My son has coronavirus we are isolating any tips

[whatisforteamum]

My 22 yr old d's had a suspected bad hangover from going to a nightclub.
After a lateral flow test for his job in a chemist he has coronavirus.
Our dd is visiting from hundreds of miles away .
Ds has been single jabbed myself and dh double jabbed.
Obviously he is in his room we are in ours.
Any tips welcome from those that have been there done that.
I will get some pay through work not sure dh will.
I can feel a backlash from my work as my ds chose to go to a nightclub.
I can imagine the gossip is rife despite 2 of us working with potentially 100s of customers each week .
I think people are playing the blame game now.🙄

The average time from exposure to developing new symptoms is 5 day so while he would have been spreading it in the nightclub it’s very very unlikely that’s were he caught it.

Oh thank you.I don't know why people have to comment when he works in a well known chemist.

Unfortunately big events are going to get blamed for the spread. My DS 25 has had one vaccine, but as yet hasn’t been to a nightclub. I wonder if test and trace have to contact everyone who was in the nightclub to tell them to isolate.

Hope your son is ok. Mine recently did 10 days in his room - gaming for him thru it. Food taken up on a tray.. lots of protein. He could use a separate bathroom so had little interaction with him but of course worried about his mental health. It’s not the young people’s fault they’re doing what young people do going out nightclubs etc and it’s all legal. Without meaning to be decisive my two (18/21) feel they’ve sacrificed enough and couldn’t convince them to stay at home for much longer.

Who is commenting?? Ignore them. Covid is everywhere, and there are no restrictions now so he hasn't done anything wrong. Hope he's ok.

Enjoy the enforced break, nothing else you can do really so binge watch netflix, get shopping delivered and buy nice things to snack on. I hope your ds feels better soon.

Nobody should be saying anything! Your son has done nothing wrong- he's done what he is perfectly allowed to do. You are now isolating, but if he had tested positive in a couple of weeks time you would have had to isolate.

My only tip is to book a food delivery and keep all the windows open.

Just finished a period if quarantine in very similar circumstances. If your house allows it your DS should practice STRICT isolation in his room, deliver food wearing a mask. If he has to use communal bathroom etc he should wear a mask where possible and clean after himself with antibac wipes/spray. Put laundry in a black bag and empty straight into the washing machine without touching it . Other members of the family should do lateral flow tests every day - if positive the 10 days start all over again. As for work, have a look at this for what to do

www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/coronavirus-getting-benefits-if-youre-self-isolating/

Other than extra bathroom cleaning we didn’t do anything special. DD14 who had it spends a lot of time in her room anyway but still used the bathroom and kitchen regularly, we didn’t wear masks. No one else caught it including the unvaccinated 10 yo. Close contacts can take a PCR without symptoms.

Brilliant thank you for all the advise and links to SSP.
No one should comment yet they do.
That is a whole different issue though.

I agree no one should comment apart from to say there by the grace of god…..

However if a further period if isolation will impact you at work and/or financially it makes sense to try to avoid cross contamination as far as possible and your DS should do all he can to help in this

My DD also went night clubbing and got covid. She turned 18 during the lockdown along with her friends, so this was her first experience.

We are coming to the end of our isolation period. It's not been too bad, as others said we got some nice bits in the shopping and have used it as a chance to chill, relax and watch the olympics.

I have had some comments about her going out clubbing. I really do not know what people expect from our young people anymore.

[quote VanCleefArpels]Just finished a period if quarantine in very similar circumstances. If your house allows it your DS should practice STRICT isolation in his room, deliver food wearing a mask. If he has to use communal bathroom etc he should wear a mask where possible and clean after himself with antibac wipes/spray. Put laundry in a black bag and empty straight into the washing machine without touching it . Other members of the family should do lateral flow tests every day - if positive the 10 days start all over again. As for work, have a look at this for what to do

www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/coronavirus-getting-benefits-if-youre-self-isolating/[/quote]
We just lived as normal in our house when it hit us. DS brought it home, by the time we realised he had it, I'd already caught it, DH never did. Masks aren't going to make a difference, especially with the delta variant 🤷‍♀️

If a second member of the household tests positive, the ten days only start again for that person, by the way. Everyone else can finish self-isolating when the original ten days are up.

I totally agree! They’ve been locked down enough and have missed out on birthdays and Christmas activities, DDs friends all turned 18 over lockdown periods.
Let’s not mention their education and relationships.

Now being lat to be vaccinated they are still expected to be socially distanced? They want to go out.

The government want the young to catch this now as a herd immunity programme and they expect people to still isolate round them.

This is to be the worst part of the whole outbreak and our young are suffering again

Shameful!!

I hope he gets better soon.

We didn't use masks when our teens had it because we thought it might add a false sense of security, better to just keep your distance. We had as many windows open as possible and they stayed in their rooms as far as possible. I ordered some disinfectant wipes for the bathroom and kitchen so both were wiped down between uses. We did sit together as a family outside but with 2m distance. Thankfully double vaccinated dh and I didn't catch it. We did lft everyday for the first 6 days, then when second teen got symptoms we all went for a pcr. After that we just did a final lft before leaving isolation at the end of the 10 days. It was stressful, both had a day or so of feeling pretty poorly and not being able to comfort them was horrible. Amazon prime, deliveroo etc really helped as well as family and friends helping out.

I agree bluebellsgreenbells.He had his 21st stuck indoors and wears his mask all day at work.
I'm cross that people are mentioning clubbing when he quite likely caught it at work.😡
We will try to make the most of it like we did on furlough.Chores and gardening.
I agree it is odd not being able to comfort the unwell person.I can cook though.

@TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross it was I revise it because of the extra 10 days isolation if we parents got it that we insisted on the quarantine - too much to lose in terms of things planned/holiday plus the 10 days itself was a ball ache!!

Precisely not revise it

Waiting on results for dh at moment as he had minor cold sat morning which then got worse sunday, so sat we all were normal.
We don't have a big house so its hard to all isolate, 2 x ds spend most of time in their room, i have left windows open wherever possible and dh has own towel to dry his hands in the bathroom and have just wiped down lights switches and kitchen side That he may of used.
He slept on sofa as he had fallen asleep there anyway so ai have just sprayed that, really hoping that it comes ack negative as ds is 18 this week as well and I have just started a new job.
Dh could of got it from work or rugby training as only places hes been but impossible to say and its no ones fault
My teenage ds both are back at the gym and out with friends as they have missed so much already.

Worriedatthemoment good luck with your dh.
I feel as a family we've been quite lucky not to have had it in our house before now tbh.

@whatisforteamum I hope your son is ok- my 15 year old ds confirmed positive on Saturday. Luckily he has no real symptoms other than feeling really tired. He has been isolating in his room but he’s really struggling with it and quite teary and upset. I’m wondering if there any point to him being on his own though as the rest of us would have most likely been exposed to it before he was tested.

Ahh bless him poor lad.Bad enough being ill let alone feeling like an outsider.I hope he gets well soon hopeitsallok.

Teen Dd had Covid - she isolated to her room as soon as she found out and we kept the house really well ventilated. She was able to use a separate bathroom to the rest of the family and we brought her food up to her room. She wore a mask when coming downstairs to go to the garden. She did a lot of FaceTiming and was pretty happy, although bored!

@whatisforteamum thank you so much and I hope your son recovers soon too 😊

Why would your work know that your DS had been to a night club?

How could 'gossip be rife' unless people knew that he had been to a night club and how would they know?

Why would anyone be commenting about getting infected at a night club at all when the timing suggests that he had Covid before he went?

If anyone objects, with hindsight, to the likelihood that he spread Covid at the nightclub, are they suggesting that no one should go to a nightclub? Other places to spread Covid are available. Or are they suggesting that people with certain jobs, where they are more likely to pick up Covid shouldn't go to nightclubs and does that mean that they shouldn't go anywhere else where they might pass on Covid? Should they just go to work and never otherwise go out?