Coronavirus Disease Outbreak COVID-19 #33

[leoladyxo]

I’m getting annoyed by all these stories about TfL having to cut concessions and businesses having to make cuts. I don’t think it’s that shocking that as a business, a not for profit, like TfL will have to make cuts in order to keep running. They aren’t magically going to be able to get over a loss like this and bounce back. Similarly taxes are going to have to go up to pay for this all. Why is that a shock?

I don’t think that it is a shock to anyone. I think it is more just the media needing to find stories to have different angles on the coronavirus, so they are reporting these things. It also gives us an idea about the state of the economy.

 

[mummy2under2]

How did you get the test? I’m eager to have one as I lost taste and smell end of March. No idea if I had it.

We had it done in Harley Street Clinic hun

 

[Guyyyyyzzzzzz]

So is the general consensus from teachers that opening in June is a terrible idea?

I'm still trying to make a decision. I've got two due to go back. A year 6 who is desperate to go back and one in Year 1 who may have extra needs (not diagnosed yet) but doesn't receive one on one and is quite good at following rules at school under normal circumstances.

My reasons in favour of them attending are that I think I've had Covid and therefore they have likely had it too and they are both showing signs of finding lockdown life difficult. The one in Year 6 is feeling very down about things.

Reasons against are concern the impact on their mental health could be worse from how things will be at school.
Worry that the illness I had wasn't Covid and so they are still at risk.
A real concern for the teachers and how they feel about it all.

Part of me wants to help get life back to normal but the other part thinks that as hard as lockdown is at times, do I want to alter things in a way that could potentially destabilise things further?

Sorry for the rambling post.

I can’t answer that as I only spoke to our senco, I don’t know any other teachers.

But I have to think about my child and keeping him safe.

We had one really bad week which was because of sensory overload a fair few months ago and I don’t want that to happen again which I think it will.

His school have stated they will be in smaller groups with mixed ages not with their friends.

Curriculum won’t be followed and they won’t be following ECHP’s


So not a chance will I be sending him. There is no point. He has asthma an although he’s not bad I can’t risk the government putting my child at risk.


It’s wrong on so so many levels! I have ppe and I work in children’s services so fail to understand why schools aren’t being given it.

I feel for all you teachers

 

[sunflower]

My eldest is due to go back on June 1st but I don’t feel the need to send them in. We’ve had a lengthy chat and they are happy to carry on at home. It doesn’t sound like it will be “school” as they know it and I can’t return to work in my industry until July at the earliest, so there’s no point sending them in for childcare. I feel terribly for the teachers.

Not gloating but I’m very lucky that the school have been amazing with their work packs and support, and as a child they are happy to get on and do the work pretty much independently. However I’m having to take the maths lessons myself which is causing daily tears of frustration (for me!)

 

[monga]

How did you get the test? I’m eager to have one as I lost taste and smell end of March. No idea if I had it.

They're £99 online ..

 

[Belle83]

We had it done in Harley Street Clinic hun

Sorry to ask was it expensive? Did you have to go there? Was there any specifics in order to qualify for one?
Sorry for all questions!

 

[mummy2under2]

This may be an unpopular view but if you send your child back on the 1st Of june knowing teachers are scared and unprotected, that it's not going to be normal and you dont have work it's pretty selfish. The less kids the safer for everyone, so if there is a way around sending them you should take it. It wont be a normal environment that helps their mental health at all.

One of my friends is sending her 2 kids (primary school) to Jamaica for June-Sept to stay with her parents.
One of them is expected back in June and the other not. Shes so worried and she wants them to have a summer of enjoyment after becoming so distressed of not seeing their friends and family for so long. She'll go out and join them on August.
Don't disagree with her decision at all.

 

[Guyyyyyzzzzzz]

My 19yr old is autistic. He rarely (almost never) leaves the house to socialise under normal circumstancesn, so would only go out to college or to the shop. He suffers from severe anxiety, including social anxiety and is understandably anxious about becoming unwell as well as how the world has changed.

He has an online test to complete in order for him to pass a college course he's spent two years working toward. If I push him, he will meltdown and as well as this being very bad for him mentally, it also means he is unlikely to be in the right frame of mind to complete work. His meltdowns include violence, breaking things and harming himself and cause huge anxiety for the whole house. I'm just trying to keep everything balanced.

My younger ones have been either for a walk or outside every day and I'll be encouraging the older one more once the college situation is over.


This is what is forming most of my dilemma. From the teacher friends/acquaintances I've been able to ask, the views are mixed. Some are against it, some are working anyway so don't see an issue with more kids going back, others see a need to begin to get back to normal but are unsure of how it will work. I would have liked to have asked my children's school teachers directly but this week is not phone call week. I also doubt they'd be able to be openly honest anyway.

In terms of work my husband and I are both still working, predominantly at home. It would certainly be easier to juggle this with two less children at home to home school but I'm not sure that's a good enough reason. If my husband is required to go back to the office full time it will incredibly difficult for me to get any work done.
I also wonder if there's any real value in the kids going back so close to the end of the school year, especially given they won't necessarily be following the curriculum.

I want to do the 'right' thing - for everyone. I just don't think it's clear what that is. Especially when we are being told by the government everything should be beginning to get back to normal.

This is my 8 year old!! Quite happy to stay in all day long and never go out again .

We gentle push him to go out for exercise I can’t even begin to imagine trying to convince an ASD teenager

 

[mummy2under2]

Sorry to ask was it expensive? Did you have to go there? Was there any specifics in order to qualify for one?
Sorry for all questions!

We paid £300 each.
We live in London so we had a nurse come and take our blood sample.
They did basic height, weight, BP etc and asked us if we had any symptoms in the last 21 days.
If you don't live central then you have to go to the clinic I think.
I'm sure there's a few places doing it though.

 

[Guyyyyyzzzzzz]

One of my friends is sending her 2 kids (primary school) to Jamaica for June-Sept to stay with her parents.
One of them is expected back in June and the other not. Shes so worried and she wants them to have a summer of enjoyment after becoming so distressed of not seeing their friends and family for so long. She'll go out and join them on August.
Don't disagree with her decision at all.

Yeah I’d do that!!

then me getting drunk on the beach with decent rum


Joking just joking

 

[MakeMineADouble]

Wow! A hell of a lot of judgement going on today! ‘Piss poor parenting’ and ‘selfish’ are words that I’ve read (and I’ve given up reading any further!)

This thread is to discuss Coronoavirus, not to judge each other’s parenting! I’m sure we are all doing what we believe is right for our families!

Rant over, as you were

 

[KateESJ]

Wow! A hell of a lot of judgement going on today! ‘Piss poor parenting’ and ‘selfish’ are words that I’ve read (and I’ve given up reading any further!)

This thread is to discuss Coronoavirus, not to judge each other’s parenting! I’m sure we are all doing what we believe is right for our families!

Rant over, as you were

Well said.

All our situations and children are different and we’re all doing our best.

 

[Belle83]

We paid £300 each.
We live in London so we had a nurse come and take our blood sample.
They did basic height, weight, BP etc and asked us if we had any symptoms in the last 21 days.
If you don't live central then you have to go to the clinic I think.
I'm sure there's a few places doing it though.

Thank you x

 

[Redblueyellow8]

Today I just feel like I've had enough with all this. Life and kids and this is just too much too . Feel like I'm going to explode ... yet there is no end in sight all I keep thinking was this was ment to be the year I finally got everything together , a house finally a family holiday etc and now nothing will happen.

 

[KateESJ]

Save me y'all.
Trying to gain some cool Mum points by having a face painting afternoon. I'm gonna regret this. We've run out of lockdown activities and I can't put it off any longer and she WANTS to do it today. Yikes.

 

[Titntat]

Had our ELISA COVID Antibody test results back this morning...
We've both tested positive for IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 indicating we both have contracted the virus previously.

I was so sure we had it too and I'm glad we have.
We both had awful flu when we came back from France in Feb and knocked us for six.
The boys picked up coughs although nothing unusual but now I'm wondering whether they also had contracted it.

Where are these from? Can anybody buy them. Glad you've recovered and your minds at rest xx

 

[coconochanel]

Wow! A hell of a lot of judgement going on today! ‘Piss poor parenting’ and ‘selfish’ are words that I’ve read (and I’ve given up reading any further!)

This thread is to discuss Coronoavirus, not to judge each other’s parenting! I’m sure we are all doing what we believe is right for our families!

Rant over, as you were

you could always 'ahem' come over to the downing street thread.

 

[idk2]

I spoke with our senco earlier and I explained I won’t be sending my child back as he won’t understand all the rules nor will I have him triggered which will impact him on his mental health. I asked how they are going to stick to his ECHP?, He’s supposed to have 1:1 at all times and I honestly can’t see how that would work so that he’s safe.


His senco said we honestly don’t know how we are going to do anything everything you have said is what we’re raising and more no-one is answering those questions they are just asking us to return loads of children back to school and it’s not going to work.

It’s so sad that they are being pressured into doing this

I'm in exactly the same boat. As I'm self employed and have contracts with various schools to help children on EHCP's, alot of parents have been reaching out to me to come to their homes to help their child as this lack of routine and upheaval of their daily lives has caused a lot of damage to them mentally. It's incredibly disheartening to see such tame, gentle children having the worst meltdowns and such bc they don't understand. Thankfully had a breakthrough with a child today after a week of intense 1:1's in his own home (PPE provided by family)

I would try to slowly introduce all these health measures to your child now, so washing hands every hour at home (make it fun and splash around abit, add some competition if ur child understands) - 2m distance in any school is impossible but in a special school, its unheard of so I wouldn't even know where to start with any of it if I'm honest. I would say to make sure the same teacher/TA is with him for 1:1 from September if possible. Theres a childrens book by Elizabeth Jenner and co which explains Covid to children in ways they understand which is a great resource to use as well.

Hope everything goes well x

 

[Prgirl_cesca]

186 hospital deaths reported today. Not sure how much more that will go up by. Yesterday I think it almost doubled.

 

[Keiffers pipe]

Exactly thisit is not a cool thing to be seen with parents .They'd rather be facetiming or chatting online to their friends,if they can't" meet up" with the crowd they don't see a point of going for a walk on their own.

Mine has come out in the garden and half arsed painted half a fence panel with us but once he has finished all his school stuff , usually at least 4 hours then he just wants to play FIFA tournament with his mates. He did his virtual sports day task in the garden and has sat out to eat meals with us etc. I am offended people even think it's poor parenting , I can only assume it's somebody who doesn't have an older teen

I have an 11 and 13 year old too and they have both had no choice in the family walk. In honestly though we haven't been everyday anyway. But we have done loads of work and renovation jobs in the garden. Before covid we used to walk often on the public footpaths , nature reserve by our house but to be honest I have never seen it busier than our few lockdown walks, literally every man and his dog was out ( I'm scared of dogs too)