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Yup, it's bullshit. If we treated adults the same way as school children then everyone at Wembley for the England/Scotland march should be self isolating today.
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all should legally be staying at home regardless of no symptoms/negative tests. To me, this is crazy.
I've been home from work all week and taking the toddler to the park. Judging by the amount of big (adolescent /young teens) kids bombing around pre-kickout they're definitely not all staying home.
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Daughter's year group off school from today (year 3 so age 7-8 year olds) following a positive test in her "bubble". Year 6 are already off.
Many plans cancelled. No sports day for two years running, her cricket match tonight will be off, my parents were supposed to be coming at the weekend to go to my cousin's post wedding garden drinks - no idea what we'll do there now.
The bubble includes my daughter because they share the lunch hall, but the class with the positive test sits a few benches away. Legally, she cannot now leave the house for 10 days, even with a negative test.
Going on last week's figures (nearly 400,000 off school), and seeing how cases are only rising, I reckon around a million kids will have been off school this week, all should legally be staying at home regardless of no symptoms/negative tests. To me, this is crazy.
My issue is not so much with the risk averse nature of kids bubbling / off school, but that idea that opening up so much is just leaving them in the firing line, both of a) catching covid, but also b) have their lives disrupted by relatively removed "contacts" testing positive. Seeing Wembley / Centre Court packed, pubs heaving means this was always going to happen. One of her friends went to Wembley for the Germany game, and bunch of others were at the pub with their dads. It only takes one out of a hundred to catch it and they are all off!
If any minister comes out and says they are prioritising our children's wellbeing they can get in the sea!