Really confused about isolating

[Servalan]

My 15 year old DD found out this morning that a friend of hers has just tested positive for CV19

She spent a whole day with this friend yesterday - I gather they hugged a couple of times.

I was assuming this would mean she'll need to isolate for 10 days - but I'm getting really confused looking at the government guidelines which seem to say that the only people needing to isolate are folk who are pinged by the NHS app - which she doesn't have - and if she was at school she wouldn't be needing to isolate if a close contact.

Does she carry on as normal and not isolate? This doesn't seem right!

Thanks for any insight

@Mammaaof

If your double jabbed you don't need to self isolate at all unless you tests positive! Hope this helps *@Servalan* you do have to do tests on day 2 and day 8 though

No you don't.

Reading through this thread is helping me understand why so many people have stopped following any sort of covid advice.

The testing on certain days/not testing/isolating or not/but its voluntary anyway is making my head spin !!!!

@rainbowunicorn oh sorry we do in Wales

@ACreakingGateNeverStops

Reading through this thread is helping me understand why so many people have stopped following any sort of covid advice.

The testing on certain days/not testing/isolating or not/but its voluntary anyway is making my head spin !!!!

That is why it is always best to go to an official source such as the government website. On Mumsnet at least 80% of the replies on these threads are totally wrong. I really can't understand why anyone would take the word of random people online over what the official guidlines tell you to do. It is very strange but for some posters Mumsnet seems to be the first port of call for all news. It's weird.

Different rules in Wales

It's not so much coming to MN for advice that's the issue though is it. If what you say is true, that 80% of the replies are wrong then the fact that 80% of this sample size of people are clearly confused by the govt. guidelines is a worry.

@ACreakingGateNeverStops Perhaps, however this is not something I see in daily life. The majority of people that I come into contact with are perfectly able to understand the current guidance. It is more that the coronavirus board in particular seems to be dominated by posters that have a very poor understanding. They are going onto these threads answering questions as they interperet them.
I still cannot understand why any semi intelligent adult would choose to get their information about current affairs in general from a forum like this rather than go to an actual official source.
It just seems a very strange thing to do. I mean why would you accept anything said on these boards as being more accurate than the information that is freely available. It is not just this topic. There was a thread earlier on another board where the OP had been told what dose of medication to take by her GP and she was asking if it was correct. I just find it really strange that people would make important decisions based on what someone told them on Mumsnet.

It's not so much poor understanding in this instance but simply the fact that the uk is split in to 4 different counties each with their own covid rules and we forget that sometimes and just answer as we know it

In England, as a contact, if contacted by Test and Trace:

• Your child is advised to have a PCR (but does not have to)
• Until the PCR comes back she can go about her business as normal.
• If the PCR is negative, or if she chooses not to have one, she can go about her business as normal.
• If she has symptoms, she should isolate, get a PCR, and isolate for 10 days if positive.

The same applies to you if she tests positive if you are double vaccinated + 14 days:

• You will be advised to get a PCR, but can choose not to.
• If the test is negative or you choose not to take one, you can go about your business as normal

However, if you are not double vaccinated, and are 18 of over, you should isolate for 10 days from the contact you had with the infected person IF you are contacted by Test and Trace.

I did go onto the Government website first! It's just I read it and thought that surely I must be misunderstanding as it seemed crazy - so came on here to see how other folks are interpreting it and make sure I wasn't reading it wrong.

@Servalan

I did go onto the Government website first! It's just I read it and thought that surely I must be misunderstanding as it seemed crazy - so came on here to see how other folks are interpreting it and make sure I wasn't reading it wrong.

Ah, yes. NEVER try applying a common sense filter to government guidance!

@rainbowunicorn. I am very intelligent thank you - it's just I am also very anxious and have a tendency to doubt myself.

The rules are fairly straightforward,it's all the people saying'you should do this that and the next ' thing
I will follow the rules,but won't do extra stuff,I have a living to earn

@rainbowunicorn no intelligence issues here, just describing how T&T (who you'd hope know what they're doing) gave DH and I advice that was different from that on the NHS website.