DS has tested positive-now the FEAR!

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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

@ItsReallyOnlyMe

I suggest opening as many windows as you can to reduce the viral load so if you contract it then it is more likely to be mild.

I would also suggest that you increase your Vitamin D intake via tablets, going outside or by Vitamin D rich foods.

If you have more than 1 toilet then DS should use that one - and the rest of the family used another.

They can't go outside if they're isolating ..

Your husband needs to be isolating as well. It's the whole household.

@LindaEllen they can go into their own garden.

On our local government briefing less that 24 hours ago, in response to a question about why people coming here and self isolating for 14 days are able to do so in the same house as their family who can still go to work etc.

The answer which is real want to your concerns was that only in six percent of cases did transmission occur between the occupiers (across all demographics) and so the small risk doesn’t outweigh the benefit of the rest of the family going about their business as moral (unless the develop symptoms obviosly)

Rules might be different where you are but would guess the 6% figure will be largely similar. Also worth nothing more of the six percent were identified by antibody testing and didn’t even know they had had it.

The op's husband is self employed. No work, no income, no home. The kid seemed ok, they obviously didn't think he actually had it and the DH could work without coming in to contact with people. What's done is done. Can we put the pitchforks away?

Op don't sweat it. It's 14 days for all of you from Monday so you've nearly done a week. Assuming none of you are super elderly or seriously ill already you will be fine. And even if you do have a health condition or are elderly the majority of people are still absolutely fine.

And this is exactly why the virus continues to spread. I just don't understand people sometimes. Once your son became symptomatic you should all of self isolated in your home. Not continue to work, go for drives wearing masks etc. Unbelievable. What is your dh planning on doing now?

The chances, if you get it, of you becoming seriously ill (hospitalised) are very very low. However, the chances of feeling poorly/flu like are higher - so I would make sure you are stocked up on all the stuff that normally helps with flu. In my case that would be soup, parecetomal, lucozade, ORS tablets etc (obviously purchased via online shopping) since being unwell and not having what you need while having to look after others is rubbish.

(And ready the dressing gown of doom if your husband is the sort to need it obviously)

Up both your vitamin C and D and chill. What will be will be. Glad he isnt that unwell.

I have asthma. I am obese. I work with Covid patients. When my team had antibody testing, 50 % had antibodies and none of them had been poorly. The rest of us had worked on close contact with them and none of us had caught it. There is no point being anxious as anxiety is very bad for your health. Be sensible and keep your distance from him for two weeks but even if you get it you are more than likely to be fine. Would you be in such anxiety if he had flu or would you just provide care and try not to catch it??

'The op's husband is self employed. No work, no income, no home. The kid seemed ok, they obviously didn't think he actually had it and the DH could work without coming in to contact with people'

I'm intrigued as to what job means you don't come into contact with one other person ever, or touch any surface that someone else might touch within 72 hours.

It's easy to mock about 'pitchforks' but everyone's lives have been sevevely disrupted by families just like the ops. If anyone is postive the whole household isolates. The government should have an intense campaign running this on tv.

@Tootletum they are meant to stay in the house.

[quote myhobbyisouting]@Tootletum they are meant to stay in the house. [/quote]
That's if quarantining I believe. You can use your private garden if isolating with no symptoms.

Are you guys just making this stuff up? Where does it say you can't go into your own private garden when isolating??

a test for weird taste and smell issues?
that is quite random
what a difficult situation in working families

It sounds as though you'd mostly been keeping apart anyway, so just be more stringent about it until the quarantine period has ended. Your dh should not go to work until the quarantine period is over; but a few comments here are a bit extreme: 'What if he was to have an accident at work and require emergency surgery?! Potentially spreading Covid all over the hospital?' - It's actually been found that the majority of accidents happen in the home.

There is a very good chance that no one in the family will get it, and if they do, it's likely to be mild, especially for the other children.

Hope you're all OK!

He’s self employed. That doesn’t mean if he takes 14 days off work he loses his home ffs.
You do realise that part of self employment is to prepare for the fluctuations in work and income right?! And while us self employed have been slung on the scrap heap by our chancellor, most of us understand that keeping the infection rate down will be key to the recovery of our economy anyway.

they are meant to stay in the house.

They're meant to stay at home; which can include their private garden if they have one.

"They're meant to stay at home; which can include their private garden if they have one."

It says do not leave the house. Nowhere does it say, this can include your own private garden if you have one.

When we were still having daily briefings clarification was asked for and due to the potential for being less than 2 metres away from a neighbour they said no. The same went for shielding.

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@Therollockingrogue

He’s self employed. That doesn’t mean if he takes 14 days off work he loses his home ffs. You do realise that part of self employment is to prepare for the fluctuations in work and income right?! And while us self employed have been slung on the scrap heap by our chancellor, most of us understand that keeping the infection rate down will be key to the recovery of our economy anyway.

As someone who is also self-employed, let me tell you that my books were in good order. I had contingency funds. But THIS is something else entirely. You can prepare for fluctuating income, fine. But what you can't prepare for is next to income from late March onwards, a grant that doesn't cover anywhere near your income because it's based on years where you were only building up your business, and no sign of things improving in the future.

If I had to have 14 days of zero income whatsoever now, I don't think I could cope.

Not saying it's right to go to work when you're supposed to be isolating, just saying that it's not as simple as saying 'you could have prepared' because bloody nobody could have predicted this, nor would you ever expect to be in this kind of situation.

I know plenty of people who have had covid, my Dh included..not one of them has actually been particularly ill!! A headache, a slight cough..that’s about it. Despite the scare stories that really IS the reality for most who have symptoms..many don’t have any at all.

And when my DH had it, despite sleeping in my bed, making dinner for the kids, sharing towels, utensils..doing all the usual stuff - no one else in our house (4 kids plus me) got it.

You can go in your garden if you’re isolating FFS

It says exercise in your home or your garden if you have one.

I know, because we had to isolate last weekend and I read the NHS website.

NHS guidance

@myhobbyisouting

"They're meant to stay at home; which can include their private garden if they have one."

It says do not leave the house. Nowhere does it say, this can include your own private garden if you have one.

When we were still having daily briefings clarification was asked for and due to the potential for being less than 2 metres away from a neighbour they said no. The same went for shielding.

Don't be silly. NHS advice says you can excercise in your garden.

"do not go out to exercise – exercise at home or in your garden, if you have one"

www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-and-treatment/when-to-self-isolate-and-what-to-do/