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Original poster

Will they actually go ahead with the not having to isolate?

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Needtogoonholiday · 03/02/2022 19:32

Do we think that it will actually happen in March. The not having to isolate if you've got it?

I wonder if testing will stop?

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Blubells · 03/02/2022 19:38

Denmark has just ended the need to isolate when positive.

BuickMcKane · 03/02/2022 19:39

Yes.

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Needtogoonholiday · 03/02/2022 19:43

Do you think that there'll be additional guidelines such as stay at home if you can?

I think it's going to be very difficult for some people to adjust.

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L40Postcode · 03/02/2022 19:44

Yes.

2tired2bewitty · 03/02/2022 19:47

Having just spent 10 days stuck at home with no more than the mildest of cold symptoms, I really hope so. I’m also still testing positive on day 11, so not really sure what the point was 🤷‍♀️

2X4B523P · 03/02/2022 19:51

@Blubells

Denmark has just ended the need to isolate when positive.
Norway has removed most restrictions and Sweden doing so from next week.
Oliveandshea · 03/02/2022 19:53

I think it's going to be very difficult for some people to adjust

Why?

Suzi888 · 03/02/2022 19:57

Yes, it’s costing thousands in isolation payments and there are no resources to process them.

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Needtogoonholiday · 03/02/2022 20:01

I know a few people who are still very afraid and think that even close contacts should still have to isolate.

I've got Covid atm, seemingly very mild, I was out and about for a few days before I even realised I had it. I'm 99% certain that I caught it from my youngest child, who I now can't take to school.

A dh off work with no symptoms whatsoever.

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TotalRhubarb · 03/02/2022 20:01

I think it might happen sooner. 🤞

HumunaHey · 03/02/2022 20:02

They will soon readjust.

catchingzzzeds · 03/02/2022 20:02

I think so and it's probably the right time.
I do worry about schools though, most children have mild symptoms and would probably manage school but the staff are suffering harsher symptoms and I think the majority would be unable to work for a few days.
We currently have large numbers of staff and students out with COVID and are on the brink of asking a year group a day to stay home. There are simply no agency staff available and we're already using LSAs and SLT.
If we start welcoming COVID positive students in I think the situation can only get worse. We had large numbers of staff test positive before Christmas and some of the same are off again with it now. 3 of the team have been diagnosed with long COVID.
It's a mess.

LetsGoFlyAKiteee · 03/02/2022 20:04

Think so especially as from the sounds other Countries are starting it or going to. Do think some places will set their own rules and hopefully will understand that people may be to ill to work. Though testing seems a bit pointless if you don't have to isolate whatever the result is. Be intresting to see how it's all decided.

VikingOnTheFridge · 03/02/2022 20:09

I would be astounded if they didn't. It fits in both with the general direction of travel wrt other covid related policy and what people are doing anyway.

GirlInACountrySong · 03/02/2022 20:11

can't wait!!!

Wnkingawalrus · 03/02/2022 20:16

Oh my god I really hope so. So sick of life being disrupted for symptomatic cases. The deaths vs cases numbers just don’t support isolation anymore, especially given we know the number of cases is massively undercooked.

Wnkingawalrus · 03/02/2022 20:16

Sorry, should have said asymptomatic!

Lulu1919 · 03/02/2022 20:30

@catchingzzzeds

I think so and it's probably the right time. I do worry about schools though, most children have mild symptoms and would probably manage school but the staff are suffering harsher symptoms and I think the majority would be unable to work for a few days. We currently have large numbers of staff and students out with COVID and are on the brink of asking a year group a day to stay home. There are simply no agency staff available and we're already using LSAs and SLT. If we start welcoming COVID positive students in I think the situation can only get worse. We had large numbers of staff test positive before Christmas and some of the same are off again with it now. 3 of the team have been diagnosed with long COVID. It's a mess.
We have half a team of staff off with covid at the moment ....nursery dept of a school ..these staff are poorly Further up the school we have another five staff off Classes are combining TAs running things It's chaos
actiongirl1978 · 03/02/2022 20:36

Absolutely they will go ahead and thank goodness.

jennywasafriendofmrbrightside · 03/02/2022 20:42

Yes, needs to happen sooner rather than later as well!

Orchid876 · 03/02/2022 20:43

They probably will yes, but tbh I don't think it will make much difference. I'm a teacher and I'm currently at home ill with Covid. No way could I be in work now, I feel like I've got a bad cold combined with really bad fatigue, it's the fatigue that would make working impossible. Covid is all over my school at the moment, we have so many staff and students off. But, only the students who actually test when they have cold like symptoms are off, I know plenty who haven't done a single test (bar the one they had to do to return to school January) in months. So many aren't testing and aren't isolating that I don't think it will make much difference even when isolation stops. I think the problems that we're having with struggling to cover every lesson will continue for a while, at least until it's run its course in my school. It's joyous working in schools at present. Not. This isn't helpful for staff retention, it was bad enough before Covid.

CrinklyCraggy · 03/02/2022 20:45

I was talking to a teacher today who's just spent 10 days indoors with a newish baby who was furious that he'd had to isolate for very mild symptoms while his colleague were crumbling because of such high absence rates. The sooner the better.

User0458832 · 03/02/2022 20:47

It can't come soon enough

flumposie · 03/02/2022 22:02

My school has 20 teachers off and pupil cases are rising. Crisis management. The rest of us are exhausted covering lessons. Not sure what the solution is, but we can't continue like this in schools.

cantkeepawayforever · 03/02/2022 22:44

@flumposie

My school has 20 teachers off and pupil cases are rising. Crisis management. The rest of us are exhausted covering lessons. Not sure what the solution is, but we can't continue like this in schools.
The schools situation is really difficult, because the high viral load for staff in schools undergoing an outbreak seems to mean that staff are often 'more ill' than the mild symptoms that seem to be widely publicly reported for omicron elsewhere.

Whether this is because of lack of social distancing, the very high numbers of children with Covid, the unvaccinated status of all primary age pupils, the length of time teacher spend in contact with infected pupils, the lack of ventilation - or all of the above - is not clear. However, it really does feel as if removing isolation would bring more children back into schools, but not very many more staff to teach them, as the staff themselves are ill for at least 8-10 days. That would exacerbate rather than help the current situation, where school and class closures are being driven by lack of adults, not by child absence. Even where classes are not closed, continuity of staffing is an issue - a class without their own teacher for 8 days will often have 8 different adults to cover.