To think closing nurseries would be disastrous?

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I'm seeing it discussed left right and centre, my post was prompted by television this morning.

For many reasons (none selfish) I think it would be disastrous, but the one that stands out to me the most is people's ability to work.

I'm sure there will be plenty of nurses/HCP's/important key workers who rely on nursery to be able to do their jobs.

Not everybody has family that can step in.

Older primary aged children and secondary age children can fend for themselves to a degree if push came to shove, but you can't do the same with toddlers and babies.

@GrumblyMumblyisnotJumbly yes would be much more meaningful but I doubt ONS will release it unfortunately!
I am always wary of headline numbers without the proper dataset. From doing statistical analysis the same numbers can be used a number of different ways depending on what gets included/excluded so whilst it shows that there is a current upward trend (which isn't a surprise given the increased numbers) that's about all that can be summerised from it without background data. As it could be that it's being caught in different places and attending a nursery setting after or it can be caught in a nursery. Unfortunately nothing else can be concluded other than an upward trend across majority of age groups.

I think they should close and just take Key workers children whilst we are in lock-down, Working parents need nursery places more then them parents what do not work. I also think private nurseries should not charge when a child does not attend the nursery due to being poorly whilst we are in lock down as well, because the parent keeping that child at home means no other child will catch their symptoms. The government should pay something towards private nurseries so they can keep afloat.

@flowersfromheaven

I think they should close and just take Key workers children whilst we are in lock-down, Working parents need nursery places more then them parents what do not work. I also think private nurseries should not charge when a child does not attend the nursery due to being poorly whilst we are in lock down as well, because the parent keeping that child at home means no other child will catch their symptoms. The government should pay something towards private nurseries so they can keep afloat.

That suggestion wont work for private nurseries. They would need to wait for back payment from the govt. Then staff would not be properly paid. In Scotland children get partial funding after a certain age.

A large number of children are attending school as their parents are key workers or they are vulnerable it's going to be the same for nurseries.
It would be bad news for us but I think nurseries should be fully closed until the staff have the vaccine.
The staff are just so vulnerable. They have children all over them, along with clearing up snot, dribble and worse. Since my son started they haven't been able to go outside with the babies as it's too cold and wet (they have quite a few non mobile babies) so they are stuck inside which puts them at even more risk.
Obviously zero social distancing as it can't happen with young children. Yet again and again the government chooses to ignore those in this type of work.
So many people, aside NHS staff who obviously have the worst of it are praised for working through the pandemic. For some reason nursery staff never get a mention!

In Scotland they are closed unless for key workers but Jason Leitch himself said that it's not children under 5s driving this...... In the 2-5 bracket there has been 900 cases which represents 0.6% of all 2-5 year olds in Scotland. This is since the pandemic began!

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