case at school

[lifeisconfusingforme]

Who is correct, myself or friend or neither of us?
My eldest child is off due to there being a case of covid in the class.
I've kept her in apart from playing together in the garden with her sister.
My friend told me when her DD had to be off that she let her play on the street & took her to the park with her siblings.

I wouldn't take my isolating child to the park (or out at all unless totally unavoidable), but I wouldn't reasonably be able to isolate them from their siblings and wouldn't attempt to.

I think you are right
Isolating does not mean going to the park and playing in the street.

You are correct.

Some people seem to think that 'isolating' = 'like lockdown', e.g. out of the house for exercise etc. An isolating person should not leave their own property unless for an emergency, but like the PP, I would not isolate them from siblings / household members.

Your friend is terribly wrong. Isolating child should be isolating at home and has no contact with anyone outside his house bubble.

Your friend is very wrong

Your friend is hugely wrong. It makes me sad that people following the rules are missing out so much while selfish people just do as they like.

You're friend is wrong but isolating you kids from each other is too extreme and pretty miserable.

Technically your friend is wrong but actually I think the rules are wrong. Now everyone at risk has been offered a vaccine I think it’s disgusting to keep making healthy people isolate. It’s like the vaccine hasn’t changed anything! My girl is home isolating now and all this change is really messing with her head. A boy in her class is home isolating for the 7th time since September it’s all madness!

Isolating means staying at home.

Kids aren’t always sent home to isolate though, bubbles can also close because too many staff members are isolating but the kids themselves aren’t contacts, could that be the case with your friend?

If the child is primary aged it will be because they are a close contact in a class.

@YarnOver

You're friend is wrong but isolating you kids from each other is too extreme and pretty miserable.

Op hasn't isolated her child from other children. In the Opening post it says the child has been playing with her sister.

Hi, thanks for the replies.
Yes primary school class that is off and no I haven't kept DD away from other family members.

She is wrong. Ignorance really shouldn't be an excuse at this point.

My oldest had a case in her class back in October and they all had to isolate for 2 weeks.
I was pretty shocked at the number of parents who openly chatted about their multiple trips to the playground while they were homeschooling . Definitely not within the definition of isolating.

Playing in the street is wrong as assuming there are other kids

Taking her to speak with no one on it isn't an issue

My child had to isolate recently and I was also shocked at the number of parents taking their child to the shops/out and about. In the end ,6 more children tested positive following a positive case and you just have to hope they were the kids that stayed home/didn’t have contact with anyone! They had no symptoms but the kids were advised to do pcr tests as now they test if you’ve had close contact.

Your friend is wrong and potentially spreading covid