How will schools be able to go back in September? (Continued)

khalessi

Ninthlife wrote: »

Mine are the same at the start of every year. As she had a bit of a cough we didnt want her being pulled aside in school and a rigmarole being made about it.

By HSE guidelines the fact it was runny nose, sore throat then a cough. I thought possibly wrongly the firat 2 symptoms would state its common cold but the Doc (out of hours GP) stated anyone with a cough gets tested regardless.

I thought good luck with that at the height of normal flu season.

Either way its better to err on the side of caution so hopefully a speedy turn around time of the result

In same boat, waiting for gp to ring back, no temp but runny nose, sniffles, sore throat and intermittent cough.

screamer

The tests for covid will go through the roof, always every year, within 2 weeks of returning to crèche/ school the kids come home with head colds or chest infections. There may not be covid cases(hopefully there will be few of them, but I’m not convinced) but the disruption to keeping normal services at schools running will be huge.
I am very much hoping that the larger Sunday positive rate is a blip and that we won’t see a corresponding rise in other days this week

caveat emptor

Ninthlife wrote: »

Mine are the same at the start of every year. As she had a bit of a cough we didnt want her being pulled aside in school and a rigmarole being made about it.

By HSE guidelines the fact it was runny nose, sore throat then a cough. I thought possibly wrongly the firat 2 symptoms would state its common cold but the Doc (out of hours GP) stated anyone with a cough gets tested regardless.

I thought good luck with that at the height of normal flu season.

Either way its better to err on the side of caution so hopefully a speedy turn around time of the result

Same story. Week 1: head cold and a bit of diarrhoea (Barely classed as it tbh) but have to err on side of caution as you say. Gonna be a long winter.

facehugger99

caveat emptor wrote: »

Same story. Week 1: head cold and a bit of diarrhoea (Barely classed as it tbh) but have to err on side of caution as you say. Gonna be a long winter.

TMI

JDD

It seems we are dropping like flies

My 8 year old developed a sore thought on Saturday and an intermittent cough yesterday. Every cold she has ever caught has always turned into a chesty cough (everyone's got a thing I guess) so I'm not concerned. She's at home from school today, though her sister went in. No temperature, just a cough, a runny nose and odd sneeze.

I rang the doctor and it seems his receptionist (mum of four, his receptionist for 20 years, no nonsense type lady) is fielding the calls. There must be loads of people ringing him as the phone was engaged for half an hour before I got through.

There is apparently loads of normal coughs going around - no surprise - so I'm to keep her home, let her rest, give calpol and if she there is no improvement tomorrow I'm to give them another call. Honestly I doubt she'll be better tomorrow even if it's just a common cough/cold - but I'll follow the rules and ring them again.

Seemed sensible advice.

Can anyone please share details from this Facebook tracker page? No names of individuals or families to be shared, of course, just name and location of school. I am not on Facebook anymore and it would take a lot for me to go back to it. But referring to rising school numbers here without any details is a total head wrecker. My heart goes out to those of you with kids awaiting tests, or the results of tests, and may all be well for you and your families.

Jinglejangle69

JDD wrote: »

It seems we are dropping like flies

My 8 year old developed a sore thought on Saturday and an intermittent cough yesterday. Every cold she has ever caught has always turned into a chesty cough (everyone's got a thing I guess) so I'm not concerned. She's at home from school today, though her sister went in. No temperature, just a cough, a runny nose and odd sneeze.

I rang the doctor and it seems his receptionist (mum of four, his receptionist for 20 years, no nonsense type lady) is fielding the calls. There must be loads of people ringing him as the phone was engaged for half an hour before I got through.

There is apparently loads of normal coughs going around - no surprise - so I'm to keep her home, let her rest, give calpol and if she there is no improvement tomorrow I'm to give them another call. Honestly I doubt she'll be better tomorrow even if it's just a common cough/cold - but I'll follow the rules and ring them again.

Seemed sensible advice.

Why the laughing face?

JDD

It's not laughing, it's a smile.

And I didn't want the "we're dropping like flies" to come across as "oh no, we're all getting infected with covid", because that's not what I meant - in my daughters case it is 99% assured that she has just a cold, and a lot of the previous posts were people talking about also having symptoms of a common cold.

Apologies if it came across that I was being somehow flippant.

Gentleman Off The Pitch

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

This is always gonna happen.

Runny nose and cough happens every September.

People need to remain calm get tested if have symptoms.

We will get through this if we all stick together.

But we won't if people take glee and start saying so it begins or I told you so.

Fine sentiments but I'd be fairly certain that "if people take glee and start saying so it begins or I told you so" it will have very little impact on how the virus affects schools this winter, and I could forgive any teacher that does this due to the backlash they get whenever they highlight the related issues in their workplaces

khalessi

JDD wrote: »

It's not laughing, it's a smile.

And I didn't want the "we're dropping like flies" to come across as "oh no, we're all getting infected with covid", because that's not what I meant - in my daughters case it is 99% assured that she has just a cold, and a lot of the previous posts were people talking about also having symptoms of a common cold.

Apologies if it came across that I was being somehow flippant.

I didnt take it as flippant, like yourself kiddo probably has headcold but this is the new normal. Stay home ring gp

TonyMaloney

Five teachers in Suffolk have tested positive. School closed.

Jinglejangle69

JDD wrote: »

It's not laughing, it's a smile.

And I didn't want the "we're dropping like flies" to come across as "oh no, we're all getting infected with covid", because that's not what I meant - in my daughters case it is 99% assured that she has just a cold, and a lot of the previous posts were people talking about also having symptoms of a common cold.

Apologies if it came across that I was being somehow flippant.

My apologies.

I took it wrong.

Jinglejangle69

TonyMaloney wrote: »

Five teachers in Suffolk have tested positive. School closed.

Listen most schools are gonna have to close at some stage for a week or two.

Then we move on.

Accept it.

irishblessing

facehugger99 wrote: »

TMI

It's a symptom, and so is vomiting/nausea. Better people know what to look for and hear about other's symptoms as it's a novel virus. Everyone poops facehugger, no big deal :pac:

iamwhoiam

Great to see the kids organising themselves into their lines and just accept it all this morning . All look d Much more relaxed and the teachers looked less stressed too . We can do this .

TonyMaloney

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Great to see the kids organising themselves into their lines and just accept it all this morning . All look d Much more relaxed and the teachers looked less stressed too . We can do this .

Scotland's deputy first minister has been talking up blended learning as a contingency in case they can't do it.

Jinglejangle69

TonyMaloney wrote: »

Scotland's deputy first minister has been talking up blended learning as a contingency in case they can't do it.

That won't go down well with the cahort you labelled the gym and wine o clock mammies.

TonyMaloney

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

That won't go down well with the cahort you labelled the gym and wine o clock mammies.

I did what now?

JDD

TonyMaloney wrote: »

Scotland's deputy first minister has been talking up blended learning as a contingency in case they can't do it.

I don't see the harm in doing that.

I don't know what it is like in Scotland, but it certainly seems here that everything will be sacrificed on the altar of keeping the schools open. So even if we had a temporary "lockdown" in Dublin, due to high case numbers, I think the schools will stay open even when restaurants, pubs and shops might be ordered to shut.

Where closing schools might be considered is in more self contained areas, like a large town. If there was a widespread outbreak in somewhere like Enniscorthy, directly linked to a number of outbreaks across a number of schools, the government could decide to "lockdown" that town, and close all the schools for two weeks. The limited geographical nature of that sort of shutdown might be more palatable to the general public. That's where your online learning would come in.

I think that scenario is unlikely though. It's more likely that there would be a four week semi-lockdown of Wexford, and the schools would stay open. The more "broad brush" kind of thing that we saw in Kildare.

JDD

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

That won't go down well with the cahort you labelled the gym and wine o clock mammies.

that was Gerry Hatrick I think!

Jinglejangle69

TonyMaloney wrote: »

I did what now?

Oh sorry mixed you up with a another poster.

Sorry again.

Jinglejangle69

JDD wrote: »

that was Gerry Hatrick I think!

Correct.

Is he still floating around!?

s1ippy

Great info here today all, glad I clicked. Nice to see relevant informative comments and not just idiotic personal attacks derailing the thread.

https://twitter.com/GCraughwell/status/1302865099133267968?s=19

If people have questions for G Craughwell from labour to ask in the Seanad this week, here's where to "hit him up".

JDD

Correct.

Is he still floating around!?

I'd say he's busy setting up a program to automatically reply "terrible" and "its the parents I blame" at random to various covid posts. It'd save him a lot of time.

Lillyfae

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

Correct.

Is he still floating around!?

I saw him at wine o'clock himself last week. What an initiative, wish I'd heard of it years ago :pac:

Ninthlife

Rang the school to inform them of her absence..according to the Principal she isnt the only one today.

Not sure well the testing facilities will cope if everyone with a cough has to get a test.

I can see it changing back to how it was at the beginning where only a high temp plus another symptom will mean a test.

Others in the house are starting to snot now so if her test is positive In gonna take it we are all infected

josip

khalessi wrote: »

Is a parachute with a hole in it, unsafe or ineffective or both?

Depends on the parachute design.
Round chutes need a hole to prevent oscillation.

Jinglejangle69

Ninthlife wrote: »

Rang the school to inform them of her absence..according to the Principal she isnt the only one today.

Not sure well the testing facilities will cope if everyone with a cough has to get a test.

I can see it changing back to how it was at the beginning where only a high temp plus another symptom will mean a test.

Others in the house are starting to snot now so if her test is positive In gonna take it we are all infected

We have the capacity to test 100,000 a week.

We tested 14,000 last Thursday.

Jinglejangle69

Ninthlife wrote: »

Rang the school to inform them of her absence..according to the Principal she isnt the only one today.

Not sure well the testing facilities will cope if everyone with a cough has to get a test.

I can see it changing back to how it was at the beginning where only a high temp plus another symptom will mean a test.

Others in the house are starting to snot now so if her test is positive In gonna take it we are all infected

I'd say its just the cough and cold that happens every September.

Loads of kids have it at the moment.

Most coming back negative.

Ninthlife

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

We have the capacity to test 100,000 a week.

We tested 14,000 last Thursday.

Thats impressive. Whats the average turn around time for results.

Im pretty certain its a normal cold too