Chances of child catching covid from friend at school?

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Found out that DS best friend at school has tested positive. They sit next to each other in class, sit next to each other at lunch, play together. What’s the chances my DS will catch it from his friend? Chances seem high but I also know some families where they live together & don’t all catch covid from each other. They are primary age children so probably sneeze cough breathe on each other on a regular basis lol. Anyone’s child did or didn’t catch from a school friend? Are kids really super spreaders?

It just seems totally unpredictable OP, like so much to do with Covid!

DS12 had Covid in October. Virtually his entire circle of school friends had it around the same time. But none of the rest of us at home caught it from him – we didn't isolate him but he spent a lot of time in his room as he wasn't feeling well and when feeling better was very content with playing on the laptop and room service!

DD9 hasn't had it yet despite a few waves of infections at her school, including a best friend and several classmates.

I would LFT your DS before school each day so you know straight away if he does get it. It's probably inevitable that he will eventually, as will we all, but no knowing when!

Big difference between October and now though.
Omicrom is much more infectious.

I would say that it is likely, but if you don't get symptoms, you might never know.

The child dd2 sat next to, plus her teacher and several class mates caught it at some point last year, but dd did not.

She’s just gone back to school after being off with it, not entirely clear where she picked it up, possibly after school club, but her best friend who she sits next to has not caught it, but other class mates and the teacher (different one) have🤷‍♀️

It's so hard to say really. Even in our household last October all living together, there's been one dc that didn't catch it from us. Eldest daughters best friend caught it few weeks back, they sit with each other in college but she didn't contract it. Where as I'm here atm triple jabbed and exactly 90 days since I last had Covid, on my second bout of Covid. Only left the house once in the last 10 days as I'm disabled.

My DD 4, is in class of 18.
14 of them have had covid the last 2.5 weeks.
Dd caught it 8days after most friends, our household have had it the last 9 days.

Yeh seems totally unpredictable so probably pointless speculating. I’ll test DS everyday just incase he turns out to be asymptomatic which I actually think his friend was as well.

My dd sat next to a boy who had it. Tested her every day following and nothing. She’s had lots of contact with children who’ve had it. I’m thinking she must have had it in the past before testing and been asymptotic

DS and one of his best friends (in his 'pod' at school -- which is how schools here are trying to limit contact in the classroom, as well as mask wearing indoors) both got the same symptoms a day apart, and 48 hours after two others in their gang but who are in a different pod, so their only close contact is outdoors at playtime.

However, DS never tested positive on antigen tests at all, and while both he and the friend in his pod felt fine after about 48 hours, the friend then tested positive (after his symptoms had gone), though DS stayed negative, as did DH and I -- friend's family similarly . The other two friends (twins) tested positive immediately, and so did everyone else in their family. Another friend who plays with them all in playtime was unaffected. This was last week.

Which is a long way round of saying it's incredibly unpredictable.

In my kids class pretty much every single kid and teacher got it in the last 3 weeks. If it’s omicron it’s so transmissible. Only those who already had it escaped.

Ds2 is one of a group of 4. First one in the group caught covid in Sept - none of the others caught it. Then in Dec another caught it and remaining two were positive within a few days.

DS didn't catch it from the child he sits next to.

No idea. My DC have had covid cases in class before and neither have caught it.

This week half of DS1 class are off with it, including DS1. About three of DS2 class have it. He's negative so far. I have a very important appointment next week, so you know when the rest of the house will catch.

It depends and can go either. Dd has had covid twice in the last couple months. First time she hadn't been in school for days as both me and dp had it so not really relevant.

Second time, most of her class had it and she caught it again. her best friend in the class who she does everything with, did not catch it from the class or Dd. 20 out of 25 of them had it. Only a few escaped, the teacher and 20 kids have it. A few kids and the two teaching assistants escaped.

It's a bizarre virus!

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In my kids class pretty much every single kid and teacher got it in the last 3 weeks. If it’s omicron it’s so transmissible. Only those who already had it escaped.

DD had it in December tested positive again yesterday. Twice in 6 weeks 😬

Totally random and impossible to predict

My son caught it from his best friend at school there was 4 off with it then my dh and myself caught it off him however our dd didn't catch it. She had it in December though and none of us caught it off her. It's totally random

Seems to massively unpredictable.

It's just spread round the children at my school loads.

I caught it (second time) most likely from school. However Dh didn't catch it from me. We didn't isolate at home and he still slept in same bed. He didn't catch it when I caught it in Oct 2020 either.