Hands up if your or your child is in isolation today

[RosieLemonade]

DN is in isolation for close contact. This is her fourth time. I've only ever had to do isolation because of her not being allowed out. Feels very much "Here we go again".

Yes we have one isolating too. Although she has a temp so now everyone is isolating before tests booked tomorrow/results.

Yes bubble burst at school year 4 DC and year 8c.

My nieces are both off too due to cases.

Preschool and reception. Different county to us.

@horst, thanks.

Although it's reception so only parents are doing regular lfts

DS in Y9 has had to isolate today! Back in next week.

Yep whole year one and two year groups out, first time in our school.

We really need to stop this stupidity, eldests school had positive cases and only genuine close contacts were sent out. Different schools different rules.

A head at a primary school near here has actually asked parents to NOT test unless they are ill as a lot of parents are using LFTs on their symptomless children and they’re coming back positive and dropping like flies and most bubbles closed (their PCRs are coming back positive too so clearly it is all over the school)

Yes, ds year 8 isolating due to close contact at school, this is the 2nd time so not as bad as some

What, but LFT are specifically meant for symptomless people, and school kids are meant to be taking them 2-3 times a week precisely to stop the spread!

yep.. my reception year daughter has just tested positive.

@Frazzled2207 She sounds bonkers.

Yep, everyone in my house positive except for me

@SushiGo

What, but LFT are specifically meant for symptomless people, and school kids are meant to be taking them 2-3 times a week precisely to stop the spread!

this is primary so not supposed to be doing them. But yeah a bit odd.

DDs bubble at nursery has a positive case so we're now at home for 10 days! She only started in April so I'm surprised it hasn't happened sooner tbh!

DS has now had a negative PCR test but is still supposed to isolate for the rest of the week. It's incredibly frustrating. He's perfectly fine and apparently it is because a child who he hardly knows but sits in front of him in one lesson has tested positive. Only a few from his year are isolating so everything in school is normal for his friends. He was included online in one lesson yesterday but there are lots of things like sports day etc on so he's missing all the fun end of term things and has nothing to do. He's also missing a friend's sleepover party on Friday. After such an incredibly difficult year for them it seems cruel to keep them locked up when there is really very little chance he's infectious

My DS who is at Uni finished a 10 day isolation on Saturday. He returned to work Sunday and his collegue tested positive Monday. DS now in a further isolation period. He's had to cancel his first vaccine twice.

@Mia85 if he's tested negative on a PCR I wouldn't continue to keep him isolated. After all, as adults we wouldn't have to isolate after testing negative. It just doesn't make sense. Obviously you have to keep him off school, as that's their rules, but I would allow the sleepover. Poor kids!

[quote curlyLJ]@Mia85 if he's tested negative on a PCR I wouldn't continue to keep him isolated. After all, as adults we wouldn't have to isolate after testing negative. It just doesn't make sense. Obviously you have to keep him off school, as that's their rules, but I would allow the sleepover. Poor kids! [/quote]
That's what I'm thinking on isolation, after all I don't think it's a legal requirement if it's just school and not track and trace who've contacted us? Sadly the sleepover mum is a GP and she has been very clear on sticking to the rules so don't think that will be an option.

Ds8 in year 3 had just arrived at school this morning when they notified us that the bubble has burst, only until next Tuesday though so the positive test must have been a couple of days ago. This is the first time his bubble has burst, at one point last autumn his was the only class in school. Other than when I had COVID in March this is the first time anyone from our house has had to isolate so I think we have been pretty lucky.
Ds in year 10 is the only one from his friendship group who hasn’t isolated, last week they were all off except him and the school is having to redo mock week as so many were isolating

[quote curlyLJ]@Mia85 if he's tested negative on a PCR I wouldn't continue to keep him isolated. After all, as adults we wouldn't have to isolate after testing negative. It just doesn't make sense. Obviously you have to keep him off school, as that's their rules, but I would allow the sleepover. Poor kids! [/quote]
I thought you still had to isolate as an adult for the 10 days just incase.

RosieLemonade isn't that just if you are tracked and traced? Legally speaking at least?

I think the problem with the schools is that you have no idea what basis they are using to tell your child to isolate. Some might be the same circumstances as track and trace but others are being extremely cautious so you've no idea whether there's really a genuine reason for your child being off.

Plus the fact that the Govt have just announced that U18s won't have to isolate even if they are a close contact suggests that they also don't think it's necessary. But frustratingly that doesn't come in till schools are out!

@Mia85 I am probably out of date to be honest. I just remember a colleague at school saying they still had to isolate after having a negative when their bubble burst. This was October.

DD just went back to school today, that was the first isolation for any of us though.

Oh it's defintely what the school say RosieLemonade but I'm just wondering what the status of that is. They can certainly say the child can't come to school but I don't think it's illegal to e.g. go for a walk (whereas it would be if he'd been tracked and traced). Not thinking of going anwhere crowded but with a negative PCR he's probably more sure that he's not infectious then most people!