COVID

Golly Jimbo.  That's WHACK!  How long ago was her vaccine?  Any chance it's a false positive beause her body is "fighting covid"?

Doctor Google says no, the bits of virus in the vaccine are not the same bits that cause a positive result.  The person I talked to over the phone from track and trace confirmed this. 
I can't see myself complaining about her work, after all I really don't know anything.  If these people tried to tell me how to do my computer programming job I am sure they wouldn't have the slightest clue what they were talking about and would be completely wrong.  No doubt the result would be the same if I start telling them how to do their job.   On the other hand, a positive result is a positive result and a old person is a old person and no amount of talking is going to get around that....

Wow jimbocx, what a development. As long as she reported to test and trace that she had been told by her employer to go into work then she has done all the reporting she needs to do.

The scientists are still researching whether or not a fully vaccinated person can still be a carrier. A research team is collecting all the weekly (twice weekly) tests that hospital staff do that have been vaccinated.  Not until end of February will they have the data to say definitively one way or another. Meanwhile the assumption has to be that they can still carry the Covid virus.

Wow jimbocx, what a development. As long as she reported to test and trace that she had been told by her employer to go into work then she has done all the reporting she needs to do.

She got her test results and talked to the employer at 8am.  She didn't talk to track and trace until it was all over and she was back home, so I'm not sure what she told them.  I guess it's all a bit fuzzy since she's actually using PPE and doing healthcare and I assume taking precautions anyway. 

She got her test results and talked to the employer at 8am.  She didn't talk to track and trace until it was all over and she was back home, so I'm not sure what she told them.  I guess it's all a bit fuzzy since she's actually using PPE and doing healthcare and I assume taking precautions anyway.

I assume that when Test and Trace called her she will have told them that she had been to work, then it is up to Test and Trace to follow up with the employer.  When my sister got Covid lust before Christmas she told her employer once her positive test came in but when T&T called to ask for her contacts she told them that she had been to work in the days before the positive test came in.

When my sister went back to work in January she discovered that all 6 of her co-workers in her office had been sick with Covid over Christmas. Since then one of her co-worker’s mother has died of Covid.

This morning my daughter woke me up at 8 am to tell me that the test had come back positive, and her work wanted her to go and take care of old people anyway!

That is completely unacceptable.  I am beyond shocked and angry that her employer would allow this.  Is there a way she can report this in confidence?

That is completely unacceptable.  I am beyond shocked and angry that her employer would allow this.  Is there a way she can report this in confidence?

That is why I suggested she leave it to Test & Trace because she is legally required to report contacts  there and should not be in fear of her job.

That is completely unacceptable.  I am beyond shocked and angry that her employer would allow this.  Is there a way she can report this in confidence?

  To be fair, I may be missing some important stuff that I don't know about.  For example, the whole reason she had to take the test in the first place was because one of her clients went to the hospital with Covid and later passed away.  I assumed that she would stop working at that point but she explained that because she wears PPE she was allowed to work until the test came back.  They gave her several mail in  tests in advance with instructions to take one once a week but she wanted to go to the drive in center so she'd get her results quicker.
Anyway, the one thing she's always done is be honest with work and tell them everything and I can assume she was honest with track and trace because she turned in me right away.  So maybe they'll follow up.  I talked to the track and trace person myself and she seemed very professional.   
The resolution to the story is that my daughter has achieved her dream of staying in her room playing computer games all day while we bring her meals and collect the dishes.  She thinks it is Christmas for now. 

That is completely unacceptable.  I am beyond shocked and angry that her employer would allow this.  Is there a way she can report this in confidence?

I've been pretty shocked by the whole job actually.  They give her completely crap hours like working form 8 -10 am and them 6-8 pm on a Sunday and she's barely paid for travel from one client to another so at the end of the day she's lucky to make minimum wage.  And she's 17 years old and had two days of training to be working with totally vulnerable people whacked out of their heads with Alzheimers and loneliness.  She told me her clients often cry when she leaves. 
I'm proud of her for caring but also shocked at what they call care in this country. 

I've been pretty shocked by the whole job actually.  They give her completely crap hours like working form 8 -10 am and them 6-8 pm on a Sunday and she's barely paid for travel from one client to another so at the end of the day she's lucky to make minimum wage.  And she's 17 years old and had two days of training to be working with totally vulnerable people whacked out of their heads with Alzheimers and loneliness.  She told me her clients often cry when she leaves. 
I'm proud of her for caring but also shocked at what they call care in this country.

I feel like your daughter should share her experience of working as a carer with the Healthwatch in your area. It can be anonymous, and depending on the other reports they get could lead to faster action. She should be compensated for time traveling between clients while working and for mileage if driving.

There are good and bad companies, sounds like she is working for one of the bad ones that are likely taking the money from social care and not spending it appropriately.

I've been pretty shocked by the whole job actually.  They give her completely crap hours like working form 8 -10 am and them 6-8 pm on a Sunday and she's barely paid for travel from one client to another so at the end of the day she's lucky to make minimum wage.  And she's 17 years old and had two days of training to be working with totally vulnerable people whacked out of their heads with Alzheimers and loneliness.  She told me her clients often cry when she leaves. 
I'm proud of her for caring but also shocked at what they call care in this country. 

Jimbo we are ALL nothing but proud of your daughter. She’s amazing and the work she does is amazing. You and your wife must be very proud!

I can almost reason with the employer having her work even though they knew she had been exposed.  I can’t reason them having her work knowing she was positive. I suspect it’s a case of the supervisor working in a Sunday is likey not senior leadership and just didn’t know the process. Hopefully the PPE did it’s job (let’s be honest it needed to be doing it’s job this whole time) and no one else’s health will have been compromised.

And I’m glad your daughter is being treated like a Queen (sorry that you are the servant). The work she does is incredible and it’s nice to know she’s being taken care of.  I hope the rest of you stay healthy.

Thanks guys!  Another thing that sucks is that she clearly loves to take care of people but I can't encourage her to follow that as a career as the pay is so atrocious.  I've tried to get her to take an interest in areas of healthcare she would be good at that at least pay a living wage but she's not listening. 

Thanks guys!  Another thing that sucks is that she clearly loves to take care of people but I can't encourage her to follow that as a career as the pay is so atrocious.  I've tried to get her to take an interest in areas of healthcare she would be good at that at least pay a living wage but she's not listening.

I'm really sorry you were all put in this position.

Hopefully the longer she's in the field, the more likely she is to come in contact with the other medical/nursing/paramedical professions and become interested enough in one which will pay the rent!

I think you can be proud of your daughter, and it sounds like she should have some good options going forward career-wise.

Jimbo we are ALL nothing but proud of your daughter. She’s amazing and the work she does is amazing. You and your wife must be very proud!

Oh, definitely!  It sounds like this is more of vocation, and a very noble one at that.

I can almost reason with the employer having her work even though they knew she had been exposed.  I can’t reason them having her work knowing she was positive.

Yeah, the guidance is a bit different for healthcare, social care, and allied professions.  If everyone had to quarantine who had potential contact/exposure with a person with Covid, most of the staff at medical and caring locations would need to do so most of the time.  It's why the Track and Trace app can be paused when at work.  Because you'll most likely be wearing medical-grade PPE during your work activities, your actual "real world" exposure risk would be low.  So I completely understand continuing to work if you've been exposed to someone with Covid (especially if you're working with proper PPE at the time) - but continuing to work after a positive test is, IMO, unbelievable.  Especially with a vulnerable population.  My employer would have an absolute meltdown if one of the staff members came to work after a positive test.  Heck, even with a negative test, if you have symptoms consistent with Covid, you are still not permitted to attend work until you've been symptom-free for a minimum of 72 hours.       

The work she does is incredible and it’s nice to know she’s being taken care of.  I hope the rest of you stay healthy.

For sure!  Best wishes to you and her and your family!