Find out how hazardous your job will be

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The BBC have made a guide to show how exposed you may be to covid in your job.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52637008
Most jobs, it says, expose you to disease only "yearly". What's your job rating? Are you reassured about going to work?

I scored 44-50 but I honestly think I can ignore that score, because I’m a pet sitter. Before lockdown I was making clients attach their dog to a lead on the wall and then standing waaay back. I would then carry the dog into the house and put her/him straight into a bath. All the leads and Collins would also be washed. I’d then take off my apron and gloves and scrub myself. Unless they discover dogs spread the virus, I’m actually pretty safe. keeps fingers crossed

I’ve more chance of catching it if I go shopping.

Just one problem. All clients will probably cancel this years holidays and the few regular daycare clients with are either furloughed or working from home. 😭

I am a Crisis Support Worker and my job is not valid apparently.

I am a Crisis Support Worker and my job is not valid apparently. have you checked for something that there’s similar contact in, on the list? I just picked the animal care one, because that was the closest.

Huh

How can veterinary nurses be so high - you can't catch it from animals

If it's interviews BEFORE social distancing then it's just not applicable now as people aren't going into the practice, only the animals

So if it's not applicable with the measures now then the second teachers go back their RISK ROCKETS ?

This is based on US analysis. It doesn't seem terribly rigorous, to be honest. I'm taking it in the same vein as "Which Game of Thrones family do you belong to?" even though it was from the ONS.

Another dentist. Not sure I’m going back to be honest.

Why are dental nurses higher than dentists I wonder? It’s effectively the same level of risk unless it’s the cleaning and decontamination element that they do more of!

What are houseparents?

Cant believe how low teaching is! If I sat at my desk and flung my arms out Id hit two of my students in the face*

Plus the constant walk rounds and bemding down to explain things. I use breath mints daily cos Im aware how in their faces I am.

*Just to clarify, I dont do this.

Maybe teachers because they don’t have the worst risk in the world. Maybe you can see that many other professions do indeed have higher risk. Mostly those who have continued to work throughout.

Of course teaching isnt the worst risk, nowhere near. Id just expect a realistic risk evaluation from the ONS.

@Cherryghost people that work in the “houses” in boarding schools supervising and most often living with the pupils.

How can veterinary nurses be so high - you can't catch it from animals

Am assuming it's because you regularly have to get very close to colleagues and often remain so for long periods. Social distancing not really possible.

I get that teaching will not be the highest but teachers are ill very frequently. Kids cough and sneeze all over you for most of the year. And that’s before we get to the vomiting bugs!

What’s puzzled me is that this suggests teachers are only exposed to disease between once a year and never. But that doesn’t seem to be the case in almost every educational establishment I’ve either attended or worked at.

Even my GP said, “if you work in a school or a pharmacy then we accept that you are probably going to get ill several times a year. Hazard of the job I’m afraid!”

Unis opening is going to be bad too.

From what I remember, freshers flu was also a high temp, lots of coughing and the need to sleep for a month.

No idea how Uni staff are going to tell the difference between that and covid.

@PheasantPlucker1 I’ve been a university tutor for a while now but usually do cover teaching in schools during the longer University holidays too.

As it stands we think we will be delivering Semester 1 remotely and halls etc will remain closed until January. Most Freshers seem to spend November to March almost constantly ill. They get a bad cough or something similar that they just can’t shake for months and often pass it on to the staff. If the guidelines remain to isolate if you have a cough or fever, it would have a massive impact on availability of teaching staff and attendance at lectures, seminars and tutorials. Delivering online would most likely guarantee at least some sort of structure and continuity. Not great for the whole student experience though!

I got pneumonia during my first semester as an undergrad and was ill until Easter. My first year teaching at a university led to me being very cocky about not getting ill at all despite everyone around me getting ill with a particularly nasty bout of “freshers flu”. The day after I’d finished all my marking in December I came down with the actual flu and was dreadfully poorly for six weeks with breathing problems, exhaustion and no appetite. I didn’t leave the house for a month.

I’ve often felt like giving a lecture during Fresher’s Week about staying healthy and practising good hygiene. I don’t know about children being superspreaders but young adults definitely seem to be.

What jobs do you think teachers should rank above then? Interested- I’m due back to work on 1/6 as a childminder and so will also we working with children.

For context it's important to note this looks at normal exposure to disease. Not exposure to covid with or without social distancing in place.

For those questioning teaching - presumably the yearly cycle feeds in to this. US teachers will have around 15 weeks a year with no student contact, vastly higher than the annual leave provision in most US jobs. Not necessarily a great representation of daily exposure when in work with students.

Mine came back at 83 out of 159, and we work arms distance away- its all good in theory, but in practice it's completely different. 😕

Personally I have no idea where all the jobs should rank, I didnt think pet sitting would cause any risk at all until I read a PP explaining it.

I would just like a realistic assessment. Too much to ask for?

I wfh in an office based role. So mines fine.

Unfortunately, there's no listing for one job that people actually go out and about doing, at my company.

It’s not something to take massively seriously as it’s not got any proper context.

My job isn't on there (storyteller), but the closest I could find was 265th for exposure but 7th for closeness.
Given I work closely with different groups of children, travelling to and from jobs on public transport, I often get ill a few days after a school booking. My last booking just before lockdown involved close contact with 750 children in 3 days, and 15 bus journeys. I doubt I'll be able to work safely until there's a vaccine or until so many people have antibodies it's not needed.

@NameChange84 I think it's because you will see the same kids everyday so maybe only exposed via their contacts, where as an HCP or shop assistant will see many people a day who will have different contacts and therefore more likely to know someone with the virus. 🤷🏻‍♀️

That was my thought anyway.

4 out of 359 for exposure, 17 out of 359 for closeness. Like a previous poster, if I don't get spat on (or scratched, hit,kicked etc.) then it's been a good day. And I'm paid minimum wage for the pleasure