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My young people - both positive it’s rife here!

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Benji13 · 25/07/2021 20:55

We have 2 sons at home still aged 20 and 24. Both now positive following bojos get out and get back to normal edict.

Ds2 aged 20 currently isolating elsewhere after visiting pals student shared house and testing positive there - double jabbed due to job and feels fine just feels bit of a cold.
Ds1 been very 🙄 sociable BUT does also travel on train to work (and works in open
Plan office) and since last week lots not wearing masks and packed in like sardines on the train soooo. He went nightclubbing last night and is symptomatic this morning feeling bloody awful, was due 2nd jab in 2 weeks.

Dh had covid last spring and me and the boys kept away and avoided it. Ds1 is isolated in his room and moaning. Keeping everything crossed 🤞 but all through this I’ve been VERY scared of covid.

I’m so annoyed feel we have been thrown to the wolves why didn’t Bojo wait until more of the kids (18 plus) were jabbed??

OP posts:
TableFlowerss · 25/07/2021 23:05

Just stay in the house all four of you forever. Get everything delivered.
Get jobs that work from home.
Don’t let anyone in your home.

Jobs a good’n, chances will be tiny catching covid living like that…..!

Oh wait… you don’t all want to live like that? No, neither do most people.

Your sons will be fine.

TableFlowerss · 25/07/2021 23:06

@Lazypuppy

Does it really matter if they hqve caught it? Most people are probably going to catch it, they are double jabbed and youbg so most likely to have a mild dose, feel a bit ill and get over it like most illnesses they have got in the past
Exactly.
Blessex · 25/07/2021 23:27

Bojo didn’t force DS1 to go clubbing. How on earth can we blame Bojo for our personal choices? We want to live in a nanny state?

hamstersarse · 25/07/2021 23:37

I've a 19YO DS and he has been out clubbing. The only thing him and his friends are worried about is the possible isolation, not the virus itself which is a good analysis of their situation and the risk of being seriously ill.

He's actually already had it and has had one jab so that risk is reduced even further.

I am sure your sons will be better in no time

beentoldcomputersaysno · 25/07/2021 23:51

@User3456

Really sorry to hear both your boys have caught it OP and I hope they are both better soon and that you manage to avoid it. DS (teenager, not old enough for the vaccine) caught it last week from school (he hasn't been anywhere else and me and his dad have both tested negative). It's been a horrible time. Government have absolutely been reckless, as they have been all the way through. If they had wanted to send a message of caution without harming the economy they could have at least kept a mask mandate in shops, public transport, offices, secondary schools and health settings. Plus the work from home if you can guidance. It doesn't cost them anything or damage the economy. I can only conclude that this is their plan and they want people to catch it - they think it builds herd immunity (obvs it doesn't, vaccination is the way to do that) and they don't really care much if they cull a few old, ill or poor people in the process. I do worry about long covid etc and think it's unethical and dangerous of the government to let it rip. I think it's going to be horrendous in schools from September. They're sinister. DS was quite poorly for a few days, not going to lie I was a bit worried about him, however he does seem to have recovered ok, me and his dad are double vaccinated and seem to have avoided it (so far so good anyway, touch wood etc). I hope that's reassuring to you. Sorry as well that the 'be kind' message so popular last year has been mislaid by other posters on here. Your two sons are poorly and you are understandably worried about a virus that's caused massive problems around the whole world. The odds are that things will be fine - but that doesn't mean it's unreasonable to be worried about this. You're right to be both angry with the government and their repeated mismanagement of this, and concerned for your family. Wishing you and your family all the best - chances are it will all be fine, fingers crossed.
Here here. Agree with this. Can't believe people still say stupid inflammatory shit like "hide at home"!
Waxonwaxoff0 · 26/07/2021 06:26

@User3456

Really sorry to hear both your boys have caught it OP and I hope they are both better soon and that you manage to avoid it. DS (teenager, not old enough for the vaccine) caught it last week from school (he hasn't been anywhere else and me and his dad have both tested negative). It's been a horrible time. Government have absolutely been reckless, as they have been all the way through. If they had wanted to send a message of caution without harming the economy they could have at least kept a mask mandate in shops, public transport, offices, secondary schools and health settings. Plus the work from home if you can guidance. It doesn't cost them anything or damage the economy. I can only conclude that this is their plan and they want people to catch it - they think it builds herd immunity (obvs it doesn't, vaccination is the way to do that) and they don't really care much if they cull a few old, ill or poor people in the process. I do worry about long covid etc and think it's unethical and dangerous of the government to let it rip. I think it's going to be horrendous in schools from September. They're sinister. DS was quite poorly for a few days, not going to lie I was a bit worried about him, however he does seem to have recovered ok, me and his dad are double vaccinated and seem to have avoided it (so far so good anyway, touch wood etc). I hope that's reassuring to you. Sorry as well that the 'be kind' message so popular last year has been mislaid by other posters on here. Your two sons are poorly and you are understandably worried about a virus that's caused massive problems around the whole world. The odds are that things will be fine - but that doesn't mean it's unreasonable to be worried about this. You're right to be both angry with the government and their repeated mismanagement of this, and concerned for your family. Wishing you and your family all the best - chances are it will all be fine, fingers crossed.
OP's DS went clubbing and caught the virus, yet that's the government's fault?

Also, "be kind" is a load of bollocks. It's just a way of shutting down different opinions.

Warhertisuff · 26/07/2021 06:59

@Covidforever

After all the assumption is "it must be safe, the risk is low" or they wouldn't open them up to us?

You would have to be breathtakingly stupid to believe that there was a very low risk of contracting Covid if you went to a nightclub. The truth is that those who are going, don't really care too much if they get it or not.... and if you're in your early 20s, that's a reasonable decision to make.

woodfort · 26/07/2021 07:03

I’m kind of confused. Things are opened up mostly as normal now. If you want to go out and partake (which I do, although not the mass events and clubs but because it’s not my kind of thing anyway) you have to be also comfortable with the almost certainty that you will come across COVID.

Warhertisuff · 26/07/2021 07:03

[quote Benji13]@BareGrylls thank you! No he will not have caught it that quickly from last night, most probably picked up on the packed train he goes to work on. Other son probably picked it up from his part time pub job! Both working you see so I think they think they may as well socialise...
keeping everything crossed 🤞
At least dh and i both wfh!

The comments about young people not being forced to socialise are unrealistic. Have these people never been young? They have played by the rules throughout but he’s now told them all is ok - freedom day 🙄[/quote]
Why are you insulting your children's intelligence?... Your son will have known there was a risk of catching Covid when he went out (though actually it sounds like he would have been the one spreading it rather than catching g it!) but he just decided he would do so anyway, not because "Boris told him it was safe" but presumably because he's young and he judged the pleasure of going to a club outweighed the risks involved in getting Covid.

mrshoho · 26/07/2021 07:13

@Warhertisuff Why do you say 'though actually it sounds like he would have been the one spreading it rather than catching g it'? Is it because he's been going to work and travelling on public transport? How's he any different to most young people?

gurglebelly · 26/07/2021 07:39

[quote Benji13]@BareGrylls thank you! No he will not have caught it that quickly from last night, most probably picked up on the packed train he goes to work on. Other son probably picked it up from his part time pub job! Both working you see so I think they think they may as well socialise...
keeping everything crossed 🤞
At least dh and i both wfh!

The comments about young people not being forced to socialise are unrealistic. Have these people never been young? They have played by the rules throughout but he’s now told them all is ok - freedom day 🙄[/quote]
He may have picked it up at work, but how many people did he give it to while clubbing. At the very least all those people will probably now be told to isolate so that is a lot of businesses that may be short staffed ....the government (and media who came up with the ridiculous 'freedom day') have a lot to answer for.

ToomuchHeat · 26/07/2021 07:44

Work from home does damage the economy hugely - lots of office workers not spending their money in city centres!

HalzTangz · 26/07/2021 07:47

He hasn't got anything from the nightclub then, takes a couple days before symptoms start, that's why they ask for tests on day 2.

If your son's are that bothered they would have continued being careful.

Boris was very clear when he said people need to take their own responsibilities, which includes wearing masks and socialising.

The only people to blame for bringing covid into your house is your irresponsible sons

HungryHippo11 · 26/07/2021 07:55

I’m so annoyed feel we have been thrown to the wolves why didn’t Bojo wait until more of the kids (18 plus) were jabbed??
Your kids haven't been "thrown to the wolves". They climbed in with the wolves of their own free will because they know the "wolves" are of little to no risk to them

OliveTree75 · 26/07/2021 08:00

@HungryHippo11

I’m so annoyed feel we have been thrown to the wolves why didn’t Bojo wait until more of the kids (18 plus) were jabbed?? Your kids haven't been "thrown to the wolves". They climbed in with the wolves of their own free will because they know the "wolves" are of little to no risk to them
This. As if the OP is blaming boris for her kids making a personal choice!
MedSchoolRat · 26/07/2021 08:00

I hope and expect that OP & spouse vaccines continue to protect them & their adult DC continue with completely mild illness.

All businesses are not going to go bust if people exercise a bit of caution.

Not all. Just hospitality & entertainment. Places where young people usually get lots of jobs. Who cares about them having jobs, right? Go work as agricultural labourers, they should, that'll learn 'em.

Right now we don't worry about in-person education but that will be a mess in an ongoing way too, meaning persistent disengagement from education, if not allowed to revert to relaxed conditions. Who cares about disaffected unemployed teens, right? What harm could happen.

Tresal · 26/07/2021 08:25

Is the hangover Boris’s fault as well?

beentoldcomputersaysno · 26/07/2021 08:33

@ToomuchHeat

Work from home does damage the economy hugely - lots of office workers not spending their money in city centres!
Lots of office workers have been back in the office since March. Choice of sandwich bars etc? Tesco metro as no others were open!
Itisasecret · 26/07/2021 08:55

Young adults have been locked up for over a year, with all the adults above saying them, open up we’ve had our vaccines.

Boris says they can go out, adults have had enough of lockdown, they are being encouraged to go out. They aren’t in the wrong here, it’s the piss poor management of the Govt. Which fwiw, I think it’s intentional.

My oldest went away for a weekend clubbing and they all came back positive op. I don’t blame them for wanting to enjoy their lives, they all missed such huge milestones.

Cases are down now because schools are closed. All the 18 year olds are out spreading Covid after one dose of the vaccine. Come Autumn, schools will open, there will be a nasty vaccine dodging variant which does nothing to minimise death/serious illness. (They are already planting the seeds for this). Then bang into lockdown and more controls again. It’s either very sinister, stupid or both. I’m on the fence as to which one it is.

It’s not the fault of the young adults. It’s the fault of the government and the adults who are happy to lock them up socially so they can go about their business.

Warhertisuff · 26/07/2021 09:46

[quote mrshoho]@Warhertisuff Why do you say 'though actually it sounds like he would have been the one spreading it rather than catching g it'? Is it because he's been going to work and travelling on public transport? How's he any different to most young people?[/quote]
I was referring to the nightclub... As he was symptomatic the next morning, he was pretty likely to be pretty infectious the night before.

None of that is his fault. People who went to nightclubs knew full well what they are doing and that catching Covid was a risk.

catwithflowers · 26/07/2021 10:01

[quote Benji13]@BareGrylls thank you! No he will not have caught it that quickly from last night, most probably picked up on the packed train he goes to work on. Other son probably picked it up from his part time pub job! Both working you see so I think they think they may as well socialise...
keeping everything crossed 🤞
At least dh and i both wfh!

The comments about young people not being forced to socialise are unrealistic. Have these people never been young? They have played by the rules throughout but he’s now told them all is ok - freedom day 🙄[/quote]
I have three kids and two step kids, between the ages of 19 and 27. None of them have been daft enough to go to a nightclub as soon as they reopened. I'm sorry your sons have Covid but the one going clubbing really was a bit of a plonker in my opinion. Meeting up outside at a bar for drinks is understandable but I can't see why anyone would go clubbing at the minute 🤷‍♀️

My daughter caught covid (despite being very careful) as she takes public transport to work every day and felt pretty rotten for a few days. Hope your kids recover quickly 😊

doodleygirl · 26/07/2021 10:05

That’s the whole point, personal responsibility. Don’t get me wrong, I think Boris is a clown but please don’t say you actually believed COVID disappeared because he opened up the floodgates?

Your sons have COVID because they chose how they wanted to live, which is fine, just don’t blame others.

ssd · 26/07/2021 10:07

I dont think its fair to say young people dont need to go clubbing...just cos its open....mine are desperate to go clubbing but they aren't open here yet

Abraxan · 26/07/2021 10:07

@JellyBabiesFan

Did Boris turn up at your house and drag you son to the nightclub?

Personal responsibility? No?

Why is everyone talking a about the nightclub visit yesterday??

It's very unlikely today's Covid came from last night. It's incubation period is likely longer than a few hours.

It almost reads from these posters that the young people deserve getting Covid because they dared to go out and do a perfectly legal and acceptable activity.

Besides sound like the Covid could have come from a number if places and most likely not from that one club visit.

Warhertisuff · 26/07/2021 10:16

@mrshoho

A few people on here just trying to excuse our incompetent government of any responsibility.
Not really.

The real issue is posters trying to resolve adults from taking any personal responsibility for their actions, and seeking to blame the Government and wanting to be infantilised.