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.

That could be applied to all, it’s physically harmful to stay home inside for 2 weeks numerous times for months and months to come

Not really - not in the days of Joe Wicks and marathons run in balconies.

And unless your doctor has said you can break isolation because of a different exceptional need, then people simply should not do that.

I've rarely read so much self-serving twaddle in one thread.

But there are also posts from people who are doing the right thing even when it gets tough for a few days. And that's great

That could be applied to all, it’s physically harmful to stay home inside for 2 weeks numerous times for months and months to come.

But seemingly ok for the elderly and vulnerable (which let's not forget includes all ages), who have already spent 5+months not leaving their homes, to stay in for months and months according to some.

@OverTheRainbow88

It's 2 weeks, not 2 years

Yes but it could be 2 weeks every month for the next year... adds up

Could be but probably won’t. You could say ‘what if’ about anything.

I have a friend who is a cancer survivor. She also is on a cocktail of drugs which makes her doubly vulnerable to the virus. She followed shielding to the letter and remember fir the first couple of months she could not leave the garden. She has also done 2 lots of 2 weeks to enable surgery to take place. Two lots because her op was cancelled at short notice.
Her hobby is long distance walking.
Has she sat around the house moping? No she kept walking in the the house and garden clocking up hundred of miles a month.
I fucking despair of people on this thread who they or their previous child can't possibly stay at home for 2 weeks bar those with real issues like the lady with autistic child.

Autocorrect doesn't like precious.

Both DH and I have Covid so DS is definitely isolating for 14 days - he will have missed a month of school as we were on half term when it started

"That could be applied to all, it’s physically harmful to stay home inside for 2 weeks numerous times for months and months to come."

It would be applied legally if faced with a fine, it would be accepted as a reasonable excuse for that person.

They are just excuses. Lazy parents who can’t entertain their own children for 2 weeks coming up with excuses. People in much worse situations doing it.
It’s not ideal, no one likes being stuck indoors, but it’s not impossible to do considering the situation.
And how is it harmful to remain indoors for 2 weeks? Why can’t you mentally and physically stimulate your kids for 14 days in your homes. Rather than learning how to parent properly stop making up excuses that are obviously full of bullshit. There are hundreds of children up and down the country with illnesses that are bed bound or in hospital beds for weeks on end.
Such cowardly people who sneak off into their local parks and supermarkets with their DC when they should be self isolating. It’s not just selfish, it’s cowardly. Not giving those vulnerable people a chance to defend themselves or those supermarket workers who may have vulnerable family at home.

I haven't read the whole thread so apologies if this has been covered. I noticed that someone mentioned London school kids that they thought should be at home. It depends on the situation. My ds was sent home for 2 weeks but was not told to self-isolate. The whole year group was sent home and only a small sub section had to isolate.

"They are just excuses. Lazy parents who can’t entertain their own children for 2 weeks coming up with excuses. People in much worse situations doing it."

I hope you are not applying that to families who are in genuine risk of harm. Some ended up with visits to hospital because of injuries to parents and siblings, self injurious behaviour, police involvement, in patient admissions and children going into residential care during the first lockdown. The risk of harm applies to those at risk of those things.

Mamanyt - it's looking like immunity is lasting far longer than previously thought. There will always be outliers of course, people who can get things twice, that's why they make the headlines.

Yep some good news about immunity today. Lasts a lot longer than we thought. They are finally looking at the role t-cells also play in immunity.

40 million people have had Covid-19 worldwide the fact we’ve only seen a handful of reinfections should have been an indication that there was immunity for a decent period of time.

Yes in the first lockdown you were allowed out of the house. Not going out of the house at all would be even more difficult for those families.

My friend works in a primary. Her class had to self isolate. If the children are to be believed, two thirds of them didn't stay at home, were going to the park and supermarkets with their parents.

@Spikeyball

"They are just excuses. Lazy parents who can’t entertain their own children for 2 weeks coming up with excuses. People in much worse situations doing it."

I hope you are not applying that to families who are in genuine risk of harm. Some ended up with visits to hospital because of injuries to parents and siblings, self injurious behaviour, police involvement, in patient admissions and children going into residential care during the first lockdown. The risk of harm applies to those at risk of those things.

@spikeyball That’s just common sense. I’m not even referring to those parents who have children with special needs or have other personal issues going on. Obviously those with special circumstances like the ones that you have described have their own arrangement and are often exempt from the rules especially if the police/social are involved in their family/domestic matters.

There were a few around who argued against any exceptions in the first lockdown even when it was explained to them by someone who works with people with that level of need, what the sort of behaviour was that they were dealing with. But those people are in the minority.

@Spikeyball

There were a few around who argued against any exceptions in the first lockdown even when it was explained to them by someone who works with people with that level of need, what the sort of behaviour was that they were dealing with. But those people are in the minority.

I know families with children with special needs and also a family with domestic issues going on. They have all been exempt from circumstances and as @PatriciaPerchsaid they have paperwork to support this. However, parents who don’t fall into these categories and claim that their mental health or physical health is in jeopardy by remaining at home for 14 days are just bullshitting. It’s not. They are lazy and cowardly like I explained in my post before.

My son is 16. Someone In his bubble tested positive for covid so he’s on day 6 of isolation. He’s a very active kid. Plays a lot of sports,runs etc. He hasn’t left the house. Does his a level lessons online and found ways to exercise in house and garden

I'm not sure how people are finding the regulations confusing?
14 days isolation.
We done it with 4 boys. It can get draining but school work, activities etc pasted the day.

People can have their own opinions on whether restrictions are unreasonable or too much but legally for the average person citing risk of harm it would be seen as unreasonable.

@bluebella4
Hats off to you! We’ve done it with 3 boys and it was tough and never ending they just have so much energy, but we managed fine.