Vaccination and isolation

[Alwaysready]

Once you've had first vaccination (&3 weeks) does it make any difference to isolation advice if close contact positive? SEN teacher just been called for vaccination, already isolated 3 times!

Nope, isolation still stands I believe. The vaccine just helps stop you getting seriously ill, we dont know 100% what it does to transmission yet so if you didnt isolate, you may still pass the virus on to someone more vulnerable than you.

Don't think so.

This is why teachers aren’t given priority for vaccine.

Vaccinated teachers neither prevent community spread, nor keep schools open.

Ok thanks anyway, so neither my vulnerable pupils or family are any safer 😐

They don’t fully know if vaccinated people are less likely to transmit covid yet, but they are hoping it will as it has shown some good signs that it does. We will know more this week when figures are released, but they don’t want people thinking they can do what they like and be in close contact with people thinking that’s ok just because they’ve had the vaccine.