To think you don’t have a kids Covid isolation party?

[ComeONreally]

NC as very outing, our school has an outbreak, kids and teachers, they aren’t closed they are pulling classes and random kids out (not mine).

Just had an email letter out and it’s basically a firm but polite bollocking from the head around poor decision making making it impossible for him to control the school.

Examples given:

• children with symptoms/isolating having sleepovers

• children with symptoms/isolating still hosting their birthday party

• children sent out of school isolating still going happily along to the sports clubs

• parents of positive Covid kids still sending the sibling to school

I mean, I’m a bit of a “we have to just be careful and learn to live with it” but COME ON?! Really??

FFS, I’m not a rule fascist but those aren’t even slightly grey areas, those are major rule breaches. Idiots. Do they want to get the school shut down?

If they get the school shut down I will Hunt them down by process of elimination and murder all of them.

As it is I’m now childcare less as it’s now too close to home to risk my mums help, so goodbye budding relationship and hello again to working overnight to catch up! Our area WAS low risk.

🤯 And I thought our ice cream van queue was bad!
Do they just not care at all!!!

i dont know how to vote,
i think the head is right

@ComeONreally

If they get the school shut down I will Hunt them down by process of elimination and murder all of them.

As it is I’m now childcare less as it’s now too close to home to risk my mums help, so goodbye budding relationship and hello again to working overnight to catch up! Our area WAS low risk.

I would be fuming to know other parents were behaving so irresponsibly.

You saying about murdering them all did make me smile because I could imagine saying exactly that on receiving a letter like that.

Haha I thought you were going to tell me off then 😂

It was that plus some carefully chosen 4 letters words!

Bloody hell! I’m like you in the sense we need to learn to live with it and get over it. But what the hell are those parents thinking! That’s just idiotic. You don’t even do that when it’s the flu. Poor children being dragged all over the show when they are feeling poorly.

My friend is in a WhatsApp group with some mums from her kids school and they are actively advocating lying about symptoms and who they’ve been in contact with so their kids can still go to school etc.. it’s people like that ,that will close down the schools for all the kids .

I have heard similar, child tests positive, should be home isolating but still went to swimming club as felt ok. Now outbreak at swimming club. People are stupid.

Just about to complete 2 weeks of lockdown due to a positive case in the house hold. It’s bloody hell, not even allowed to go for a walk.
I’m having issues at work, the kids are missing out on so much of their education. My mood has been really low.
Pisses me right off that other people just don’t bother, so now I’m going to have to lockdown with the everyone else over winter coz they haven’t contained it.

We isolated until waiting for a test too. Not the full 2 weeks though as it was negative, 2 weeks must be hard. Very frustrating when others don’t.

And I agree with PP you don’t have parties when they are unwell anyway!!

And the swimming club! How do they not feel any shame?

I pulled up at a playground the other day. Weren't there for five minutes before two groups of kids, maybe 9 year old, came along and met up.

"Oh, why weren't you in today?"

"Ohhh, I'm self isolating."

We're in a local lockdown area...

Jesus

Nothing surprises me. We've had to turn away numerous children/adults who should be isolating who have arrived to attend hospital appointments. Apparently they didn't think this meant exclusion from everything 🙄

This doesn't surprise me at all. We have had so many kids being sent into school with very obvious covid symptoms. We send them home, one or two days later they're back and parents email the office to say they've had a negative test. Then the kids let slip to a member of staff that they've never been tested, by which time they've already been in mixing with their 'bubble' of 200 kids and staff.

Agree with others - I'm definitely all for asking the elderly and vulnerable to shield (with help and support from the rest of us, including financially) and the rest of us get on with our education, jobs and saving ourselves from a mental health and economic armageddon. BUT if you've got symptoms ISOLATE and stop making fucking excuses.

I'm so tired of it all. I'd like to see studies on comparative national stupidity/deliberate disregard, as I think it is pretty important to understand wtf is going on.

The head teacher has if anything been polite. I'd be making it clear that those found not to be following the requirements for self isolating will be refused admission to sports clubs etc, and for an extended period. A couple of reports to the local health team or whoever ensures fines can be levied and a couple of families being visited or contacted by the local track and trace team might help, as word would get about.

@Washimal

This doesn't surprise me at all. We have had so many kids being sent into school with very obvious covid symptoms. We send them home, one or two days later they're back and parents email the office to say they've had a negative test. Then the kids let slip to a member of staff that they've never been tested, by which time they've already been in mixing with their 'bubble' of 200 kids and staff.

Don't they have to show their test result text/ email as proof?

We isolated until waiting for a test too. Not the full 2 weeks though as it was negative, 2 weeks must be hard

I'm definitely all for asking the elderly and vulnerable to shield

I know these came from different posters, but I was really struck by the (near) juxtaposition. Given that shielding is total isolation, indefinitely, is it really fair thing to ask. Especially if you are including the old and the vulnerable this time (rather than just the ECV who have already done four months of it).

Don't they have to show their test result text/ email as proof?

Apparently not (in state school) and I think this needs to change if we are serious about keeping schools open.

Don't they have to show their test result text/ email as proof?

Nope the GOV guidance says

Schools should not request evidence of negative test results or other medical evidence before admitting children or welcoming them back after a period of self-isolation.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools

Don't they have to show their test result text/ email as proof?
They don't have to, and on another thread in the last couple of days I saw a poster telling an OP who was annoyed at having to test and isolate that 'they can't ask for proof, just saying' (or words to that effect).

Some people are inconsiderate and they will inevitably the first to complain if and when bubbles get sent home or there's staff absence or there's partial closures.

@AuntieStella

We isolated until waiting for a test too. Not the full 2 weeks though as it was negative, 2 weeks must be hard

I'm definitely all for asking the elderly and vulnerable to shield

I know these came from different posters, but I was really struck by the (near) juxtaposition. Given that shielding is total isolation, indefinitely, is it really fair thing to ask. Especially if you are including the old and the vulnerable this time (rather than just the ECV who have already done four months of it).

More importantly, shielding the elderly/vulnerable doesn't work. Covid is getting back into care homes now.

The idea of the vulnerable shielding is just a palatable way of saying 'my chances are pretty good, I don't have any vulnerable loved ones, and I cba to be asked to follow rules any more'.

Wow, DS nursery are requiring to see the proof so I'd naively assumed that was pretty standard.