Tested positive school runs and nursery

[Onlyrainbows]

I tested positive (I only have a sore throat and some weird feeling in my head). However I have a 2yo and an 11yo who have tested negative. Can I do the school run?

Large for the most part that's not a terrible idea, but the 2yo doesn't always hold everybody's hand. The only one he obeys is his brother who's with his mum ATM.

It’s also about if you have an accident on the way there. You can try and bend the rules and justify it as much as you like but the bottom line is you are covid positive and legally should not leave the house. In all likelihood your children will be positive and isolating in the next few days. If you can’t find a way of getting them to school and preschool without you taking them, they need to stay at home with you.

My stepson (and his mom) are positive too. Completely unrelated, but clearly is rampant in this area.

rainbows we are part this now. You could be walking past or interacting with hundreds of asymptomatic positive cases now. The caseload for the NHS is within tolerance and the vast majority of people now are jabbed. That's it. Life needs to get back. So what if she breaks down? She's not going to lick the face of the AA man and they'll be outside anyway. And he's probably had it or been jabbed. The legal side is irrelevant now. In short weeks it will be gone.

Huge I'm with you there, in a few weeks things will go back to pre Pandemic standards. The virus will not magically disappear by then, and it not like I'm going to closed spaces and breathe and spend my time in the

No, you can't leave the boundary of your property if you have tested positive - you're under a legal duty to self isolate and you run the risk of a £10,000 fine if you don't. Test and trace should confirm this in the information they send you, or ring them on 119.
This happened to someone I know, single parent, with kids in different schools who were negative, so in theory could have gone to school if there was someone to take them (although, regardless, I think that's a bad idea!).
One of the schools provided online learning and the child got their mark as if they were present. The other school recorded it as authorised absence.
This is the current legal position on self isolation.
You can leave isolation on day 6 if you have had negative lateral flow tests on day 5 and day 6.
Please don't risk passing covid onto someone else if you can help it, stay at home. Hope you feel better soon
www.gov.uk/government/news/new-legal-duty-to-self-isolate-comes-into-force-today

Yes of course you can - all this nonsense will be a thing of the past soon. Take necessary precautions and get on with it.

Take your 11 year old into school... why should they miss out when they don't have the virus? Would it be recorded as an unauthorised absent? Wear a mask and be vigilant.

I’m not sure why you started this thread, as the upshot is that you didn’t really want to know the answer and plan to do the school run regardless.

Actually fellow rainbows the opinion is divided I wouldn't say if 50/50 or what's the real split, but I don't think there's an overwhelming majority that thinks either way. I'm still on the fence about it, but at least for the 11yo, it doesn't make much difference if she stays with me or not.

Keep the toddler at home!!!! Ffs it’s people like you giving the rest of us, who want to keep safe, an impossible mission.

I drop my toddler off at nursery because I have to, not because I want to. I don’t want idiots like yourself putting my family at risk of having to isolate too. It’s hard enough keeping a job these days!

@HugeAckmansWife

rainbows we are part this now. You could be walking past or interacting with hundreds of asymptomatic positive cases now. The caseload for the NHS is within tolerance and the vast majority of people now are jabbed. That's it. Life needs to get back. So what if she breaks down? She's not going to lick the face of the AA man and they'll be outside anyway. And he's probably had it or been jabbed. The legal side is irrelevant now. In short weeks it will be gone.

There are also reasons you're allowed to leave your house for if you are postive..such as going to a funeral,get health service for family and pets etc,go to court. Know taking someone to school doesn't cover it but those reasons you're allowed to leave could also lead to a breakdown or needing help so don't understand that argument. You could still come into contact with people.

Plus like you say rightly or wrongly in a few months it won't matter.

Please don’t send your child to nursery. You legally can’t leave isolation regardless, but you’re also risking all those workers knowingly. If the nursery has to close because of a high number of cases the staff won’t get paid. I know that’s not your problem but I personally couldn’t do it. Can your 11 year old distract the younger one so you can get some work done?

I would add as well that’s it’s slightly worse that you caught it before your 2 year old (and indeed, your 11 year old)

DS caught it first in this house. He technically came out of isolation 2 days before I did but I didn’t take him in until I was testing negative. At least I knew he had caught it and was over it and so wasn’t at risk of passing it on.

Problem is, it is still a legal requirement to isolate. Yes, it’s mild for many but if you spread it around to other people you are passing on that legal obligation to others who may not even get paid if they can’t leave the house to go to work.

I’d drop the 11year old off but I don’t think you can with the 2 year old tbh. Which is probably who you need to be cared for more considering you need to work but hopefully your employer is understanding

No, your have a legal obligation to stay on your property. School cannot prosecute you for this (you'd have a complete defence of they tried).

Unless your husband can't do it (why isn't he taking the brunt of all this etc?) They'll both have to stay at home with you. Perhaps you'd get slightly more work done if your 11yo can spend some time each day entertaining her sibling? (I'm not talking about an day of childcare but some light entertaining and playing)

Moon my DH is in Switzerland at the moment, he comes back tomorrow very late in the evening. No idea what's his plan from Tuesday, but because he can't work from home and he has no AL left, I'll probably have to take the brunt, but because he's on his "off site" my communication with him is patchy. The 11yo dad has said that she should go to school, and that's it.

You know the rules are currently that the answer is no, you are looking for people to tell you it’s fine to break them.I understand this to an extent as it’s a pain in the bum but it’s still not ok.

I can see why you are tempted to drop the elder at school if you don’t have to get out of the car. I think it would be unreasonable with the 2 year old though - it would be fair to tell the nursery staff you have and let someone else drop them off but they might want to be extra careful with hygiene etc if they knew a child’s parent had it and you’re denying them the opportunity by hiding the truth

You say there is a 50 / 50 split in views my point was I don’t know why you bothered starting the thread as you clearly just want to justify breaking isolation. You asked CAN you do the school run the answer is NO you have covid and LEGALLY must not leave the house but of course it’s fine to go ahead if 50 percent of Mumnet tell you it’s ok.

Here’s your answer ...

Take the 11 year old, they need to be at school.

When I had it I kept 3 year old at home as she couldn't be dropped off and picked up by husband. Son went on days he could be dropped and picked up by oh only, and had negative lateral flow each day . In your position I would keep them both off.

Jesus @Bex268 you will never be "safe" you do realise that don't you? Many people are asymptomatic and when testing stops (as it should) life will return to normal.

Bex if you'd posted that in 2020 I'd understand, but not now. You cannot 'keep safe' unless you personally decide to severely curtail your interaction with the outside world. That's your choice of course but we are no longer at a place where you can ask others to do so at the cost of their jobs, childcare, education, mental health, physical health for something that is simply not a significant illness for the vast majority. When the testing stops v soon, what are you planning to do then?

Safe was probably the wrong word.

I’m not worried of catching covid, more worried about the consequences on childcare and my job if I do.

I don’t want arseholes like OP taking their babies to nursery who are potentially infected to infect others - it’s reckless and unnecessary.

Not all of us get paid when we have to isolate and then unfortunately, due to the selfishness of some, people like myself can end up isolating for too long. I’ve seen it happen too often recently. Child gets it, just shout to leave isolation, parent gets it and it’s close to two weeks.

Like others, I’ve got no family to help and only use nursery as a necessity. If isolating, I only get ssp and still need to pay nursery. I really think the OP is selfish for even considering taking her toddler to nursery when she admits that she only has a sore throat herself.