Hi, one of the children in my DDs class has symptoms very much like Coronavirus, her mum let us all know and they are in isolation.
We had a get together planned for ages this weekend at our house (with parents/kids...not huge just 4 families) and we were in two minds whether it should go ahead but we thought as long as we are sensible (no sharing food), names on drinks, no-one upstairs, regular hand washing and no-one who came had symptoms we would go ahead. I assumed no-one would bring any child or come along if they were coughing/ill etc.
I was wrong!
One of the mums brought her 3 children, 2 of which were coughing and sneezing. At one point they sneezed over a cake (I had to throw away!) and all the parent said was hand over mouth to her children and that was once. When I saw the children doing it I asked them to wash their hands (the parents just weren't bothered!) I ended up following the kids around clocking what they touched and everything has been cleaned. I felt too awful saying your kids are sick please could you take them home although I'm thinking now I should (I even mentioned my parents to her). It was noticed by others that these little ones were coughing. The parents of the poorly kids were very blasé about this virus. If we get it, we get it! The Mum even said we've had a cold but we're ok, then went on to say they are off to visit their elderly parents next weekend!
We spent all of today disinfecting our house! Both my parents are in their 70s with underlying health issues so looks like I can't visit for a while now just in case! Thankfully my sister is around to help.
I am so angry about it! My other half is a bit more relaxed about it but I thought she was a friend and would know better.
Am I over-reacting here?