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twittwootwittwoo · 27/12/2020 15:34

Hi

My husband fell ill 23rd December and received a positive results on the 25th

I fell ill on the 25th and received a positive result this morning

I saw my parents and sister on Christmas morning before I fell ill, it literally hit me within an hour before anyone asks and we were in the correct bubble and at that point my husbands only symptom was a headache and a bit of fatigue.

Parents and sisters results are negative, question is how long do they have to isolate for?

Also we have a2 year who has tested negative but attends a child minders. How long does she have to isolate for? Is it from when my husband fell ill or from when she received her negative test (this morning )

Childminder says it's 14 days from test then she has to be re tested but I'm unsure if that's her protocol or government

Thanks

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Aroundtheworldin80moves · 27/12/2020 15:38

Childminder... 10 days from when she had DS
You... 10 days from Christmas Day
DS... 10 days from Christmas
Your family...10 days from when they saw you.

Presuming UK.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 27/12/2020 15:39

Childminder is only if she was in contact with either parent from the 21st.

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twittwootwittwoo · 27/12/2020 15:39

@Aroundtheworldin80moves

Childminder... 10 days from when she had DS You... 10 days from Christmas Day DS... 10 days from Christmas Your family...10 days from when they saw you.

Presuming UK.

Yes UK

What do you mean by DS re the childminder ?

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twittwootwittwoo · 27/12/2020 15:41

Sorry I should clarify the childminders hasn't had her recently, she is due to return to the childminders on the 4th but the childminder is saying she won't have her back until the 11th and after a negative test

I'm trying to calculate if my daughter continues to have negative tests when did her isolation start, was it from when my husband started showing symptoms or when she got her negative result

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Lougle · 27/12/2020 15:42

If your DH took a test, then you should have been isolating from that point while his test was processed. That said:

Your DH 10 days from 23rd so 2nd Jan.
You 10 days from 25th, so 4th Jan.
Your DS, 10 days from 23rd Jan, unless he has symptoms, in which case 10 days from start of symptoms.

Lougle · 27/12/2020 15:43

How does she justify the 11th?

mamma2016 · 27/12/2020 15:45

Your daughter's 10 days starts from your husband's first day of symptoms: 23rd, unless she develops symptoms- then she starts her 10 days again from onset of symptoms. Your 10 days start from 25th.

StacySoloman · 27/12/2020 15:45

Why did you visit you parents if your husband was awaiting test results?

If your DD has no symptoms, then she and your DH both isolate for 10 days from when he fell ill.

You, your parents and sister all isolate for 10 days from when you had symptoms.

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twittwootwittwoo · 27/12/2020 15:46

@Lougle

If your DH took a test, then you should have been isolating from that point while his test was processed. That said:

Your DH 10 days from 23rd so 2nd Jan.
You 10 days from 25th, so 4th Jan.
Your DS, 10 days from 23rd Jan, unless he has symptoms, in which case 10 days from start of symptoms.

The reason why he/we didn't was because he talked it through with his boss (NHS) and they said he still had to come in as it appeared to be a mild cold. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
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twittwootwittwoo · 27/12/2020 15:47

@Lougle

How does she justify the 11th?
She is saying it has to be 14 days from when she had the test then she has to have another negative test before she can come back
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Northernsoullover · 27/12/2020 15:48

Your parents and sister testing negative means diddly squat. They need to isolate for ten days from when you visited. I'm speechless that you visited. You should have been isolating.

StacySoloman · 27/12/2020 15:48

Why did your DD get tested? Did she have symptoms?

hedgehogger1 · 27/12/2020 15:51

Childminders talking shit. Your kid has to isolate for 10 days from your test. That being said I would get them tested at the end as so many kids are asymptomatic

CovidPostingName · 27/12/2020 15:51

FFS. You shouldn't have been anywhere near another person whilst your husband was waiting for results!

mamma2016 has it spot on about dates. Childminder is not following govt guidelines but as a private business can set her own I suppose.

Lougle · 27/12/2020 15:52

The NHS boss was wrong. If someone takes a test with symptoms, the rest of the household self-isolates.

Your childminder is wrong. Their guidance says 'day of contact plus 10 full days' for contacts of positive cases.

AldiAisleofCrap · 27/12/2020 15:57

So you saw your parents and sister while you were meant to be isolating and your dh went to work? I do not believe an nhs employer told your dh to go to work while waiting for a Covid test.

InTheLongGrass · 27/12/2020 16:01

Agree with
"Your DH 10 days from 23rd so 2nd Jan.
You 10 days from 25th, so 4th Jan.
Your DS, 10 days from 23rd Jan, unless he has symptoms, in which case 10 days from start of symptoms"
And would add parent and sister 10 days from when they saw you.
And all these dates are staying at home, not going anywhere, even within bubbles, unless medically necessary or a very few other reasons. Noone needs a test unless they get symptoms.

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twittwootwittwoo · 27/12/2020 16:07

I understand why people are confused as to why he went to work and why I visited my parents. Not that I have to justify myself but his test was part of a weekly routine as he works on a covid ward and this has been the norm for a while, he only had a headache and felt tired which he has had plenty of times before and tested negative hence why his boss said for him to carry on working.

I did not have symptoms until after my test and my parents are my support bubble as husband works nights. As soon as we got his results (he was in bed as he worked the night before) we high tailed it out of there.

It's hard for some people to believe I get that but everything was part of our normal lives and routine for us until he got the positive results. We have followed all guidelines and rules, we have not gone anywhere apart from my parents since March. We took advice from his ward sister and clinical lead from the hospital he works at.

We both work for the nhs and know first hand how bad things are so there is no way we would intentionally put people at risk.

This post wasn't so people could bash me, it was asking about the isolation for my daughter in regards to childminders

Thanks

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KylieKoKo · 27/12/2020 16:08

I don't think the childminder is wrong. As someone who is self employed and presumably looks after children from lots of different families she has a policy that's more than the bare minimum to keep all her customers safe. If the op doesn't agree then she is free to take her child elsewhere.

The op should have been isolating while her husband awaited results. This is quite clear in the guidance.

Cyw2018 · 27/12/2020 16:09

You 10 days from the 25th
Husband 10 days from the 23rd
Daughter 10 days from the start of your symptoms (25th) unless she develops any symptoms, in which case 10 days from start of her symptoms.

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twittwootwittwoo · 27/12/2020 16:09

@KylieKoKo

I don't think the childminder is wrong. As someone who is self employed and presumably looks after children from lots of different families she has a policy that's more than the bare minimum to keep all her customers safe. If the op doesn't agree then she is free to take her child elsewhere.

The op should have been isolating while her husband awaited results. This is quite clear in the guidance.

My husband has a weekly test as routine it wasn't a one off test
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KylieKoKo · 27/12/2020 16:13

I apologize op. I had assumed he was tested because he had symptoms.

I think you will have to respect the childminders decision in this. If another child she cares for was in the same position as your child then I'm sure you would appreciate her being cautious.

heydoggee · 27/12/2020 16:13

Your husband works on a COVID ward and they told him to come in while waiting for a test result, while he had Covid symptoms?

Sorry, not buying that.

heydoggee · 27/12/2020 16:15

You should not have mixed households while your husband was unwell.

You said he fell ill on the 23rd. So you should all have isolated from that point.

Ginogineli · 27/12/2020 16:15

if your dh was tested as part of routine then its 10 das from the date of test given his symptoms were not covid symptoms

that's how it is in my workplace.

2 days prior to test is if he was symptomatic for covid which he wasn't

given he was tested routinely there was no requirement for you or anyone in the house to isolate prior to results

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