To find this behaviour bizarre.

[Kabs30]

Trying not to sound judgey, but maybe I am 🤷‍♀️

I have a friend, nor a close one but she lives nearby, we have kids in the same class.

She is obsessed with covid. Every time there is one single case in the kids class she takes her kid out of school for a week. So this has been a few times since jan (autumn term was mainly covid free). But she doesn't stay home with him, she posts photos of them out and about whilst he should be in school. She continues to send her younger child into nursery.

She has days out, holidays, goes to kids birthday parties yet she's taking her kid out of school all the time?

I would maybe get it if she was totally staying away from people, but she isn't, far from it.

She always posts on the class groups asking if anyone has covid, asking other people all the time including myself. I think everyone's getting frustrated with it. It's a small school and most of the parents know each other, even if not that well. She's driving everyone mad

As far as I know neither her or her children are vulnerable and even id they were they are going everywhere else they could catch covid, not like they are fully staying home.

I have got anxiety over covid myself but not to this extreme extent.

I feel she's stuck in 2020 when we were scared to death over covid. I know for many its still a serious virus but for most it is not.

She's always sent her kid in with streaming colds too without testing so I feel like she's stuck in the mindset that covid is not like a cold, yet for many it is similar to a cold.

She also constantly moans at people, moans at people not wearing a mask, moans when people aren't doing lft's before events - events she's not even going to. Calling people covid idiots etc.

I get she doesn't want to get covid, but it's going to be around forever now I think. Soon without testing kids will be going in without even knowing if it's covid or not imo!

Her kid is being so much education! Whole weeks off school about 3/4 times since jan just to avoid covid. It's extreme!

Well what can you do? Nothing. You seem to know a lot about her actions and reasons. Does she tell you this? E.g not testing kids with a cold / not sending them in because there is a case in the class. I certainly agree with you that a child shouldn't be kept off school because they might catch covid but it's not something we can have any influence over and possibly there's more to it than you know?

@SummerHouse

Well what can you do? Nothing. You seem to know a lot about her actions and reasons. Does she tell you this? E.g not testing kids with a cold / not sending them in because there is a case in the class. I certainly agree with you that a child shouldn't be kept off school because they might catch covid but it's not something we can have any influence over and possibly there's more to it than you know?

She's very active on the class group and very open about it all! ☺️

She's also constantly asking me and others if there's any covid in the class. She posted a couple days ago asking if there's any cases, there is a couple and then she said he's staying off! He's out playing in the street where we live as we speak!

I just couldn't imagine keeping my kids off so much. It's not feasible for most parents!

Just distance yourself and ignore it all. It's not worth your headspace.

Yes, I'd not give it much thought either.

Well, there are so many things she might be considering. Perhaps she is waiting for him to get vaccinated? Spending entire day indoor with cases in class, where there might be many asymptomatic kids as well definitely is more of a risk than playing on the street outside.
Perhaps, he is advanced academically and is alright with missing few days of school. Perhaps she thinks that if he catches covid then he will anyways be at home and will be sick, while now he is with her and they are healthy. If he isn't sick why can't they go out and about....still much safer with fewer close contacts.
I don't find her behaviour bizarre.