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Do people realise that if their child's bubble bursts.....

439 replies

IfYouCantSeeMyMirrors · 12/09/2020 18:12

.....and that child is therefore sent home from school for 14 days, the child is supposed to stay solely within their own house or garden for that entire period? They might be completely well for the full 14 days, but during that time, they can't take any walks. No bike rides. No drives in the car. If they haven't got a garden, they cannot go outside at all.

Many, many children are going to be in this position very soon - quite possibly multiple times - and it goes some way beyond the initial lockdown situation.

OP posts:
Ilovecandlez · 13/09/2020 17:48

It’s been whole year groups in many schools so far. I think the government will change the guidance. Or at least I think the government should

Shelleygi · 13/09/2020 17:49

So if one child gets sent home then I have to keep others off and I have to stay off work again is that right??

FelicisNox · 13/09/2020 17:54

Clearly the question is rhetorical MN... this is code for: if your kids are off school ?Covid then keep your bloody cherubs in the house because people are clearly not doing so.

《Rolls eyes》

FYI: I don't hate the current situation but I sure do hate these non stop covid/school posts.

LolaSmiles · 13/09/2020 17:54

Shelleygi
It depends.

If your child is sent home with symptoms then the household has to isolate because a household has to isolate once someone has symptoms. Your DC would be tested, everyone else isolates until you find out if your DC has a positive test.

If one child is sent home and told to isolate because they might have been in contact with a positive case then nobody else in your household has to isolate unless your child develops symptoms.
If your child develops symptoms whilst isolating due to potentially being in contact with a positive case then your household isolates in line with the rules.

glammymommy · 13/09/2020 17:59

Unless its year 9-13 where they're all mixed up for lessons

Angelil · 13/09/2020 18:01

@PremierInn and where I am there have been no cases of schools having to shut/pupils having to isolate etc...and again it's the second week. Go figure...

I really think we have to take other sociocultural factors to do with individual areas into consideration and not just blame the reopening of schools automatically for new outbreaks. Think about religious festivals, areas with high numbers of university students etc.

I work in a school and think that frankly we all just need to get on with it.

NoSquirrels · 13/09/2020 18:04

@Shelleygi

So if one child gets sent home then I have to keep others off and I have to stay off work again is that right??
Sent home with symptoms = whole household isolates & DC gets tested. If test = negative, everyone back to work/school.

Sent home because someone else in class is a COVID case = just that child isolates, everyone else goes to school/work.

karalou2 · 13/09/2020 18:07

I was isolated for 5 months plus, but still had to exercise every day... We were positively encouraged to do so. Walking, cycling, outdoor keep fit are all encouraged. Fresh air was and is a necessity. If people have literally been breathing in the same stale air for weeks at a time, no wonder they're ill. Where did they get their info from? I often did my walks very late at night... The air quality is amazing and everything is so still.....

OverTheRainbow88 · 13/09/2020 18:11

Sent home because someone else in class is a COVID case = just that child isolates, everyone else goes to school/work.

Unless the kid is too young to stay home alone all day.!!!

Ineke · 13/09/2020 18:15

I had heard that Universities will be testing their students every week. This will help to keep some control but don't think it's possible in schools with young children until it's just a spit test. Hope that arrives sooner rather than later.
Also, all those people coming back from Greece etc I am sure will not be self isolating if they can't afford not to work. We're in for the long haul I fear.

RaspberryCola · 13/09/2020 18:15

My boys (Y1&3) caught colds last week, snotty all weekend but no temp. Had coughs on Sunday evening. Kept them off school Monday and I worked from home. Managed to get us all a test on Tuesday (tests are like hens teeth!). Negative result back Wednesday. Back to school by Thursday. It’s a pain because obviously it was cold related, they’re snotty as anything and so are half the school.

airedailleurs · 13/09/2020 18:21

@SaltyAndFresh

I sincerely don't wish to be rude, but this will sound it. What did you imagine would happen OP? Assuming you're not a teacher, how did you envisage that full reopening would be, and how did you get that impression? I don't mean that to sound Mumsnet snotty. I think parents have been misled, and not by schools.
I agree, this scenario was entirely predictable and for that reason my DD is home schooling for 6th form. Surely it's up to parents to work this out for themselves? Nobody in their right mind would trust the Government any longer would they?
Devlesko · 13/09/2020 18:26

I have 3 teens to care for until parents arrive if mine is sent home, OP.
They may even have to isolate at my home, no other choice. I'll have one hours notice, to go pick them up, or if not positive themselves they can catch the train here.
I volunteered and don't mind, but this virus will put you out a bit.

MamaAffrika · 13/09/2020 18:43

A positive covid test. PHE will advise each school based on their specific scenario if it's a class or year group or entire school that needs to isolate.

claireyjs · 13/09/2020 18:51

Duh...yes 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

user1472151176 · 13/09/2020 18:52

I'm fully prepared that my children may be frequently coming home. I am also concerned about the cough thing. My child often gets a 'viral wheeze' during the winter after a cold and has been hospitalised because of this once or twice. We generally have this under control now but my child has just has a slight cold and it has given him a bit of a cough. Not sure what to do about school now tomorrow. I'm 99%sure it isn't covid and I wouldn't call it a persistent or continuous cough it's just from time to time to clear their chest. My child has no other symptoms and is perfectly well in every other way. It's really hard to make a decision.

Pliudev · 13/09/2020 18:53

To all those who have said surely you know what isolating means: I had a call today from a friend who has been abroad for several months. She rang the helpline to find out what she could and could not do while in quarantine. She was told she could go food shopping and for walks, so she met a friend for breakfast in a popular cafe! She asked if it was ok to visit us and I said no. This is a very intelligent woman. Well I thought she was.

BreathlessCommotion · 13/09/2020 18:59

@BooseysMom

Also our workplaces have been very accommodating over lockdown and summer but they weren't very happy to hear we needed to book leave and WFH again

Not your fault. The employers have to put up and shut up until we finally ever get out of this shit show.

@BooseysMom that's hilarious. I'm sure a lot of employers will just sack people. Especially those on tenuous contracts, zero hours, anyone with less than 2 years service. Get real
bellinisurge · 13/09/2020 19:01

Yep, a friend's kid has just had that body blow dealt to her.
I will never again call this generation "snowflakes".

wildchild554 · 13/09/2020 19:17

It's pretty easy for a bubble to burst. My son was in school on the monday, teacher said he'd been snotty all day when I picked him up, next day he had a bad cough and we having to isolate. So potentially he can pass that onto everyone else in his class as they are sat pretty close together from the pictures I've seen. I have another son who attends the same school who could have been also unknowingly passing it on. Now I don't in this instance it is covid as I started with it on the wednesday and although I'm feeling rough it feels more like a common cold as if it was flu or covid I would be alot worse and in hospital by now due to other health issues. But this just illustrates how easily it could be spread through the school. I don't know how many other kids are off and not my place to ask but it's just common sense really, he's not got it from anywherre but school because we haven't been anywhere else and he's been in school whilst ill, i have no idea why the teachers didn't contact me in the first place when they thought he was coming down with something to pick him up tbh in the current climate because there will now be alot off with potential coronavirus symptoms.

wildchild554 · 13/09/2020 19:21

@user1472151176 we have been told to isolate for 2 weeks unless test comes back negative and get a test even though certain it's the common cold now, you'll need to speak to school

Starwind74 · 13/09/2020 19:21

This sounds horrendous OP I hadn’t thought about it before. I don’t have young kids, but for those who do, how are they supposed to go to work, if they can’t work from home?

Devora13 · 13/09/2020 19:22

To the people having a conversation about coughing, I'm sure the OP is sorry her thread is getting in the way of your interrupting.
Did you know the Spanish for cough is 'tos'.
The obvious solution-don't be a tos-er.

Retired65 · 13/09/2020 19:22

If child can get a test. If it comes back negative he/she will not have to isolate.

SimpleComforts · 13/09/2020 19:24

@Retired65

If child can get a test. If it comes back negative he/she will not have to isolate.
Only if they have symptoms. People without symptoms should not be clogging up the testing centres.