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Everyone in household has covid except one child. Keep them home from school tomorrow?

55 replies

BewareTheBeardedDragon · 06/02/2022 19:21

3 of 4 dc in household + I have covid at the moment. 2 dc tested positive early last week and now getting steadily feinter lines on LFTs.
1dc and I got positive results this weekend.
1dc got PCR negative this weekend and no symptoms (got her and me PCR tested as was going to test symptomatic dc at same time, and I come back positive despite no symptoms and negative LFT same day).

I am assuming that the last dc is likely to get it this week at some point, though perhaps not necessarily, who knows.

In theory I could drop her outside school gates without getting out of the car myself, if she has a negative LFT tomorrow. But I don't know if I should keep her off in expectation of her getting it?
Or even if I should just not go out in the car myself, even if I'm not getting out?

The 2 who got it last week are likely to be fit to return mid this week I reckon, but again, the only way they can get there is if I drive them.
They really want to go back because there's a special activity they both don't want to miss.

There is no other adult in the house. Argh.

OP posts:
Polyputthekettleon · 07/02/2022 01:37

I don't think the government advice is confusing. As far as I can see only mn advise is confusing. If your dd has a negative pcr test /lft result then as per government advise, I would send her in, if she can be dropped off by someone who doesn't have to isolate. The government advice is carry on with lives as usual unless you have a positive lft or pcr which your dd doesn't have at present. All these, "as a this , as a that keep her home advice" is what is confusing you.

FflosFfantastig · 07/02/2022 05:29

I would keep them home.

MiddleParking · 07/02/2022 05:41

@Adarajames

If there is no way for the child to get to school without you taking them, then they can’t go as you are legally obliged to self isolate. That trumps rules on school attendance.
Says who? It wouldn’t trump it in my house.
Whatthefrigisthis · 07/02/2022 05:43

@JellyinaWelly

Please think of others and keep child at home.

This 👆

JuneOsborne · 07/02/2022 06:00

The rules are clear. You send them in.

Whether the rules are morally right, is a different question.

At our school not sending them in in these circumstances would be an unauthorised absence.

I'd phone the school and see what they say.

Westfacing · 07/02/2022 06:05

I would send her in - that's the guidance.

I know a family where mum, dad and six-month old baby were positive; the two primary-aged children didn't get it (LFT every day before school)

threestars · 07/02/2022 06:11

If she develops symptoms during the school day and school asks you to pick her up, how will you do that? Parents at our school have to come inside the building to sign them out, call the school first to clarify. With covid you should be isolating.

BuanoKubiamVej · 07/02/2022 06:22

Ask the school, but if they want the child in you cannot take them to school yourself, you need to be isolating as you are positive and getting in the car to drive your child to school is not an allowable activity when isolating. If your car broke down or you were in an accident or you were stopped by police you would have to interact with other people while infectious.

It's certainly possible that the child won't get infected at all. They may have had it already, possibly undetected, and have enough antibodies to fight off the gerns from their siblings.

For children, the potential harms done by missing school have to be weighed against the potential harms of going in if their covid status is unknown. In general if a child is testing negative then it's better for them to be in school. If you want to be a bit more cautious, consider whether you can send them in but ask them to wear a mask just in case (depending on school policy and whether the child is old enough to tolerate)

gamerchick · 07/02/2022 06:25

I'd ring the school.

EdithStourton · 07/02/2022 07:00

Please don't.
Just what everyone else in the class needs, including the staff: catching Covid just before half-term.

It's going through our school like wildfire, so much so that classes are bubbling again, along with all the educational upheaval that involves (some DC switch between classes for maths and phonics).

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 07/02/2022 07:10

Mine both went in last week. Negative lateral flows. Me and DP were both positive. Kids are still negative.

ImprobablePuffin · 07/02/2022 07:54

@EdithStourton

Please don't. Just what everyone else in the class needs, including the staff: catching Covid just before half-term.

It's going through our school like wildfire, so much so that classes are bubbling again, along with all the educational upheaval that involves (some DC switch between classes for maths and phonics).

How would everyone catch covid from a covid negative child?

I can't believe the number of others saying to think of others etc, your child is covid NEGATIVE for goodness sake. LFT in the morning and if negative they go in.

It's really not the conundrum you think it is

EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall · 07/02/2022 07:58

Send her in , she's had a negative pcr. I had it again over new year and none of the 3 dc caught it

Original poster
BewareTheBeardedDragon · 07/02/2022 07:59

Thanks for all the advice. She has woken this morning with a tummy ache, which was all the other dc first symptom, so she won't be going in.

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IdblowJonSnow · 07/02/2022 08:01

Send them in.
My kids had in with several days apart. I have tested negative throughout and beyond. If I'd 'isolated' just because of them it would have been for over 20 days!
You're following the guidance. They've missed enough school.

IdblowJonSnow · 07/02/2022 08:03

And do take them to school if you need to. All this what if you break down - what are the odds? Ffs. It's not ebola. It's rife anyway.

Isntisironic1 · 07/02/2022 08:07

@IdblowJonSnow

And do take them to school if you need to. All this what if you break down - what are the odds? Ffs. It's not ebola. It's rife anyway.
And this is why it’s rife. Let’s hope you never find yourself in a vulnerable position healthwise
DeathMetalMum · 07/02/2022 08:16

Guidance is to send them in, our school who previously were able to authorise absence for siblings are no longer able to do so. LA said they are not allowed.

Madmog · 07/02/2022 08:22

Sorry to read she's not well this morning. Only positive, t gives you 2/3 days to seeef she gets better/has a positive result.

Neverfittedin85 · 07/02/2022 09:23

@Tillyloveslettuce

I’m a teacher and tired of seeing kids of positive family members coming in and infecting others. It’s just perpetuating the spread. For what it’s worth, me and my son are both currently positive and I’ve kept my daughter at home. I just told her school I couldn’t get her there with me being positive. To be fair, COVID is so rampant in schools currently, that kids aren’t exactly getting a normal in school education anyway. So many staff are off poorly and those left are having to cover. I’ve helped cover nearly every other year group this term as well as my own class.
The guidance is to send them in.

My daughter had 10 days off starting the 23rd Jan from school. Missed her friends, school work be arsed she was positive.

I isolated with her as she's 7. I did t catch it.

No I've got it and you're saying she should be kept at home again because I'm positive.

Our school want the children in, they are not wanting them to miss out. Schools just have to deal with it as every other company/workplace do.

Schools have procedures in place when it's too much. Bubbles, home learning.

Admittedly my child was asymptomatic so had I not tested I wouldn't have known which leads me to believe there is probably a lot of kids at school with it.

Neverfittedin85 · 07/02/2022 09:23

Because not arsed lol

Isntisironic1 · 07/02/2022 11:27

@Neverfittedin85 you’re completely missing the point. She wouldn’t need to isolate if she had already had it and recovered

Adarajames · 07/02/2022 18:58

The Covid law says

Adarajames · 07/02/2022 18:58

^was a reply to @MiddleParking

treeflowercat · 07/02/2022 20:01

@Isntisironic1
And this is why it’s rife. Let’s hope you never find yourself in a vulnerable position healthwise

It's rife because it's incredibly infectious. I can't believe that people still think that we can stop omicron if only we were a bit more careful and followed all the rules. We're way past that.