My daughter (14) just got accidentally knocked over by a jogger.

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I was out with my daughter for an early evening walk, when we turned the corner and she went into a jogger. It was no ones fault.

We came home (luckily we were only a few minutes away) and showered immediately and her clothes were put in the washing machine.

Obviously she touched my daughter briefly and said sorry.

I’m concerned because my husband is in the shielding group. We have been doing what we can to protect my husband. Luckily we have all been working from home and I only usually go out once a week for the weekly shop. I come in and shower straight away and wash clothes etc etc.

My daughter (who suffers from anxiety) is now worried she is going to make her dad Ill. I’ve reassured her this is not the case.

We live in a small house with only one toilet. No spare bedrooms etc or dh would be self isolating from us.

I don’t really know what I’m asking, I’m guessing some reassurance. I just needed to get it out somewhere.

Firstly, it’s highly unlikely jogger infected and secondly, viral load from a brief collision would be v small. I’m sure it will be fine. Try not to worry.

I would say the risk is absolutely minute. This site says typically it would take 15 minutes of close contact.

Coronaviruses can be spread when people with the virus have close, sustained contact with people who are not infected. This typically means spending more than 15 minutes within two metres of an infected person, such as talking to someone for instance.

publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2020/03/04/coronavirus-covid-19-what-is-social-distancing/

The risk is extremely small. Extremeeeeely small. Dont fret! You've washed clothes and showered. A bouncy, fit runner is unlikely to have symptoms (as someone who has recently had symptoms, running was the last thing on my mind).

In the v v unlikely event the runner did have cv-19, the contact was so brief and your daughter has taken all precautions, so I'd tell her not to give it a second thought. She'll be fine and so will her dad.

I think you've done all you can and I doubt someone ill with coronavirus would be out jogging. They estimate 4% of population has had it between December and April so maybe 0.5% at any one time so 99.5% chance person doesn't have it. Then of those 0.5% with it in theory all should be home - most will be at home in bed feeling ill, even those ignoring the lockdown I doubt if you are feeling fluish you'ld go for a jog. Plus you've showered and washed clothes. I'ld try and forget about it.

Thank you for your reassurances.

The jogger was an overweight women in her 30/40’s. Only mentioning this because of the poster who said about a fit jogger.

I hate that corona has turned me into an anxious mess.

I also think the risk is tiny. Try not to worry.

The risk is very very small. Your dd got clean as soon as she returned home. I know it must be hard for children of parents with health conditions. My dd is hypersensitive about my health. Whatever happens, your dd will not be responsible for making her dad ill.

I'm recovering from covid. Believe me if they had it they would not be running. I had a mild case and I'm out of breath walking to the end of the garden.

The jogger was an overweight women in her 30/40’s. Only mentioning this because of the poster who said about a fit jogger.

I think the poster meant fit in the sense of “not at home in bed with Coronavirus but feeling fine” rather than fit in the sense of “marathon runner”!

Oh 🙈🙈🙈🙈

Thanks for that.

If you dh is is the shielding group you should only be leaving the house if you are both staying two metres away from him at all times, using separate bathroom, meals utensils washed separately, separate bedrooms etc.
As you aren’t able to do that you should not be leaving the house at all. Register with the government and you will get priority supermarket slots.

It’s ok; try not to worry

Why on earth were you out?

Why on earth were you out?

Because shes not shielding. Only the person who is shielding needs to stay in.

I’d say your top priority is to reassure your daughter that this is NOT a problem and that you are not worried and that she just forget about the incident completely.

The question is, why was the jogger not running on the street?

I have seen joggers here who seem to have no idea at all that running past people while breathing heavily is an appalling thing to do.

The streets are empty. There is no traffic. Get off the paths.

Other people who live with a shielding person are allowed to go out to exercise (and buy food and medication to support the shielding person!)

@Frenchfancy I hope you get better soon. It's a bastard. I'm on day 20 and I'm still struggling to breathe.

Sorry but I feel the need to correct the idea a person with it would not be jogging. When the symptoms are full blown they wouldn't, but they absolutely can have it and feel fine initially and be running. When it is very mild people can have it and jog and exercise as normal as they would with a mild cold.

The person who gave it to me is a kick boxer and passed it to me after they finished a teaching session. Had no symptoms at all at that point and felt fine.

I might be going against the main spirit of the thread but given our post OP, I do wonder how much of your own over-anxiousness has been transferred to your daughter. In the scheme of things the risk of an infection being passed to your daughter are minuscule and yet it seems to me that tor daughter had to witness a full clinic disinfection routine. For her mental health, maybe tone it down a little and do it more covertly?

Am I the only one who though the thread header was about a daughter who was knocked up by a jogger?

People can’t run on the road for goodness sake, there’s still traffic.

Corona is turning people barmy.

This degree of panic makes no sense. It's really insane. Bear in mind that the virus is going to be around for a long time. You can't healthily keep up this level of intense fear and precautions for that period of time. It doesn't sound healthy even now. How on earth are you going to cope when your daughter goes back to school?

You’re allowed to breathe 😂😂😂 There isn’t any guidance on how hard people are allowed breathe while out. Jesus 😂

My DD is more anxious about it as her best friends grandad died from Covid-19 10 days ago.

She is well aware of what needs to happen when I come back into the house after shopping, so she was going to have a shower and wash her clothes anyway.

I’m very good at keeping my anxiety in. So she doesn’t have a clue about most of what went on in my head.

She’s due on and hormonal at the moment. She’s FaceTimed her friend and is feeling a lot better.

Thanks again for the reassurances.

At the end of the day you can only do your best, and worrying beyond that point is of no use.
"If you can do something about it, don't worry about it.
If you can't do something about it, there's no point in worrying about it."