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Teachers - are you seeing family?

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Cantspeakpublic · 02/12/2020 20:49

Wondering really if you break up in the 19th and only have until the 27th are you seeing family? I think it’s incredibly unfair you have not been given the isolation period to see loved ones

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WentworthPrison · 02/12/2020 20:56

No. I'm spending Christmas alone. I'm not putting my family at risk when I'm mingling with 30 families daily.

RuthW · 02/12/2020 20:57

My dd is a secondary school teacher and no she's not seeing any family except me as we live together.

grumpypug · 02/12/2020 20:58

No. It's too risky. We are having a quiet Christmas with just our immediate household.

noblegiraffe · 02/12/2020 20:58

No. I’ve seen my parents once this year, in the middle of the summer holidays. Any other time has been too risky.

Toomanycases · 02/12/2020 20:59

No, I’m not seeing my parents. Not worth the risk Sad

Sitt · 02/12/2020 20:59

My husband is a teacher. We already have family helping with childcare so it makes no difference for us to spend Christmas with them

EverythingsComingUpRoses · 02/12/2020 20:59

No

We've been separate so long I don't want to risk it when a vaccine is so close and my parents are in their late 70s/early 80s

We can wait a bit longer

Magpiecomplex · 02/12/2020 20:59

No. Tier 3 and not worth the worry.

Barbie222 · 02/12/2020 21:00

No, I won't be.

starrynight19 · 02/12/2020 21:01

No and that’s with the majority of our house already having / have covid. Just hoping that ds can come home from uni when we get out of this isolation period.

purplewaterfall · 02/12/2020 21:01

No, spending christmas alone

grafittiartist · 02/12/2020 21:01

Argh! This is what I'm worried about.
Feels awful doesn't it. Not worth the risk really is it.

Pikachubaby · 02/12/2020 21:03

No, sadly

OverTheRainbow88 · 02/12/2020 21:04

We decided not to as well, sticking to just us household this year.

We live nearby though so will do something outdoors together over the Xmas period

mineofuselessinformation · 02/12/2020 21:05

I will as I'm my DM's only support.
But, I'll spend most of my time in a mask or distancing.

pinhill24 · 02/12/2020 21:07

No. I just can't bear the idea of the putting my parents at risk. Absolutely gutting.

starrynight19 · 02/12/2020 21:10

It’s just not enough time. I started with symptoms 7 days after being In the classroom whilst isolating due to positive cases in my class and tested positive on day 8 No signs before that that I was starting with covid but I must have been imagine if it was at Xmas and I had been seeing my family.
Like others have said it’s just too close to a vaccine now.

Emski76 · 02/12/2020 21:13

No we’ll be spending the Christmas break at home. Sadly my family are finding it hard to understand but it’s just not worth it

Khara · 02/12/2020 21:16

Really difficult. My mum is on her own. We're the only family she has. But I'm a TA in a primary school and my daughter is in year 11 so I just don't see how we can risk it. She'a 79 and clinically vulnerable.

She's in our bubble - so technically we could see each other at the end of the holiday but I think being alone on Christmas Day will be so hard for her. She always makes such a big deal out of Christmas.

MrsHamlet · 02/12/2020 21:18

No. Because although I'm told it's safe for me to spend time indoors with up to 32 individuals at a time for two hours, it's apparently unsafe to visit my mum, my dad and my sister - because that's 4 households.

SophieB100 · 02/12/2020 21:18

No.
I live with adult DS, it will just be us two.
DDs - one is an ICU nurse, another works in retail - so will see them at a distance to exchange presents.
Told elderly parents that we will have a belated Christmas dinner when they have had their second vaccine!
Can't risk it - I work in a huge high school, and every day it's a lottery - I have to take the risk - my loved ones don't.

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Cantspeakpublic · 02/12/2020 21:20

I am so sorry for everyone :(
We are seeing family on the 27th but have the luxury of being able to take the children out of school a few days early. I still worry that 13 days is not enough time.

My brother is a teacher and is saying he is going to my mums though - breaking up on the 18th and going xmas day. I wondered if I was being unreasonable asking questions as I know he has had a tough year and is alone. It’s a tricky balance as he is alive for the day.

I’m hoping the government let schools break up early but I doubt it :(

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Cantspeakpublic · 02/12/2020 21:21

Alone for the day not alive!

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TheGreatWave · 02/12/2020 21:21

We are seeing my sister, who is a secondary teacher. - 5 children, 1 teacher, 5 schools.

She won't be seeing our Mum and Dad, but that is their choice, and Mum doesn't want to see any of us.

I'm in work till the 24th. I'm not being given time to isolate either. (if I wanted to)

manicinsomniac · 02/12/2020 21:26

I'm seeing my sister, brother in law and niece but a) they're my bubble and b) I break up on the 11th and we haven't had any cases anyway.

Even with those advantages, I'm not seeing my mum (her choice) or grandparents (the law and my reluctant preference) though.