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Boy infecting entire class

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Neverplayleapfrogwithmrpipes · 16/09/2023 18:21

My daughter is in Y8. This week a boy has been in all week with Covid. He is symptomatic and coughing constantly. The school have tried to send him home but unfortunately there was no one available to collect him and he keeps coming in daily.

I totally understand that parents have to work and schools expect high attendance which doesn't help but I wouldn't send my child in with flu or norovirus or Covid.

I don't know what the solution is but now several kids in the class have also started showing symptoms.

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archimedesconstant · 16/09/2023 18:51

You don’t know whether he has or had covid, or whether he is the one who has infected the other kids.
It’s getting to the season where colds, coughs, covid and flu will be rife and most of us will be in contact with it, with no sure way to know where it came from should we become infected.

We really are beyond the whole pointing fingers and calling others selfish at this point 🙄

This. Baffled why anyone bothers testing.

verdantverdure · 28/09/2023 15:10

With three variants in play and no vaccinations for most of us, getting it now doesn’t stop us getting it again.

in fact, since covid depletes our immune systems it makes us more susceptible to every other virus going such as flu and RSV.

Robinni · 28/09/2023 18:31

verdantverdure · 28/09/2023 15:10

With three variants in play and no vaccinations for most of us, getting it now doesn’t stop us getting it again.

in fact, since covid depletes our immune systems it makes us more susceptible to every other virus going such as flu and RSV.

I can testify to the above - just over covid and almost immediately have another virus!!!

Was due to get vacc but covid got there first.

Feel like they need an earlier campaign.

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