The latest reports about Teachers passing Covid on and the Scottish response has got me worried.

[Witchcraftandhokum]

Firstly let me say, I absolutely agree that children need to be back in school.

Up until yesterday I was worried about the return to school but it was more to do with the logistics of managing the bubbles and the effects on the students. But yesterday with the publication of PHE report stating that teachers pass Covid on and the news that a school in Scotland where staff and students had to self isolate has been linked to 27 other cases in the city I am really worried.

I think the government are setting school staff up to be blamed for a second wave. Anti-teacher sentiment is high at the moment and this will not help.

The effect of me exposing myself to a higher risk of catching it is problematic. My husband has just returned returned properly to work, him having to self isolate for two weeks would be a major problem. Since lockdown I have only seen my parents for a limited number of times as they are in their 70's, as well as my 100 year old grandmother. I feel that on my return to school I will now not be able to see them at all for fear of exposing them. I worry that in particular with my grandmother that she dies and I won't have seen her for months.

I really don't know what the answer is.

@HipTightOnions

You're talking about blame, based on what are simply factual reports of what happens

the limited evidence I've read reinforces adult to child transmission

There’s no evidence of who infected whom and the “facts” are very limited - the only fact seems to be that more teachers tested positive than children, but only people with symptoms are tested and children are more often asymptomatic...

However the story that’s being spun is:

more teachers tested positive => teachers must be infecting each other => teachers must behave more responsibly (in and out of school) and if there are outbreaks in schools then it must be the teachers’ fault.

Teachers are being set up.

www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/all-topics-z/coronavirus/threats-and-outbreaks/covid-19/facts/q-covid-19/q-covid-19-children-aged-0

No evidence has been found that children are main drivers of virus transmission, especially amongst those who are asymptomatic.

Moreover where a child has been found to be positive, no adult contacts in a school setting has been detected as testing positive in follow up.

Based on this, adult to adult/adult to child transmission remains the higher risk.

You are worried because you are responsible and you are right, you will be at risk and will be putting people (children/your family) at risk, BUT everyone choose the risks they want to take, and that’s your right too.

Parents who keep children at home may need to work less hours or stay off work. That’s their choice.

Parents who send children to school because they need to prioritise their jobs to keep a roof over their children’s heads are also making a choice.

Unfortunately, the choice between working from home or go back to work premises is not in offer for some of us, and at this time it is your choice to continue on this job or leave it because of the associated risks, having said that, you will also have to deal with the consequences of that decision as all of us do.

I'm in Scotland and do have the impression, from news reports, that teachers are likely to be the ones blamed. I think the current outbreaks here just underline that most kids don't really show the symptoms of Covid19, even if they have it. If the same happens in other schools across the country, the Scottish Executive will certainly be looking for scapegoats, if they aren't doing so already.

IMO most employers want employees to “minimise the risk” of their catching it outside the workplace then passing it around.
It’s not just teachers who are expected to “take care” not to bring cv into their workplace.

It’s not only teachers who could pass it around to scores of others, or be exposed to it by lots of contacts.

If local Tesco had an outbreak am sure there’d be “supermarket staff infect 200bazillion shoppers” type headlines.

I’m not teacher bashing, nor supermarket-worker bashing.

@RoseDog

I don't think that the virus spreading through the Dundee school is a typical, realistic example!

I would wait until it hits "normal" primary and high schools before being too worried, as far as I know one other child in another primary school has tested positive the rest of their class is self isolating but thus far has been no more cases of pupils or staff infected!

During the lockdown period we had 3 different schools near me with a case and had to shut bubbles.

Before lockdown when all in there was another 4.

It will happen because of the type of virus it is.

But we need to find a way to limit it as much as poss.

StareyCat the BBC are reporting it as 27

Here.