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Orangeblossom7777 · 2020-10-24T17:15:05+00:00

On the BBC - older ones he says. Will they listen to him though now he got kicked off Sage? I thought the plan for for part time in secondary not closing if cases rose very high? Hoping this doesn't happen DC mid GCSEs and already missed loads. [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54673558]]

Barbie222 · 27/10/2020 07:23

So out of the 16,560 positive tests on that day, 2100 were teachers? An eighth of the total tests? Wow.

CallmeAngelina · 27/10/2020 07:29

Doesn't it mean 35% of the teachers who took the test returned positive? So presumably they had symptoms?

RedToothBrush · 27/10/2020 07:30

It could mean that 35% of teachers on 16th who were off sick for a positive test covid were in the NW rather than they tested positive on 16th October.

walksen · 27/10/2020 07:34

Posted this before but my school has had almost 30% off with covid for the last 2 weeks. 2 cases from pupils every day and yet no action taken. Now tested positive myself. Im all for schools being open but when people are dropping like flies and no action is taken it does make you feel.....expendable

Barbie222 · 27/10/2020 07:37

From the article concerned:

According to the report, which is based on a snapshot of 16 October, there were 710 teachers with a positive test for coronavirus in the North West - this was 35% of the total of confirmed cases among teachers across England on that day.

So the total number of confirmed positives amount teachers in England was about three times that figure.

The total coronavirus cases that day - from all of the UK - was 16,650.

I think that richly deserves its own thread

RedToothBrush · 27/10/2020 07:56

@Barbie222

From the article concerned:

According to the report, which is based on a snapshot of 16 October, there were 710 teachers with a positive test for coronavirus in the North West - this was 35% of the total of confirmed cases among teachers across England on that day.

So the total number of confirmed positives amount teachers in England was about three times that figure.

The total coronavirus cases that day - from all of the UK - was 16,650.

I think that richly deserves its own thread

As i say i read it differently to that.

Barbie222 · 27/10/2020 08:07

@RedToothBrush I hope you're right and not me!! We really need those occupation stats.

WhenSheWasBad · 27/10/2020 09:10

@walksen

Posted this before but my school has had almost 30% off with covid for the last 2 weeks. 2 cases from pupils every day and yet no action taken. Now tested positive myself. Im all for schools being open but when people are dropping like flies and no action is taken it does make you feel.....expendable

That’s so scary walksen hope you are feeling ok and make a smooth recovery.

walksen · 27/10/2020 10:00

"That’s so scary walksen hope you are feeling ok and make a smooth recovery."

Thanks for the kind thoughts

noblegiraffe · 27/10/2020 10:06

@walksen

Posted this before but my school has had almost 30% off with covid for the last 2 weeks. 2 cases from pupils every day and yet no action taken. Now tested positive myself. Im all for schools being open but when people are dropping like flies and no action is taken it does make you feel.....expendable

Really sorry to hear that, hope you are ok and only have a mild case.

Do you know how you caught it?

walksen · 27/10/2020 10:30

At school. I've only been at work and outshopping once a week seeing as I'm long term supply and can't afford to be off sick for weeks. I stopped visiting my support bubble when cases rose in school

My theory is the contact tracing within school is not being done properly and based solely on paper seating plans. No one is checking separation of desks. There are likely to be lots of asymptomatic cases as cases amongst pupils and staff have increased since we stopped sending whole bubbles home.

The school has good compliance on masks in corridors etc and we can wear masks in lessons. I've only taken it off when stood at the front but we have to greet at the door with hand sanitizer.

Also can't be blamed on careless coffees breaks as I have to spend lunches with form groups and all break if it is raining.

noblegiraffe · 27/10/2020 10:55

There are likely to be lots of asymptomatic cases as cases amongst pupils and staff have increased since we stopped sending whole bubbles home.

This is what I think too. It's madness to only send kids home who were sat near the positive case and not the whole class, or not test them to see if they are positive too. We know from uni testing that one positive case in young people actually has many more positive but asymptomatic cases around it.

You send home Dan because he was sat next to Bob who tested positive, but you don't send home Kate who was next to Dan because she was too far from Bob. Dan is actually positive too but we don't know that because he's asymptomatic, and really all the kids around him need to isolate too but they're still in, potentially spreading it.

Bonkers.