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??

I agree with NailsNeedDoing.

I think this scenario is completely fine: Little Angie has a cold and coughs a couple of times. Parent keeps Angie home when he wouldn't in a normal winter, because he's worried that the teacher will ask him to take Angie for a Covid test. Angie is fine, doesn't cough much, and goes into school next day.

This one is against the rules, but not so very far from the first one: Little Fred has a cold and looks a bit pink. Parent decides not to take Fred's temperature because she'd rather not know. Really, though Fred has a slight temperature (38 for a couple of hours only). Parent keeps Fred home for a day, but he's totally fine, so back to school he goes.

Why would we expect parents to act in any way EXCEPT in their kids' best interests. Angie and Fred both need to be in school. Both parents acted to make sure that happened - in both cases by taking one day off to save 10 days off. It's nuts to expect anything else.

@Frazzled2207 a friend's child's bubble burst. She was complaining it had taken 2 days to book a test. When I asked if the kid was ok? She said, "oh she's fine, I just wanted to check she's negative so we can still have playdates and she can go to her clubs". She's a lawyer. When I explained that it's 14 days as that's how long it can take symptoms to develop, so a negative test on day 5 would mean nothing she said, "oh I can't keep her in for 14 days. That would be cruel".

I see this all the time in my hometown in a local lockdown area. It’s either pure selfishness or stupidity.

I got stuck in traffic outside a school about 20 mins after drop off time recently and was seeing big groups of parents, more than six certainly, congregating in groups on the pavement. In one group there were a couple of care staff or nurses in different uniforms and they were laughing their heads off about something and doing that thing where you hold each other and put your heads together and then they all had a big group hug with some of the non-uniformed parents. I caught the lollipop woman’s eye and she shook her head at them and just looked really sad.

The school sent out a letter recently pretty much begging parents to drop their kids and leave immediately, wear a mask and social distance as much as possible, avoiding chatting and congregating as they were doing everything they could to ensure things were safe but they were struggling to manage the behaviour of the parents. It’s the nearest school to the hospital as well so lots of parents work there and risk taking Covid into their patients. I honestly couldn’t believe what I was seeing. It was like a hen night in Blackpool, not school drop off.

I’m not at all surprised parents are having parties, sleepovers etc. I try and get to the shops during school/working hours and the shops are always full of parents with their school aged kids or large unaccompanied groups kids as are the local sandwich shops and takeaways like McDonald’s and Subway...I’m pretty sure these kids should be isolating as it’s not school holidays and they aren’t in uniform.

I’m sick of it. Just do what you fucking have to do. We are all struggling but social distancing and self isolating when you are told to is the least we can all do.

Unfortunately there are too many people who think that everyone else should put themselves at risk/inconvenience etc but that they personally shouldn't have make any changes in the way they live.

Hardly a surprise when senior politicians and advisors are ignoring the rules when it suites them without consequence

They need to change the law/guidance so schools DO ASK

The HT IS NOT BU except it should be more strongly worded!!

So many idiots.

I’d ask what the fuck is wrong with people but I think we already know that some people are just inherently selfish

Wankers

Sadly, this is probably not as outing as it should be. There have certainly been reports of similar from schools my way, I've heard that most of the secondaries in my city have had to send students home and a lack of parent support of the rules.

Not sure if my area is unusual - before every medical appointment I've had in the last couple of months, they've called me up to go through the COVID checklist to make sure neither I or anyone I live with are exhibiting symptoms or isolating.

This is shocking.

It makes me feel I've made the right choice in giving up DS's (indoors) martial arts up for now.

The attitude that the elderly can just isolate indefinitely is interesting. I watched the series of programmes on Harold Shipman and the consensus seemed to be that because the victims were all elderly (mainly women but all elderly) they just didn't matter. I also thought it was striking that the whole thing came out because of a will so again not the elderly persons life but their belongings.

It is being suggested that vulnerable starts at 50, some people will be very surprised at how quickly 50 comes round.

I read these and wonder where everyone lives!
At our school, parents are really hot on mask wearing and social distancing at school pick up/drop off. We had one of ours tested early this week as he had a cough, and of course kept him and his siblings off until a negative result. From chatting to other parents I know that quite a few have tested and isolated due to coughs/temps (no positive tests yet). We haven’t had any bubbles popping or closures at any of the three schools in the village.
I’m sure some are still holding illicit play dates/parties but it’s certainly not the norm here.

My mum's friends's husband was told to self-isolate as his wife is vulnerable. My mum bumped into her friend in Tesco and asked wasn't she isolating? Oh no said friend, it's Bob who has to isolate to protect me, I'm fine to carry on as normal.

This is where I live So but these are only the cases that have made the press.

www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/13000-children-700-staff-quarantine-19020412

My one teen lasted 5 days at school before half the year was in self isolation for a fortnight.
Multiple cases at his secondary. At his brother's school there are also mtiple cases, including two in his class with positive family members.

Dragongirl10

Please tell your daughter thank you and give her a hug. I'm relying on people keeping to the rules.

Since March I have had:

1 trip to a pub for 2 hours
2 trips to have my nails done
2 weekends where a friend has come round for a drink. She brought her own drink, hand sanitiser, soap and towel.

My dad is 150 miles away and I've not been able to see him.