Rates rising > Kids off school > WTF is the plan??

[HoppingHamster]

I want things to open up. I want vaccines to work. I’ve had my vaccines.

But.

There will soon be thousands of kids off school isolating because they’ve come into contact with someone who tested positive. 10 days off school. I already know of about 50 in our local area through various schools.

If June 21 goes ahead. And we can’t slow the spread among unvaccinated people. And the spread is already increasing statistically among children and younger ages (which it is), where is the plan for keeping kids in school?? For preventing more disruption to their education.

How is it possible to let things open up (and let numbers fly over next few months before more people vaccinated) AND keep kids equally in school? Either you open up and lift all quarantine restrictions. Or you have to do something to plot the spread amongst youngsters.

I’m worried this has been forgotten and it’s going to go wrong again.

[Pootle40]

@ResIpsaLoquiturInterAlia

Pootle40

Funfortheroad
They need to stop isolating kids. If things are ok enough to open up society and allow travel, festivals and offices, then there's no need to keep isolating children, who aren't even affected by it.

This and stop all the bloody testing
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Classic Covidiot ideology at its finest!

Ignore everything nothing to worry about attitude as the pesky flu bug thing is history or not happened. No need to contain, let alone eradicate as no action required unless there are ventilation shortages in hospital! Prevention is worst than cure nonsense. No wonder the National Covid Wall Memorial along the Thames outside St Thomas Hospital overlooking Parliament means nothing to those not impacted in terms or lives or livelihood. No scientific appreciation of the most likely unvaccinated younger age groups spreading more contagious illness to older more vulnerable groups! Don’t follow the science but follow your own genius conspiracy theorist! Beggars belief and so sorry to the 0.1-0.2 million Brits who passed away due to this complacent attitude. Waiting for the - “you are more likely to be killed by a bus” counter argument to come along with no understanding that this disease is silent and spreads asymptotically through human to human contact!

At least I know 0.1-0.2m people haven't died OF Covid.

[dementedpixie]

[quote ExhaustedFlamingo]@dementedpixie - I honestly don't know what the truth is. I'd be delighted if the story about kids in hospital was inflated as that thought is terrifying.

They're contradicting each other. One source says kids in hospital with COVID is on the high side, the other side says it's not but there's no details. I'd love to believe that's true but I think I'll need a bit more than "they said it's not".

I've not seen any hospital admission figures for ages but I did see that earlier today, in the number of new cases around 21% (I think) was 0-18yr olds. The % of new cases seems to tally with the vaccines. I'm hoping that's the only reason for this and it's not because this new strain is especially virulent in youngsters. My concern is that I thought virtually no kids went to hospital with COVID so even if there's a few now, that's still a worry, no? Considering before they were supposed to be more or less asymptomatic?

We're kind of shielding still (vulnerable kids) so we're not really mixing anywhere yet. Just be useful to have an honest assessment of how concerned we should be.[/quote]
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-57446887 Watchdog says Humza Yousaf child Covid claim 'inaccurate'

[Supernothing22]

I'm in Greater Manchester. Sons primary school currently has Years 3,4 & 5 all isolating since Wednesday. The school hasn't shut 1 bubble since before Christmas term.

It's spreading like wildfire after half term. Most of the kids have been mixing in holiday clubs, both the ones local toe mix 2 different schools and random kids in the community, it's uncontrollable again.

Parents at school gates are back to doing what they like, no masks, learning I to cars talking to each other, kids cuddling together in groups. It's an impossible task to get the kids to stay apart of parents can't do it.

I'm a keyworker and son has been in school all the way through and this is the first time his bubble has had to close throughout the last 15 months. People have had enough of the rules and its being seen now in spread.