I have asthma, it’s not severe but usually affects me when I get a cold and with hay fever. I take a steroid inhaler during the periods it plays up and also have ventolin.
I’m confused about whether I should be self isolating or not - obviously I have an underlying condition. I’m a teacher, so far I’ve been at school every day but the advice is that from Monday people on the vulnerable list should self isolate. I’m concerned that I’ll be deemed to be taking advantage and abandoning my responsibilities if I wasn’t to keep working.
I was thinking that since teachers would most likely be working from home it wouldn’t be a problem - I’d self isolate from Monday but keep teaching remotely. But now it looks like I’ll be expected to be at school to provide childcare. Am I putting myself at risk by going in? Or do I tell school it’s risky and so I can’t, am I even allowed to say that?
So confusing - I want to keep myself safe but I also have a duty of care to my students. Added complication is that my kids would have to go to school and therefore likely to carry the virus back to me. Is that even considered a risk?
Sorry if this is an obvious situation, with all the guidelines I’m finding things hard and I don’t think I am being as rational as I usually am.