My 5 year old has tested positive

[wetasstenalady]

Mild cough for a day or so last week
I'm so worried he will be desperately poorly

Thank you for those who actually have their facts correct !

@lostfrequencies

Uhhhh I don't think you or your husband should be going out, from what you've said

Yes I think we should We have our facts quite correct

@AppleJane

These rules have no logic. Obviously no-one wants to keep isolating over and over again but I can't see how the ten day rule prevents active virus from the newly isolating household member being spread via other family members to supermarket trollies etc.

Because the people who catch it first transmit it to those who test positive later. Those who tested positive first after the ten days unless they have a temperature are no longer carrying the virus the whole family were infected with

I'm genuinely just interested in the rule makers logic. That makes sense but what about surface transmission? If we're being told it can come into our homes on packages, can't we carry it out of our homes too? My brain hurts.

Im so sorry, I hope he makes a swift recovery! If it makes you feel any better. My friend is a pediatric nurse, and we were speaking about this yesterday. She was saying the children who come to hospital with covid tend to be under 2 or over 10, and those in the middle are rarely seen on the ward.

My kids have all had covid this week and whilst my toddler & preschooler did look unwell, my 5yo looked as right as rain despite testing positive.

OP I don't know if this will help but although I'm terrified of DH or myself catching it (he's vulnerable, I'm just very anxious) and we've therefore been shielding all year, I'm not worried about DD9 getting it, other than the prospect of her giving it to us. All the evidence is that children very rarely become ill. Honestly if you knew how scared I am of covid and yet how I completely believe DD would be fine...your DS will be ok

OP, if you and your DH had mild to moderate cases of COVID, it is very likely that your child will have very few mild symptoms.

What I am hearing anecdotally from medical professionals (e.g. my neighbour - an ICU consultant) is that they often see COVID "running in families" which seems to suggest there is an element of genetic predisposition. For instance, if the doctor sees a 40 year old in the ICU he usually suggests that his/her 70+ year old parents take additional precautions. If they get it, one of them may end up with a very severe case. The 90 year old grandparent might unfortunately die.

On the other hand, if parents get a milder version of COVID, younger members in their family might not even notice that they have been infected. Interestingly, my neighbour is a bit skeptical about "asymptomatic" cases. He is thinking about them as "very mildly symptomatic" and the example of a child coughing slightly for a day (or even half a day) seems to fall into this category.

I'm just keeping my fingers crossed. 5 year old has been an absolute bundle of energy today

We had it in oct. Dd first. She was pale , lethargic and in bed for 3 days but otherwise fine. I caught it off her on day 12 of isolation! Track and trace told us she had to do 14 days isolation. So we all did 3 weeks!
The rules arent very clear and keep changing.
Hope with your ds being much younger he has less symptoms as seems the case.

I tested positive, my husband didn't and we re tested him at the end of our isolation and he was still negative