School in high covid area..

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Please don't flame me, I'm really struggling with the notion of sending DD to school at the moment.
What I'm hoping for is some reassurance that I'm doing the right thing in sending her in. I have OCD so I'm really averse to any sort of risk (and I'm trying really hard to see past my fears, and parent without that affecting her outlook!)

Naturally, DD who is a teen, is very keen to use ANY reason possible to avoid school and do home learning.

On the other hand, she's not interested enough to work on things that will improve her immune system or health. She lies about taking her asthma pumps, feigns injury to avoid exercising, doesn't take the vitamins I put infront of her, and is always too "full" to eat the healthy meals I prepare for her. So she can't be too worried about Covid!

But here's the thing, our area is one of the highest areas with the Indian variant in the country. The area we live in have all been advised to get PCR tests, her school had 8 cases last week, some schools in the area are closed because they've had large outbreaks, others have closed in response to the sheer amount of cases we have had.

Everyone who is vulnerable- myself, my husband, my dad, and PILS have all been vaccinated so I'm not taking into account anyone else's risk, just hers really.

She is also very good at wearing her mask, and seems to sanitise regularly (I only have what she tells me to go on, because I'm obviously not there when she's at school)

I had very little question about DD being in school, but seeing that there are some schools which are closed in our town when their area is suffering with fewer covid cases than ours (intake for DDs school is made up of 2 of the highest case areas in the whole town) which has made me think, and DD has mentioned she would prefer to home school, so now I have this worry that's just swirling around in my head that it might be a bad decision to send her in.

I'd really like to know what others would do please. I think most would send their kids in, with the risk posed to teens being very small.

No flaming here. Personally, I'd send her in until the school closes, but I don't have anxiety or health anxiety.

My local area recently made the news when over 100 children and staff at one school tested positive for Covid. Not the Indian variant though to be fair. Wouldn't even occur to me not to send DS in, he goes to another local school in the area.

There are likely always going to be variants of this virus. I just feel that we have to get on with life at some point.

@EsmereldaMargaretNoteSpelling thank you!
This is what I need to hear! I think logically (and majority of my brain) is thinking, it makes sense for her to be there, then there's this part of me thinking, what if its the wrong thing!

But worst case scenario, even if she got it, she's pretty healthy teenager, who won't have any long term effects.

I know this is the OCD but I feel like shit for thinking that sending her in is best when other schools are closed because of the risk.

Thank you