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To despise school policy of going in when sick

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Thankyouschool · 18/09/2024 12:59

So once again we’re just over 2 weeks in to the new school term and DS has brought a mutant cold virus home.

Its wiped out the entire house. His two brothers are ill so is DH and so am I. DH has started a new job so is struggling on but luckily WFH. I’ve come into work & locked myself away trying not to infect my colleagues. I am so ill with streaming noise and eyes I’ve had to lie down in the work toilet. My head is banging & I can’t stop coughing.

All because the DS secondary school he attends tells everyone they must go in even if they feel unwell. The recent government campaign promoting everyone going in even with heavy colds doesn’t help “you might feel better when you get there” the poster shrieks with a young school girl with a streaming cold on the ad.

I thought after Covid we’d get better at telling people to stay home with infectious diseases but apparently not.

I am so so angry.

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DadJoke · 18/09/2024 13:14

"All because the DS secondary school he attends tells everyone they must go in even if they feel unwell."

This seems implausible. Can you tell the actual policy?

TitusMoan · 18/09/2024 13:08

Ficklebricks · 18/09/2024 13:06

Whoops, pressed post before I'd finished.

In your situation it sounds like you don't have much choice, why are they forcing this on parents?!

We need to give people the option to WFH or stay of school, we have learned absolutely nothing from the pandemic!

It wasn’t a pandemic of colds though, was it?

DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace · 18/09/2024 13:08

She will reap what she sows when we all go off sick simultaneously and the department grinds to a halt. Stupid woman.

Same with schools - the schools that reduce the exclusion period for d&v to 24 hours aren't actually going to reduce their absences, are they. It will go up when children come in while still very infectious.
And obviously they don't even pretend to give a shit about vulnerable children. Obviously you can't avoid all illnesses, but going below the NHS recommended guidelines is just stupid and thoughtless.

Itsmahoneybaloney · 18/09/2024 13:07

I've said it once I'll say it a million times

You all need PROBIOTICS!! get the whole family on them- buy them today on the way home with a good multivitamin and all of you take them religiously everyday. You'll soon notice the lack of illnesses in your house. The boots probiotics are bloody brilliant and cheap too. Look for the probiotics with the highest millions of bacteria.

TitusMoan · 18/09/2024 13:06

Colds are a fact of life. You can’t avoid them. A number of people are going to catch yours from you at work.

Ficklebricks · 18/09/2024 13:06

Whoops, pressed post before I'd finished.

In your situation it sounds like you don't have much choice, why are they forcing this on parents?!

We need to give people the option to WFH or stay of school, we have learned absolutely nothing from the pandemic!

MissUltraViolet · 18/09/2024 13:06

I wouldn't send my DD to school when she is sick no matter what their policy is. I'd pop a note on their app to let them know she has a fever and let her stay in bed.

DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace · 18/09/2024 13:05

I’ve come into work & locked myself away trying not to infect my colleagues. I am so ill with streaming noise and eyes I’ve had to lie down in the work toilet. My head is banging & I can’t stop coughing.

You should have stayed at home.

But you're not wrong that schools are annoying for this insistence on attendance despite illness. Parents should have more common sense though. My DC will stay home if I feel they're too ill to go, regardless of school policy. And if that means keeping them home with "just" a cold, then that's what I'll do. My DD is only in year 1 with 100% attendance, but that's pure luck. I'd keep her home if she was too ill.

Candaceowens · 18/09/2024 13:04

Double standards galore

ASpritzOfMyFavouritePerfume · 18/09/2024 13:04

OMG the irony of posting about this when you've gone into work?!

Ficklebricks · 18/09/2024 13:03

My boss entered our office the other day and proudly announced she had COVID. We all slid back on our chairs to give her a wide berth, fully expecting her to go and retrieve the laptop and take it home to quarantine.

Nope. She stayed the whole day, refused to close the door to her office and repeatedly came over to our desks to cough and splutter all over us for conversations that could have been had from a distance.

She will reap what she sows when we all go off sick simultaneously and the department grinds to a halt. Stupid woman.

Sickalready · 18/09/2024 13:02

Illness has to be authorised and there’s nothing they can do. It’s only guidance to go in with a cold so either ignore it or just say they also have a fever over 38

TheBeardedClown · 18/09/2024 13:02

Yet you've gone into work despite being ill 🤷‍♀️

FionnulaTheCooler · 18/09/2024 13:01

Maybe you should have stayed home from work if you're that bad.

Applesandpears23 · 18/09/2024 13:01

Why are you in work?