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I'm worried about kids going to school and bringing it home

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Molly333 · 04/02/2021 23:32

As said in the title I'm worried about my children going to school then bringing it home as I'm a single parent and without me my children have no one . Sorry im panicking

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Bunnybigears · 04/02/2021 23:35

This situation has been going on for nearly a year, why is this worrying you now? Has something happened thats different to before?

dementedpixie · 04/02/2021 23:36

Why are you worrying just now? Are your kids going back to school any time soon?

Mumblechum0 · 04/02/2021 23:39

Unless you’re over 50, obese or CEV there’s nothing to worry about imo. Worst case scenario is you’ll feel rough for a few days.

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Molly333 · 04/02/2021 23:48

Ive been worried all the way through this trying to keep us safe as poss. I think it was the talk of the schools going back today . I'm 50

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OakSnows · 04/02/2021 23:48

@Mumblechum0 sorry, it’s not helpful to minimise the OPs fear. Have you been living under a rock? You know all those healthy under 50 people who are living with long covid? All those who have died? People minimising this is the reason people don’t get vaccinated and ignore lockdown. Very happy that you don’t know anyone who’s been severely affected.

indemMUND · 05/02/2021 00:53

OP I feel the same but only have one child. I have uncontrolled asthma but there's no vaccination in sight, I won't be flagged as ECV. Schools will end up going back way before I'm offered one. No one else to hold down the fort if I get ill when DD has to go back into the mix. With the new variants it's worse now. What can we do? If the fines go back into place I can't keep her off. If I'm left to homeschool with no provision (ie withdrawing from school) then what? We're doing great with homeschooling now and we're lucky. But she has zero contact with any other kids.

indemMUND · 05/02/2021 00:55

Rock and a hard place.

NotWithMyShoes · 05/02/2021 06:48

Where I live, homeschooling is illegal and they haven’t closed the primary schools since end of lockdown May. It’s also illegal to not send your child because you’re afraid they might catch it. All you can do is do all you can to minimise the risk of you catching it. Eat healthily, regular exercise, constant good hygiene reminders, vitamin supplants if you feel it necessary. Limit out of school contacts (although we are allowing contact with best friend and the kids who we share a garden with).

At least we know, if the DC do bring it home, that we have done as much as we reasonably can to protect ourselves from it.

millymollymoomoo · 05/02/2021 07:34

Agree with mumblechum. If you look on phe website and the died with COVID stats anyone can see the stats for numbers who’ve died by age category. You can then also see age category with /without any underlying condition .
Anyone even 60 (and older)and under with no underlying risk factors the numbers are very low ( appreciate the grief if it’s a family member of course).
Of course anyone could have a serious outcome, but then anyone could also get run over by stepping out their front door
The risks have really been over hyped for the vast majority.

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 05/02/2021 07:36

To the majority of the nation, catching covid is not risky. Are you clinically vulnerable? If not, please try not to worry.

Yes, the death rate looks high, but drill down into who is dying and why and you may be reassured.

You will get your jab within the next couple of months (if UK).

Nonamesavail · 05/02/2021 07:38

I just think of it as non negotiable atm. They have to go, I have to work. Not alot else I can do. I dont worry about it every day to be honest.

speaksofty · 05/02/2021 07:43

By the time they actually go back the infection rate will be very low. You are not high risk and will almost certainly be having a vaccine next month anyway. I would like at getting some support with your anxiety, many people have become more anxious during the lockdown. Take care of yourself.

RosesAndLemonade · 05/02/2021 08:31

More people will have been vaccinated, most of the vulnerable and school is mandatory and bloody important. Unless you're going to home school you have no choice. Please don't let your DC pick up on your fear because they deserve to go back to school without worrying.

TheKeatingFive · 05/02/2021 09:05

OP, have you checked the stats? Someone of my age and health background has less than 0.1% risk of dying of Covid if they get it. These aren’t stats that terrify me.

Fear has been a very important weapon for the government in driving compliance, the individual risk to most people is seriously over egged.

TheKeatingFive · 05/02/2021 09:07

And your children need to go to school. They have a right to education, socialisation with their peers, normal routines. Irrational fears shouldn’t deprive them of all that.

megletthesecond · 05/02/2021 09:11

Same . Lone parent.
I can't parent ill. No one around to help. If I get long covid I might struggle to work. I'm horribly healthy but post menopause and a minor heart condition that might flare up.

I get really pissed off with two parent families being blase about it. They have back up and possibly local family.

NotWithMyShoes · 05/02/2021 09:34

I can't parent ill. No one around to help. If I get long covid I might struggle to work. I'm horribly healthy but post menopause and a minor heart condition that might flare up.

I get really pissed off with two parent families being blase about it. They have back up and possibly local family.

Don’t flame me for this but.... in that case what would you do if you were in a car accident/needed an urgent op/hospital stay? Did you not have a plan for that pre-COVID?

middleager · 05/02/2021 09:46

My child brought it back from school. A school rife with cases though. Did your DCs' schools have lots of cases before lockdown? It might be reassuring if they did not.

He is a teenager though and could mainly self isolate in his room and the rest of us did not catch it (unless we were asymptomatic).

I'm not a single parent, but I worry about my other child bringing it back next as cases have been so high at their different secondaries (think 20% of the class!).

I'm late 40s and obese so it does concern me, but mine are year 10 and I need them in school.

Meinelieblingskatze · 05/02/2021 09:49

Rock and a hard place I agree. Can't wait for my kids to get back to school/college but I'm worried they'll bring it back too. I've already had it and still off work almost 10 weeks later. Certainly not something I'd like to repeat. Most recover after a few weeks but a large minority don't and are still left with lingering symptons. If I'd not had my dp around who luckily was recovering from it I don't know how I would have managed.
Why do people comment in such a belittling way ? The odds are you'll be ok albeit might feel like crap for a week or two. I get where you are coming from.

Meinelieblingskatze · 05/02/2021 09:51

Btw I've a normal bmi, fit, never smoked but early 50s with asthma.
I know people grossly overweight, smokers, poor diet, 60s who were better in 2 weeks. It's random.

GlitteryFluff · 05/02/2021 14:23

I'm worried about my son bringing it home from school too. I have a DS in year 2, a DD due to start nursery in April and then an 8 week old. I'm obese (BMI around 38) but age is on my side (30). I'm trying to lose weight but it's complicated and I've been overweight or obese for at least 15 years, it's not straightforward or quick.
We have been so careful since March, haven't broken any rules, haven't gone into houses, haven't formed a support bubble for childcare or for baby under 1 because I don't want to risk it, even when cinema bowling soft play restaurants were ok we haven't been to them. Yet come March 8th or whenever it is, I have to send my DS back to school where he'll be in a room of 30 kids and 4 adults and end up catching it and bringing it back to all of us. I don't want to catch it, I'm worried I'll become very unwell or worse.

CrocodileFondue · 05/02/2021 14:34

Me too. I'm fat and asthmatic (although the fat is my own fault tbh), I have an autoimmune condition, I'm fucked if I get it and so scared of leaving my autistic DS alone. He badly needs to go back to school but at what cost?

SansaSnark · 05/02/2021 14:35

Are your children going into school at the moment?

Or are you concerned about the return to school?

Nothing definite has been said about return to school in England, so I would try not to worry about it until we get some official confirmation- it may not be school as normal they return to.

It is a tough situation to be put in- you could probably find a way to keep them off until Easter if that makes you more comfortable, though?

SansaSnark · 05/02/2021 14:37

Schools in Scotland and Wales are doing a phased return, so it's very likely it won't be school like last term when schools do return.

Would people on this thread who feel uncomfortable prefer rotas/phased return with proper social distancing?

tonystarksrighthand · 05/02/2021 14:39

Don't send them then OP, virus is going anywhere

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