Do 2 people with COVID have to isolate from each other?

[AntennaReborn]

DD10 tested positive on Friday and has been isolating in her room since then; I tested positive this morning.

In all of the official guidance I can't find anything that explicitly says whether we can now be in contact or not?

Neither of us are very sick, just a very mild cough and a stuffy nose.

I guess I'm worried that as we tested positive at different times I could somehow re-infect her, and she would still be contagious when her isolation ends? DH has so far dodged it so I'm trying to keep him safe now (we both had our 3 jabs, although the 3rd one was just a few days ago so probably not making much of a difference just yet)

DD is quite happy in her room (the novelty of uninterrupted Roblox time hasn't worn off yet) and doesn't really need me for anything

Can anyone help point me in the direction of the correct guidance please?

Thanks! 😊

On viral load: do open windows at times to air rooms.
Basic "sickroom" behaviour in the past worth remembering.

For the love of God - No!

You're both infected - you can't get re-infected when you're both already infected! Common sense is needed....

Do you really need "official guidance" to tell you that? It's like asking if you should use contraception when you're already pregnant

Good analogy!

@Delatron

Yes didn’t isolate from 11 year old when he had Covid. I didn’t get it.

He needed the company. I don’t agree with isolating children from their family. But that caused a big row on here last time I said it.

Unless you have someone immunosuppressed in the house its cruel to any child of primary age. And I'd seriously question it for teens.

I don't really care if people get upset or it starts a row. It needs saying.

Unless you have someone immunosuppressed in the house its cruel to any child of primary age. And I'd seriously question it for teens. I don't really care if people get upset or it starts a row. It needs saying.

Agreed, some people have lost all
sense of proportion...

@snowdropsandcrocuses

I thought I had seen it all on mn. Of course you don't need to isolate from each other. You're her parent! You need to be there for her. I'm actually staggered that you made her self isolate by herself at ten years old. I dont know if I could even have done that but either way, now you're positive as well you do not need to continue doing so.

Agree with this.

It honestly is so alien to me that someone would want to stay away from their child when they're ill - dont you want to be with them more to make sure they're ok?! Unless you are vulnerable, i dont think there is any excuse for treating your child like that.

You can't leave a child alone in their room like that FFS, what is wrong with people?! This is only understandable if someone in the family is vulnerable and even then it is still a huge thing to ask anyone to do.

We all hung out together as usual when my 10 year old ds got covid and yes, nearly all of us went down with it too. No one is vulnerable and it wasn't a big deal for any of us.

Goodness! When ds tested positive 7 days after me, the first thing he did was jump into my bed for a cuddle! We hadn't hugged each other all week - I of course hadn't hugged anyone for a week. Being able to have some human contact was wonderful. We're no harm to each other.

It does need saying. What have we become, isolating children when they need you the most?

I also mentioned on a similar thread that solitary confinement is actually a punishment for adults in prison. That went down well. Don’t care though. We’ve collectively lost the plot if we think isolating children in their rooms for 10 days is ok.

This will be written about in history (not in a good way but in a wtf way!)

@santasmuma

think you're having a hard time here, OP. I certainly remember things in the media at the start of all of this about the viral load of infected people being higher, and getting sicker, it they were in larger families and everyone had it. I can't really remember the ins and outs but it was definitely discussed.

It may have been discussed but it was never advice or guidance.

Yes, I agree but I think that's why the OP is asking. Obviously she doesn't want to do anything that might make her child sicker. Like I said, I wouldn't isolate from my children in this way if we were all positive but I think we need to assume OP is motivated by wanting to protect her family. I think she just wants someone to tell her it's OK to be with her child and who can blame her for seeking that reassurance in these scaremongering/scary times?

Yes. I think it’s just sad as a society we have come to this. Not specifically the OP. But this has become our thinking now.

@winteranimal thanks, this is exactly what I meant

To all the posters who make me out to be some sort of monster, you must have missed the part where I said DD was both well in herself and happy to be in her room (for now). She has an en-suite bathroom and plenty of entertainment and is bubbly and happy as usual.

I'm just trying to do what's best for my family, but thanks to everyone else for making me feel like utter shit at a time when I'm already vulnerable. Fair enough you all have your opinion, but was there really any need to deliver it in such a nasty way??

I won't be interacting any further on this thread.