So DD (3) woke up this morning with a blocked nose and is sneezing on and off. She is off nursery until next week anyway so is home with me.
I have taken her temp a few times and it is perfectly normal, she is acting fine, she hasn't coughed at all and is eating fine (i.e. loads!) so I assume sense of taste is as usual.
To be on the safe side I went on the NHS Scotland site and did the symptom test which says they don't believe it to be Covid and a test isn't needed. Fine. We will stay at home until she is better anyway.
However a few people (family & friends) who I have texted or spoken to for various reasons today seem to think I should just be booking a test anyway and even lying about symptoms if needed to ensure she has one. 'You can never be too sure' they all seem to say.
It is quite an invasive test for a 3 year old, I don't feel like I need to put her through it when she does't actually have Covid symptoms?
Just trying to gather a consensus here - would you test?
FWIW I totally appreciate the seriousness of Covid and have known people who have been seriously ill and died but I don't think it is necessarry to test for every single sign of any type of illness...or is it?