@kookykins I'm sorry to hear that you are struggling; I think most people understand that this is an incredibly difficult and scary situation for NHS workers and are incredibly thankful for all that you do.
Unfortunately, I don't see how you can say "Why does it feel like teachers are constantly complaining about the virus?" and then say that you don't see how your OP could be considered teacher bashing.
I get that you are frustrated, if I had school aged children I'd be frustrated too. You are correct, your children are being let down. As a teacher I'm certainly frustrated. That being said, as a teacher I've been frustrated for many years at how we are letting down children, because like it or not the government have been letting down children for a very long time. Much like the NHS, the state education system is completely underfunded. Schools could be kept open, and you might even be lucky and your children's school could stay open, but many children would end up being sent home for two weeks at a time, lots of children would miss out on lots of time because schools would close due to teachers and students contracting the virus, and if the science is right then they would end up closing anyway.
Most teachers want schools to stay open, but they want them to be safe. Once again, the media make it seem like teachers are moaning louder than everyone else. Words are twisted, lies are spread. Articles about teachers "not wanting to go into work" appear alongside photos of classrooms that have desks 2 metres apart and 6 kids in the classroom. Those photos are lies. For most of the pandemic, state school teachers were literally told not to wear masks, that it wasn't allowed. Gavin W spoke about all of the funding that has been made available to schools- most schools haven't seen a penny. Schools where teachers have had to buy their own paper for photocopying because the budget won't allow for it are suddenly faced with having to buy hand sanitiser, pay for extra cleaners, supply teachers to cover isolating staff, etc. And then, on the last day of term were also told that in order to make schools safer they would be in charge of testing. But don't worry, they can have a zoom call with the army if they find it hard 😂 Still no PPE. So I'm going to test a pile of possibly infected students without PPE, possibly spreading a pile of germs between them, and then they are going to toddle back off to their respective homes, and their siblings will then going to their different schools, and their parents will go to work, and supermarkets etc, all the while spreading around this new transmissible strain.
I don't think teachers are constantly complaining about the virus, I think they are just recognising that the government and media are spreading a lot of false information about the spread of the virus in school settings and they want people to understand that so the situation can be improved. We want people to understand that lots of the sacrifices you are making are being nullified by the lack of action being taken when it comes to schools. SAGE have literally said that all of the measures in place to bring the R number below one are useless with schools running as they currently are. Something needs to be done, and if that means closing schools for a week or two in order to give schools time to come up with an actual, viable action plan with support and funding from the government then that makes sense in the long run.
Blaming schools and teachers for letting down your children in this scenario is like me blaming you for your hospital running out of ICU beds. And I can imagine, given how much of yourself that you probably put into your job, that it would feel like a bit of a kick in the teeth if the media was full of articles talking about how you were "letting down your patients".
Please don't listen to the media clapping for carers but booing for educators. Put the blame where the blame lies- and that's with years and years of budget cuts (to both the NHS and education). Thanks Tories 👍🏻
By the way, if you speak to your school and explain your situation, I'm sure they will take your children. Good luck.