Friends child has it. Almost no symptoms.

[sharonmarron]

My friends 1yo dd had a temp, it went away with calpol. She was fine the next day and has had no symptoms since. They isolated and friend felt a little run down but nothing even as bad as a cold. Got tested as her DP is frontline and their DD tested positive. The adults havent been tested but it is of course assumed that they all have it. The 2 weeks are nearly up and none of them have been properly ill at all. No temperature or cough in the adults.

So just posting this to make sure nobody ignores a slight temperature that goes away quickly and is extra careful even when you dont feel ill at all.

[nowayhose]

Our trust is testing any staff with symptoms and if they are isolating due to a member of their family having symptoms, then it's the family member with symptoms who is tested.

This is so that no key worker is having to isolate unless they either have Covid themselves, or are living with a Covid positive family member.

The tests must be done on day 3 of having symptoms, and the results are available within hours.

[dottiedodah]

My DDs friend had it ,lasted a few days then all well!.DD and their other friend(all share a house ) no symptoms at all!

[Zilla1]

Custardcreamies, i expect a mix of testing capacity and local policies. Locally, patients, medics and nurses and other staff and families are being tested in acute. Oddly, up to now, no drs, nurses or patients are being tested in the community unless family member of hospital Dr/nurse tested on the back of their job.

primary facing staff shortages from isolation.

In a related issue,. death rates increased in the community and with no testing and no mention on the death certificate, those deaths will never feature in statistics.

[Captaindobbin]

My sister works in an nhs hospital and she confirmed that if a member of her family has symptoms then they will be tested. It’s to reduce the number of staff taking two weeks off every time a child has a cough etc. They were told of this yesterday so it’s fairly new.

[Aesopfable]

Without tested it is impossible to know which, if any, of the posters here have had Covid. All the symptoms described could just as easily have been caused by any one of a number of cold bugs and viruses that circulate the population especially in winter/spring.

[itsonlysubterfuge]

On the other hand, we all got ill here and my MIL who lives with us ended up in hospital with trouble breathing and with a negative covid19 result. So just because you get ill does not mean you have it!

[Aesopfable]

Also if a family member does have it it is not guaranteed that everyone in the house would get it so no symptoms may also mean they weren’t infected.

[Walkaround]

@eurochick - NB the flu is NOT a coronavirus - it’s called the flu because it’s caused by the influenza virus!!!

[zsazsajuju]

This is why we need much more extensive testing. Most temperatures will not be due to Covid 19 so we could really do without frontline workers isolating for a temperature of a household member if it’s not Covid.

[mymoonmyman2020]

Thank you for posting this.

I’ve seen lots of posts saying ‘it’s so severe, it’s nothing like the flu’ etc. Although it’s important people recognise that the virus CAN be very serious, in most cases it isn’t. There are also a lot of non standard symptoms, eg many in uk apparently have no cough at all! At this point it seems sensible to assume that any illness is COVID and self isolate accordingly.

[mymoonmyman2020]

But yes more testing would be best for all!

[Aesopfable]

At this point it seems sensible to assume that any illness is COVID and self isolate accordingly.

Assume any illness MAY be Covid and self-isolate but I don’t think we should assume it is and therefore you have had it and immune etc etc. Remembering even though it is only those with severe symptoms in hospital who get tested at the moment (and health workers families to avoid health workers being off work) still 80% of those tested are negative.

[bengalcat]

We have a couple of staff off self isolating for two weeks because of children with a fever . No testing in our area for the staffs kids to help to confirm . Although testing is not 100% it would be helpful to know .

[Pishposhpashy]

I know four people in total who've had it (tested, NHS frontline staff or living with NHS frontline staff who've been tested).

Two in their mid thirties, one in her fifties and one in his seventies.

All had symptoms they describe as a very mild virus. Bit achy, bit of a cough, bit of fatigue.

[vanillandhoney]

It's definitely a good reminder. I would go down the route of assuming any cough/cold symptoms are Covid-19 and isolate as recommended.

[alloutoffucks]

Unless you are not in the UK sorry I don't believe this. Kids of front line workers are not getting tested and were not getting tested 2 weeks ago.

[Iamamoleinthegarden]

We could be in a ridiculous situation where half the population have had it and we are worrying about nothing out of the normal.

I think I had it back in January but we will never know.

[MilkTrayLimeBarrel]

My DH had a terrible dry cough back in early February and said he felt as if his lungs had fluid on them - took ages to recover from the cough. I thought I had got away with it and then 2 weeks later I got an intermittent sore throat which developed into a bad dry cough, particularly at night. Only felt shivery one night. Cough has just now subsided. I do wonder whether we may have had it.

[SMJYellow]

Mymoommyman2020 .

You write that many people who have it don't even have a cough.

Do you know any more details?
Do they have any other symptoms? Do they have a fever?

[HollowTalk]

Kids of front line workers are not getting tested and were not getting tested 2 weeks ago.

Do you realise how much has changed in two weeks?

[LellyMcKelly]

This is why testing is SO important. Many of those who have had it would have been able to get back to work instead of sitting at home needlessly worrying. If we’d been mass testing right from the start the whole country wouldn’t have had to grind to a halt.

[Zebraantelopegiraffe]

They are also testing symptomatic family members in my trust.

[Alialialiali]

As far as a huuuuge number of people are concerned... if you don't end up in ICU, you don't have coronavirus ....and you're not taking it seriously... look at boris (but don't look at hancock).

[Lucked]

Yes there is testing for NHS workers and family members in parts of Scotland. My trust certainly is.

Both me and my husband have had colleagues who have been tested in the last fortnight.

[popcorndiva]

2 weeks ago they were not testing family members. That only started last week so I am a bit dubious about this story.