Will dc still have to isolate next academic year?

[solarlights]

By then all teachers and parents will have been double vaccinated (unless they’ve chosen not to). After this the disruption to education can surely no longer be justified.

I expect it will carry on through the winter, sadly. It's no use saying it's unacceptable. It is what it is.

How many people will be vaccinated by September 1st?

Most adults, over 30, should be done, both vaccinations, by end July? Wasn't that the plan?

@Arcadia

So this is it forever now is it? We seem to be piling rules on top of rules. If you'd said this would still be the case with vaccines and extensive testing including asymptomatic testing we would never have believed it. Hanging onto hope that once all over 18s vaccinated life will be more 'normal' for our children.

Yes absolutely. If you'd told us last summer we'd have a vaccine half as effective as the ones we've got by now we'd have rejoiced and assumed that would mean life would get back to normal. Yet here we are. There will always be something to wait "just a few weeks more" for.

"Schools should now be used to switching between home and on site learning so no loss of education has to occur."

Ds goes to special school cannot learn online/remotely/ whatever else you want to call it. If he is out for 10 days he misses 10 days of education.

If he is told to self isolate as a contact, we will have to keep him off school if the rules say that but we will not be keeping him in the house for 10 days. Away from other people yes but staying indoors all that time and the distress that would cause him - won't be putting him through that.