DS has tested positive-now the FEAR!

[Money4honey]

DS had a text on Monday due to a weird taste and smell issue. He’s otherwise fine. Just got his results and he’s tested positive! He’s in 6th form.
Since Monday, I’ve kept him and the other 2 DC at home with me. Everyone else is ok.
But now I’m shitting myself a bit... will me and DC and DH definitely get it?? How severe will it be?? Agh. So many questions that obviously no one can answer!
Talk me down please MNers

Now that you know your ds is positive for covid, your husband does need to isolate with the rest of your household.

"so has still been able to work"

Jesus fucking wept

The rockingrogue that makes no sense because people have accidents at home all the time.

DH is self employed and works alone outdoors and doesn’t come into contact with anyone so has still been able to work

He really shouldn't be going out.
The guidelines are really clear about that. Everyone needs to stay home - no work, no going for a walk, no going to the shops. Home.

However, he should now stay home. Some should stay in room. If you've only one bathroom, leave cleaning stuff out so everything can be wiped down after use. Deliver meals to room. Wear masks and try to keep 2m apart. Use hand gel and wash hands. Open windows as much as possible.
Hope you stay well.

@Tomatoesneedtoripen

all posters need to calm down fgs

Absolutely, it is totally normal and acceptable for a man who has been highly exposed to CV to be out working

bramble its your comment that doesn't make sense. The idea is to reduce exposure to risk. If being at work is riskier than being at home its still worth staying at home. (and it WILL be riskier to work, mostly because of the risk of getting to and from work by a mode of transport).

Your argument on the other hand could be applied to skydiving with a dodgey parachute...what's the point not doing it given you could have an accident at home?

I really think your DH should have stayed home. The rules with isolating are simple really; someone in your house gets symptoms, everyone in the house stays at home until the test comes back, and the isolates for 14 days if its positive. Your husband is presumably stopping at garages to fill up, touching surfaces, going to the toilet somewhere. He shouldn't be leaving the house.

even if your dh does work outdoors where does he go to the toilet where does he get petrol and food from

he shouldbnt be out at all-theres no loopholes

www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-households-with-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection

The latest gov guidelines are here^^
including links for support if you are self employed and can't work due to self isolation rules

Your DH needs to isolate, he isn't supposed to leave the house!!!!

Now he has the result,
he didnt have the result until then,
you seriously dont expect whole families to stay away from work on the off chance, get a grip

@Tomatoesneedtoripen

Now he has the result, he didnt have the result until then, you seriously dont expect whole families to stay away from work on the off chance, get a grip

Erm, yes, because that's what we all have to do. I despair.

"The rockingrogue that makes no sense because people have accidents at home all the time."

Yes, and his family would be there to inform any paramedics coming into contact with him that they are isolating.

If he's out of the house at work, how on earth would they know that??

It's very simple.

If someone in your home has any of the three symptoms, the whole household must isolate from symptoms starting until test results come in. If the test is negative, normal life can resume. If the test is positive then the positive person must stay home seven days. The rest of the household must stay home for 14 days.

Vitamin C + zinc tablets for all the family? There were articles earlier n the year saying that this can stop the virus getting serious if you catch it.

@Tomatoesneedtoripen

Now he has the result, he didnt have the result until then, you seriously dont expect whole families to stay away from work on the off chance, get a grip

Yes....because that's the bloody rules, like it or not!

If someone has symptoms - the whole house had to stay home and self isolate, until there is a negative test - if there is a positive test, the house continues to isolate.

@Money4honey has your son been in touch with the test and trace system? Was he in contact with anyone, 48 hours before the symptoms began?

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz

It's very simple.

If someone in your home has any of the three symptoms, the whole household must isolate from symptoms starting until test results come in. If the test is negative, normal life can resume. If the test is positive then the positive person must stay home seven days. The rest of the household must stay home for 14 days.

If the test is positive then the positive person must stay home seven days

It's now 10 days for the person with symptoms.

Your son will be fine. You and your DH a will likely be fine.

The vulnerable people that your DH (and maybe others from your household) that are being exposed because you’re refusing to self isolate won’t be fine. They will die from your failure to follow the rules

@Todaythiscouldbe and @Bupkis

i have reported my own post, keep your despair for others i bow down to your superior knowledge.

It's now 10 days for the person with symptoms

Good to know. Our symptomatic one is a 5yo so he will be doing the 14 days if positive as I can't send him out on his own

@Tomatoesneedtoripen not superior knowledge, just correct. The advice for the whole family to isolate if one person has symptoms hasn't changed since early March.

"i have reported my own post, keep your despair for others i bow down to your superior knowledge."

you couldn't be bothered to educate yourself with the basics and therefore added to the problem by squealing "get a grip" on a public forum.

Yeah, I'd say those posters are behaving in a more superior fashion.

Oh fgs, and people are surprised by the huge increase of positive cases 🙄

First most people will not die of this. However how many get permanent damage is still unknown.

Once he had taste and smell issues the rest of you should have been taking precautions. However it is not always transmitted to family members so the rest of you may not get it if he stays in his room, uses a separate toilet if you have one.

If your husband continued to go to work then he needed to be taking extra precautions. Even if he normally works alone does he really see no-one else, there are few people that really applies to.

You should not see other people, get shopping delivered if you can and if you need anything ask your local community volunteers to help.

If you have any vitamin D supplements all take a dose daily. If you have an oximeter give it to your son to measure his oxygen levels each day. Chances are good you will all be fine but if not you'll probably be in hospital 5 days minimum as treatment may involve an iv. Who will look after the children then/ are there 5 days of easy meals available?

Not inevitable at all. A child in My DS school tested positive but no one lese in the house did.