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FFS I’ve got covid again

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MooPointCowsOpinion · 07/09/2021 20:12

Here’s my previous thread which ended with my coughing up blood and needing an ambulance twice when I caught covid as a teacher last year.
Back to school on the 1st sept and guess who caught covid again straight away?!
I think I need to leave teaching, literally not one union or leader or government member has talked about the level of risk for teachers. We have no social distancing, no ventilation and no masks this term.
Double vax’d, didn’t save me from catching it but I’m really hoping it will at least save me from hideous symptoms this time.

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sherbetmelon · 07/09/2021 20:14

You poor thing. It's making its way through my school as well. I hope your vaccines help this time x

BabcockPeggy · 07/09/2021 20:14

Gosh, that’s unlucky.

Lua · 07/09/2021 20:17

so sorry! Flowers

Thewiseoneincognito · 07/09/2021 20:27

Get out of teaching. They truly do not care about you and it’s now a risk to your well-being clearly.

MsMeNz · 07/09/2021 20:27

So sorry you went through all of that how terrifying! 😣 I don't have any help other than a virtual hand hold and I hope that immunity has built it good now in you and you'll kick it's but now and every other times you get exposed and it will be more like a minor cold and not something to fear any longer x

LegendaryReady · 07/09/2021 20:30

I'm also in school and in going to be cynical and say when were the children actually back and did you make the most of your summer?

Surely if you have symptoms and a positive test already you more likely caught it before school was back?

I had it in December but I think more likely from the gym than at school.

InTheStars · 07/09/2021 20:32

I'm so sorry to hear that. I suspect they don't care. Hope you have only minimal symptoms this time around 💐

OliveTree75 · 07/09/2021 20:33

@Thewiseoneincognito

Get out of teaching. They truly do not care about you and it’s now a risk to your well-being clearly.
Yeah it's that easy....
Queenie6655 · 07/09/2021 20:33

You poor poor thing I could cry reading this

I used to work as a teacher
Left after a few years

Lovely profession but it was such a hard job

RandomMess · 07/09/2021 20:34
Thanks
HSHorror · 07/09/2021 20:35

Average is 4d.
Kids in our school were in friday so it's definitely possible already- some areas went back sooner.

Op i have everything crossed for you that it's much milder.

ssd · 07/09/2021 20:35

Im so sorry @MooPointCowsOpinion

Thats truly shite

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MooPointCowsOpinion · 07/09/2021 20:35

@LegendaryReady we had two members of staff come to the training day on 1st sept and then test positive that day. I was contacted by T&T who told me to get a PCR but not to isolate. PCR came back positive. I hadn’t really had any symptoms when I went for the test, just felt unusually tired but was blaming the start of term.
I haven’t been anywhere else in weeks, I had a stomach bug for the second half of august and stayed home to be near the toilet!

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bizboz · 07/09/2021 20:37

If immunity does wane after a few months post-vaccination it's going to be a bad winter for teachers of Vivid is just being allowed to circulate freely in schools.

LegendaryReady · 07/09/2021 20:38

[quote MooPointCowsOpinion]@LegendaryReady we had two members of staff come to the training day on 1st sept and then test positive that day. I was contacted by T&T who told me to get a PCR but not to isolate. PCR came back positive. I hadn’t really had any symptoms when I went for the test, just felt unusually tired but was blaming the start of term.
I haven’t been anywhere else in weeks, I had a stomach bug for the second half of august and stayed home to be near the toilet![/quote]
That's interesting. The only known cases we've had transmitted in school so far , through the whole thing, were staff to staff too.

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MooPointCowsOpinion · 07/09/2021 20:41

We’ve had plenty of student to student and student to staff and staff to student transmission too this past year, but the kids aren’t even back properly until tomorrow so we shall see how much it spreads.
Whole school CPD in the hall with no windows certainly did not help. Nor will assemblies of 350 people in that same hall…

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Haudyourwheesht · 07/09/2021 20:45

@MooPointCowsOpinion

Here’s my previous thread which ended with my coughing up blood and needing an ambulance twice when I caught covid as a teacher last year. Back to school on the 1st sept and guess who caught covid again straight away?! I think I need to leave teaching, literally not one union or leader or government member has talked about the level of risk for teachers. We have no social distancing, no ventilation and no masks this term. Double vax’d, didn’t save me from catching it but I’m really hoping it will at least save me from hideous symptoms this time.
You should be in Scotland. The teaching unions never stop talking about the risk to teachers.
Angrymum22 · 07/09/2021 20:46

I’ve just caught it again. Been feeling pretty rough since Saturday but unlike first time the symptoms have been very short lived and I’m much better today.
The cough was very transient and mild unlike the first time where I slept sitting up for 5days.
It is frightening when your temp is high, but the vaccine does seem to reduce the time frame. A high temp indicates that your immune system is in top gear.

noblegiraffe · 07/09/2021 20:49

Sorry to hear that Moopoint, take care of yourself. If you're not better in 10 days, please don't feel the usual teacher need to drag yourself in.

sakura06 · 07/09/2021 20:50

Hope you recover quickly and aren't nearly as poorly this time.

I'm really concerned about the lack of mitigations. The cost of cover alone is going to destroy school budgets... Quite apart from the potential health ramifications for staff and pupils.

MissMaple82 · 07/09/2021 20:51

Teachers are always going to be susceptible to viruses. Goes with the territory, same as supermarket workers

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MooPointCowsOpinion · 07/09/2021 20:53

@Angrymum22 I remember the sleeping sitting up very well, I was so exhausted I could have cried if only I had any air in my lungs to cry with! I’m so glad to hear it’s been better for you this time, I am hopeful. Did you have a headache? That and the tiredness is the worst bit for me this time round so far!

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User5827372728 · 07/09/2021 20:53

I’m sorry OP, such shit luck.

I’ve got a headache and runny nose so will do a LFT. If I have it it’s defo from our thurs and fri INSET days!!

noblegiraffe · 07/09/2021 20:55

I wonder how many schools will come to regret the 'whole staff crammed in the hall' INSET.

CheeseTiger · 07/09/2021 20:55

I worked in a supermarket for ten years before I trained as a teacher (and family still work in the retail sector). Hard work at times but I have to say I never spent six hours locked in a small unventilated room with a customer helping them go to the toilet and wiping their snot.

Does make me laugh how supermarket workers are always brought up on these threads.