Can you catch Covid from grandchild

I would be inclined to wear a mask whilst looking after children and making sure we all washed our hands regulary.

Yes. You can catch CoVid from anyone else at all who has it, whatever age they are and whether or not they have symptoms.

Yes, I’m sure you can. Children still attending school or nursery who are asymptomatic can surely pass it on.

A dd is sure this is what happened to friends of hers - parents both quite ill - one bad enough to need hospital for a few days - both young children (at school and pre school) testing positive but stayed completely well.

If you read fifty articles, you’ll more than likely have fifty different opinions.
Every expert in their field, so convincing, till the next one comes along

Yes, talking about how information changes...on the news last night, they’re now saying that, although not definite, there’s evidence to suggest that, once a person is vaccinated, it is more likely they won’t infect someone else, than they will. That’s not to say it can’t happen at all....but is less likely than they first thought.

Yes, I remember that.
I remember the 'snail trails' on the patio doors too.

Dear little superspreaders.

Does anybody remember a TV programme a few years ago about how easily viruses spread in nurseries?
A “substance” not a real virus (!) was applied to two or three points in an otherwise perfectly clean nursery premises , which showed up under something like UV light.
At the end of the following day and after filming the little loves wiping their snuffly noses with their hands, possibly coughing or sneezing onto the Duplo, sharing painting equipment -all the normal things - the camera team used UV light to show up how and where the “virus” had spread - and it was everywhere , including the children’s clothes and their hands.
Don’t get me wrong, under normal circumstances this is how children build up their immune systems and resistance to bugs like the common cold.
But food for thought!

Conflicting information - I agree, and has been going on since the virus took hold. To be fair it’s a fast moving situation, and things change as more is learned, and how transmissibility changes as the virus mutates.

What surprises me that some information which isn’t new, such as having an oximeter to check oxygen levels if you become ill, has only just been officially advised.

I think we as Grans all know only too well how quickly our GC especially the little huggy ones “spread the lurve” along with the snuffles they have brought back from nursery!
(Not that any of us minded back in the day )

I am surprised that this far into the pandemic anyone has to ask such a question.
Children are germ and virus spreaders par excellence and being in a bubble offers no protection whatsoever, quite the opposite. Any mixing with others is dangerous.

My grandson (11) had to self isolate. because a parent took her child for a test in the morning AND SENT HER TO SCHOOL IN THE AFTERNOON!
Of course, it was positive.

We had a similar thing with our granddaughter at school. We went for a walk with our son, and two of his children before Christmas, as we were allowed at the time. The following week, a child in her class tested positive. Originally...it wasn’t a friend, but then someone in her friendship group tested positive. They were all sent home when the first child tested, but after it was one of my granddaughter’s friends, her parents had her tested twice. Negative both times, but she had symptoms in between, loss of senses, feeling sick.
Try not to worry Whiff. Maybe a test for your grandson would be prudent, but sadly....yes, in answer to your question, you could catch it.
I’ll pray you haven’t ?

teachers....

I think it’s secondary school age children that are spreading it more. I also read that it has been found that treachery are catching covid at a higher rate than other people, including eg shop workers. Who’d’ve thought it ?

Sara you make an excellent point regarding conflicting information and lack of clarity, and BlueBelle
further proves that point!

sara I thought it was the opposite I thought school children were deemed to be the super spreaders

I don’t think the question was unreasonable, it has been said many times that the chances of catching COVID from a child was much lower.
One of my granddaughters nursery had to close because of eleven positive cases, luckily she didn’t get it, but because she lives with us, I did look at a lot of the information available. As with everything that’s come out of Covid, you can’t necessarily believe a word you read, but several sources said the transmission between small children and adults was much less than adult to adult.
I’m sure I’m going to be corrected, but in a world where information changes every five minutes, I don’t think whiff is asking an unreasonable question.

Of course you can.
Like Welbeck I still can't understand why you asked this particular question. Did you think that someone would say no, you can't?
I do hope that you are okay, and that you haven't caught it.

The nursery is closed . Everyone contacted and in isolation. My cousin's youngest daughter and grandson live with him. She works in a nursery and was diagnosed with Covid on Christmas day. She is 30, my cousin 57 and grandson 6. They didn't get it. But he said it was 10 days from hell. Luckily she made a full recovery and didn't have to go to hospital.

I think it’s possible to catch Covid from anyone, and it’s also possible to be in contact with someone who has it and not catch it. That’s why it’s so hard to track, it makes some people ill, others don’t know they have it.

My grandson was sent home before lockdown because he'd been sitting next to a boy who'd tested positive. He didn't catch it and neither did the rest of his family.

well i couldn't see why you were asking, it just seemed so obvious.
if you had asked if anyone knew someone who had caught it from GC, then that would make more sense.
maybe i am overly literal, but i wasn't being sarcastic.

Whiff I know that you have been in a bubble with your daughter's family all along, quite legitimately, and that you have been careful. I'm sorry you have this worry but fingers crossed your grandson didn't catch it at the nursery. It is well documented that the risks are less with the younger kids.

Your grandson may not catch it, Whiff ? but then again he could and be symptomless and pass it on.
Are all the nursery children in quarantine now?

I'm with you on that one Whiff.

I know it's hard (I have a dry cough at the moment and am waiting to see if it is just a cough or...) but it's a waiting game for you for a week or so now.