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?

At this stage, I think everyone has their own reasons for needing life to get back to normal and it's not selfish to do that, any more than it's selfish to take up a nursery or school place that someone else might need, or the last packet of X off a shelf. It's not realistic now to continue to expect everyone to martyr themselves for the greater good. A 2 yo will have had a severely curtailed babyhood in terms of socialisation, no baby groups, soft play, swimming sessions, even parks shut at the beginning. Now they're establishing a routine at a nursery. It matters.

op, you needing to work, or you dh needing to work doesn't make you special. The same has been true for millions of others, you have to take the hit and follow the rules. You will need to take sick leave, annual leave or parental leave like everyone else does.

That's not the issue is it. She'll be on sick leave as SHE is positive but ordinarily, unless you are bedridden, you would get your non sick kids to school and nursery, even though they may well get the cold or whatever you currently have. Given where we are now at in terms of the actual risks from Covid, and where the law will be in a few v short weeks, we need to start having a different mindset about it. I think if T&T did actually try to fine anyone now, especially with what's going on in Westminster, it wouldn't get very far.

@LtJudyHopps

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?

The staff will get paid don't worry about that. They're legally entitled

It’s complicated isn’t it, morally? One of DD’s little nursery friends went in last week despite her older sister having tested positive (having done an LFT on the younger one). Lo and behold, younger one has since tested positive, my DD has tested positive, and has brought it home to her two baby siblings who are now very unwell. I want to scream at that mum for sending her kid in when it was inevitable what would happen, but that’s irrational rules for you.

@TheWayTheLightFalls

It’s complicated isn’t it, morally? One of DD’s little nursery friends went in last week despite her older sister having tested positive (having done an LFT on the younger one). Lo and behold, younger one has since tested positive, my DD has tested positive, and has brought it home to her two baby siblings who are now very unwell. I want to scream at that mum for sending her kid in when it was inevitable what would happen, but that’s irrational rules for you.

Aw that's not fair, she wasn't to know. I lived (closely) with my children when they had it and didn't test positive. With my work I have close contact with children and I had 2 days of close contact with a child when they tested positive and I still didn't get it. I think we're at the stage in the pandemic where most people have had it and we're starting to move towards not isolating so it's unfair to want to scream at a mum who has followed the rules.

Ok, so keep the kids home today, and from Tuesday it's 100% your husband's responsibility to do the school/nursery run, if the children go. And if thry don't, he needs to take 59% responsibility for their care.

Its awful IMO that the default is you breaking the law, rather than inconvenience his Important Man Job.

I couldn't make myself to take them so I'm working as best as I can with 2yo around (the 11yo was collected by her dad). I actually think toddler was.patoent zero in our household, but that's a different matter. Work has been gracious, it's lucky that I have non-stop trainings from 4-8 every day this (they're being recorded too!) So my boss told me to watch the videos whenever I could. My normal duties can be covered between naps and the baby binge watching Molly & Mack

Looneytune253 no they’re really not. They’re legally entitled to SSP if they test positive themselves. If the nursery closes because of lack of staff but they don’t catch it they don’t receive anything. This literally just happened to my family member.

Same situation. DS7 can't leave school without an adult and they know I've tested positive so he's off for the week with me hopefully doesn't test positive himself.
DS10 is taking himself and walking home.