Schools to close again.. Covid

I don't disagree with you. I'm saying what I think will happen

Teachers unions will say it's too risky for face to face teaching and will look to stop it again.

We have one teacher out with covid, two more out sick, not sure what the story is there, another has taken paternity leave, not sure if there is a sub to cover his classes or if it will be just S&S. We don't really have the bodies to cover much more, if anyone else goes, we'll probably have to leave one or two year groups at home.

What a ridiculously misleading thread title. You would think of all places this forum would understand what a ? is for

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No, they won't close schools. The government also know that by and large anyone under the age of 18 has a mild case of covid if they are infected and a few days later they are back to normal. So it makes no odds to them if every child in the country gets covid, because by and large those children will not end up in hospital. Not saying that's how it should play out, but that's the reality of what is happening.

You might well be right that they won't close schools. Time will tell.

Where I think are very wrong is in the assumption that the decision will relate to how the infection affects under 18s.

The school closures last January/February related to the overwhelming of the hospitals. Any closing down of society will again be decided by that metric alone.

All users of night-clubs are mandated to be vaccinated (albeit waning vaccinations) and are probably young, healthy, and in theory less vulnerable to the extreme impact of Covid. Yet, the government has restricted that area and will do so some more very soon.

Young healthy people might not suffer bad effects as you say but they spread the infection very effectively as they are at their most social and mobile at that age. Areas where they find themselves might well be identified as a likely key source of infection. The average nursing home resident might be more vulnerable than anyone in a school or nightclub but they won't be spreading it around the community either.

We now have eight staff positive.

Jesus are you primary or secondary? I just can't see being open in January even from a staffing perspective!

Wow that is a lot. I did the numbers there and in my place, that we know of, we have 2% absence due to Covid

Big school, though not sure that makes a difference to the stat

I have to say, we are doing quite alright with subs - all those extra hours given to schools mean we have loads of strange faces about the place, which has really been great because with more subs, the S&S pressure is really off those of us teaching full timetables and I find that lovely. A real reprieve. I've done one cover class since Sep.

But schools are safe?

All community transmission I'd say. I'm pretty sure inside a school building is the only place Covid is unable to spread.

Put it this way, even when you are time tabled free with no class, s and s etc, you feel guilty having a ‘free’ class and will avoid the staff room.