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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

bobmac said:
It's more of a discomfort than pain unless the sharp edge digs into my cheek



I had no idea such a thing existed.
Research to be done, thanks William
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Wow !! An amazing coincident, my daughter just called saying a filling has came out and wants me to get her a temporary tooth repair kit asap:eek::eek:
 
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pauldj42 said:
Surely some of the teachers(no idea how many) will also be in school teaching those kids from key worker families.
Therefore there may not be enough teachers to cover classes and home schooling.

No idea if this is in every school, but is certainly the case in a couple of schools I know of up here in the NE.
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But this is not happening in most cases. The key worker kids ar getting the same work as all the other kids.

My son's school appears to be run by militant leftie types who are saying they need time to sort out online learning as they have not been told what to do. They have had 9 months to prepare for this.
Yet these people are supposed to be educating our youngsters.

So he has spent the day redoing the homework he was set over Christmas. Which appears not many other kids did. This is after spending months going over the work he did at home during the original lockdown, because many of the other kids didn't and were too far behind to move one.
They are an absolute joke. Not much makes me apoplectic, but this lot have.

My daughters school on the other hand. Started a full day of online classes at 8:45 this morning with a teacher new to the school. And have been working away perfectly well all day.
 
IainP said:
On a related note, has anyone heard from @Hobbit recently? ?
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Still alive.

With a number of family health issues and moving house I found my self getting too angry with people. Those I growled at excessively on here, I apologise. You weren't alone as some 'real' people around me got growled at too. As a result I've put myself on the naughty step. I pop in most days, but only as a reader.

How has Covid affected me/my family in the last month or so? Daughter #3, a 31 year old primary school teacher, caught Covid early Dec. It manifested itself as a very nasty cold. Her boyfriend caught it from her and has been very ill. No long Covid symptoms for either of them. However, she was 6.5 months pregnant when she caught Covid, now 7.5 months, and the baby hasn't grown since the beginning of Dec.

Daughter #2; her sight has marginally improved, although as far as the hospital are concerned there is no improvement. She now also tires easily and struggles to walk. Obviously still a worry, especially as she has other long term health issues that Covid would have a field day with.

Daughter #1 gave birth mid-Nov. Just before Christmas the g'son was rushed into hospital, and he was operated on just after Christmas - now back home. Obviously going into hospital with Covid around was concerning. And the worry was at 9 on the Richter scale.

And we can't fly in to be with them..... stressful? Hell, yes!!

Spain since October; Numbers started to rise late Oct/early Nov, leading to regional, then municipality(town) lockdown through till a week before Christmas. That lockdown absolutely worked across most of Spain. Locally, numbers were virtually back to zero by the 17th Dec when lockdown was lifted. This last week has seen numbers steadily climbing again and we will see at least a regional lockdown from the 10th. We're expecting that by then that it will be municipality lockdowns - some towns in Murcia have already gone to that.

The new (British) variant arrived in Malaga and Granada just before Christmas. 7 cases, all of which were Brits who'd flown in to their primary residence in Spain, and all had posted a negative PCR test.
 
BiMGuy said:
But this is not happening in most cases. The key worker kids ar getting the same work as all the other kids.

My son's school appears to be run by militant leftie types who are saying they need time to sort out online learning as they have not been told what to do. They have had 9 months to prepare for this.
Yet these people are supposed to be educating our youngsters.

So he has spent the day redoing the homework he was set over Christmas. Which appears not many other kids did. This is after spending months going over the work he did at home during the original lockdown, because many of the other kids didn't and were too far behind to move one.
They are an absolute joke. Not much makes me apoplectic, but this lot have.

My daughters school on the other hand. Started a full day of online classes at 8:45 this morning with a teacher new to the school. And have been working away perfectly well all day.
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Is it not happening in most cases as you state though? I can only speak about the local schools in my area I have contacts/dealings with and the biggest gripe seems to be the lack of support from some parents for the kids school work and the odd teacher within schools, certainly not heard or seen any total school get slated as per your son’s school.
 
Hobbit said:
Still alive.

With a number of family health issues and moving house I found my self getting too angry with people. Those I growled at excessively on here, I apologise. You weren't alone as some 'real' people around me got growled at too. As a result I've put myself on the naughty step. I pop in most days, but only as a reader.

How has Covid affected me/my family in the last month or so? Daughter #3, a 31 year old primary school teacher, caught Covid early Dec. It manifested itself as a very nasty cold. Her boyfriend caught it from her and has been very ill. No long Covid symptoms for either of them. However, she was 6.5 months pregnant when she caught Covid, now 7.5 months, and the baby hasn't grown since the beginning of Dec.

Daughter #2; her sight has marginally improved, although as far as the hospital are concerned there is no improvement. She now also tires easily and struggles to walk. Obviously still a worry, especially as she has other long term health issues that Covid would have a field day with.

Daughter #1 gave birth mid-Nov. Just before Christmas the g'son was rushed into hospital, and he was operated on just after Christmas - now back home. Obviously going into hospital with Covid around was concerning. And the worry was at 9 on the Richter scale.

And we can't fly in to be with them..... stressful? Hell, yes!!

Spain since October; Numbers started to rise late Oct/early Nov, leading to regional, then municipality(town) lockdown through till a week before Christmas. That lockdown absolutely worked across most of Spain. Locally, numbers were virtually back to zero by the 17th Dec when lockdown was lifted. This last week has seen numbers steadily climbing again and we will see at least a regional lockdown from the 10th. We're expecting that by then that it will be municipality lockdowns - some towns in Murcia have already gone to that.

The new (British) variant arrived in Malaga and Granada just before Christmas. 7 cases, all of which were Brits who'd flown in to their primary residence in Spain, and all had posted a negative PCR test.
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Fingers crossed for the family mate, you did better than me, I only lasted 7 days.:geek:
 
BiMGuy said:
But this is not happening in most cases. The key worker kids ar getting the same work as all the other kids.

My son's school appears to be run by militant leftie types who are saying they need time to sort out online learning as they have not been told what to do. They have had 9 months to prepare for this.
Yet these people are supposed to be educating our youngsters.

So he has spent the day redoing the homework he was set over Christmas. Which appears not many other kids did. This is after spending months going over the work he did at home during the original lockdown, because many of the other kids didn't and were too far behind to move one.
They are an absolute joke. Not much makes me apoplectic, but this lot have.

My daughters school on the other hand. Started a full day of online classes at 8:45 this morning with a teacher new to the school. And have been working away perfectly well all day.
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It really depends on how it was handled before Xmas

My wife's school sent every member of staff home with their work laptops before Xmas just incase they didn't come back

They were told back to work as normal yesterday in the end I think they went in to prepare for mass testing and now a rota is being sorted for people in school for key workers and those doing online learning

My mum's school similar story

However if you were in say tier 2 or 3 before Xmas maybe the schools didnt have the plans in place

It takes a little while to set up for online learning and get the plan in place for key workers just depends when the plans have been actioned
 
BiMGuy said:
who are saying they need time to sort out online learning as they have not been told what to do.

They have had 9 months to prepare for this.
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my experience is not quite as bad as yours however I completely agree with this. Was the decision to close schools left too late? Yes, should have been made weeks before when it was pretty clear the direction this was going.

However any school blaming the government for the short notice is purely trying to gloss over their own short comings. Schools might have been closed at a moments notice at any point since September so surely should have had (or been working on) a robust remote learning system. This fiasco not only shows those in power in a bad light but also the schools scrabbling round claiming that they weren’t given enough time to prepare.
 
Wife has been on a zoom call. Apparently they appear to have nearly 150 kids who parents are suddenly key workers coming in tomorrow. In the first lockdown they maxed out at 45. Simply parents passing responsibility (imo).

Only 2 Covid beds left in ICU again and deaths in the last few days up, even on the first wave. Staff knackered, morale low and it already feels a long slog.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Wife has been on a zoom call. Apparently they appear to have nearly 150 kids who parents are suddenly key workers coming in tomorrow. In the first lockdown they maxed out at 45. Simply parents passing responsibility (imo).

Only 2 Covid beds left in ICU again and deaths in the last few days up, even on the first wave. Staff knackered, morale low and it already feels a long slog.
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I dunno homer I know companies are being awful about their essienal status

My friends company won't let their staff work from home even though they can

They claim their key workers as they supply gas and water companies with components

Now yes this may be true .. but that member of staff can work from home so should

Tfl has again sent all staff home that aren't operations if they can work from home they must .
Just depends on your company
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Wife has been on a zoom call. Apparently they appear to have nearly 150 kids who parents are suddenly key workers coming in tomorrow. In the first lockdown they maxed out at 45. Simply parents passing responsibility (imo).
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Friend’s wife works for a well know cheese producer. She’s an accountant but due to the industry can officially be put into the key worker category. They’ve resisted using it however due to the lack of remote learning the school is doing they are now considering it.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Wife has been on a zoom call. Apparently they appear to have nearly 150 kids who parents are suddenly key workers coming in tomorrow. In the first lockdown they maxed out at 45. Simply parents passing responsibility (imo).
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Shouldn’t it be BOTH parents being key workers?

For example, if you have a couple where one is key worker and the other is not, then he/she should be looking after the kid.
 
larmen said:
Shouldn’t it be BOTH parents being key workers?

For example, if you have a couple where one is key worker and the other is not, then he/she should be looking after the kid.
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No this isn't the case

One key worker

I can see the logic in what you have said but officially it's 1
 
larmen said:
Shouldn’t it be BOTH parents being key workers?

For example, if you have a couple where one is key worker and the other is not, then he/she should be looking after the kid.
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I would assume so, The consensus is the school is open for key workers so lets farm the kid there. Sounds harsh but there you have it. The head teacher has already said she expects that number to rise. On the plus side all the staff were tested today and no positive cases.
 
pauljames87 said:
No this isn't the case

One key worker

I can see the logic in what you have said but officially it's 1
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Then I think this might be the difference between lockdown 1 and now which explains a lot of the extra numbers? Adding a few where companies classifying themselves like they want to fall into key categories?
 
larmen said:
Then I think this might be the difference between lockdown 1 and now which explains a lot of the extra numbers? Adding a few where companies classifying themselves like they want to fall into key categories?
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Maybe, but also could be those before who struggled to home school whilst working from home have decided this time to take the option up to help them work

Or maybe they were furlough last time but not this time

Many reasons I guess

Our daughter has been pre school as it's open because my wife can't handle all 3 at once if I'm at work, she feels terrible but then someone pointed out if she didn't have the twins she would be at work so daughter would be in pre school .
 
larmen said:
Shouldn’t it be BOTH parents being key workers?

For example, if you have a couple where one is key worker and the other is not, then he/she should be looking after the kid.
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As has been mentioned on this forum where folk have been lax through this pandemic, I mentioned to daughter yesterday that all the “essential worker parents” will be turning up at school today. They did. One parent who runs the barbers shop in the village turned up with there little un. What do you say. He is a Barber.
Now don’t get me wrong, the school has been fantastic with its home schooling in previous lockdowns. But some parents are taking the proverbial.
 
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