Covid and divorce/kids (daycare, son, 3 year old, girlfriend)

[phillygirl123]

My 3 year old son is at his dads house for Christmas and dad just called saying his girlfriend who he lives with just tested positive for covid. She is having mild symptoms but was with him all day yesterday. I’m supposed to get my son back tomorrow. My ex asked me if he should keep him until he gets tested. Now I’m not sure what to do. If he comes here I’m exposed and will also need to quarantine so potentially putting 2 households at risk. If he stays there then I won’t see him for a few days and he may be continuously exposed. The girlfriend is quarantining in basement. Don’t know what to do. What would you guys do or what have you done?

[prospectheightsresident]

I'd leave him there until he gets tested. He's already in an exposed household and very well may have the virus himself, despite being asymptomatic. If he passes the virus onto you, then what you wrote won't exactly make for a good time for you it seems.

[grad_student200]

Originally Posted by phillygirl123

My 3 year old son is at his dads house for Christmas and dad just called saying his girlfriend who he lives with just tested positive for covid. She is having mild symptoms but was with him all day yesterday. I’m supposed to get my son back tomorrow. My ex asked me if he should keep him until he gets tested. Now I’m not sure what to do. If he comes here I’m exposed and will also need to quarantine so potentially putting 2 households at risk. If he stays there then I won’t see him for a few days and he may be continuously exposed. The girlfriend is quarantining in basement. Don’t know what to do. What would you guys do or what have you done?

I studied public health. It would be best to get tested - but just know there is a dormant period where the infection might not show up until a few days later. Check CDC guidelines on that. Children have relatively strong immune systems compared to adults. They may have mild symptoms or no symptoms (in some cases) but still be capable of transmitting the virus. In addition, the omicron variant has been found to have a pattern of infecting younger children more aggressively compared to previous variants. Teachers are at especially high risk. I saw a news segment yesterday that about 8% of children or vaccinated in Alabama. This alarmed the news anchorwoman because she said her mom is a 4th grade teacher in AL. So, it's not to be underestimated. Best wishes.

[Kristinas_Cap]

if it were me and i was vaccinated i would take the kid myself. reality is you can be exposed anywhere. would you leave him at daycare if he was exposed there?

[Roselvr]

Originally Posted by phillygirl123

My 3 year old son is at his dads house for Christmas and dad just called saying his girlfriend who he lives with just tested positive for covid. She is having mild symptoms but was with him all day yesterday. I’m supposed to get my son back tomorrow. My ex asked me if he should keep him until he gets tested. Now I’m not sure what to do. If he comes here I’m exposed and will also need to quarantine so potentially putting 2 households at risk. If he stays there then I won’t see him for a few days and he may be continuously exposed. The girlfriend is quarantining in basement. Don’t know what to do. What would you guys do or what have you done?

So what did you do?

My daughter was exposed to a friend all weekend. CVS notified them right before they left my daughters house. My daughter and grandson both quarantined for 2 weeks for nothing, their test was negative when we finally found open appointments a few days before the quarantine stop date. They're both unvaccinated. The positive person had one vaccine, only symptom was lack of taste and smell. My daughter, grandson and I have bad immune systems, no clue how my daughter never got COVID. I thought maybe a false positive but the friend took 2 tests, one through CVS, one OTC. Both positive.

Originally Posted by Kristinas_Cap

if it were me and i was vaccinated i would take the kid myself. reality is you can be exposed anywhere. would you leave him at daycare if he was exposed there?

Agree, they all could get exposed anywhere. Have to say that quarantine rules are way different for people with the vaccine then people without one. No one cares if a vaccinated is positive a lot of places.

I have a feeling that none of them have vaccines My daughter being exposed was why I got J&J 2 months ago. I didn't want a vaccine due to my allergies. Thankfully my allergy to the J&J was small for that one. I won't get a 2nd one of any of them.