AIBU to report lack of self isolation to school?

[Triceratops3]

A family with 2 DDs in my DDs school returned from a short holiday Venice on Saturday. I have seen photos of them enjoying themselves in Venice on their social media accounts so know that they definitely went.

They have sent their DDs into school today rather than self isolate against the latest advice from the government. The parents' attitude is that we'll all be exposed at some point so there's no point self isolating!

Would I be unreasonable to phone the school and let them know or should I keep quiet? One of the DDs is in the same class as my eldest DDs.

Fuck sake this is not the time to be worried about snitching. This is killing people.

Yes. Tell them.

Definitely tell them. They're being incredibly thoughtless and selfish and deserve to be outed. And you will be potentially protecting other people too.

Tell the school. There will be children with impaired immunity, recieving chemo etc. As for tne switching comment, 😕grow the F up.

@sarahjconnor

You know.

Better to be a snitch than a dick.

Jesus, the mental age of some people on here

Off topic but "snitching" comments are how it is that entire areas are run by criminal gangs. Great idea.

There is a boy in my DC's class who always ends up in hospital for months whenever he catches anything more than a cold. He had flu a little while ago and it nearly killed him so I dread to think what could happen if he ended up with Covid-19. He looks totally normal playing in the playground though and I don't think parents beyond my DC's class are aware of his underlying health issues. If you asked 80% of them they'd probably tell you that no-one at the school is imnuno-compromised and honestly believe it so don't assume that just because they're children and seem fine they're not at risk.

Please call the school now of you haven't already. They have a duty of care to their pupils and they can't exercise that if they don't know the situation.

I would tell the school. One of my sons friends would be extremely vulnerable to coronavirus, attending school in the first place is challenging enough for him.

Yes tell the school.

I agree with telling the school. They would not know who mentioned it, there may be others saying it also, it would just be like nits 'There has been a case of headline in X class' type thing. Very stupid of them and especially posting at same time about their trip online.

sorry, they are totally selfish and careless. They shouldn't have gone there on holiday in the first place. Call the school and tell them you are very unhappy with this and they need to send the DC home because if they pass something onto the other children then you will blame the school.

You find some very strange things amusing @GinDaddy. Why are you so obsessed with this “dry-snitching” all across MN? Several people have asked you, and I wonder why you are so disinclined to answer.

Reporting to the school feels a bit like dry snitching though?

Dry snitching? Lord, I can feel every teenager I know rolling my eyes at this attempt at being down with the kids.

I'm immuno-compromised and while not prone to panicking about these things, I had enough trouble shaking off a normal winter cold a couple of months ago that this situation is giving me pause. My work are very sensible and are taking a lot of preventative measures (much more stringent that current government advice), but things like this make me worry about what my DDs school can effectively do if parents are determined to be selfish about it.

Yes I would tell the school in your position and actually might be as my dd currently has a friend in Milan due back this week and I’ll have no hesitation. It’s the unknown relatives of the School children and teachers who might catch it via the link, the impact on GCSEs and A-Levels etc

I think @GinDaddy watches too many prison dramas

Op have you phoned the school yet, or are you waiting for all the kids to get ill first?

As there may be immuno-suppressed children or staff in the school, I would absolutely make the aschool aware.

Perhaps the people home from Venice thought the "if you have symptoms" stuff was still the case. Perhaps they're thoughtless. Either way, the school needs to know to safeguard the health of the students.

@GinDaddy people are dying, there's no time to waste on shit like that.

@Triceratops3 I would phone the school ASAP. xx

A parent of my one of my DC’s best friends is currently undergoing intensive cancer treatment for an aggressive cancer. Most people don’t know that, we know because we have helped out with childcare.

The risk is already high for that parent without people ignoring the self isolation rules.

Yanbu.

This is how the virus spread by people refusing to self isolate. Definitely phone the school and tell them. I've got a compromised immune system and have been told its likely I'll have to self isolate within the next couple of weeks (as I'm at high risk if I catch it)