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Just teacher I won't be sending DS back to school

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TheGoldenNugget · 14/05/2020 15:47

Just got off the phone with DS teacher, we spoke about schools opening in June and she asked me if I'm planning to send him back when they open. I said no. Anyone else not sending their kids back when schools open in a few weeks?

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Bluewarbler27 · 14/05/2020 22:05

Unfortunately mine aren’t in the year groups going back, they’re not happy!

100% they’ll go back as soon as possible.

MorganKitten · 14/05/2020 22:16

The risk to children is vanishingly small.

So the 65 educational staff who died don’t matter?

Nicknacky · 14/05/2020 22:19

Has it been proven they died due to exposure at school or is it possible they were 65 people who passed away and happened to be teaching staff?

TheBenefitsPeople · 14/05/2020 22:21

Has it been proven they died due to exposure at school or is it possible they were 65 people who passed away and happened to be teaching staff?

You could say the same about all the care home staff who have died too. Would you though?

Nicknacky · 14/05/2020 22:23

I would ask the same yes. I know of one NHS worker whose death was published in the media who wasn’t working in the lead up to her unfortunate death. But that didn’t stop the portrayal that she died in the line of duty even though she caught it elsewhere.

Bluewarbler27 · 14/05/2020 22:24

@SuperFurryDoggy

My daughter teaches year 6. She’s happy to be going back. She’s had loads of students in anyway as many of parents are key workers at her school. I know she’ll make it as nice as she can for the kids.

pennylane83 · 14/05/2020 22:26

I think that when we talk about death rates of young children we have to remember where they've been all this time. Young children having been going to work, going shopping etc. They haven't been mixing outside of their families at all. The truth is, we have no idea how many children might be affected once the school gates open and social distancing ends for them

Your right, they haven't been socialising with anyone other than their immediate household therefore there isn't a single child who should have the virus on returning to school. If they have, the only place they have caught it from is there own home (who should be isolating).

Nicknacky · 14/05/2020 22:29

penny Why would the children’s households have been isolating?

And plenty of children have been in supermarkets, schools, childcare facilities.

Mummyshark2019 · 14/05/2020 22:30

Nope. Not sending mine.

Bluewarbler27 · 14/05/2020 22:30

Interesting article in the BMJ.

adc.bmj.com/content/early/2020/05/05/archdischild-2020-319474

Walkaround · 14/05/2020 22:51

Didn’t the UK survey of 11,000 random people in the 2 weeks up to 10 May which has concluded that around 1 in 400 people have coronavirus at the moment also conclude that there were just as many 0-19 year olds with coronavirus as other age groups? That seems to contradict some of what is suggested in the BMJ article.

MorganKitten · 14/05/2020 22:53

Has it been proven they died due to exposure at school or is it possible they were 65 people who passed away and happened to be teaching staff?

So care home staff, NHS staff... we don’t wpquestion that but question schools staff getting it... ok.

Walkaround · 14/05/2020 22:56

Yup - just checked the results: just as high a proportion of 2-19 year olds with coronavirus as any other age group. Clearly they catch it just as easily as everyone else in the population.

Nicknacky · 14/05/2020 22:57

Morgan I answered your question.

Fedhimtotigers · 14/05/2020 23:47

I will not be sending mine. Not because of the virus itself but because I will not subject my kids to that structure or environment.
We are both furloughed. Only one child will be eligible to go back. There is no point.

BirdieDance · 14/05/2020 23:57

Your right, they haven't been socialising with anyone other than their immediate household therefore there isn't a single child who should have the virus on returning to school. If they have, the only place they have caught it from is there own home (who should be isolating).

Well indeed- IF they know they have it. The whole issue with Coronavirus is that people can carry it and not know prior to symptoms showing.

This of course applies on day 1. On day 2, these same children will be mixing with lots of other people....

HaveAtEm · 15/05/2020 07:05

@AuditAngel your asthmatic daughter should, I imagine, follow the same guidance as everyone else in that category...if she is on medication for it and is 'invited' (word used on the COVID guidance) for a flu jab each year, then she should 'work from home'...so probably she needs to stay home 🤷‍♀️

You are her parent...you make the decision based on your own risk assessment. Schools don't have that authority...you do! There are no fines now for not sending your child in.

Flamingodial · 15/05/2020 10:16

Read an article this morning that said in 2 weeks time there should be no new daily Covid-19 cases in London as the infection rate is dropping so quickly.

My son is in school currently as I’m a keyworker. He loves it! @canonlydoblue his mental health would be suffering far more cooped up on his own with me whilst I work. He loves the new teachers, new friends he’s made in the different years - all the activities they do. And yes, they’re also doing proper learning. It’s been a god-send.

He also fell over the other week and hit his head badly - teacher hugged him as per normal.

There’s a lot of hysteria amongst (strangely) uneducated teachers on this subject - in this forum at least. I know many teachers are sensible and positive as they are at my son’s school.

Flamingodial · 15/05/2020 10:19

@Alpacca have you tried talking to other schools which currently have children in where the teachers are not feeling such high anxiety and doomsday panic. The kids in schools are fine, no-one is heartbroken!

ineedaholidaynow · 15/05/2020 10:46

@Flamingodial I am sure the teachers on here who are voicing concerns will not be showing those concerns to the children when they are in school. They will be treating them with care just as they always have.

TheBenefitsPeople · 15/05/2020 10:48

teachers are not feeling such high anxiety

Would you tell care workers they were uneducated and hysterical when they voiced concerns about viral transmission and lack of ppe?

BlackeyedSusan · 15/05/2020 10:55

remember when we would have been horrified at kids being put into isolation at school? Now many of us would be pleased. (sit in your booth and don't move out of it)

Smilethoyourheartisbreaking · 15/05/2020 10:57

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Flamingodial · 15/05/2020 11:28

@TheBenefitsPeople I didn’t use the word hysterical as it’s horribly sexist. But no I wouldn’t because it’s different. Teachers aren’t caring for people with Covid.

TheBenefitsPeople · 15/05/2020 11:31

Teachers aren’t caring for people with Covid

Not every care worker was caring for people with covid! They didn't know if they were transmitting it into the homes or out again and they were rightly worried about lack of ppe. Whats the difference, we know children transmit the virus? Maybe you are the one who needs educating?

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