Not isolating

[littlerose12345]

I'm sure I've seen a similar post.. what would you do if you bumped into someone at the park who said their child was at home with a high temperature, yet they were out with the other child and not isolating as a family or attempting to get a test?
The child at the park is in my DS's bubble.

Presume by bubble you mean at school?

I'd be tempted to tell the school - they may or may not decide it's in their power to take any action.

Do you think the family are acting out of ignorance or wilfulness?

Ask them what the actual hell they thought they were doing!

I'd take a few steps back and tell them they were being very irresponsible, recommend that they go home and isolate awaiting a test. I'd warn the school too, it's unfair on the teachers and other adult staff to be potentially put at risk.

I would ask if they understand that the whole family to isolate if one has symptoms until confirmed negative. Some people genuinely do not know the rules.

Well children get high temperatures for all sorts of reasons....

Honestly I wouldn't care. Nor would I question it because it would be none of my business.

@clopper

Well children get high temperatures for all sorts of reasons....

They do but without a negative test, all need to be treated as potential covid and the family isolate.

OP, I would challenge there and then.

But it is the OP's business if the child is in her child's "bubble", that family are putting all children and staff in that class at risk.

Well children get high temperatures for all sorts of reasons....
If it were a clearly known reason such as flu vaccine then it would be natural that the mother would have said so at the same time. The child needs a test.

Yes the child at the park is in my child's school bubble.

I dont know the parent very well but i couldnt work out whether the reaction when I said they should be isolating was very blaise or that they genuinely didnt realise that's what they needed to do😖

I'm hoping they will be trying to get a test and the child at the park wont be at school tomorrow 😖

I would tell the school, following up in writing so that school cannot deny they were on notice.

OP, ignore silly comment by previous poster that it's none of your business. Of course it's your business if a child in your child's bubble has potential Covid symptoms and is not being tested!

@NotAKaren

I would ask if they understand that the whole family to isolate if one has symptoms until confirmed negative. Some people genuinely do not know the rules.

Yes this, tbh I had to re read the OP to try and work out who was ill.

There is so much information being bombarded at us, that it is easy to lose track / get confused about what is what. That of course is presuming that the information is in an accessible format.

People sit on MN with their puffed out chests berating anyone with any uncertainty or confusion about the current rules, even though for many they are not that easy to understand.

Also would be interested to know what the schools can do about this. They are not an official NHS Track and Trace and can really only issue guidelines regarding the need not to return to school for 14 days

I thought only others in the household had to self isolate if they too developed symptoms

I wouldn't tell school because they have no power to force people to isolate and test. What i mean is if they don't tell school about the temperature then the school cannot say 'well so and so said', they just can't. Direct them to the correct advice and then stay out of it. It's a very frustrating situation at the moment but we can't go around policing what others are doing, as much as we would like to.