Would you host someone from the USA who is self isolating?

[tenlittlecygnets]

A friend's ds is travelling from the USA to the UK in August. My friend has asked me if her ds can stay with us for the two week self-isolation period.

I'm not sure. My dc will be going back to school on 4 September and I don't want them to have any risk of catching Covid-19 from my friend's ds. They live in Washington state, which has a high level of Covid infection, although they are very sensible and have been isolating, ds will still have to go through airport, the flight, then we will pick them up from airport and drive them here - they are not supposed to use public transport.

Would you?

No I wouldn’t I’m afraid unless it was my own child returning home.

Yes I would and I’d encourage the to get tested.

nope and she shouldn't have asked you

@Greydrapex the tests wont tell you if you've just been infected but arent infectious yet.

Flights from the US to the UK are currently operating. You can see them on the Heathrow departures and arrivals boards.

The vast majority of the US/UK flights into/out of Heathrow are carrying freight only (even if they are wearing what would normally be passenger flight numbers").There might be a handful of passengers still being repatriated or travelling for essential reasons but it is not business as usual.

I'm on various FB groups for expats and people are still flying in and out of the UK, sharing information about what the experience was like, giving each other advice on how to find flights, and discussing the experience of quarantining on arrival.

I think it depends how good a friend she is. If one of my closest friends asked me, and I knew her dc well I wouldn't hesitate to let them stay with me. Whereas if it was more of an acquaintance, and I didn't really know the child then it would be an easy no.

No I wouldn’t, but I’d help them find a 1bed Airbnb nearby and deliver groceries to them.