Sending kid to school with covid

[Jadarawson]

Hi. My kid tested positive for covid yesterday. She is not that poorly with it. Just a little snotty. I've looked into guidance and it is confusing. In one paragraph it says keep them home for 3 days and in the next it says as long as they are well enough they should be in school. I don't agree with sending her so she had the day off today. The school have text saying this is unauthorised. I don't want to send her tomorrow as she will still have covid and I don't want her to spread it. What would you do... Jay

I would and did keep mine off but only because DS was quite poorly with it. High temps etc, so he was off ill.

Do those who think they should stay home also think we should all be testing a lot more for covid?

My child would be in school purely because I’d never get a covid test for some sniffles. There must be A LOT of Covid+ kids every week sat in classrooms who just think they have a mild cold.

Personally, yes. In addition, studies on schools that have put air cleaners in have seen less illness and better attendance.

Viruses predate human evolution so we can only ever mitigate against them unfortunately.

hmsc.harvard.edu/online-exhibits/world-viruses/#:~:text=Scientists%20believe%20they%20are%20at,forms%20that%20parasitize%20other%20cells.

That's not unauthorised. It's illness = authorised absence. Unless you didn't call in sick?

Wow, whoever said that at your school is an arse!

The guidance is, if you know your child has Covid because they tested positive, OR they show symptoms of it and you suspect that's what it is, you may consider keeping them off 3 days. I think the general guidance is 3-5 days and then it's refined for children under 18, 3 days?? Anyway, it's obviously not mandatory but I'm assuming most schools wouldn't want a definitely positive child in the early stages to be in.

If you have an arsey response from school then I'd be saying 's/he felt really unwell' because if your child feels unwell enough not to be in school, regardless of what the virus is, then they're not meant to be there. Covid is a real and present risk at the moment, it's definitely not 'just a cold' - and even if it doesn't affect children as badly, think of all the teachers who are raring to go on their much-needed summer holidays in a few days!

I recently had Covid, and we can't test my younger son as he has LDs and just won't cooperate. We suspected he was getting a bit under the weather (I tried to isolate from him in the house but it's not easy to do with him) and we kept him off school 3 days (helped that the weekend was part of that).