When can I hug my child after covid?

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My daughter had a positive LFT & PCR 9 days ago. My son got it the next day and husband 5 days ago. I'm doing my best to keep away from the all which is hard.
I know not everyone would but I haven't hugged them as I'm trying for them to have one healthy parent in the house.
My daughter now has a negative LFT. I don't understand the science of it no matter what I Google. Would she still be infectious?
I'd love a cuddle. It's a lonely place being the last lady standing.

Actually if you read my op I was trying to find someone who understood if it's a negative lft whether she's infectious. That's a bit beyond my science GCSE.

I did the same OP.

I hugged my 9 yo DD with masks on and her facing away from me. It was really tough.

We have our own business in hospitality, we are on our knees. If i or my DP became infected and couldn't work, or worse infected our few staff we'd have had to close, for over a week. We'd be ruined.

In answer to your question op, she is unlikely to be infectious after a negative lft.

Dear God

Highly unlikely to be contagious at day 9. And you haven't caught it yet so you must have some immunity.

I think you have done a sensible, practical thing. In hindsight we should have done this with our last man standing (DH). He fell on day six and got quite ill so I had to be the last woman standing, but with covid.

It wouldn't have crossed my mind to not hug her. 😞

Sickened by how some people have treated the OP, projecting their own feelings about the pandemic without even trying to offer the information that has been asked for. IMO this thread shows MN at its worst. OP, sounds like you are trying your very best in a difficult situation. On the basis that isolation is normally 10 days after onset, I would think (not a scientific opinion) that you would be fine after that. DS had a negative LTF at his most infectious so I take LTFs with a certain amount scepticism

Please hug your kids!!!!

It gets dark at 4 and it’s freezing so saying they’re happy running around the garden all day doesn’t ring true.

I assume the OP meant they were choosing to spend some time running round the garden, not that they were banished to the garden all day and all night for 10 days.

My DS had covid a couple of weeks ago. He had a slightly blocked nose for a couple of days and otherwise no other symptoms. We didn't hug him until day 10. No one else caught it.

[quote Delatron]@HesterShaw1 @Dishhh is very good at popping on to threads and insulting people. I feel when you have to resort to insults you really lose the argument before you’ve started.[/quote]

I'm getting tired of posters like you and @HesterShaw1, really.

Day 10 done!!!
I still don't have Covid.
Girls are reunited and a celebratory hot tub, got to be done.
Thanks for all the advice.

Oh look, it's perfectly bloody logical!

What do you think the kids would prefer:

Hugs from one parent while the other handles the practicalities, washing, cleaning, cooking nutritious meals etc,

OR

Potentially two incredibly ill parents who aren't able to look after the kids properly?