We need to cancel our U.K. break don’t we?

[covidsucker]

DTs off isolating due to a case in their primary bubble. DTs are fine with no symptoms. We are supposed to be going on holiday next week to a U.K. caravan but their isolation does not end until mid week.

We have a policy which will allow us to move it free of cost but I am so sad it’s another one cancelled

One DT is very much a rule follower and he would be aware he has broken the “rules”.

It would be very obvious to their school we had gone as DTs were going to be taken out of school to go. When they don’t show up for online learning, the school will be aware we’d have broken isolation.

I am not worried about getting covid per se , but I am concerned about a scenario where my DTs may inconvenience another family with isolation if they pass it on because we didn’t isolate.

If I wait any longer to change it and then one or both test positive later this week, I will lose the booking at full cost.

Unless people suggest we also go with positive tests?

Fuck it, just go. If you feel guilty, have a look at the scenes from the football and you won’t anymore.

I feel more vunerable now than I ever have, I'm in my 3rd trimester, I've only had my first vaccine less than week ago, my husband could be vulnerable to Covid as well going by his general health, still awaiting 2nd vaccine. My children aren't vaccinated. There are still vulnerable people out there, a lot more so than me and my family. A lot of people here posting would like to ignore that and ignore any rules which don't suit their plans.

@covidsucker

I think it would be stressful trying to keep them away from others in the pool , at the farm and in the soft play .

Am I being ridiculous? I almost feel stupid for even considering cancelling at this point but the whole point of isolation is to stop it spreading to others.

I don't think you are being ridiculous. You should cancel. We cancelled. I'm not interested in 'but football fans' reasoning, I'm just doing my bit to protect others. I am surprised so many would go.

MoiraNotRuby, I cannot tell you how much it means to know that there is at least one person in this country considering the welfare of children who are vulnerable to covid (other than their parents).

You need to isolate for the full period of time, we all need to protect each other. I am shocked at how selfish everyone is on here telling you to go.How little thought there is for others.

I am double vaccinated and so is my ecv oh but he could still be very ill, my friend who has had both vaccines ended up in hospital with covid last week.
People not following the rules is the reason why the is taking so long to get under control.
I had to isolate last week while my husband was in hospital which meant I couldn't see him for 10 days. It was hard but it was the right thing to do. When test and trace contacted me I was told it was a legal requirement for me to isolate.

When DD had to self isolate over a holiday I had all the same thoughts. But I realised that the biggest upset for her would be not doing the same as her friends and feeling that she had broken the rules.

His friends will know and it will be talk about and the stress of all of that is immense for them.

The rules need changing and need changing fast that much is true. But you know the only thing you can do is move it. The implications of something happening from it I think would make you feel guilty

I also can't believe people telling you to go. You might not just "inconvenience" another family, you could make them very ill. I know double jabbed people who have still suffered badly from covid, not to mention those not vaccinated because they can't be (eg ECV children)

Of course you should cancel.
Yes, it's frustrating, but if your family passes it on to someone vulnerable, it's more than just an inconvenience, one person's mild symptoms could be another person's hospitalisation, long covid or death.
There are some pretty selfish people on this thread.

Dd is double vaccinated and got covid she’s young and was only vaccinated early because of very vulnerable family.......stay home until the rules say you can go out.

I don't think you are being ridiculous. I'm pretty sure the same thing will happen to us as I've booked a holiday for the first week of school holidays and local rates seem to be shooting up. It feels inevitable.

Personally, I would do the right thing isolate and move the holiday.

@covidsucker

DTs off isolating due to a case in their primary bubble. DTs are fine with no symptoms. We are supposed to be going on holiday next week to a U.K. caravan but their isolation does not end until mid week.

We have a policy which will allow us to move it free of cost but I am so sad it’s another one cancelled

Next week is still term time?

My four year old had positive case at nursery, told to isolate, showed no symptoms at all...but then my husband and i got it from him and were quite ill, my test was negative until we had isolated for 8 days, I know we didn't get it from anywhere else as isolated as soon as we were told, I also know we couldn't have passed to anyone else, technically only he had to isolate but as we both had to work from home we decided we would all stay in, admittedly we hadn't had vaccine opportunity at that point as was in Feb - I personally think you should postpone

I’m normally a total stickler for the covid rules and I say 100% go. Get them tested first and if negative just go. Have a lovely time.

I know the right thing to do is to move it and I will; I just can’t help feeling very sad about it.

The reason it is in term time is because it was moved from last year and these were the only dates available.

I really think the stress of knowing they are supposed to be in isolation would ruin the holiday for me. As a pp pointed out, one DT would be worried about his friends knowing he’d broken isolation to go .

To cancel when they havent even had covid would be ridiculous.

Surely the scenes at the G7, Royal Ascot, Wimbledon and the Euros, particularly tonight, make you realise you shouldn’t even be asking - don’t bother with testing - just go and enjoy yourself!

Those who are saying don't go, where do you see this ending?

We cannot keep everyone's lives on hold indefinitely like this. Otherwise we're all dying of Covid whether we catch it or not.

@BlondeCornish

I know right? This whole isolation thing now is an absolute mugs game.

@MobyDicksTinyCanoe I agree but we are very early in to isolation that I don’t yet know if they will develop covid and I have such a short Window to keep the booking and move it .

@MobyDicksTinyCanoe

To cancel when they havent even had covid would be ridiculous.

They can still test positive in the coming days, after which time it's too late for op to cancel. So it's best the trip is cancelled now.

Your child needs to isolate. I know there are many excuses that can be made but this variant is more transmissible and there is every chance your child may have picked it up. It’s the worry of others doing this that stops me from having my children attend activities. Yes vaccinations are working but there are still vulnerable children who aren’t vaccinated, people who are vulnerable but aren’t protected well by the vaccinations, pregnant women who haven’t been vaccinated etc. I know it’s disappointing but it sounds like you can move it.

My z9 yr old DS was supposed to be isolating for the past 10 days. We had a caravan holiday booked for almost a year for the weekend just gone. DS had no symptoms and we just went. We had fab time. Just go. It's ridiculous now. All the vulnerable are vaxxed.

Oh that's rubbish, OP!

I don't know what I'd do, to be honest, but my friend's DD's school bubble has burst last week and the school have emailed all bubble parents to let them know some of the kids have been seen out and about by a teacher and school have reported names to police/local authority.

No idea what they think the police will do but that's what the email says.

It all sounds batshit to me.