Do you really keep DC indoors for 14 days?

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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.

Sorry but I do think it is inhumane to exclude a teenage child from family meal times and eat alone.

Prisoners don't do that.

I'm more and more of the view that the mental Health costs of lockdown outweigh the risks.

[quote timeforanewstart]@onedayinthefuture but if someone in your household gets covid will you not have to follow isolation then [/quote]
I'd absolutely follow it for as long as I could. However, if my child became even more crazy that we'd be constantly shouting at him to stop climbing and jumping on the sofas and furniture because he has so much pent up energy, I would absolutely go for a walk in the woods where I don't see anyone (not even those people who decided to get a dog in lockdown but now can't be arsed to walk it anymore.... but that's another story).

Shocking how selfish people can be because of the 'inconvenience' it causes. It's not about you, it's about passing it onto someone who may not be so lucky if they catch it. No wonder the figures are as high as they are with these attitudes.

I can see why going for a walk and coming into contact with no one seems like it's ok but you don't know if you'll be coming into contact with anyone, surely that's the point which is why you should just stay inside. Let's hope you at least stick to the distancing guidelines whilst out and about as that seems too difficult for a lot of people to handle.

@walfordwatcher ignore them you are doing what is right for your family and what you have been advised to do and not breaking any rules
You sound like you have great kids

I'd stay in the house and garden, but if I didn't have a garden I'd definitely take them for a quick walk early in the morning or something.

@onedayinthefuture many don't have luxury of nearby deserted woods though

It’s absolute nonsense, don’t give it a second thought

Thank you so very much Feministicon but this thread I have found so unkind...I am of course stupid to continue to read it when it has upset me so much. But the views of many people have quite astounded me, as I did not realise that others thought so badly of those of us trying to keep someone safe. I am rather glad we are all at home together knowing what others think of us. Not sure I ever want to venture out now. Thanks again!

[quote MoirasRoses]@jocktamsonsbairn - that’s not the rules though. Only the child has to isolate on close contact. The rest of the family can go out as normal unless anyone starts with symptoms. I know many people doing the school run with their isolating child locked in the car as they have no other option. Child does remain in the car though.

I dont think anyone on here is suggesting going shopping with an isolating child. But particularly those without gardens, an early morning walk isn’t going to kill granny. Outdoor transmission is really really low. So long as parents are very careful to keep well apart from others. I’d drive up onto the moors from here. You barely see anyone. Def would not be putting anyone at risk![/quote]
Actually the advice given was exactly that from T&T in Scotland. Total isolation from rest of family. My friend's twin (teenage) sons share a room - one had to sleep on the sofa for 10 days as the rest of the family had to isolate totally from the child who had been tracked.
Why argue? You are being told to isolate, that literally means being on your own. It might actually save someone in your own family, but hey, carry on enjoying your outdoor exercise. If you are asymptotic then I'd personally rather you put up with staying in your home for the time you are told to rather than unknowingly spread it as you think you have the right to.

Just to be clear someone did say earlier on here they had taken their isolating teen dd to the supermarket. It's mind blowing that people still think that staying at home for a few days to save people's lives is asking too much. God, the Blitz generation must be looking at us and think WTAF!! 😳

Yes of course we have. Why wouldn’t we?

My teenage DS did not leave our 3-room flat (no balcony, no outside space) for 5 weeks when I caught covid. We literally did not step out of the front door at all. This was in March/April, when you couldn't get tested, and I was still having quite extreme symptoms (still am...). It's only when the hospital told me I was no longer infectious, at 5 weeks, that he went to the shops.

Yes, if you are told to isolate for 14 days, that's exactly what you do, DC included.

Of course you can go out if you stay away from people. You don’t need to ask for permission on here.

Follow rules if they make sense.

Have people seen scotlands new law re: travelling / leaving certain tiers , bought in i guess because people weren't following the guidelines
Surely most kids / people can manage one 14 day stint ( likely less)
Some on here aren't even willing to try

It’s about common sense through and risk assessment. If for some reason you can’t possibly stay away from people then stay in.

Surely people can find a quiet area. Or go early in the morning? What are you doing to get so close to people? Even if you, shock horror, walked past someone at less than 1m, that would be for what 2 seconds in fresh air. What’s the risk in that? Genuinely? We really think people are catching this virus waking down the street?

@Wondergirl100

I can't believe people don't feel able to take sensible risks (ie. zero risks) to give children fresh air and exercise.

I have 2 children both have had to isolate, we took both to quiet parks / woods (we live in a city lucky to have a car) - at times noone else was there.

It is ZERO risk - and these are healthy children with no symptoms - they need exercise - truly I could weep at how people blindly follow rules.

I know people in flats with three children - lone parents - are they meant to stay in too? With the other healthy children? What bollocks.

It’s never zero risk. Also why are healthy children not able to isolate at home and their gardens for 14 days? I just don’t get that. It’s not that difficult is it? Surely as parents we can entertain and exercise our children for 2 weeks at a time? Isn’t it important to teach our children resilience, patience and how to become good law abiding citizens? There are parents of children with autism who go above and beyond to accommodate their children’s needs during lockdown or periods of self isolation, yet parents of “healthy” children find this extremely difficult.

So what exactly would you do if one of your DC tests positive, but has very mild or short lived symptoms. Will you still take them out??

Yes, no leaving home even for exercise. No visits to non resident parents either.

Child survived, no one died.

I think it's hard for people to really understand how others live in certain areas, I can easily go on a walk any not even see a car, let alone a person.

This makes some rules appear disproportionate

That said I would follow the rules

@Booboobibles do you tell your kids that at school only follow rules that make sense

My teens would stay in no prob

My younger one I would take out on dog walks early in forest we live beside

Hadn’t happened tho

My ds did not leave the house or garden from lockdown start / July. Why can’t people just do as they’re are advised

@Sb2012 in case one of @Wondergirl100 kids passed on the virus they might not have to a tree?? Do any of you know what it's like in a woodlands where you don't see a soul?

MoirasRoses I apologise for having a rant that looks like I'm wholly ranting at you! I wasn't! Or didn't mean to! Only pasting on what my is happening I have here! Then I ranted- in general, not at you but it was blurry!

To the poster who said this:
"Also we are in a full national lockdown. Vulnerable and elderly people shouldn't be out interacting with random children."

No we're not. I'm not. I can go to the pub if I wanted to. I choose not to, maybe I'm not in lockdown because I don't live in England.,,

@Delatron not everyone lives remotely people in flats have communual areas you can't possibly be 2 m away from others in thats the thing

We went for a walk in the woods. Wore masks. Never met a soul.

But we all caught tuberculosis off a badger.

@Booboobibles

Of course you can go out if you stay away from people. You don’t need to ask for permission on here.

Follow rules if they make sense.

People picking and choosing as to what they think makes sense, sod everyone else, is why we are in a second lockdown, and are unlikely to come out of it in time for Christmas.

It's the Cummings factor. Did Dominic Cummings personally infect anyone when he took his notorious trip to Barnard Castle? I don't know. Did millions of people see him break the rules and think if he does it, why shouldn't they? Yes, undoubtably. And people will have died as a result.

Just stick to the fucking rules. You aren't special.

@madmarchmare

Yes. My teen DS stayed in his room or the playroom, used a separate bathroom and ate separately to the rest of the family. I think he popped outside in the garden a couple of times but otherwise he isolated. Not pleasant for him or for us but that’s what we were told to do.

Sorry but I think this is an inhumane way to treat a child

That isn't what people isolating due to contact are asked to do. That's what people who've actually tested positive for Covid are asked to do.