To not allow my child on school trip due to coronavirus

[SunnyMiami]

Hi all

My 6 yr old child is due to go on a school trip next week to Manchester City Centre. Part of their trip will be going on a sight seeing bus and visiting the library.

As Manchester has the second largest Chinese community in the U.K and with the Chinese New Year having just passed, it is to be expected the city has had a lot of families/tourists from China visiting the city, used the buses etc.

AIBU to be concerned about letting my child on this trip and to think the school is taking an unnecessary risk considering what’s currently happening?

Would you let your child go on this trip?

Tia.

It's a perfectly rational worry.

We may well be at the start of a pandemic with a fatality rate of 1:50 and. Respiratory failure rate of 1:25.

If your DC are immunocompromised or have any condition such as asthma I'd play it safe and keep them off school for 2 weeks. It will be a lot clearer by then.

Respiratory failure of 1:4

My daughter goes to York university and is currently in Manchester. I’m pretty released about it. She is young and fit and the virus, although nasty, is only fatal in a tiny percentage of cases.

Crikey. Some people shouldn't have children. Maybe you should just lock her in her bedroom wrapped on cotton wool for the rest of her life...

Do you seriously think people travel from mainland China specially to see Chinese New Year in Manchester? Come on. Most of the Chinese people in Manchester are there because .. well, because they live there. Meaning that they are hardly more likely to be harbouring coronavirus than you or me.

@Cath2907 🤣🤣🤣

@francescaflynn94 you're a shit reporter if you're using MN threads like these as fodder. HTH.

This is so fucking racist it hurts to read.

You'd be doing a lot damaged by teaching your child that it's ok to be anxious over something that is very low risk than taking that risk.

She is more likely to have accidents than catch the virus. This is how clinical anxiety starts at a young age.

YAB (extremely) U.

YABVU!

Guys the OP has done a very unmumsnetty thing of accepting she is being unreasonable! No need to pile on.

This is surely a fake message, I read it thinking no one would actually be this daft ... but you are actually asking this question.

I think you should always stay in your house and never leave ever!

Unless your child in immuno compromised in some way, then k would let them go. It's an opportunity to explain to them about hand hygiene though.

Good lord, I"m getting sick of the unthinking racism of this kind of post.

Flu generally kills hundreds of people each winter. Most of those who die are elderly, immune-compromised, or have lung diseases or similar , which makes their bodies both more susceptible to infection, and less able to fight it off, than the general population.

An otherwise healthy robust 6 year old is unlikely to contract anything mortal.

And viruses don't recognise skin colour or face shape or whatever other way you set people of Chinese ethnicity apart from the rest of British citizens.

Looking back at this thread and reading some of the nasty responses I got, I’ve got to laugh. If only everyone had been as “hysterical” as me. Then maybe we wouldn’t be in the situation we are in now.

@SunnyMiami ..... not sure being smug at such a time is doing you any favours here. There will be a lot of reflection of things said/done back then but people were not kept fully informed and even some experts did not predict this.

Exactly SunniMiami and the sad thing is many of the first reactions are to find ways around the rules such as insisting their special dog needs 3 walks a day and it's essential for them.

@SunnyMiami I think you’ve got every right to feel smug! The people that told me I was making a fuss about nothing are all very scared right now

Yes I think you can feel smug and people don't like it because they made you feel shit and that's not ok. I had the same , being told I was a drama llama making a fuss about travelling to London 12 days ago - told I had to go as there was no risk and nothing bad would happen here - now look where we are!

I’m not smug at all. It’s not a funny situation, and I’d rather we weren’t in this situation.

Just made me laugh reading the replies tonight, saying I’m being hysterical, making pathetic jokes about how maybe I should lock my kids in the house. One even said I shouldn’t have kids. Wtf?

Where are all your kids now? Still wandering the streets without a care? Surely they’re not locked up!

I've just skim read the thread.

What a difference a month and 22 day makes!

You were right to be worried. I presume (hope) the trip was cancelled, even back in Feb you wouldn't have been the only parent to pull out of the trip.

@madroid Agree madroid. Some people still thinking there’s more important things than trying to save lives and minimising the spread of this as much as possible.

@relax2 Really? As recently as 12 days ago you were accused of being a drama queen about being unsure about travelling to London? Wish people had shared the same concern that you and others like us did.

@chubbycow It is a scary time. And still there will be idiots saying it’s all a fuss over nothing.