Got covid but need to drive dd to school wwyd

[jenkel]

That’s it really, dh and I both have covid, daughter awaiting pcr results but only because we both have it, she has no symptoms. I am well enough to drive her to school and don’t need to leave the car, I am on day 7 so I think over the most infectious stage, dh is on day 2. Obviously iif her pcr is positive she won’t be going in but really not sure what to do if it’s negative, will ring the school and ask for their advice. No other way to get her to school, a 15 min drive away and no public transport or people that we can easily ask.

We isolated the whole family after the first positive lateral flow. We all ended up with covid. The guidance lacks common sense so I think you just have to make your own rules and let everyone else do the same.

[quote Yellow85]@Comefromaway I completely agree. Hence why I kept mine off school. My point is if you are following the guidance on negative kids going to school, then you should follow the isolation guidance too.

If not, keep them off.[/quote]
Unfortunately if you did that round here you would have the school attendance person on your back.

For some balance, my DS and I had covid recently. My DD and DH never got it.
So they might have isolated for 10 days, due to household cases despite never being positive themselves.
DH did his best to distance. DD is 5yo and kicked everyone as normal.
10 days isolating for a healthy 5yo is bad enough. 10 days isolating for my DH would mean 10 days his classes did not have a teacher...

@erinaceus

How old is DD? (Can you send her in an Uber or taxi?)

Yeah because Uber & taxi drivers don't get COVID do they! FFS

@AlexaShutUp

I would keep her at home. You can't legally take her to school, so what else can you do? Unless you have a friend who is willing to take her, but given the potential for infection, it's a big ask. Or put her in a taxi, but depending on her age, you might not feel comfortable with that. I'm sure the school will understand.

So it's a 'big ask' for friends but fine to put her in a taxi?!?!

Taxi drivers don't have some miracle immunity you know.

@NewbieAlert

I’d be investigating all the options for someone else to take her. Are there no friends or classmates who live nearby?

...and would you be honest about why?

Most people are (sensibly) not going to want a child with parents positive with Covid in their car!

As you can’t leave home you have no other option than to keep her at home.
Staff at school are already being frequently exposed to the virus in unsafe working conditions, they will likely be relieved she isn’t coming in.

I agree about the other parents and taxi drivers not wanting it - neither do the teachers.

As long as the mum didn't go in the taxi with her the child could. Whether you would want to put your presumably primary aged chid in a taxi alone is another matter.

@Remmy123

Nothing wrong I driving her to school. It's impossible to give someone covid whilst in a car.

I wouid lft her daily but I wouldn't keep her home for 10 days they have missed enough school/life!

What that AF are you on about?

What part of airborn virus do you STILL not get??

No wonder we're in this fucking mess!

Most people are (sensibly) not going to want a child with parents positive with Covid in their car!

I actually gave ds's friend a lift last week. His mum & his brother both had covid. The teen was still attending college.

your DD is awating pcr result, which means she cannot leave the house until result arrives

@Cook4Meals

your DD is awating pcr result, which means she cannot leave the house until result arrives

That's not correct. There is no requirement to isolate whilst awaiting a pcr result unless you have symptoms. A pcr test is advised (but not mandatory) and the OP's dd has already had 1 negative pcr. Twice weekly testing is advised.

@SpookyPumpkinPants As far as I understood and another poster could correct me if I am wrong the current government guidelines do not require someone in OP's DD's situation to isolate, and she is required to be in school. My suggestion was in that context, a practical suggestion about how to get to school.

(I think that these guidelines are bananas myself, but they are what they are.)

Just to add, pcr test negative. So two pcrs both negative. She is at home now until Thursday when my isolation ends or unless she starts showing symptons and she has another pcr done.

I think we have done about as much as we can do

That’s good and yes, you have.

I think in the circumstances you describe, driving her to school would have been ok. I know it's against the rules but I don't think it actually increases the risk of anyone passing covid on any more than it would if she got there by any other means.

I'd also be ok with walking or driving a friends kid to school if parents had to isolate. I'm a teacher myself so I don't think it would be any different to what I'm doing on a daily basis anyway. (Which I'm also ok with btw, some of the teacher posts can be a bit on the dramatic side)

[quote erinaceus]@SpookyPumpkinPants As far as I understood and another poster could correct me if I am wrong the current government guidelines do not require someone in OP's DD's situation to isolate, and she is required to be in school. My suggestion was in that context, a practical suggestion about how to get to school.

(I think that these guidelines are bananas myself, but they are what they are.)[/quote]
Yes, it is mental & I didn't say the guidelines said the DD should isolate, my issue is you (& others) saying to use taxis, like taxi drivers are somehow immune to Covid... or maybe it's just that (to you) they're expendable.

@jenkel

Just to add, pcr test negative. So two pcrs both negative. She is at home now until Thursday when my isolation ends or unless she starts showing symptons and she has another pcr done. I think we have done about as much as we can do

Pretty much you have, yes. I'd LFT, if not PCR, before sending her into school though.

Hope you feel well soon!!

@SpookyPumpkinPants

Yup…. And I just heard my sons minibus driver is positive, they haven’t got any way of getting a replacement this week so I have to take him to school in the mornings this week

Of course it might have been someone following the guidelines, maybe, maybe not

I’ll also point out that the driver is double vaccinated, everyone wears a mask on the bus, and he’s still got it.

The guidelines are not in place to protect us anymore, there are no real mechanisms in place

other than our common sense and consideration

@SpookyPumpkinPants I don't think they're expendable. I guess it's up to us now to protect our communities; the guidelines surely aren't.

Unfortunately if you did that round here you would have the school attendance person on your back

and? Just tell them to bog off and use some common sense?

I would drive her but seems am alone in that. Who are you going to infect by getting in your car?
Your dd is negative yes their is a chance she will catch it but she might not my dd never caught it when me an ds had it and she continued togo to school.

Ask a friend to take her