Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

Positive parents driving negative kids to my wife's school here near Carlisle....

Kids are required to be at school if not isolating - are wife or I allowed to drive them to school if we stay in the car and don’t go near anyone?

No. I know other people who have kept their kids at home because they couldn't take them to school.

• to fulfil a legal obligation;

The full line in the legislation is

to fulfil a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or participating in legal proceedings,

I don't think that is the same as take a kid to school.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1045/made

I think ‘our family has covid’ is a pretty good reason to keep kids out of school.

I’m sure other mums and dads will be thrilled to have a positive dad give their kid a kiss before dropping them off!

I agree, just hoping the school sees it the same way. I suppose the best thing to do is phone the school on Monday morning and see what they say about it.

I’m sure other mums and dads will be thrilled to have a positive dad give their kid a kiss before dropping them off!

Zero difference from the situation where a negative parent brings them there from a home where someone else is positive, though. The schools are full of kids attending from households where there are members of the family isolating.

Negative children are expected to attend school even if the rest of the family are positive.

I think members of the family are fine, as per the guidelines of no needing to isolate if you’re jabbed and someone living with you is positive.
Frankly, recovering from covid is easier if you don’t have to look after kids at home.

If both parents are positive though, bit tricky to send your kids to school.

Send them on the bus

They’re 5 and 8.

Ah at that age it's all potato paintings and playing in sand anyway. Keep them off

Think the background of the school contacting rodan in the past has made them think.

@rodan I think the sensible thing would be keep them away from close contact with others to stop them possibly spreading covid. Does that sound sensible to others? Parents would you want your offspring around these other children?

Think the background of the school contacting rodan in the past has made them think.

You’re right. If it wasn’t for that episode, I wouldn’t think twice about keeping them off. But the school expects them to be there if the rules say they can.

I think the sensible thing would be keep them away from close contact with others to stop them possibly spreading covid.

As I said, the schools at the moment are full of kids from homes where people currently have covid, because unvaccinated under-18s are not required to isolate when a close contact is positive. In fact my daughter was at school (after she tested negative) last week while her mum and brother were positive, because I was able to take her. Those are the rules (whether they’re sensible isn’t for me to say).

It is what I think, then I would rather we limit the spread of covid to children with possible long covid complications.

Hope you are all better soon and complication free.

Taking your kids to school is not one of the approved reasons to leave your home after a positive test. It sounds like the school would be telling you to break the law if they insist you take them in.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-and-treatment/when-to-self-isolate-and-what-to-do/

A good friend of mine just LFD tested positive (has symptoms), only four weeks since she last had symptoms and tested positive in PCR. Third dose of Covid in 6 months. Bleak.

I tested positive on Thursday (lateral flow and PCR) and still have symptoms. I took another lateral flow this afternoon and it was negative. Am I missing something or is that just an inaccurate result? I imagine I'm still fairly contagious and have no intention of stopping isolating until my symptoms have cleared up.

I tested positive on Thursday (lateral flow and PCR) and still have symptoms. I took another lateral flow this afternoon

The guidance says not to do any testing until day 5 (where day 0 is the day you tested positive). So I'd disregard anything until ... day 5 = Tuesday.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-and-treatment/how-long-to-self-isolate/

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When to stop self-isolating

You can do a rapid lateral flow test from day 5 of your self-isolation period (but not before) and another test the next day. You can stop self-isolating if:

• both tests are negative
  
• you do not have a high temperature
  "
  

Episodic data released tomorrow.

Is this about long covid?

No spoilers for season 3 pls.

UKHSA have been working on it for ages.
Tests are available as a single line listing, if you've had multiple infections you'll appear twice or more.
Now you'll appear once with a Boolean field in the line listing.

They reclassified all the data back to the beginning and have overhauled the datasets.

I can hear you all from here suggesting the work is.flawed and "what about".
If you want to read more then the people I've linked to on twitter are better than me.

Day 2 return to the UK test? Any recommendations? Would prefer delivered to me rather than collection.

(I'm returning before 11th Feb before anyone mentions they're going away then.)

I see some as low as £5 (although probably lots more in P&P) but the sites look vaguely dodgy.

I've been using Medicspot. I think Fox had some issues with their tests, but I've had no problems with them.

Just got pinged by the app for proximity to someone who has tested positive on Sunday. Weirdly was at MiL birthday party (pub lunch) with my wife who hasn’t been pinged.

So I can throw an office party now?

I'll come and take the photos.