Track and trace in schools

[Samcj02]

Just seen an article where Gavin Williamson has said that track and trace Covid-19 testing will be available in schools by June 1st..first of all do you believe this will actually happen by this date? The government record for dates regarding PPE and daily testing doesn’t read well, do you think this will actually happen by this date? secondly if these tests will be available, will you be sending your children to school or if you previously said that you’re not going to send your child back..has this pledge changed your mind?

2 teachers in 1 bristol school this week and
one in another also this week
Whistleblower said something like they hadnt been told and staff had carried on working together...
So it does look like they are testing the ill person but maybe not everyone else. They have been told to SI.

However that is 3 infected teachers and generally only 2% of kids in at moment. (Though the 2 were at a special school).
I guess the important factors are
How quick did they get tested
Did everyone else get told and school closed only once the positive came back. (I think so and that can take days and probably longer on weekends)
Is it going to be quick enough to prevent spread to all the pupils and everyone's families.

No I don't believe it will be ready.

To be cynical I wander if they’re saying they’ll have the track and rest trace ready to get children through the door after the negative response they’ve received from the schools opening?

@Keepdistance thanks for the info I’m still undecided whether to send my year 6 DD, her friends mum is a teacher and she’s not sending her back to school

Given the government's track record on pledges, I think anyone who changes their mind om the basis of a government pledge is, to put it politely, naive. I do agree though that an actual track and trace system is badly needed. Needs to exist in the real world though, not just be another case of the government promising and failing to deliver. And for track and trace to work properly, government needs to get infection rates down. In some parts of England they have recently risen.

I think in a good number of cases the results are back too slowly (several days) and it doesn't cut down on enough of the self isolation time. We could go in on the 1st June, someone falls ill on 2nd, can't get test until 3rd, test takes 4 days to come back positive, by the time everyone else in the bubble starts their 14 day isolation there could have been a lot of cross infection in families and outside school.

I dont think track and trace will work here.
I hope people will download the app. But realistically(like a post a week ago) some people will go out when SI.
Maybe they need to test it on parents and kids to simulate how much of a class of kids will be infected and teacher. Of with the KW kids in now.

I don't think so. To say that the government and its advisors do not inspire confidence is an understatement. I don't think GW answered one single question adequately.

They deduct the days off back to only 14 from ( last)contact.
Effectively as you say youd be lucky if people are off 5 days...

@Barbie222 yes I see why you mean, I’ve heard some
People have their results back in 48 hours others are waiting 5 days, as you said by this time the majority of the class and teacher will be infected!

@thatone I missed GW at the press conference today but he doesn’t fill me with much confidence to say the least..!!

I’m in the midlands, in a small town where we have had no positive cases for three days, this of course doesn’t mean it isn’t here..!

Well, I have to lock my phone away at school so it won't come into contact with anyone else's app.
Am I supposed to feel better with the pledge that everyone can be tested, I don't. If an asymptomatic child or adult brings it in, it will be too late by the time I show symptoms, I will then have to battle the disease.
A primary school closed yesterday as it had 2 instances of Covid, and they were only open for keyworker children.

@Hippywannabe same here!