Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

road2ruin said:
Came from a friend whose wife is a head. So far her info has been pretty reliable about children. I don’t think we have to wait for long with the announcement to be made today just after Hancock puts the entire country into Tier 4
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It's weird as this txt was this morning from her head who had just been told by department of education that primary schools back as normal all tiers

But could have changed
 
pauljames87 said:
It's weird as this txt was this morning from her head who had just been told by department of education that primary schools back as normal all tiers

But could have changed
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I’d be more than happy if she was wrong with this particular bit of info. I had assumed almost secondary schools would delay by a couple of weeks but primary would be kept in as children simply cannot learn remotely at that age.
 
road2ruin said:
I’d be more than happy if she was wrong with this particular bit of info. I had assumed almost secondary schools would delay by a couple of weeks but primary would be kept in as children simply cannot learn remotely at that age.
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See our daughter isn't old enough yet but if primary closed I'd assume pre schools would have to aswell

I think she would be fine off an extra couple weeks

However as a key worker I do wonder if they would take her .. no idea interesting to find out
 
AmandaJR said:
I didn't think it was paid as I was going through St Johns and it's with them. I'd be more than happy to do anything to speed up the process, in my own time and at my own cost transport-wise. Maybe I was wrong to get to page 8 or whatever it was and see the reference requests and dip out but it was just seeming like so much hassle just to help out.

Mind you my ex employer might well have mentioned the time I ran amok in the office with a syringe just to get my fix...
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The jobs through NHS Professionals are paid (but not very well).
 
I've been hearing rumours that teachers are to be classed as essential workers and moved up the queue for the vaccine.
 
ColchesterFC said:
I had exactly the same when I had a disagreement with my carving knife last weekend. Turned up at A+E, checked in with the lady on the desk and sat down in an almost empty waiting room. By the time I signed in to the free WiFi the doctor called me through to be seen. From entering the car park to leaving again was less than half an hour.
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A little guidance re ones golf
 

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drive4show said:
I've been hearing rumours that teachers are to be classed as essential workers and moved up the queue for the vaccine.
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Teachers have always been essienal workers , key workers are

The NHS nurse my wife spoke with said they pushing for all key workers over 50 to get the vaccine asap
 
road2ruin said:
I’d be more than happy if she was wrong with this particular bit of info. I had assumed almost secondary schools would delay by a couple of weeks but primary would be kept in as children simply cannot learn remotely at that age.
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Looks like both of us are correct lol

Some tier 4 areas

Now we wait the decision what areas
 
drive4show said:
I've been hearing rumours that teachers are to be classed as essential workers and moved up the queue for the vaccine.
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List of essential workers and those prioritised for testing in England:

all NHS and social care staff, including:
doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff, including community pharmacists and their staff, students on clinical placements, volunteers and unpaid carers
the support and specialist staff required to maintain the UK’s health and social care sector
those working as part of the health and social care supply chain, including producers and distributors of medicines, and medical and personal protective equipment
NHS Blood and Transplant frontline staff (blood donation staff, specialist nurses for organ donation, staff running therapeutic apheresis services in NHS hospitals)
those providing ancillary support to NHS workers (such as hotel accommodation for NHS staff)
personal care assistants
essential public services staff, including:
prisons, probation, courts and tribunals staff, judiciary
religious staff
charities and workers delivering critical frontline services
those responsible for the management of the deceased
journalists and broadcasters covering coronavirus or providing public service broadcasting
public health and environmental staff, such as specialist community public health nursing
public safety and national security staff, including:
police and support staff
Ministry of Defence civilians, contractors and armed forces personnel (those critical to the delivery of critical defence and national security outputs and critical to the response to the coronavirus pandemic and EU transition), including defence medical staff
fire and rescue service employees (including support staff),
National Crime Agency staff, those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas
British Transport Police and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency
transport workers, including:
those who keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the coronavirus response
those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass
those constructing critical transport and border infrastructure through which supply chains pass
education and childcare workers, including:
support and teaching staff
social workers
specialist education professionals
critical personnel in the production and distribution of food, drink and essential goods, including:
those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery
those critical to the provision of other essential goods, such as medical supply chain and distribution workers, and testing (such as PHE labs), and veterinary medicine
workers critical to the continuity of essential movement of goods
local and national government staff critical to the effective delivery of the coronavirus response, the delivery of and response to EU transition, or delivering essential public services, such as the payment of benefits and the certification or checking of goods for import and export (including animal products, animals, plants and food), including in government agencies and arms length bodies
public and environmental health staff, including in government agencies and arm’s length bodies
funeral industry workers
frontline local authority staff and volunteers, including
those working with vulnerable children and adults, victims of domestic abuse, and the homeless and rough sleepers (and hotel staff supporting these groups)
voluntary sector organisations providing substance misuse treatment
utilities, communication and financial services staff, including:
staff needed for essential financial services provision (including but not limited to workers in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure)
the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage)
information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies to continue during the coronavirus response
essential staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications (including but not limited to network operations, field engineering, call centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 essential services), postal services and delivery, payments providers and waste disposal sectors
 
road2ruin said:
For those with school age children this is the rumoured opening times....

Primary School (T1-3): 4/5th Jan
Key Exam Years: 11th Jan
Secondary School (T1-3): 18th Jan
Tier 4: 18/25th Jan (unclear which yet)

For me personally I have a primary school age child in a Tier 4 area so this is a nightmare. I’m self employed so cannot take time off to home school whilst my wife works for a small company who are very busy and she cannot take time off. Does this mean out daughter (6yrs) spends 2/3 weeks trying to teach herself?! Was really hoping they would see sense and keep Primary schools open.
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My daughter is a primary teacher and the things that the kids do.
Licking each other, licking the floor ( I know).
Some Teachers want schools closed while All teachers are vaccinated who want to be.
This will keep schools open long term when they do open.
Atm teachers and school staff are very much in the middle but should be top of the vaccine list just after frontline nhs staff.
 
clubchamp98 said:
My daughter is a primary teacher and the things that the kids do.
Licking each other, licking the floor ( I know).
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Oddly my experience is completely different. Due to the hand washing and the hand sanitiser usage my daughters year has never been healthier!! She’s 6 (Yr 2) and usually covered in snot from October through March as they pass colds to one another however this year she hasn’t had a single one!
 
ColchesterFC said:
I had exactly the same when I had a disagreement with my carving knife last weekend. Turned up at A+E, checked in with the lady on the desk and sat down in an almost empty waiting room. By the time I signed in to the free WiFi the doctor called me through to be seen. From entering the car park to leaving again was less than half an hour.
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Add another one to this, we was up the Royal Free yesterday, place was extremely quiet, even A&E was pretty deserted. Although my local hospital “Queens” in Romford had ambulances queuing up outside apparently treating COVID patients.
 
road2ruin said:
Oddly my experience is completely different. Due to the hand washing and the hand sanitiser usage my daughters year has never been healthier!! She’s 6 (Yr 2) and usually covered in snot from October through March as they pass colds to one another however this year she hasn’t had a single one!
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