To not send my children to school next week

[blondieblonde]

That's it really. It seems mad to send them and have them inevitably catch the virus when they could stay at home. What are others doing?

Hi, we're moving this over to the Coronavirus section.

How do you fancy paying the fines you will incur?

My son age 6 is on a medication to low his his immune system Called methotrexate, he still at school and of course I worry but, we have to work to keep bills paid and the roof over his head, if anyone in my town got I would take him out but my boyfriend will still have to work and he could bring it back to the house, if he got it,
I think people need to chill out lol
More people die from the flu

if it saved their lives, seems like no contest you can only "save their lives" if sending them to school was going to kill them. It's a bit like saying "I'm going to keep them at home in case someone gives them a boiled sweet and they swallow it and choke to death".

Why will they inevitably catch the virus next week?

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Hysteria like this is what's causing panic buying.

Unless you're planning on keep them (and yourself) in isolated, hermetically-sealed boxes for the next few months, I can't see how keeping them off school will protect them in the slightest.

Can you imagine if everyone thought like you, the country would come to a stand still. No one would be going to work, no schools open, no shops, supermarkets, gp surgeries, hospitals and lots of other places.

Yourhere, (child on methotrexate) my family member s on that too, they got a bug this week and chest infection, just to mention the GP advised missing the next weekly dose and gave antibiotics over the phone so no need to go in, all very quick

Just thought I'd mention as might be useful to you, as in they might suggest the same with any illness at present (skipping a dose) it is a balance of managing the illness with managing the immune system.

I feel for you, that is a difficult situation.

OP this is madness. Your poor kids having such a hysterical mother.

Calm down for goodness sake!

if it saved their lives, seems like no contest

But it won't. No child unde 10 has died from coronavirus. They're at greater risk every time they cross the road.

You describe them catching the virus as 'inevitable'. Bear in mind the UK only has about 160-odd cases out of a population of over 60 million. Your odds of catching the virus at this time are actually tiny.

Compare that to the fact that about 5 people every day in the UK die in car accidents for example, and yet most people accept that using a car is a reasonable risk to accept in exchange for life being able to go on as normal. Try to view coronavirus in the same way.

Where is this school where every child is going to catch CV next week (not today mind you, the kindly germs are having the day off today). Cloud cuckoo land?

That's just crazy thinking, what's going to happen the week after, are you locking them in a sterile bubble?

MN is rapidly losing the plot

They are heading home for lunch with six other children, as parents are taking it in turn to host, sharing the babysitting load during this difficult period

Hmm no thanks, www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51751031

🤣 bonkers

if it saved their lives, seems like no contest

and if they're at home getting bored and messing about they might fall down the stairs and break their necks.

Send them to school until you are told different.

I’m going to be dramatic here and say what if you kept them home, had a gas leak and the house exploded? There’s currently more chance of that happening than a (healthy) child being very poorly from the virus.

So what if they catch it? Unless you're over 80 or have serious underlying health condition, it'll just be a normal cold or flu at worst. Check out all the press articles about people who have tested positive but are asymptomatic. Do you keep them off school every year in flu season or when chicken pox goes round the school?????

I do actually agree though that catching it eventually will be inevitable but you need to take a practical approach to it.

I’m definitely going to die, I have a (minor) congenital heart defect and the worlds shittest lungs. Until I catch it, nothing to worry about!

Reading it back I sound contradictory. My post doesn’t seem all that practical When I’m declaring I’m going to die 😳😂

Great idea OP, if you don't need to use school as childcare, why not.
Mine will be home within the next two weeks and she's GCSE year. They usually have a few weeks study leave anyway, I'll just make it a bit more.

Unless you need school for childcare/ not that it is, you'd be mad to keep sending them, especially as more cases emerge.

@Peasfox oh dear your last post lol

OP I completely understand how difficult it is to balance not panicking and wanting to keep your DC safe.

DH and I have a plan to keep our DC off school if we get a confirmed case/cases locally.
Both DC have serious underlying cardiac problems as well as one DC having several co-morbidities. We also have immuno-compromised close relatives. I personally have serious cardiac problems also with co-morbidities as well.

At the moment we are increasing our hand hygiene both in and out of the home, along with practicing not touching our face etc and only going to places and out of the house if it is unavoidable. DH works for the ambulance service so we have also put plans in place in case DH is possibly infected etc.

I understand the anxiety, I have several mental health issues including complex anxiety with elements of health anxiety. I am trying my best not to panic, I know how hard it is.

I think putting plans in place is sensible, alert not anxious is my mantra right now

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Erm, like all the other countries have done.
We are heading for worst case scenario 80% because our government aren't following other countries, and shutting down.
Everybodies job is too important, fuck that.

I personally think you are over reacting massively. If cases were in there tens of thousands then maybe it would be appropriate. But we're nowhere near that stage as yet.
Unless your children are in a high risk group then it is also extremely unlikely that they risk dying from coronavirus.

I heard today it isn’t going to peak until May so what’s the point of keeping them off next week?

The fact is we have no idea what is going to happen. It may all come to nowt at all (like swine flu, Ebola etc). Or it may not come to a head for another couple of months. To worry is futile IMO.