Self isolating after a holiday

[chocolatesaltyballs22]

Hi,

I'm interested to hear from people who have had to self isolated after coming back from a country where you have to self isolate for 14 days. How many of you were contacted to check you were at home?

The reason I'm asking is that I'm going to Italy tomorrow which is currently on the 'safe' list but I'm preparing for the scenario that that might change while we're there. I'm happy to isolate if I have to, but I would have to drive my daughter to school. She isn't coming with us, so she wouldn't have to isolate. Am thinking that if I drive her there and don't get out of the car or see anyone else, there's no risk?

No, we weren't contacted but it's not really the point is it. I couldn't accept that someone could get ill, seriously or otherwise because of my actions. Sadly in your situation I wouldn't go

Just a question @chocolatesaltyballs22 ...what age is your DD? When is she staying with and how is she getting to school while you’re on holiday? 🤔

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I self isolated after coming back from Spain, even though the area I stayed in was Covid free. I stayed in the house/garden for 2 weeks, no one contacted me, but I didn’t fill in any forms on the flight or on arrival at Gatwick. So apart from my passport not sure how they would have contacted me.

Not sure that's relevant to the original question @RWK29!

How do you isolate for 2 weeks when you have no one to help buy food and can’t get a delivery slot

@Username198 we all know that we could need to isolate for 2 weeks if we test positive or come into contact with someone whose positive so it makes sense to have 2 weeks of food. (Spare loaf and milk in freezer or long life milk etc).

My husband travels for work and no one has contacted him when he has been at home.

@Username198 - you contact your local covid mutual aid group or the council, just the same as it's been since March. I put links in a thread here because it seems I'm posting one or another of them 5 times a day. (Ideally you can get stuff between deliveries, stuff you keep in stock because it's a known risk of life at the moment and helpful neighbours; but when none of that works, that's who to go to). www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4030369-Links-to-support-sites-isolating-quarantine-financial-long-covid-etc

@NerrSnerr not everyone can afford to stock up on 2 weeks of food

@chocolatesaltyballs22 I think it’s all relevant if you’re asking about breaking your self isolation OP! Isn’t it possible for whoever will be taking her to school while you’re away to continue taking her to school during your self isolation period?

@Username198 we've been adding an extra tin or 2 since this all kicked off in March- didn't need to be in one go. Suppose it would be if people weren't prepared but we've known that isolating for 2 weeks has been possible since March.

@NerrSnerr see previous comment

@chocolatesaltyballs22
Frankly I've had it with nonsensical rules.

Frankly, lots of people have had it with rule breakers as well. If you go away and have to quarantine on your return, then you need to isolate away from your daughter if she hasn’t been with you otherwise you could potentially infect many children at her school. But hey, your holiday is clearly more important than protecting others. What a selfish individual you are.

@Username198 fair enough, you could use the Covid support group but it's probably a good idea to pick up a few extras when or if you can.

Another thread asking for help because they think that law doesn’t apply to some people because they’re special.

Law says isolate = don’t leave the house. Whether or not someone contacts you shouldn’t matter. Or do you go at 100miles in a motorway cuz there are no speed cameras ?

I'm sorry but I really think it's a bit much saying you've had it with the rules. Many people have died. Many people have not been able to say goodbye to their dying relatives. Many people have lost their jobs and livelihoods. Many kids are going hungry and uneducated. Many people have worked in stressful and unpleasant situations to keep the rest of us ticking along. But you want to go on your holiday and break the rules because you're 'fed up'.

How embarrassing.

Morally/ethically I don’t think you’d be doing anything wrong by taking your dd to school, but stupidly, it wouldn’t be allowed. It’s worth being careful, they are phoning to check people, it happened to a friend.

Hopefully Italy will continue to stay on the safe list and it will be fine. Enjoy your holiday.

Never mind whether you can take your daughter to school ... you need to be isolating from her at home. So unless she's a teen and this is practical to do, you need to have a Plan B for someone else to look after her, or accept she won't be going to school for the 2 weeks either.

You have to isolate away from your daughter for the 14 days so taking her to school is irrelevant. You can’t see her for the 14 days at all.

So you are asking if you can get away with flouting the rules ?

Ooooooh, let's all make new rules up because they're aren't enough already! Of course I can see my daughter. She's 17. And we can keep our distance. And all of this is purely hypothetical at the moment as I'm not knowingly traveling to a country where I will have to quarantine on my return.

Some of you are getting a bit hot and bothered about this!

@chocolatesaltyballs22 no you really can’t! You have to self isolate for 14 days. That means no leaving the house and no visitors to your house!

But just do what you like as you are clearly going to and this thread is totally pointless.

You know the rules, you are choosing to ignore them. You will probably get away with it.

And we can keep our distance.

You can't if you're driving her to school.

Surely a 17 year old can sort her own transport to school??