Would you send DS2 to school if DS 1 is positive?

[Kara198]

Just had positive lateral flow for my 5yo, heading to pcr test centre shortly. My 3yo is testing negative so would you send him to preschool as normal next week?

If testing negative yes.

Can’t believe people isolate family members

Hell yes
And I did.

It’s perfectly allowed
And not a chance I’m disrupting my child’s education more than I need to

@BluebellsGreenbells

Maybe people have a social conscious? Unlike the government

I’m a bit social conscience weary tbh!

It’s allowed
My child flipping loves school
So I waved her off
Then home to work whilst eldest sprawled on sofa with a low appetite and feeling mildly tired

Schools in most areas including mine want kids in school each day if they are testing negative regardless of who has covid at home. Nurseries and childminders will have different rules/guidance

I wouldn’t send him to school but I’d check your Pre schools Covid policy - my daughter wasn’t allowed to go in this week with her elder sister testing positive.

Our schools current guidelines is if a sibling has a positive test , we need keep the other sibling off school for 3 -4 days then do a PCR test before they return.

The guidelines say you can. I would keep them both off and let the younger child get covid then return to school. Just be warned you will get it too. I have covid at the moment and despite the vaccine, i've been really unwell.

No one is going against the guidance by not keeping thier child off school.

PHE have set local guidance in some areas (like ours) with high student infection rates. In our area if someone in your household is positive then students aren't allowed back at school for 10 days. They are relaxing this rule after half term to nations guidance because infection rates amongst school children have fallen sharply (or more likely that they've had it so not likely to catch it again for a while)

But we can't isolate and hide away forever. At some point we really need to move forward

It’s not forever though is it. How many times is the household likely to get covid? Once a year maybe. Hardly forever.

I’m glad we didn’t send dd2 when dd1 tested positive as 3 days later so was dd2. Both are asymptomatic.

Either we think isolation is important for Covid in which case close (home) contacts should isolate too, or we don’t in which case positive but asymptomatic dc should be allowed to go to school & carry on as normal.

There are so many cases at school all linked to dc with positive household members coming in to school and later testing positive, taking classmates with them.

Its only on mums net that you get berated for not following the covid rules back last year, but then you follow the rules now and apparently your causing a mess

Truest thing I've seen on here in a long time, last year it was "follow the guidelines you don't make up your own rules" now it's very much "ignore guidelines and make your own rules up".

*But we can't isolate and hide away forever. At some point we really need to move forward

It’s not forever though is it. How many times is the household likely to get covid? Once a year maybe. Hardly forever.*

I think PP means that we can't continue the concept of isolating household contacts forever as covid isn't going anywhere. Will you still isolate house hold contacts in 2/3yrs time? Will you also start to isolate household contacts for norovirus, chicken pox and other highly transmissible viruses that regularly go round where previously we would have only isolated the infected person?

Yes, we did this last week.

As per government guidelines and the school’s advice.

Personally I don't care what the "rules" are I wouldn't be sending any of mine to school and we'd all isolate. Luckily for us isolating as a family isn't a problem but I know many people can't take time off work even though they would prefer to to help stop the spread.

The guidance states under 18’s do NOT isolate if there is a positive case.
There are going to be positive cases forever more. Do you envisage contacts isolating next year? In 3 years? In 10??

@StrangeAddiction

Personally I don't care what the "rules" are I wouldn't be sending any of mine to school and we'd all isolate. Luckily for us isolating as a family isn't a problem but I know many people can't take time off work even though they would prefer to to help stop the spread.

Your poor kids.

@Spacerader

Why would so many keep the child home. The guidance clearly states that they don't have to isolate. Send them in if they are well.
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Because regardless of the ‘guidance’
Its the most considerate thing to do!

A week ago my DS tested positive on a lateral flow test, DD was negative. I kept them both off school and arranged PCR tests which matched the LFT results. After DD had her negative PCR I sent her back in and carried in doing regular LFTs. She's still tested negative on all the LFTs since then.

[quote WaterAndRichTea]@Spacerader

Why would so many keep the child home. The guidance clearly states that they don't have to isolate. Send them in if they are well.
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Because regardless of the ‘guidance’
Its the most considerate thing to do![/quote]
Do you keep all the kids off school when one has a tummy bug then? Or a bad cold? Have you always done this? If not why not?

Yeah my poor kids who'd prefer not to potentially infect their school mates who have vulnerable family members, one of their school mates being their cousin who now has covid and has a CEV dad (my brother) and now we as a family have a week/10 days of worry ahead of us.

So yeah my poor kids, my poor dn and my poor brother!

dd2 and I have covid. positive pcr

dh and dd1 don't.

dd1 was been doing regular lateral flows and we have done another pcr for her on Friday.
She remains negative.

dd1 was has been going to school and work. But dd's are teenagers.

If they were 5 and 3 I would be keeping them at home and getting whole family pcr tests

@StrangeAddiction

Yeah my poor kids who'd prefer not to potentially infect their school mates who have vulnerable family members, one of their school mates being their cousin who now has covid and has a CEV dad (my brother) and now we as a family have a week/10 days of worry ahead of us.

So yeah my poor kids, my poor dn and my poor brother!

Your brother could get any virus at any time from his son at school- and this has always been the case since he was CEV. Is your whole family going to isolate for every sickness bug and virus until they leave home? If not why not?

I would PCR the whole household. My DH had positive LFT DS negative LFT. Both had positive PCR.
DS had no symptoms.

I did yes. I’ve just had covid & I’m freeeeee today! Still feeling a bit shit but I ran out the door 😂

DD1 went to school & DD2 went to nursery (baby room). No-one in our household has caught it despite close contact all week 🤷🏼‍♀️ DD’s have had 2 PCR tests & a couple lateral flows. No symptoms. Negative. My husband the same.

I’m glad I didn’t keep that at home because they were not ill.

I don’t know anyone this concerned in real life. All my friends who’ve had it recently have sent their kids in without resorting to asking mumsnet .. it’s allowed 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️ Mumsnet is like a parallel universe.

** Because regardless of the ‘guidance’
Its the most considerate thing to do!**

Being “considerate”?!

It’s my child’s happiness and education.
If she does r have flipping covid, and it’s permitted by the government, then she’s going to school and being “considerate” can take a flying leap if that’s your definition of being “considerate”!

yes. DS had Covid two weeks ago, we still sent DD to school. I'm double-vaxxed and still socialised (cinema and gig) in the evenings. As per the guidance. Life goes on.