SIL still isolating due to covid risk

Me too. Was very healthy and ran 25 miles a week before this.

It was a mild infection and the third time I’d had Covid. I just didn’t get better. Had chest pains, inflammation, can’t do much exercise (which is tricky since my job is in the fitness industry). Having investigations now for heart issues.

So whilst I agree we all need to live our lives. There’s a bit of a lack of understanding about long covid on here. Women aged 45-55 are the most affected (might be hormonal). Many, many athletes and fit people are affected (tendency to push through and this makes LC more likely?)

What to take from this? I’d like people to take any illness more seriously and don’t spread it about. Don’t go to crowded places if you feel ill.

My advice to all if you get Covid - rest! Do not push through. Current estimates are 10% of all infections end in long Covid. And it will keep circulating all year every year…

Would you consider any manifestation of a mental health issue ‘ ridiculous’? However things may appear to people who are fortunate enough not to be suffering with mental ill-health, judgements like that only serve to make those suffering feel more alone. Their thoughts might also seem ‘ridiculous’ to themselves too, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t struggling.

How sad.

Unfortunately I don’t think that is a correct assumption. I certainly know of people who have developed Long Covid after subsequent infections, rather than the first. I think that seems logical, given that the virus itself keeps mutating?

Huh?

OP likes me. @Calliopespa in the mud!

And she worries the SIL has a lame existence ...

Sorry, that’s awful.

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I just lost someone dear to me because of this. She never went back to ‘living’ after lock down, avoiding all social interactions, rarely went outside and fearful of hospitals and GP surgeries due to the risk of catching covid. She ignored her cancer symptoms and refused repeated pleas from her wife to leave the house to get it checked out.

She was buried in August. Such a waste of the last 4 years of her life and a life cut short.

Some parents will lie, of course. However, it would make no sense to think that attendance would decrease since pre-pandemic. If there are regular waves of a virus - a percentage of people will be too ill to attend work or school. That’s without taking into account those who develop ongoing health issues and any other factors. What has been done to actually help remove the main blocker to attendance - illness? The chickenpox vaccine will help. Telling children (and teachers who also have similar absence spikes and percentage increases) not to be ill isn’t really working. Pressurising them to make others ill is also a bit shit really. Kids learn better when they’re not feeling like shit.

I was a welfare officer for a long time. Some parents would call in saying their children are sick for lots of reasons. Some of the ones we found out about that weren’t true were couldn’t be bothered to get everyone dressed to come to school. Going shopping. Keeping the parent company, Sunny weather and going to the beach or having bbq at home. Those were the ones we knew about. I guessed that not all of the other children whose parents said they were sick, were sick. We had to wait until the attendance dropped to a certain level before we could do home visits.

It's out of order for people to take a stance that they try to impose on others. Insisting everyone behaves the same in the way that person is doing is not reasonable.

We all have our own approaches.

But by the same rationale, it isn't reasonable for others to march someone off to counselling because their approach differs. It all cuts both ways.

And that's why schools are calling and if they get an international dial tone they don't record it as sick. They then do a 'welfare check' to physically see the child.

I was a teacher for 30 years.

They are not marked off sick unless they are sick. ‘C’ is 2nd most commonly used code.

I’d completely ignore her.

Im not in the UK but the chronic absentee rates where I am have increased since covid. However, its not because they are sick, its because lockdowns did a number on them and the level of school refusal is at an all time high. many kids disengaged from education altogether. Scarily, many fell off the radar completely.

No. Parents sometimes say they are sick when they aren’t.

So schools are falsifying legal records?
And before we get into the 'holiday/fine' debate - its led to many sick kids being doorstepped by schools to prove they are off sick and not on holiday.

Just because children are marked as being off school because they are sick doesn’t mean they are always really sick. I know a lot about this, it used to be my job.

So many stupid assumptions just to try and make yourself feel good.
Great example of the attitudes that covid cautious people face from small minded adults.
Keep going. Bully.

Huh? Asking if your kids are allowed to eat and drink is bullying now? Ok 😄

I dont care if adults wear masks. I roll my eyes interally if I see someone though although obviously I'd never say anything. Forcing kids to wear them all day to the point where I have to assume you dont let them eat with their friends given your refusal to answer, is a different thing. If they are teenagers the mask probably comes off as soon as youre out of sight btw. What are you going to do when they start to rebel against your rules? Make them quarantine in their own homes like the OPs SIL?