I'm more angry with the government about the Xmas relaxation then the schools fiasco

[deckthehallswithginandtonic]

And I'm pretty livid about that!
I live in one of the London boroughs where schools decided to close yesterday, and where the government have bullied them into reopening. I'll be sending my DCs in as none of us are vulnerable and we have no Xmas plans outside of our household. But, lots of parents are angry and confused, and will now be risking fines if they keep their kids off.

But the more I think about the 5 day window next week where people will be allowed to mix indoors, the more bloody angry I get. On Today, Radio 4, this morning, they spoke to one of the Sage members (speaking independently). Yes, mixing indoors is very risky indeed. Yes they expect to see consequences. Immediately after, they spoke to an MP. But of course it's a good idea, and are expecting people to follow measures to keep themselves safe yada yada yada.

As with the beginning of all this, when we could look through what had already happened to Italy etc and plan accordingly, we can now look to the States, and the outcome of Thanksgiving. Yet we learn nothing.

And here we were in a situation where parents had the support of the school to start isolating in preparation for Xmas to increase safety for their families. But no, sorry, not allowed.

ARGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!

@MercyBooth

"Plus the "don't kill granny" message"

So what happens to this message when Granny is doing childcare. Intelligent virus isnt it?

I don't understand your point? The original post was about mixing children with elderly people that they don't generally see thereby increasing the number of people that are potentially infected and likely to be hospitalised. More people are planning to see elderly relatives at Christmas, than use them for childcare!

'don't understand your point? The original post was about mixing children with elderly people that they don't generally see thereby increasing the number of people that are potentially infected and likely to be hospitalised'

Exactly. It's about reducing risk, not stopping it which is of course impossible. I can't quite believe months later we have people bleating on about 'how come I can do this but not that the virus doesn't know the difference waah!' as if it is all black and white. School, work, childcare is essential whle a social knees up (while very pleasant) isn't.

So of course there will be positive cases from the essential mixing but let's not add to that.

The most vulnerable member of our family is dh. Yet our kids have to attend school. Not doing much at Christmas.