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to ask if your kids are going to school on Monday?

297 replies

MoonBlood · 14/03/2020 22:13

I’ve been quite happy to follow government recommendations so far, but today my DD couldn’t go swimming with her mates as their parents are keeping them home. I made a comment that they’ll be surrounded by kids at school on Monday anyway and she said that their parents will be keeping them off now as they disagree that schools should be open. I was going to keep sending mine as long as they’re open, I’ve got three healthy teen kids but also a preschool child with asthma who ends up in hospital fairly regularly just from basic colds and am second guessing myself now?

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catspyjamas123 · 16/03/2020 09:58

School attendance is massively down this morning.

Blueberryham · 16/03/2020 10:00

Round where I am people I speak to seem to have drank the boris coolaid and are on board with the herd immunity thing. I don’t understand how people can be so happy for their kids to get it. It’s a new virus which we know so little about. We don’t know the long term implications.

HasaDigaEebowai · 16/03/2020 10:07

Mine aren't in school and I haven't even had a phone call about it. I suspect that means there are a fair few pupils not there this morning.

LittleRen · 16/03/2020 10:35

Mine are off, I didn’t decide until 8.30. Today they are just sick and we are taking it day by day. My eldest is only 6 and he is a mess, he is anxious and barely eating, tummy ache etc... he is a worrier. This situation is f’d up, we need to vote with our feet, only if you can, obviously.

belay · 16/03/2020 10:35

Where can we get daily attendance figures from? Is this publicly available?

Treaclepie19 · 16/03/2020 10:44

My son is at school. I'm wishing I could keep him home but don't know what's best. If I keep him off 7 days now I feel stuck after that.
It was much quieter than normal there.

alloutoffucks · 16/03/2020 10:47

@treaclepie It is obviously your decision. But I have decided to keep my kids off for 7 days. I have just said they have a fever and are self isolating as per the government advice. You can then reassess towards the end of the week off?
Don't feel you have to make a decision now about what you do long term.

catspyjamas123 · 16/03/2020 10:49

It’s anecdotal. I’ve heard it from a teacher.

Treaclepie19 · 16/03/2020 10:52

@alloutoffucks yeah I think that might have to be my approach. I'm currently 11 weeks pregnant and awaiting my dating scan (2 weeks) which is important after a TFMR in Dec 2018 so I'm extra nervous about any of us getting it.

puds11 · 16/03/2020 10:56

My DD will go until they shut either her school or DH’s school. If his closes first I’ll withdraw her. I can’t withdraw him so no point in keeping her at home whilst he’s still out there.

lizmum5 · 16/03/2020 12:21

Taken my 2 out too , email from school with some work to do at home

LimitIsUp · 16/03/2020 12:37

Did you miss my question alloutoffucks?

My ds's headmaster has sent a letter by email to say he is happy for families to make their own decisions regarding whether to send their child in or not

bobstersmum · 16/03/2020 12:58

Mine have gone today but I've spoken to school and I'm keeping them home from tomorrow for the rest of the week to see what happens.

alloutoffucks · 16/03/2020 13:12

@LimitIsUp Sorry what is the question?

bombaychef · 16/03/2020 13:25

Mine are in. I'm expected in work and this is going to be a long haul.
I feel for all the vulnerable children as they will also be the victims in all this. Their lives will get a whole lot worse.

Summersunandoranges · 16/03/2020 13:41

Mine are off. I think people are thinking we are going to sail through this. We’re not. Other countries are shutting down and our country is blindly leading us in to a really bad situation.

I’ve seen a facebook post of a child on a ambulance trolly being taken in. They had no underlying health issues. Just really unwell with the virus. I don’t to make the chances of my child getting that ill higher because the government are playing things down

sassbott · 16/03/2020 13:47

I have a question to all of you keeping children off who are perfectly healthy and with no concerns re elderly / underlying health conditions.

Are you expecting your children to never get this? What’s your thinking? How long are you going to isolate you and your children for?

And for the poster who inferred that they are keeping their child at home, so that others go forth and build the herd immunity and theirs isn’t part of the 60%? Wow. Just wow. Do you also have 100 toilet rolls in your house?

bombaychef · 16/03/2020 13:50

Sass I keep pondering the same.

Thepalebluedot · 16/03/2020 14:00

My DS school are blindly carrying on as normal and just sent out an invite for a concert next week which "the entire school community" is invited to 🤷‍♀️
Surely common sense would say even if school remains open these type of events need to be postponed??

JuanSheetIsPlenty · 16/03/2020 14:01

Are you expecting your children to never get this? What’s your thinking?

Can’t speak for anyone else but it’s not so much to avoid my children getting it (they’re both healthy) but to reduce the chances of spread to others. Everyone really should be doing the same but as the govt won’t act and people are sheep- they aren’t.

How long are you going to isolate you and your children for?

It’ll be a watch and see situation. No-one can predict how it will progress and how long it will go on.

alloutoffucks · 16/03/2020 14:03

@sassbott Herd immunity is a bullshit theory.

But if you believe it, then yes why should I sacrifice my kids to become one of the 60% and take the associated risks. Low risk is not the same as no risk. My kids are teenagers. Using the government's own statistics 1-3 kids in every secondary school will die in the next 3 months. Why would I risk my kids being one of those?

I have not decided how long they stay off for. I am waiting and assessing. Things are changing very quickly.

And if herd immunity is true, why would they get the virus later?

JuanSheetIsPlenty · 16/03/2020 14:03

And BTW- we’re not just staying off school- we’re staying in altogether unless we need to go out. It might not be an official lockdown yet but I’m treating it like it is. Again- everyone should be. But they won’t. Hmm

JuanSheetIsPlenty · 16/03/2020 14:05

which "the entire school community" is invited to

On fb selling local to me a woman is advertising a baby messy play session for Saturday! Hmm

People are fuckwits.

alloutoffucks · 16/03/2020 14:05

And I will put my kids first. Call me selfish all you want. But if all the "only the flu" types want to send their kids in that is their call. But it is my job to protect my kids. So that is what I am doing.

sassbott · 16/03/2020 14:23

Wow. There really are no words for people like you. I am both sad and not surprised really. Karma will catch you up.

I think I need to come off mnet for while. This really is a board with increasing amounts of zero common sense. I’ve heard it all now that herd immunity has been rubbished. Jesus wept , as are the scientists who invested the vaccines that have virtually eradicated MMR. Measles requires herd immunity of 90-95% (off the top of my head). Which is why when masses of stupid parents did what they thought was best for their children because their children were better than everyone else’s, they placed the whole population under risk. Because once herd immunisation falls below a certain threshold, those diseases return.