Two children have covid but I'm double vaccinated with neg PCR shouod I go to work?

[Jobseeker19]

I dont know what to do as the rules have changed and I've had 2 negetive PCR and have been using lft also.

If you are double jabbed and have a negative PCR then yes you can go to work.

It's up to your employer based on their risk assessment. If you can work from home or if they have vulnerable staff our clients then they may ask you to stay at home. You need to ask!

*"or clients", not "our clients"

Depends on your employer. Mine (hospital) don't want us in if it's a household contact because the risk is too high for us.

Although the hospital staff I know are being asked not to come in if someone in the house tests positive. Do you work with vulnerable people?

I am assuming 2 of your own children.
Sorry to hear that. Hope they not too unwell.
Who cares for them when you go to work.
As I wouldn't risk grandparents even if they are double jabbed.
I know what the guidelines say and you can.
But I think the guidelines are morally wrong.
If in few days your tests change to postive.
Theres a good chance you could spread the virus to your workplace.
I think the virus can transmit upto 14 days we say 10 other countries still say 14 .

Yes you can go to work.

I would contact your employer and ask what they want you to do.

Do you have someone else in the household to look after the children?

I would contact your employer and ask what their policy is. As others have said it very much depends on the nature of your job

You can go to work under the new rules, but it doesn't necessarily mean you should. My employer wouldn't want me within 100m of the office, I'd be instructed to work from home. Just because your pcr was negative, it doesn't mean you won't be positive today, or tomorrow, or the next day. LFTs are really unreliable.

Guidelines say you can go in to work but I'm not sure I would want a colleague in work in that situation. I would call work and see what they say

Yes, just ask your employer. I work with someone who is CEV, I'm not sure I'd be able to go in.

When did they start with symptoms?
And when did you do the PCR tests?
The lft can have a high false negative rate.

Where do you live? England? There are different rules in different places.

I will ask my employer, I work with children.
Their dad will look after them he is also double jabbed.
They both have no symptoms, I have to do tests twice weekly for work and decided to test everyone in the house and they came back positive.

I would be happy to go into work but I would tell them beforehand and let them decide if they want you there or not.

The rules are, if you're double jabbed then you don't have to isolate.

I had Covid last month and was on a daily testing study (PCR on day 1 then daily LFT for 7 days).

Double vaccinated with AZ, i tested +ve 5 days after teen DD and 8 after DH (also AZ).

None of us were particularly unwell, and all stayed at home, but DD and I had the potential to infect loads under the new rules.

If you are able to work from home for the rest of the week, I would.

Wishing OP's family a speedy recovery.

Technically as long as second jab was two weeks ago you can. Whether work would be happy for you to is up to them.

@3asAbird

I am assuming 2 of your own children. Sorry to hear that. Hope they not too unwell. Who cares for them when you go to work. As I wouldn't risk grandparents even if they are double jabbed. I know what the guidelines say and you can. But I think the guidelines are morally wrong. If in few days your tests change to postive. Theres a good chance you could spread the virus to your workplace. I think the virus can transmit upto 14 days we say 10 other countries still say 14 .

@3asAbird I totally agree. I think there's a huge difference between being a close contact on a one off basis and actually living in the same household as a positive case. I know of 2 recent cases - one a sibling, the other a very close friend, where their adult child (still living at home) tested positive, the whole household isolated under the 10 day rule then on day 12 both parents in each case tested positive. Thankfully during their 2 days of freedom they hadn't come into close contact with anyone outside of their households but nevertheless they were free to do so - and 2 of them work with vulnerable adults/small children and their families. OP regardless of the rules I think we should all do our own risk assessment and in your case in conjunction with your employer.

It's a decision to be made with your employer. Will they pay you if you don't go in? Can you afford ssp or not to get paid at all it would class as parental leave which for most is unpaid ? Is there an option to wfh or take some annual leave? Can you do some restricted duties that you can do alone and wear a mask maybe? Everyone's work situation is different, what is possible for some isnt for others.

If you work in childcare I wouldn't be happy as parent you actually working and maybe spreading to my child.
Double jabbed doesn't mean can't get covid yourself or transmit sadly.
I hope you don't get ill but time frame you give you could still test postive in a few days.
I don't say this to be mean . I feel employer's should risk assess and so should families and they can't do that if they don't know member of staff/ child's caregiver has postive cases within the household.

I think this is a really dangerous policy and it will end up being back tracked on.

In two weeks, when schools go back, everyone will be expected in school even if their mum/dad/sibling they share a room with/husband/wife/child/whole family have covid. I doubt any parents will be informed and all risk mitigations will be gone, except hand washing. With hundreds of unvaccinated non mask-wearing children packed in small rooms, it’ll be interesting…