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1/ Thread: Covid and Schools, how is it working out in my area which according to PHE has a low infection rate?
A compilation of reports coming from my workplace reps network highlighting issues.
Students coming into school with symptoms
A compilation of reports coming from my workplace reps network highlighting issues.
Students coming into school with symptoms
2/ Above was last Monday.
Wednesday a secondary school confirms a year 11 student has tested positive, only a handful of students isolated.
Wednesday a secondary school confirms a year 11 student has tested positive, only a handful of students isolated.
3/ Then I get a report another school has a confirmed case, primary member of staff, class bubble told to isolate head phones PHE, PHE says all students must return the next day, only those on the closest front table to teacher should isolate. Hancock says these students
4/ shouldn't get access to testing so will have to miss out on school even though they might be C19 negative.
Friday confirmed case in a nursery school = isolations
Another member in a different nursery has several students sent home with sore throats and fever. Awaiting tests
Friday confirmed case in a nursery school = isolations
Another member in a different nursery has several students sent home with sore throats and fever. Awaiting tests
5/ Member mentioned above has now spent 2 days trying to get a test despite using a special code from the head that was supposed to mean they get fast tracked
6/ Saturday and recieved this from rep at the primary school I went to as a child, just down the road from me. At least they got a test.
7/ Lack of testing has knock on effects beyond the school, a member isolating while waiting to access a test now has a son with symptoms.
8/ The collapse in testing is most concerning, in July suspected cases in schools had generally easy access to testing.
The moment schools opened after summer it now seems more people cant get a test than those who can.
Many schools still haven't recieved home testing kits
The moment schools opened after summer it now seems more people cant get a test than those who can.
Many schools still haven't recieved home testing kits
9/ And only 10 tests per school isn't going to be enough, particularly in many secondaries where many students are moving between different lesson groups during the day.
Does make me wonder if the governments figures on testing capability are Inflated.
Does make me wonder if the governments figures on testing capability are Inflated.
10/ I get the feeling that we had enough capacity to manage June and July when transmission was at its lowest, but now figures are rising the system just isn't capable of coping.
Also considering how many people with symptoms are struggling to get tested I think we can assume
Also considering how many people with symptoms are struggling to get tested I think we can assume
11/ That the real number of cases could be considerably higher than the official figure. Yesterday the figure was 3.5k, in reality we could already be over 4k maybe even 5k. Imperial college has suggested the real RO could be as high as 1.7
12/ I think public opinion is going to change very quickly over the next week or two, by October half term I expect a move to blended simply because of the amount of people in isolation. Particularly if testing for the majority continues to be inaccessible.
13/ I also think policy is again being designed to prioritise keeping parents in work over cutting transmission chains.
In May we raised issues of social distancing meaning we couldnt ave classes of 30, DfE responded by saying social distancing wasnt needed in education
In May we raised issues of social distancing meaning we couldnt ave classes of 30, DfE responded by saying social distancing wasnt needed in education
14/ And now we raise concerns about keeping schools fully open due to increasing numbers of isolation, it appears PHE has been briefed to reduce isolations.
