Adult dd and her dcs all have cold symptoms with a cough

[Kaylasmum49]

My dd has just told me that her household are full of the cold. They all have a cough with the 8 month old being the worst.

Should she go for a test or treat it just as a cold. Her dd goes to school and her ds goes to nursery. My 17 yo dd has lfts in the house, would there be any point in giving one of these to my dd or so they not work if you have symptoms?

Of course they should all be tested - they have a cough. It does need to be a PCR test as LFT is not for symptomatic people; the accuracy is too poor.

We are again having people send their kids into school with symptoms and then getting shirty when we tell them the PHE/DFE has told us we hae to shut the year group down because someone with symptoms (and given cold and flu capsules to hide it) has been in a school with 2000 kids for 3 days.

Of course she should go for a test. What makes you think she shouldn’t?

Wtf of course...a cough is one of the main symptoms! Is this genuine?

A cough is one of the main symptoms so yes they all need a proper pcr test.

Yes, she should go for a test and until she has the results the children should not go to school.

What possible reason would there be not to do so? Schools are trying SO hard to stay open. If she tests now (the weekend) the other children in the class will have to isolate for less time - if it is positive - than if she sends her child in on Monday, things get worse, and she tests then.

Please encourage her to think of all the other families she is possibly impacting if she does not make the cautious decision and test.

How are we a year into this and people don’t know to test for a COUGH. Jesus wept. What is wrong with you.

I doubt it starlive but on the off chance, not only should the children not be going to school, but the whole household should be isolating until al the test results are back.

And she needs PCR tests, it LFTs.

Is this the daughter who didn't want you to have your vaccine?

They need to do a PCR test and isolate.

Yes she should test. Also as a family with school children they should have their own LFT and be testing themselves twice a week as well.

No need to attack me!! I have told her she needs to test, she says he has felt like this before and it's just a cold. They all have runny noses, 3 out of 5 have a cough. I can't force her to get tested but I have told her that it's wrong to put the dcs to school and nursery with these symptoms. I would without any hesitation have a test with those symptoms.

They aren't using lfts on primary school children in Scotland. Why are lfts not accurate if you have symptoms?

Yes it totally sounds like a cold, I would send them all to nursery and school and would go off to work, maybe visit my Nan in an old people’s home, especially now I can hold her hand. Will go and do some essential shopping, where wearing a mask is pointless as it’s only a cold.

@Kaylasmum49

They aren't using lfts on primary school children in Scotland. Why are lfts not accurate if you have symptoms?

LFT's pick up 40-50% of positive cases

If you have no reason to suspect someone has covid and you give them an LFT anyway because it's the routine and it shows +ve, then that's a case that WOULDN'T otherwise have been picked up. THAT's their only purpose - to test people you wouldn't waste millions of PCR's on in the hope of plucking out some asymptomatic spreaders.

If you have symptoms, you ALWAYS should use a PCR, because it's FAR more accurate.

They need to be tested or stay at home for ten days and treat as covid.

My dd was positive with less symptoms than that.

Yes, you get a test for:
Temperature
Cough
Loss of smell/taste

How are people still asking this a year in?

she says he has felt like this before and it's just a cold

We are a year in and still its like banging your head on a wall.

Of course they need a bloody test. And they should be isolating until they get those results. Its fucking ridiculous

I would think the confusion is because early on we were being told that snot and sneezing were just colds and colds are not covid. It happened a lot on MN when the children went back to school and a whole load caught the colds they avoided during lockdown.

@Fnib

I would think the confusion is because early on we were being told that snot and sneezing were just colds and colds are not covid. It happened a lot on MN when the children went back to school and a whole load caught the colds they avoided during lockdown.

Yes, but coughs were always testable.

Yes, I agree, and of course you're right, but if you remember the cold vs covid confusion in September, you can see how quickly things change.

Ok, I shouldn't have asked if she should get tested because I know fully well that she should. So maybe back off with the insults eh?

Unfortunately all I can do is tell her that I think she should get a test but I simply can't force her to go for one.

Why start the thread then?

Maybe you should point out to her that if she hasn’t had covid before how does she know what it’d feel like?

I realise you have very little control over the situation but that pov really annoys me. How have people convinced themselves they’d know what covid would feel like without ever having it? People’s capacity for head burying is astounding.

Have you asked her why she won't test? For me, thinking it is a cold isn't a reason not to test. That's a reason to expect a negative result when you test.

Is she scared of having to isolate? Scared of covid?

She doesn't appear to be scared of covid but she is struggling massively with lockdown and her mental health is suffering badly. I think it's the thought of having to isolate that's her biggest concern.