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NHS Test & Trace have contacted me - need to take DS to school!

235 replies

SaintVal · 10/06/2021 07:27

Apologies if this has been done to death but I have just been told by NHS test and trace to self isolate for ten days as someone I have been in contact with has tested positive! I have no idea who this is so can only assume it's someone who checked into the same restaurant as me last Thursday. So... how do I get my DS6 to school? Single parent. Nightmare!

OP posts:
Brondie319 · 11/06/2021 18:33

Just do the school run. This whole situation is unworkable and an absolute joke.

HalzTangz · 11/06/2021 18:34

@SaintVal

Says ten days from today so until 19 June! My son is 6. I've just called his Dad and he is going to come over and take him in and presumably pick up too. I've only seen one person in weeks and that was my line manager and we went for a meal last Thursday. I have no idea who it could be.
Ask your manager if they have also been contacted, that will tell you if it was the restaurant or not. Shouldn't your son stay home until you have both tested negative? I thought if one person in a house isolated, everyone does until negative tests results
MyDcAreMarvel · 11/06/2021 18:41

@ILookAtTheFloor Naughty me yes risking someone’s life is just a bit naughty isn’t it! Grow up and stop being so selfish.

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SaintVal · 11/06/2021 18:44

No my son doesn't need to self isolate ....

NHS Test & Trace have contacted me - need to take DS to school!
OP posts:
HalzTangz · 11/06/2021 18:46

I got pinged by the app about 3 months ago telling me to isolate after being in contact with someone. I hadn't seen a soul or been out to shops etc.
I checked the app again later as wanted to see where I was in contact with someone and the "you must isolate" message had disappeared.

In my case I think the app glitches.

I took a test to be on safe side though.

If I was you do the test, if it's negative carry on as Norma, if positive continue isolating

HalzTangz · 11/06/2021 18:48

@NotSorry

PP's are saying delete the app, but what do people do when they go to a restaurant (for example) and the restaurant is saying to check in with the NHS app (if they have deleted it)
Easy, tell the restaurant you have a Huawei phone. The app doesn't work on their due to Google removing all their hardware from Huawei handsets. Anyone without a phone should fill out a paper form provided by the restaurant
stilllovegeorge · 11/06/2021 18:54

@Daisiesarebeautiful

Well it's already been 7 days so your unlikely to develop symptoms now. Pretty much my experience of test and trace, by the time they contact you the isolation period is almost over. Working really well isn't it Hmm.
And that's exactly why we're in the position we're in. It's 14 days for a reason, not just a random plucked out of the air number. Symptoms can show up to 14 days. My daughter's did on day 10.
dementedpixie · 11/06/2021 18:56

It's not 14 days, it's 10; has been for months

cupsofcoffee · 11/06/2021 18:59

But it's not 14 days @stilllovegeorge and it hasn't been for months now. It's 10 days.

flowerpowerss · 11/06/2021 19:01

Sounds like someone knows you are a bit of a covid rule follower and have given your details as a joke!

dementedpixie · 11/06/2021 19:06

@flowerpowerss

Sounds like someone knows you are a bit of a covid rule follower and have given your details as a joke!
She has been notified by the app so no-one has given any of her details to T&T
ClarisseMcClellan · 11/06/2021 19:23

@flowerpowerss

Sounds like someone knows you are a bit of a covid rule follower and have given your details as a joke!
It's been explained above, no jokes or rules followers involved Grin
loulouljh · 11/06/2021 19:27

That is precisely why you should not use the silly App!!!!

PineappleAce · 11/06/2021 19:32

My sister got "pinged" to isolate and she couldn't understand it either; after a few days found that neighbour in adjoining house had tested positive and their phones must have synced through the wall. This is why I don't have the app!

RichardMarxisinnocent · 11/06/2021 19:54

@PineappleAce

My sister got "pinged" to isolate and she couldn't understand it either; after a few days found that neighbour in adjoining house had tested positive and their phones must have synced through the wall. This is why I don't have the app!
You don't need to not have the app, you just need to turn off contact tracing when at home or anywhere your phone might be not with you but next to someone else's phone (such as in a locker). Why do people not bother to read how the app works, all the info is available from the app itself.
Mum2b43 · 11/06/2021 20:01

This thread is making me laugh. Everyone saying ignore the self isolation advice. If I came on her saying I refuse to have the vaccine you would all be going crazy telling me how selfish I am. But here we have a person being told to self isolate and you are all telling her to ignore it and carry on as normal???? What if she actually has Covid??? Seriously???
My opinion? You have been told to self isolate... do it! Call the school and explain... they will advise you. And for all you saying she should ignore it.... I really hope you aren’t having a go at anti-vaxers because telling a person who has been told to self isolate ‘to ignore it’ is way worse than not vaccinating!

TheSockMonster · 11/06/2021 20:05

A family member works for the police. There was a point last year that they were isolating at home on full pay as much as they were at work. The app was not used at work, so these were all exposures from shops etc and just living in a busy area.

They were very strongly encouraged to disable the app.

thenightsky · 11/06/2021 20:07

@flowerpowerss

Sounds like someone knows you are a bit of a covid rule follower and have given your details as a joke!
Grin
CrystalE · 11/06/2021 20:08

OP - ring up your childs school and explain what has happened. Ask for their help or ask your friend to help.

If worst comes to worst - stay at home with child and home educate for 10 days.

wasgoingmadinthecountry · 11/06/2021 20:10

My dd got notified (but her bf didn't) - turns out it was the woman with a shared party wall (well, that's best guess...) because shedid have Covid as dd saw an ambulance called. She charges her phone that side of the house, bf doesn't. They've never met the neighbours.

Kettledodger · 11/06/2021 20:14

At our school we are told if anyone in the family are being asked to isolate then the whole family isolates which makes sense to me. There is no way if I may be infected that I could isolate properly and I would bet my life savings (not that much to be fair) that most families don't have the facilities to allow one person to totally self isolate

PurpleDaisies · 11/06/2021 20:18

At our school we are told if anyone in the family are being asked to isolate then the whole family isolates which makes sense to me.

I don’t think schools have the authority to do that, do they? The advice from public health has never been the whole household isolates because one person is a contact. As soon as anyone gets symptoms everyone stays home until there’s a negative test.

Kettledodger · 11/06/2021 20:19

I said asked not told

Kettledodger · 11/06/2021 20:21

The advice is that the person who has been contacted should self isolate from the rest of the family as much as possible. Meanwhile in the real world this is impossible for a lot of families

PurpleDaisies · 11/06/2021 20:23

@Kettledodger

The advice is that the person who has been contacted should self isolate from the rest of the family as much as possible. Meanwhile in the real world this is impossible for a lot of families
In the real world, asking a whole family to isolate because one is a contact is asking something impossible.