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Late to self isolate

79 replies

Gwdihwyou · 08/12/2020 21:18

My dh started with a cold on Saturday but no symptoms of Covid, I sent our dc to school yesterday (Monday) and today, I went to work and dh stayed at home.

Today he developed symptoms so booked a test and went this evening.

I told nursery and school this evening and they’re both now panicking. Nursery are shutting until test comes back negative, if it does! And school are seeking advice from PHE. The head has sent me a very stern email saying I’ve put the community at risk for not isolating my dc sooner!!!

Neither of them have symptoms.

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PrivateD00r · 08/12/2020 21:20

That seems very OTT! You did nothing wrong op. What symptoms does he have now and how is he doing?

Frazzled2207 · 08/12/2020 21:21

do you mean your dh started with a cold on saturday and now has one of the '3' symptoms? Or is it your son?

I don't think you have done anything wrong. School are massively overreacting. What advice do they think PHE will give them if a child's dad has a cold and doesn't yet have a positive test?
Fingers crossed for a negative result soon. And even if it isn't, you didn't do anything wrong.

PrivateD00r · 08/12/2020 21:22

Oh hang on, I read it again. Did you send the DC to school today knowing DH had symptoms? Or did the symptoms develop after school?

BigBaublesGalore · 08/12/2020 21:23

FGS they're being very rude... you did the right thing... He had only cold symptoms so you were right to send them to school and you notified the schools as soon as you knew he had developed COVID symptoms.

BlackeyedSusan · 08/12/2020 21:23

you can't get a test before you have one of the three big symptoms. What else do they expect you to do but follow advice?

Keepdistance · 08/12/2020 21:26

I assume you mean he developed symptoms during the day today so the rest of you should have gone home at the point he started eeding a test. I presume he started coughing.

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Gwdihwyou · 08/12/2020 21:30

Yeah developed a sore throat early today whilst the rest of us were out.

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MorelloKisses · 08/12/2020 21:31

Sore throat isn’t a symptom

PaddyF0dder · 08/12/2020 21:33

When did he book the test?

Daisy829 · 08/12/2020 21:35

If it’s your husband being tested nursery don’t need to close at all. If it’s your child then they can stay open until the test result comes back as positive. Then it’s only close contacts that need to isolate. It’s a bit of a daft system really. At school nobody isolates until a positive test result by which time the close contacts may have been out and about for 3/4 days.

PaddyF0dder · 08/12/2020 21:37

Whole household isolates when it’s suspected COVID. Which is generally when you book a test.

So if husband suspected he had covid earlier today (when he booked his test) then that’s when the kids should have been brought home.

Bramblespoint · 08/12/2020 21:37

If he had symptoms of COVID you should have all isolated. If not you've done nothing wrong.

Although as he had a test he's presumably got one of the three symptoms? You can't get a test for a sore throat. If COVID symptoms developed during the day are school saying you should have collected?

Nursery shutting seems very OTT it's not your child that has symptoms!

Daisy829 · 08/12/2020 21:37

Just reread your post. If it’s your Dh then just your children need to isolate. School and nursery carry on as normal. Is this the first case they’ve had? If so they’ve done very well!

EasterIssland · 08/12/2020 21:39

Think they’ve all gone ott. Tbh I’d not have said anything until a positive test had came back. There has been millions of tests done in this country and only 1.5m I believe were positive so even if you have the symptoms it. Doesn’t mean it’s going to be COVID.

And if he came back as positive then still no need to close nursery etc unless your kids also test. Which if you don’t have symptoms then there is no need for tests.

Ps sore throat isn’t symptom as of now

PrivateD00r · 08/12/2020 21:39

OK, so you told the school that DH developed covid symptoms this morning and booked a test, but let the kids stay in school all day?

I can see why the school were raging, but the reality is he doesn't have covid symptoms, so you have misinformed them and caused a lot of panic. Assuming I have that right!

Frazzled2207 · 08/12/2020 21:40

the nursery and school are getting their knickers in a twist because the kids dad has a sore throat?
What makes you think it's covid? Sore throat is not one of the main 3 symptoms and not one you should be getting tested for (though if you have reason to think he has covid then I don't blame you for getting one).
If it's literally a cold and a sore throat then it's extremely unlikely that it's covid and I'm not sure why you told the nursery/school tbh. Our school literally don't want to know unless anyone tests positive.

PurpleMustang · 08/12/2020 21:44

They have both, nursery and school, gone way over OTT. It started as a cold and he has a sore throat. So no actual symptoms. All in our house has a cold at the mo, one child brought it home from school. Not announced it to school or anyone. They are being silly.

BigBaublesGalore · 08/12/2020 21:44

Is sore throat a symptom of COVID?

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Gwdihwyou · 08/12/2020 21:45

He put down that he had a cough, which is true. But typical cold symptom.

He booked at around 1pm, drove for test at 3pm was back home by 7pm (had to drive to test centre and hour and a half away).

I finished work early at 2, drove the 45mins home and collected the dc just before school finishing time.

We are all now self isolating. Yet school aren’t happy

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PrivateD00r · 08/12/2020 21:46

So he had a cough, a typical covid symptom? When did the cough start?

Frazzled2207 · 08/12/2020 21:47

right well I'm fairly sure you don't have covid. Next time this happens, don't bother the school/nursery unless there is a positive case. And even then there's no need for any action from them if it's DH as long as you keep the kids at home.

PurpleDaisies · 08/12/2020 21:47

When did the cough start? Was that today?

They can’t be annoyed with you for not isolating before covid key symptoms started.

ivfbeenbusy · 08/12/2020 21:48

I would think it's because it's very easy to convince yourself that the symptoms are NOT covid especially if having it would be inconvenient. schools/nurseries know this and know people are waiting several days to get tested until symptoms further develop over several days rather than erring on the side of caution from day 1

RosePetalss · 08/12/2020 21:51

When did the cough start if it was Saturday then you should have been isolating if it was today then you have done nothing wrong.

Frazzled2207 · 08/12/2020 21:54

@Frazzled2207

right well I'm fairly sure you don't have covid. Next time this happens, don't bother the school/nursery unless there is a positive case. And even then there's no need for any action from them if it's DH as long as you keep the kids at home.
Sorry that was annoying. Obviously I have no idea. But it sounds like your dh just had a cold and unless he knows he has been in contact with someone with covid, I would think it unlikely that he has it.