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Original poster

Hes going to have to test later in the week isnt he

32 replies

HaveANiceFuckingDay · 07/02/2021 09:08

My DS is quite unsocial . He has a few friends but doesnt see the regularly .
He pops out a few times a day to walk round the block for a cigarette but that's pretty much it is far as young out
Yesterday he told me he was going out when I asked him where he was going
Hes quite secretive
He didnt come home last night
Transpires there are 3 of them that kipped round a friends house
2 and the mate so 3 in total
Hes gonna need to test at the end of the week isnt he ? One of those lateral 1 hour test things
I'm pretty pissed off to be honest . He knows the rules and broke them
My husband is a key worker ( office based tho not front line)

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StrugglingICUnurse · 07/02/2021 09:10

Well he'll have to wait and see if any of them they symptoms. Ideally isolating.

DavidsSchitt · 07/02/2021 09:21

Why would he have to test?

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 07/02/2021 09:24

As a key worker Is he not lateral testing?

Shitfuckcommaetc · 07/02/2021 09:24

What's your husband being a key worker got to do with any of that?

welshweasel · 07/02/2021 09:25

Why would he have to do a test? He doesn’t need to isolate unless any of them have covid. If he develops symptoms he would get a proper PCR test, not a LFT.

FibroFighter81 · 07/02/2021 09:25

Why are people being so rude to the OP?

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HaveANiceFuckingDay · 07/02/2021 09:26

That's why I was thinking the 1 hour ones not the proper ones as one of my friends has tested positive and she had no symptoms whatsoever just she felt a little tired but shes a carer and aren't the majority of them tired
I think I'm gonna struggle convince him to test

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lljkk · 07/02/2021 09:28

You don't have to isolate because you broke the rules.

Doubtful he caught covid this time. Most people don't catch covid when they broke rules.

CodenameVillanelle · 07/02/2021 09:29

@FibroFighter81

Why are people being so rude to the OP?
Because she isn't making any sense

OP why does he need a test because he broke lockdown rules?

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HaveANiceFuckingDay · 07/02/2021 09:31

Because @Shitfuckcommaetc he can get called out to elderly and vulnerable at a moment's notice and cant really afford to be giving them covid .. I actually thought that would be relevant
Hes had his 1st vaccine but not the 2nd yet

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SummerHouse · 07/02/2021 09:32

The chances he has covid from this one interaction are very small. A rapid flow test is just a snapshot and doesn't pick up a hefty proportion of positive cases. If he is not going for a test on those grounds I think that's fair enough.

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HaveANiceFuckingDay · 07/02/2021 09:34

are some people being deliberately obtuse
He mixed with others . Hes young and quite clearly not using his noggin hes kipped round anothfers house obviously on jolly up !!! Have I missed it where we can go get pissed round a mates house!!

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LittleRa · 07/02/2021 09:36

@HaveANiceFuckingDay

Because *@Shitfuckcommaetc* he can get called out to elderly and vulnerable at a moment's notice and cant really afford to be giving them covid .. I actually thought that would be relevant Hes had his 1st vaccine but not the 2nd yet
You didn’t say that in your OP though, you said he’s a key worker who works in an office not front line?

I don’t think your DS needs a test unless he displays symptoms, and he doesn’t need to self isolate unless any of the others he was with develop symptoms and subsequently test positive.

CodenameVillanelle · 07/02/2021 09:36

No you haven't missed anything but that doesn't mean he gets to take a test without symptoms

DuchessOfHastings123 · 07/02/2021 09:36

@HaveANiceFuckingDay

are some people being deliberately obtuse He mixed with others . Hes young and quite clearly not using his noggin hes kipped round anothfers house obviously on jolly up !!! Have I missed it where we can go get pissed round a mates house!!
No you haven't missed anything but that still doesn't mean he needs a test unless he develops symptoms
SummerHouse · 07/02/2021 09:36

No you haven't missed that part. Wink

DuchessOfHastings123 · 07/02/2021 09:37

@CodenameVillanelle

No you haven't missed anything but that doesn't mean he gets to take a test without symptoms
Cross post ha
TimeForLunch · 07/02/2021 09:37

Did one of the mates he was with have covid? Otherwise I can't see any reason to test other than to put your mind at rest if you are that worried.

CodenameVillanelle · 07/02/2021 09:38

Jinx!

AnaisNun · 07/02/2021 09:38

OP I can see that you’re cross with your son... I think what people are saying is that it’s a very small chance that he caught covid (one of his friends would need to be covid +ive, asymptomatic (or I’m assuming they wouldn’t have a sleepover) and at an infectious point. And even THEN your son wouldn’t be guaranteed to catch it).

Also lateral flow tests miss a huge % of cases.

By all means, encourage him to test- I lateral flow test once a week, as does my DM as we have a childcare bubble, though we know it’s far from a perfect test- but I wouldn’t actively be worrying about this- not because there’s no risk, but because there’s literally nothing you can do now, except wait and see if he develops symptoms.

He is daft though.

DavidsSchitt · 07/02/2021 09:40

You get a test if you develop symptoms. A proper one, not a lateral flow test.

You don't get a test because you broke rules.

SummerHouse · 07/02/2021 09:42

@AnaisNun

OP I can see that you’re cross with your son... I think what people are saying is that it’s a very small chance that he caught covid (one of his friends would need to be covid +ive, asymptomatic (or I’m assuming they wouldn’t have a sleepover) and at an infectious point. And even THEN your son wouldn’t be guaranteed to catch it).

Also lateral flow tests miss a huge % of cases.

By all means, encourage him to test- I lateral flow test once a week, as does my DM as we have a childcare bubble, though we know it’s far from a perfect test- but I wouldn’t actively be worrying about this- not because there’s no risk, but because there’s literally nothing you can do now, except wait and see if he develops symptoms.

He is daft though.

This is the perfect response. Go with this OP.
LegoPirateMonkey · 07/02/2021 09:43

If he has caught covid from one of them, it could incubate for two weeks. Getting a lateral flow test this week won’t tell you definitively whether or not he has caught it. People can’t just test a few days after mixing and think that covers them - a negative result in this case would be pretty meaningless.

AllThatFancyPaintsAsFair · 07/02/2021 09:44

Who has had the vaccine and could get called out? Your son or your husband? I agree with everyone else though, why does he need to test.

SingANewSongChickenTikka · 07/02/2021 09:47

He broke the rules, stupid and irresponsible thing to do, but unless he develops symptoms he doesn’t need to be testing. If one of the friends he was with gets diagnosed with COVID he will have to isolate but not otherwise. Of course if there’s concern then he could choose to isolate himself from the rest of you as a caution.