Do you work in a hospital/school in an Indian variant hotspot? What are you seeing?

[LilyPond2]

I am trying to understand how much of a risk the Indian variant poses to children in their teens. 17-year-old DD has recently finished A levels and is up for getting out and about more with her friends. Our immediate local area is not currently a "hotspot", but if DD heads into town for a bit of shopping, a significant proportion of her fellow shoppers are likely to be people who do live in a known hotspot. DH and I are now both double vaccinated, but I'm wondering how cautious I should advise DD to be. Are teenagers getting seriously ill with the new variant in a way that didn't (usually) happen before?

@Loubellbell

My SIL does ... she said there were around 50 at peak now 5 - all unvaxed

Thanks. Well that shows that the unvaccinated are at risk. Trouble is they are the ones probably spreading it around at the moment and some will end up in hospital - their own fault though if they cannot be bothered to have a jab

their own fault though if they cannot be bothered to have a jab

@June2021 exactly. I mean if LouBellBell's sister in law said it then it must be fact, right?

Not seen any cases at our schools but letters went out and of term that all absences of staff and children need to show evidence of a negative test before returning. This is a change of guidance and implies there is something happening across the LA?.

Thanks. Well that shows that the unvaccinated are at risk. Trouble is they are the ones probably spreading it around at the moment and some will end up in hospital - their own fault though if they cannot be bothered to have a jab

You do realise that one quarter of the adult population have not yet had their first jab?
And vaccinated people can still spread Covid.

School covid outbreaks have increased and cases of the Indian variant have grown.
Covid outbreaks in schools have reached their highest level since December as the Indian variant continues to spread, official figures show.

School leaders called new data on the spread of the Delta variant first discovered in India “concerning”, and said it raised “serious questions” over the decision to drop face covering requirements in schools last month.

Rising cases as Delta becomes dominant variant
The latest Public Health England figures show Covid outbreaks in schools surged 78 per cent week-on-week in the final week of term, with 91 reported between 24 and 30 May.

It marks the largest flare-up in almost six months. PHE experts say the Delta variant has now overtaken the Alpha or Kent variant as the dominant mutation in the UK, and their analysis reveals how variant outbreaks affected schools in May.

There were 97 Covid outbreaks in primary and secondary schools involving at least one variant over the past four weeks, amounting to around one in 250 schools. In the last week of term, 39 outbreaks involving the Delta variant were identified in schools, up from 27 the previous week and 11 the week before that.

A total of 140 Delta variant outbreaks have been discovered in educational settings this year so far. By comparison, schools saw 49 outbreaks with no variant or where mutations were not known last week, and 25 a week earlier — meaning Delta outbreaks narrowly exceeded non-variant outbreaks between 17 and 23 May.

No, teenagers aren't getting seriously ill. Most of the + tests are asymptomatic or mild cold.

@june2021 eh? No, not really!

@ajabajan - how can someone who has only just tested positive for the Indian variant possibly have long covid ?

Strewth, the crap people spout…. Reminds me of the poster who stated they had ten dead colleagues in their school. Amazing how that didn’t make the news at all

[quote IrmaFayLear]**@ajabajan* - how can someone who has only just tested positive for the Indian variant possibly have long* covid ?

Strewth, the crap people spout…. Reminds me of the poster who stated they had ten dead colleagues in their school. Amazing how that didn’t make the news at all [/quote]
There was another post that said her very important workplace had an outbreak of covid in vaccinated people and all ill and some in hospital seriously ill. This was the same place accordioning to the same poster where lots of people had previously had covid and some had died and many very, very ill. Same place were being monitored by PHE. None of any of the huge numbers of people in same workplace very ill and dying made any news reports - and they were all young people too. Lots of made up rubbish on here. Too much time on the hands and so invent tall stories.

If someone could be bothered they could compile all the “liar” posts. There have been a lot of them since feb 2020!

I’ve got the Indian variant - age 35, not been vaccinated (was booked but then I got Covid). We were contacted by test and trace and they told us which variant we had.

Honestly, I’ve had the flu and this is a super mild version. I was lethargic for a couple of days but still able to parent our 4 year old and get about. The most annoying bit is my taste and smell have completely gone.

I wouldn’t be concerned about teens getting it. Mine started with a very mild sore throat, a tickly cough and then a few aches which went away with paracetamol.