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.

@Fiddlersgreen I think she speaks to the school and they can maybe help

How do I prove it's not a risk? Who could possibly be at risk if you don't come into contact with anyone? 🙄

@timeforanewstart

No, would stay home if we had covid

There seems to be little compliance in my area. I walk my dog in the woods every lunchtime and there have been days when you could be forgiven for thinking it’s a school holiday judging by the number of children out with parents, and on narrow woodland paths it’s not always easy to keep a distance.
Even this morning on a run around our village I had to run out into an A road to dodge a junior school age child on a scooter.

@borntohula i suppose it is because you cannot guarantee 100% you won't come into contact with any one

Whoever mentioned following the rules 'blindly' was absolutely spot on.

@ShowOfHands

We did 28 days. The children (when well) did yoga, home workouts, pull ups etc for exercise and we had windows open. Some time in the garden when the weather was okay. We read, baked, played games, talked, did arts and crafts, school work, watched films, made animations, did housework, cleared out the loft and cupboard under the stairs etc. It was fricking tough for many reasons but we did it.

Well done to you and your DC. It is very hard, especially for those who have to work from home or take unpaid leave to look after kids that are too young to isolate alone. It’s totally shit and there is no denying that.

Yes, we kept DD in but a few of her year group were thrown out of Costa at the beginning of week 1 . So not everyone managed it.

@borntohula

How do I prove it's not a risk? Who could possibly be at risk if you don't come into contact with anyone? 🙄

You don’t know that he won’t come in to contact with someone. We are just going round in circles so let’s agree to disagree.

I did yes with a 6 year old 🤔it's not that hard really 🤷‍♀️

If you go for a walk especially early in the morning or for a bike ride, do it. Don't ask people for permission because people then feel like they have the right to tell you what to do, which I don't think we should do.

Do what you need to do for you and your child's mental health without compromising other people's health which I don't think you are doing by going for a walk or a bike ride.

This world has turned so dark because of COVID and people are so quick to judge and feel like they have the right to tell people what do it.

@frolicmum

If you go for a walk especially early in the morning or for a bike ride, do it. Don't ask people for permission because people then feel like they have the right to tell you what to do, which I don't think we should do.

Do what you need to do for you and your child's mental health without compromising other people's health which I don't think you are doing by going for a walk or a bike ride.

This world has turned so dark because of COVID and people are so quick to judge and feel like they have the right to tell people what do it.

It’s not us telling people what to do, it’s the government.

@frolicmum

If you go for a walk especially early in the morning or for a bike ride, do it. Don't ask people for permission because people then feel like they have the right to tell you what to do, which I don't think we should do.

Do what you need to do for you and your child's mental health without compromising other people's health which I don't think you are doing by going for a walk or a bike ride.

This world has turned so dark because of COVID and people are so quick to judge and feel like they have the right to tell people what do it.

Absolutely.

[quote timeforanewstart]@borntohula i suppose it is because you cannot guarantee 100% you won't come into contact with any one [/quote]
Fair enough but you can't guarantee you won't have an accident at home and require a visit to A&E or various other scenarios. How frequently are people actually prepared to stay indoors for days on end? I imagine even the strictest followers of rules will have had enough, eventually.

[quote timeforanewstart]@Fiddlersgreen I think she speaks to the school and they can maybe help [/quote]
She has and they’ve told her she has to get daughter to school so to bring son in a mask and not enter the grounds!!!

I don’t think the only options are go out or glue a toddler to an iPad either.

There seems to be little compliance in my area. I walk my dog in the woods every lunchtime and there have been days when you could be forgiven for thinking it’s a school holiday judging by the number of children out with parents, and on narrow woodland paths it’s not always easy to keep a distance.Even this morning on a run around our village I had to run out into an A road to dodge a junior school age child on a scooter.

You are so right MadisonAvenue and have summed up exactly why my family and I have been shielding/isolating and not been outside since March. It is simply not possible to go out and remain safe, because our safety depends on the behaviour of other people...and we cannot, and should not, tell other people what to do.

[quote QueenPaws]@Jroseforever shielding wasn't lifted for me, I was advised to carry on by my consultant and now am back doing as advised by the letter so no supermarkets/shops etc
I don't know - I can't see family as they are high risk for catching Covid due to their choices/lifestyle, one has already had suspected covid and refused to test or isolate
I guess I'm waiting for the vaccine 🤷🏽‍♀️
Of course I'm lonely, and angry that a year of dating, the chance of meeting someone, etc has been taken away. Work is relentless too so yes, grumpy[/quote]
Pre covid, what was life like for you? Were you very very cautious about catching other contagious conditions out of curiosity?

I think as an adult, you can take your child on a walk in the day, to a quiet area and not come within 5/10 let alone 2 m of anyone.

We know the virus spreads indoors with close contact for more than 15 minutes.

It does not spread outdoors as you briefly walk past people at a distance. Have we not read or taken in anything about how this virus spreads?

@Jroseforever yes. At work I sit in the hallway if someone has a sore throat/cold/moans about being unwell! I also have rescue antibiotics and have to be seen urgently for things like UTI/chest infections. I don't have white cells that fight infections so for instance started with what I thought was a chest infection and by the evening I was on a nebuliser with pneumonia

I have no increased risk of catching Covid, but it's the secondary bacterial infections that aren't good for me. Sometimes I do almost think fuck it should I just get it over with. It's hard to know what to do but I'm the only (adult) person with my condition my consultant sees

[quote OverTheRainbow88]@TibetanTerrier

It's not about their health for heaven's sake! It's about protecting other people from your children because they could be carrying the virus.

But their health is important to me.[/quote]
If you seriously believe that your kids are so fragile and pathetic that they're incapable of staying home for 14 days then you should be worrying about far more than just having them isolate.

Mine was in over the half term! The days when we could have gone for a walk.
But she stayed in, 14 days! Almost spent in her room.
Bless them, when they were sent home she had to walk because I did not have the car with me. She walked with other students in her class. They crossed an elderly couple on their way. She was telling me they made extra room and did not breath when they passed by them. They were worried they could pass it to them
Thanks goodness no any symptoms for her. She was ok for the 14 days.

The utter madness of this is that school classrooms are not covid secure. They are ideal virus transmission environments. So on day 14 of your child’s isolation (as a contact), they are considered too dangerous to even leave the house. On day 15 they are plonked straight back into a small poorly ventilated room with 29 other teens and no ppe. Isn’t this the very definition of madness - keep doing the same thing over and over and being surprised when you keep getting the same result?

@Delatron

I think as an adult, you can take your child on a walk in the day, to a quiet area and not come within 5/10 let alone 2 m of anyone.

We know the virus spreads indoors with close contact for more than 15 minutes.

It does not spread outdoors as you briefly walk past people at a distance. Have we not read or taken in anything about how this virus spreads?

Agree with this 100%, people don’t catch covid going for a walk in the woods or fields. It spreads indoors, in schools, work places and hospitals. Getting fresh air is important and not risky.