To ignore BJ's COBRA advice to send kids to school whilst Rep of Ireland has closed schools for 2 weeks

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Just interested to know how others feel....

We are all expecting the exponential growth of the Covid 19 to take place in the next 1- 2 weeks.

I was gobsmacked by today's news that following the COBRA meeting, BJ has resolved to keep schools open.

Is anyone considering keeping their child/ren off school despite government briefing?

Nope

No not considering it. If schools all shut no one can work and things will just get worse. Wont help anyway as kids will just meet up elsewhere.

Is anyone considering keeping their child/ren off school despite government briefing?
No.

No I won't be keeping them off

No because I can't afford to take off a month unpaid.

No. Unless they or immediate family have underlying health issues, why would you?

I'm relieved as a teacher - I've got three weeks worth of teaching before Yr11 will be revising. I am surprised. I expected to close.

Jeez, no. Why would you give yourself a logistical nightmare. What's your work situation, OP? Wi you find it straightforward to stay at home for a month with your kids?

Of course not!

I think that they are trying to control the spread and shutting schools right now wont help that, it is going to spread no matter what so if they delay drastic measures it should help cases develop at a manageable rate for the time being. That's what I understood of what they said anyway, happy to be corrected.

@Fatted whatll you do when they shut the school's then?

What good is closing down the schools for 2 weeks gloing to do?

No, because I understand why they haven’t

Nope, but I will take the next week to prepare for them to be off. Go to the library, look for stuff\ideas online.
I think they will close and soon but they will go in till then.

Yes. Ds is going in tomorrow but then from Monday he's off - he'll "have a cold" so will be self isolating. I think by the end of next week the schools will be closing anyway.

Really shocked that Boris didn't close them today.

No

No, because I do ‘t believe I know better than the experts.

It's not long until the easter holidays anyway

Nope, because I trust people who have studied epidemiology for years and can analyse societal impacts / benefits to make the right choices for our country more than a general populous who haven’t a clue.

@TheGirlFromStoryville can I just ask why you’d keep them off?

What good will closing schools for two weeks do? As they said today, this is going to last for months. Are you going to keep your children home for months?

No I am not keeping them off because I’m not hysterical. Also, can we stop posting about coronavirus outside of the specific coronavirus forum MN created. It’s getting so annoying now, I hide about five threads a day.

@ssd realistically use my pitence of savings, then I will probably take out an overdraft to tide us over IF and when it comes to that. We could manage a month at most. This is why I don't want to do it voluntarily now when I don't see the need.

If I was sick, I would get full pay BTW.

Unfortunately, not every one lives in the lala land of SAHP, shit loads of savings and having family on tap to help out at the drop of a hat. There are people out there in more financially precarious positions than me. This is why people are objectiviting to school closures.

No, and if you read all the other threads asking the same question I think you'll find a similar response.

So are you planning to keep your DC shut in the house until all this is over then? They're just as likely to catch Covid-19 at the shops, the cinema, a café, a museum etc as they are at school.