it and miss another week of school. She's behind as it is and she is doing really well with the added support they have in place for her.

I’m sure Boris and the medical advisor said isolate for 7 days with either temp and or persistent cough and that it would be likely that in a weeks time it would change to anyone having shown these symptoms that the whole family would be expected to isolate for 14 days. Obviously that’s not yet the case though, but it may be the case soon. It was said at the time they announced the delay phase on the news..... unless I completely misunderstood

Keep her home for 14 days. The government are flip flopping all over the place. Go with your gut which I think is telling you to keep her home?

You'll get divided opinions on this, but that's all they are, opinions. Make the decision you feel is right for you. Guidelines are that you send her in at present. Don't feel like you have to explain or justify yourself to anyone here, just make your decision.

I feel for you, I got stick too and we didn't even have contact with any cases. It's easy for people to tell you what to do and criticise your choices, they don't actually know how it feels to be in your position though.

Thank you quarantined

Also the advice might have changed in a week's time. So while current Official advice would be to keep sending her in for now, within a week they might have come to their senses change it and tell people to be more cautious.

Current guidelines are just to isolate if you have symptoms of cough and/or fever, otherwise you go on as normal. My stepmother is a HCP who has just had her first case present in the GP practice. Under current guidelines there is no testing for her or the patient and she is to carry on seeing patients until she becomes symptomatic. This govt has got it so wrong when there is no community testing at all, we at least need to know that HCPs are not putting patients at risk (as a HCP professional myself that worries me far more than catching it myself or even passing it on to my husband)

Just don't do it

I think the government guidelines are irrational. Self isolate for 7 days is not what other countries are finding.
Likewise why allow potentially infectious people to roam around infecting countless other , when they have been in contact with someone with CV
It’s like they are deliberately wanting to speed up the numbers contaminated with no real evidence an immunity will be created

If you look at what other countries are doing, people in contact with a confirmed or suspected coronavirus case should be self-isolated for 14 days. It is why I am so not impressed by the government policy thinking that they know better than the other countries when they don't.