Hands up if your or your child is in isolation today

[RosieLemonade]

DN is in isolation for close contact. This is her fourth time. I've only ever had to do isolation because of her not being allowed out. Feels very much "Here we go again".

Yes we are on day 7 here. Dd2 has covid. We are all double jabbed including her.

@Mia85

DS has now had a negative PCR test but is still supposed to isolate for the rest of the week. It's incredibly frustrating. He's perfectly fine and apparently it is because a child who he hardly knows but sits in front of him in one lesson has tested positive. Only a few from his year are isolating so everything in school is normal for his friends. He was included online in one lesson yesterday but there are lots of things like sports day etc on so he's missing all the fun end of term things and has nothing to do. He's also missing a friend's sleepover party on Friday. After such an incredibly difficult year for them it seems cruel to keep them locked up when there is really very little chance he's infectious

My ds is in exactly the same situation. Missing sports day and a school trip because a child who sits next to him has tested positive...not even very close according to ds and for less than half an hour in the morning. We're only on day two and he's going stir crazy. It's so cruel

DD sent home from school Monday to isolate after coming into close contact with a positive case. Her best friend at school text today and said she has Covid confirmed by PCR. DD showing as negative today on a LF but has sore throat Chest hurts and body aches.

Ffs! Youngest dc went back to school on Monday after 10 days isolation, had to pick him up early today for another 10 days . That's him finished until September.

My Dd is isolating she's year 10 and this is the second time this month and second she's had her mocks cancelled. Fed up does not come close

Beyond ridiculous now. Children should be exempt from isolating unless they've tested positive. It's very cruel

Chris Whitty referred to increased risk of Covid amongst the unvaccinated and the young: Excerpt below from The Guardian:

•Chris Whitty says rates of long Covid likely to increase significantly
Prof Chris Whitty, the government’s chief medical adviser, has told the Local Government Association that rates of long Covid will increase significantly, and that this won’t be a trivial problem. He told the LGA:

Since there’s a lot of Covid at the moment and the rates are going up I regret to say I think we will get a significant amount more long Covid, particularly in the younger ages where the vaccination rates are currently much lower.

Fundamentally the two ways to prevent long Covid in my view are to keep Covid rates right down and make sure everyone is vaccinated so they get very mild disease and I think we really just need to push hell for leather for those two.

The deaths from Covid I think are mercifully going to be much lower in this wave compared to the previous ones as a proportion of cases but long Covid remains, I think, a worry.

We don’t know how big an issue it’s going to be but I think we should assume it’s not going to be trivial.

The LGA has called for a debate on the impact that long Covid will have, not just on the NHS, but on the demand for social care. •

Don't get me wrong, I fully understand the frustrations caused by burst bubbles/isolation, but who wants their kids placed at this kind of risk come September?

ARGH! Another week another DC isolating. So sick of this now. DS only returned Monday now DD (different school), has been in contact with a positive case so will be starting her holidays early. Is it too early to start drinking?!

Yes DS is off now for 10 days and is currently not speaking to anyone and locked in a bathroom, he's asd and doesn't cope well with change. He was supposed to be doing English gcse speaking exam and school are saying they should now do it at home but haven't sent any instructions. Though school now have an unexpected Ofsted today as well, only a year after their last unexpected one.

Really hope they stop these, having said that we are currently at 7 year 9s testing positive in 2 weeks. But previously it was 70 kids off per 1 covid case and no-one else testing positive.

Ds, 3, has been back a week to nursery after the last isolation.

Waiting to hear if he's going back into isolation till the 21st.

Behaviour hasn't settled since the last one yet.

but who wants their kids placed at this kind of risk come September?

I don't think there is a risk, well at least not a significant one which would justify isolating healthy kids, just in case

First time for my 3 year old. So close to finishing term too!

So my youngest went back to school today and the oldest got sent home today! Sods law. And I just found out on Facebook a bit in my youngest class was in today despite his younger sister waiting for her PCR test results. So no one has learnt any lessons and they will probably all be isolating again by the end of the week!

First one for my 9 year old son got the phone call from school after school today saying a teaching assistant had tested positive so he would have to isolate for 10 days from today. He attends a special school with about 15 children and 6 adults in the class and I suppose with it being a special school they will be hands on. I don't really mind him being at home but don't want him getting ill. Hr has a genetic condition so don't know if it will be bad or not.
Other child is wishing to be a close contact he can't stand school now after all the time off.

Sal

Child isolating here

Our school has closed completely now for the last 2 weeks of term. Kids have reverted back to lessons on Microsoft Teams.
500 + kids including my 2 from the school are isolating and 35 teaching staff. 28 positive cases in the kids as of yesterday but they haven’t said how many of the teaching staff.
It’s a pain

Middle child symptomatic so waiting on PCR result so we are all isolating. Dd1 had only just gone back last week after isolating due to positive case contact. Several classes and year groups isolating across two of my kids schools.

DS is isolating. I don’t really think it’s fair in young child tbh - unless you’ve got a massive estate or something.

Sod’s law will be Dd gets sent home to isolate this week just for the end of term.

Not yet, though the school has brought back masks fully and is doing a rotating schedule for this last week and a bit where some years are in and some are home on Teams.

Y7 particularly seems to be hardest hit with multiple forms in isolation.

@Hellocatshome

So my youngest went back to school today and the oldest got sent home today! Sods law. And I just found out on Facebook a bit in my youngest class was in today despite his younger sister waiting for her PCR test results. So no one has learnt any lessons and they will probably all be isolating again by the end of the week!

Yep i got one back on Friday and the other was sent home 9.30am on Monday😭

We are! DH tested positive on Friday, I got my positive today. DD (5) is bored already and we've got a long way to go!!

My DC just went back yesterday after 10 days isolation, sent home again today.