Do you really keep DC indoors for 14 days?

[notevenat20]

DS's school year has been sent home for 14 days because someone in his year has covid. I know we are supposed to keep him indoors the whole time. But what have people really done in practice? It's a very long time not to walk further than the bathroom.

[quote timeforanewstart]@Mrsblue4 how many have it without knowing as well especially children
We should be doing testing of small groups sent home to see if it is spreading , home tests could be given ans done day 3, 8 , 14 etc but we don't have the capacity [/quote]
Yes totally agree. How much of school time is being missed unnecessarily, not to mention the effects on MH for isolating families.

BTW, I have an "underlying condition", so am "vulnerable". However, that is no reason for my teenagers to be imprisoned at home

I know you did not mean to be unkind, and I absolutely respect your point of view. As I have said elsewhere myself, my children and my foster children have been isolating at home since March to protect my CEV husband. Obviously home schooling too. Despite their own needs, and in the case of the foster children their sad pasts. They have been so brilliant and I am so proud of them. Then tonight I read your words and it is the biggest kick in the teeth ever to read that others believe I am imprisoning them. Never have any words had such an effect on me. I wish you well, and wish your teenagers all the freedom they wish, but for me as "the jailer"....I have no words. Until now I thought I was coping. I am not now that's for sure.

@JuliaJohnston

So you interpret this to mean if my 7 year old is sent home from school - I must keep them in their bedroom, alone, behind a closed door and serve their food in their room for them to eat alone etc.

So you would do that to your child?

Get some art and craft stuff and put them on Bite Size unless online learning from school. You should keep them in and not risk spreading virus. We all want a Xmas not in lockdown.

My son is in the same position. He would love to stay in in front of his x box after finishing his school work, but I made him come on a walk with me today. However, we live in the middle of nowhere and didn’t see a soul on our woodland walk.

For goodness sake my dc didn’t leave their home garden/mid March till August. I am sure kids can cope for 14 days!
They didn't have to do that.

Yes I suggested on another thread that we divert some resources to studying and testing bubbles that have isolated after a positive case. Test enough and we’d get some idea of how much spread occurs and whether we need to keep isolating entire bubbles. Or just close contacts.

The government need a new strategy because it’s not fair for kids on their third or fourth period of isolation. The impact is huge.

Incidentally on the other thread in all the ‘burst’ bubbles nobody else showed symptoms.

Not a chance. Ds had to "isolate" because a child in his year, not even his class just his year, had tested positive. He is 7 years old, had had no contact what so ever with the positive case.

Yes my 13 year old DD is on week 2 and hasn’t been outside, it’s not great but it is what it is

Don’t you do the bedroom thing (depending on age ie as far as possible) if they have symptoms?

‘Try to stay away from people you live with

If you have symptoms, you should stay away from other people you live with as much as possible.’

Not in op’s case as no symptoms

When it was just me isolating I didn't even take the bins out
You are allowed in your garden!

[quote Jroseforever]@HazeyJaneII

If the teen is an adult and made that decision - fair enough.

But if not an adult and the parents have decided to keep that child / teen in their room, only serve meals in their rooms etc - I think we can apply adjust a dash of common sense and realise that guidance to try to minimise social contact really does NOT mean - stay in your bedroom alone for two weeks and we will talk to you through a closed door.[/quote]
Which is exactly why the guidance is guidance, not a rule, the guidance states not everybody will be able to do it, but if you can, then it might help.
The poster earlier posted, because her teenager was happy to do this...what's the problem!

Because my first response was to a poster who had kept her child in his bedroom for a fortnight and you picked me up on it!!

You very neatly avoided my question!

@Delatron testing to see if asymptomatic though would give us a better idea if we need to keep
Doing the whole bubble

Even if my children had a positive test there’s not a fucking chance I would isolate them in their rooms.
If they really really wanted to isolate themselves then fine, but otherwise no. Not happening.

Yes agree, testing if asymptomatic too. If we can get an idea of what’s going on with spread in schools we could maybe come up with a better strategy.

@Ronalisa you say you went to the range etc was you isolating or are you talking just normally im confused

Imagine how many people have spread the virus by taking their bins out!

@WhoopsSomethingWentWrong for many if us staying away from a family member isn't even possible
Lots of kids share , many of us only have one bathroom , younger kids want mum/dad when poorly etc

@HazeyJaneII

I asked where is says a child needs to be isolated from his family in his own home

@JuliaJohnston response was “ No where!! Does it say the child has to be isolated from their family in their own home!
What an asinine statement, when it's so easily disproved

So I was just trying to get to the bottom of where it was “disproved”.

And it wasn’t. As you rightfully point out... it’s “guidance”. There’s no “have to” about it.

[quote timeforanewstart]@WhoopsSomethingWentWrong for many if us staying away from a family member isn't even possible
Lots of kids share , many of us only have one bathroom , younger kids want mum/dad when poorly etc [/quote]
Yes it wouldn’t be possible in our house. But even if it was, I wouldn’t do it.

*notevenat20

A friend whose DC are at a posh London school wern't told their DC had to stay indoors. I guess you get what you pay for.*

Maybe the school assumed the parents were intelligent/ aware enough to know the well publicised rules when coming into contact with some one with Covid 19? Just a wild guess though...

@Delatron I don't think its a social to take bins out , our street most do very early morning or night before
But another thread there are rules of when to put used tissues if positive into your bins and advised to wash hands upon taking bins back in

Threads like these make me want to launch my phone through the window
I've been inside for 8 months today.
Went to the supermarket once when shielding lifted as I had run out of milk and no deliveries. I go out once a week to run the car and make sure the battery doesn't die. That's it. I don't see my friends or my parents or anyone face to face except for hospital appointments
And I wondered the other day why I'm grumpy, on edge and snappy 🤷🏽‍♀️
Physical restrictions mean I can't even get out for a walk and it makes me so fucking angry when people whine they can't possibly stay in for a week or need to do this or that

Not all elderly are shielding and not all who are shielding are elderly