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This is absolute nonsense

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infinitemadness · 22/06/2021 14:20

I have a son in Year 3 at Primary School. They are operating in year group bubbles but there are 2 classes in each year. This is the 4th time this year his year group 'bubble' has burst and we've really had enough now. 4th time this year of self-isolating for him. He plays for a football team but has had to miss so many training sessions and matches due to having to self-isolate. 4th time this year of not being able to socialise with any of his friends. 4th time this year I've had to take time off work. Each time it's been a child from the other class who's tested positive so chances are he's not even been anywhere near them anyway which is even more annoying. He's spent all afternoon crying. When does this end? It's ridiculous. I hate seeing him so upset and there's nothing I can do about it.

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LemonCake79 · 22/06/2021 21:22

And sympathies to @infinitemadness, we've done it three times (38 days I realised today as the first two were 14 day isolations). It absolutely sucks and each time my DC were very distressed too.

MarshaBradyo · 22/06/2021 21:23

Lemon yes you’re right conversation is better than none

I’ll email

TheVampiresWife · 22/06/2021 21:23

[quote MercyBooth]@TheVampiresWife The rampant ableism from that poster and some others has been going on for well over a year. Calling it out got me suspended from MN for a week last September.[/quote]
I've been on the receiving end of their bile a few times, including one particularly memorable capslock rant, because I have the audacity to have a debilitating, incurable condition which prevents me from wearing a mask.

TotorosCatBus · 22/06/2021 21:29

It's funny how people in hotel quarantine can pay to leave quarantine early.
They desperately need a new system for September. We can't have another school year of exam chaos etc

MarshaBradyo · 22/06/2021 21:29

It must be a free for all after ‘freedom day’ surely?

Awful how we don’t know

IsabellesMissingSock · 22/06/2021 21:30

@TotorosCatBus

It's funny how people in hotel quarantine can pay to leave quarantine early. They desperately need a new system for September. We can't have another school year of exam chaos etc
People in hotel quarantine can't pay to leave early
loginfail · 22/06/2021 21:37

@TotorosCatBus

It's funny how people in hotel quarantine can pay to leave quarantine early.

In the UK? There's no way of paying to escape the UK "managed" (i.e. hotel ) quarantine early..you do the whole ten days.

TheLovelinessOfDemons · 22/06/2021 21:43

Yep my DS is self-isolating, apparently because his teacher tested positive. He has ADHD and gets very distressed when his teacher doesn't hear him saying he doesn't know what to do. He was crying this morning.

Bobholll · 22/06/2021 22:23

It has to end. It is just not acceptable for another school year. If they continue to force my healthy child to miss school because a child in another class tested positive (also year group bubbles here), I won’t be isolating her. She’ll miss school but we will be making up for it with trips out for an alternative education etc. I’ll keep it outdoors to be ‘safer’.

cantkeepawayforever · 22/06/2021 23:28

The obvious way for it to end would be to vaccinate children...closely followed by making schools safer, and bringing rates in the community down so low that they cannot creep into schools and then explode....

Tealightsandd · 22/06/2021 23:52

Perhaps those writing to their MPs might like to ask them to lead by example. If you want no containment measures, that it. If it's so safe to drop all restrictions, time for a full return for Parliament.

Tealightsandd · 22/06/2021 23:55

Ps. Re the 'children angle' suggested on here. I wrote to my MP. To ask that CEV and CV children are prioritised for vaccination.

yeahdarling · 23/06/2021 00:11

It's absolutely wrong. We've isolated 9 times as a family as we are all in different bubbles. The effect on mental snd physical health is massive.

Tealightsandd · 23/06/2021 00:20

@cantkeepawayforever

The obvious way for it to end would be to vaccinate children...closely followed by making schools safer, and bringing rates in the community down so low that they cannot creep into schools and then explode....
We don't have enough vaccine supply yet. Hopefully we'll get more soon.
tonystarksrighthand · 23/06/2021 06:22

@cantkeepawayforever

The obvious way for it to end would be to vaccinate children...closely followed by making schools safer, and bringing rates in the community down so low that they cannot creep into schools and then explode....

But even if vaccinated you can pass the virus on and still carry it. So it would still happen unless they stop testing!

Cookiecrisps · 23/06/2021 07:14

Many school staff are still waiting for vaccines. I’m still waiting for my 2nd (40s). No social distancing between children and staff or masks so if someone brings Covid in then a classroom is the perfect breeding ground for it to spread.

My school (primary) operates in year group bubbles but only sends home the class where there is the positive case not the whole test group as it’s assumed their main contact is outside even though staff can move freely to teach within the year group.

Cookiecrisps · 23/06/2021 07:14

*whole year group

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infinitemadness · 23/06/2021 07:34

@QuickQuacker

Sorry OP but whilst I agree it’s horrible for DC I’m very surprised at the encouragement on this thread to send your DC to football or even a theme park (!).

IF your DC was to develop symptoms and test positive, then how would you feel knowing that you’ve effectively then forced others like his team mates to isolate because they’ve been in contact with your son who is supposed to be isolating ?

As a parent, I would be furious if I was forced to isolate my family because you brought your child to practice knowing he was supposed to be isolating. And we would isolate because we morally feel it’s the right thing to do whether we agree or not.

For context , one DC in my son’s class developed symptoms ; it spread through the majority of the class but only one developed symptoms . The others tested positive but no symptoms . We had to ALL isolate as DS was positive and cancelled our many plans . It was awful but it had to be done .

If it was someone in his class I'd be more inclined to agree with you. But the child who has tested positive is someone my DS goes nowhere near. In reality it's no more likely that he's caught it from him as it would walking past someone in the supermarket. That's why it seems so ridiculous that the whole year isolates. While the year group is classed as a bubble due to staff moving between classes, the classes actually never mix. Playtimes they alternate between one class on the field and one on the hard playground so they don't mix. Plus we've all already had Covid with no real symptoms.

And while I get what you're saying, DS sister is still allowed to go to school as she's in a different bubble. So IF he were to develop symptoms now he'd potentially still cause a load of people to isolate.... but I honestly think the chances of that are so slim I'd rather but his mental well being first.

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infinitemadness · 23/06/2021 07:35

*put

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TheVampiresWife · 23/06/2021 08:12

From the BBC this morning. She's absolutely right.

This is absolute nonsense
ButteringMyArse · 23/06/2021 08:24

@Bobholll

It has to end. It is just not acceptable for another school year. If they continue to force my healthy child to miss school because a child in another class tested positive (also year group bubbles here), I won’t be isolating her. She’ll miss school but we will be making up for it with trips out for an alternative education etc. I’ll keep it outdoors to be ‘safer’.
Same.
MarshaBradyo · 23/06/2021 09:10

@TheVampiresWife

From the BBC this morning. She's absolutely right.
Spot on

I hope it gets picked up more

I wrote to the MP.

The www.writetothem.com/

Site is useful for making it easy

Baileysforchristmas · 23/06/2021 09:18

@TheVampiresWife it’s so true, it’s so sad what we are doing to our children 😞 this is the next generation who we will be relying on to run the country, I’m so ashamed of what we’ve done. People on here seem to want to play down what is happening, it’s not trivial, this is a big deal.

Orf1abc · 23/06/2021 09:21

Funny how the BBC always shows pics of nicely distanced children. Why don't they go to any normal/ non PR opportunity school and show what distancing really looks like?

Most schools (in my area at least) don't have enough space in non covid times. A year into this and the government has still done nothing to facilitate adequate spacing, which would vastly reduce the size of bubbles and the need to isolate.

Zenithbear · 23/06/2021 09:35

It's ridiculous and very damaging to children. One of our dc is a teacher. Now having to isolate because one person in another class tested positive. Off for 10 days despite no symptoms and has to miss best friends wedding tomorrow where she was to be a bridesmaid.
She's fuming. Ready to give up her job.