If you are not much of a tester of children, would you test a child with...

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A tummy ache, when others in the class have covid?

It is not a symptom of course and I am not an enthusiastic tester by any means but I don't want to be judged by others.

No.

How old is the child?

Probably not a toddler/young child but I might an older one.

No but then I'm not testing my toddler when the rest of us are positive as it's horrendous for her.

No my kids often have 'tummy ache' they usually either need a poo or don't want to go to school!

I'm no longer testing at all and I'm not bothered who judges. Haven't tested DS even if his classmates have Covid.

Nah.

Yes, my DS had tummy ache then threw up, tested and he was positive.

Our primary have asked for children to be tested if they have stomach symptoms. There are two off right now who were found to be Covid positive. It is a symptom so yes I would.

Yes all the children at my school recently have had tummy issues and then become positive.

Yes, if they seemed otherwise unwell. This was DDs first symptom (although she had already tested positive as school asked us to test due to her teacher having it). If I'd waited for one of the official symptoms we wouldn't have tested until 3 days later.

My dc all started with stomach aches when they had it.

No, I'm not testing my toddler anymore. She's got general mild cough/cold symptoms, but isn't unwell in herself, the sort of "dose them up with calpol to perk them up a bit and give them an early night" sort of grottyness that most toddlers get Nov-April. So now it's not a requirement to isolate, if she tested positive, I wouldn't isolate her, I'd still carry on sending her in. In which case, I don't really need to know if she has it or not, as it won't change my course of action 🤷🏻‍♀️

Most children I know who had covid started with a sore tummy or headache

No, I’ve never tested my children (toddler and baby).

Yes, this was the only symptom 2/3 of my kids had

No but....when we had covid, the whole family started with a sore stomach that then escalated into a vomit. So it isn't out of the realms...

Yea I would

No

No way

Yes many of the children testing positive have sore stomachs and feeling sick a day or so before testing positive at the moment

I would.

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I'm no longer testing at all and I'm not bothered who judges. Haven't tested DS even if his classmates have Covid.

Same here. No more testing in our house. Have tested 10 yr old DS once through this whole thing and that was only to get him on a school residential. And we're in wales too!

I can't work out who in their right mind would test a primary school
Child. DS has one +ve in class now. Advised to LFT daily. I snorted. Yeah right. Nope.

No.

No.

No