O/T. The Government's handling of Covid

[Geoff Parkstone]

So, having been at Lords yesterday for 8 hours with no mask, amongst a sea of people who, with one exception, were also without masks, I now feel a sore throat. Dr Andy, or Dr rA, what do I do, I haven't got those important 10 seconds to find out, I need Nanny to drip feed me the information repeatedly. Ah sod it, I'll go down the pub and share, that was what I thought we were supposed to do ........

[Andy_Faber]

So, having been at Lords yesterday for 8 hours with no mask, amongst a sea of people who, with one exception, were also without masks, I now feel a sore throat. Dr Andy, or Dr rA, what do I do, I haven't got those important 10 seconds to find out, I need Nanny to drip feed me the information repeatedly. Ah sod it, I'll go down the pub and share, that was what I thought we were supposed to do ........

You could wait til Autumn and have a fourth jab, as HMG have just announced, for over 50s. Be a lot safer at the pub then

[ramAnag]

So Andy...if the guidance is so easy to find and follow...what is it?

You’re very quick to find fault with people questioning but have, as yet, to produce any sort of answer.

So, in your opinion, what is the advice/would be your advice in the following factual scenario.

A teacher falls ill with Covid and tests positive on Wednesday. Understandably too ill to work on Thursday and Friday he feels much better by Sunday evening but is still testing positive. The head has said he should be well enough to work by Monday and he feels well enough to work but, even on Monday morning, he’s still testing positive.

So he feels well enough to work but remains, according to the test, positive and infectious. What do you recommend after your ten seconds of research.
1) Go back to work and carry on regardless...or 2) Recognise that by returning to work he will be spending time indoors with maybe around forty other staff and teaching maybe five or six forty minute lessons to up to another 150 pupils all in the relatively intimate confines of a classroom where the virus might well spread.

1 would be displaying a very laudable attitude and I’m sure we’ve all done it with some of the more routine illnesses that do the rounds, but if we’re really going to get on top of this pandemic and get back to normal don’t we have to be more respectful of 2? Over to you.

[ramAnag]

So, having been at Lords yesterday for 8 hours with no mask, amongst a sea of people who, with one exception, were also without masks, I now feel a sore throat. Dr Andy, or Dr rA, what do I do, I haven't got those important 10 seconds to find out, I need Nanny to drip feed me the information repeatedly. Ah sod it, I'll go down the pub and share, that was what I thought we were supposed to do ........

You do a test and stay out of everyone’s way if it’s positive, but I’d be surprised if anything you caught yesterday is already showing up although apparently the new variant becomes apparent much more quickly.

[Geoff Parkstone]

So Andy...if the guidance is so easy to find and follow...what is it?

You’re very quick to find fault with people questioning but have, as yet, to produce any sort of answer.

So, in your opinion, what is the advice/would be your advice in the following factual scenario.

A teacher falls ill with Covid and tests positive on Wednesday. Understandably too ill to work on Thursday and Friday he feels much better by Sunday evening but is still testing positive. The head has said he should be well enough to work by Monday and he feels well enough to work but, even on Monday morning, he’s still testing positive.

So he feels well enough to work but remains, according to the test, positive and infectious. What do you recommend after your ten seconds of research.
1) Go back to work and carry on regardless...or 2) Recognise that by returning to work he will be spending time indoors with maybe around forty other staff and teaching maybe five or six forty minute lessons to up to another 150 pupils all in the relatively intimate confines of a classroom where the virus might well spread.

1 would be displaying a very laudable attitude and I’m sure we’ve all done it with some of the more routine illnesses that do the rounds, but if we’re really going to get on top of this pandemic and get back to normal don’t we have to be more respectful of 2? Over to you.

Thats an easy one - option 3. You're a teacher, you're soon going to have 17 weeks paid holiday over the summer, so just knock off a couple of weeks early, start your holiday early and skive off. Probably get a cheaper flight somewhere if yo head overseas before the rest of the kids and parents clog up the airports and flights, so its the right thing to do to avoid spreading it in those crowds too

[Geoff Parkstone]

You do a test and stay out of everyone’s way if it’s positive, but I’d be surprised if anything you caught yesterday is already showing up although apparently the new variant becomes apparent much more quickly.

Do you thin consuming a gallon of Pimms may be the cause of the soreness?

[ramAnag]

Thats an easy one - option 3. You're a teacher, you're soon going to have 17 weeks paid holiday over the summer, so just knock off a couple of weeks early, start your holiday early and skive off. Probably get a cheaper flight somewhere if yo head overseas before the rest of the kids and parents clog up the airports and flights, so its the right thing to do to avoid spreading it in those crowds too

[ramAnag]

Do you thin consuming a gallon of Pimms may be the cause of the soreness?

More likely to be you having your egg and bacon MCC tie too tight.

[Andy_Faber]

So Andy...if the guidance is so easy to find and follow...what is it?

You’re very quick to find fault with people questioning but have, as yet, to produce any sort of answer.

So, in your opinion, what is the advice/would be your advice in the following factual scenario.

A teacher falls ill with Covid and tests positive on Wednesday. Understandably too ill to work on Thursday and Friday he feels much better by Sunday evening but is still testing positive. The head has said he should be well enough to work by Monday and he feels well enough to work but, even on Monday morning, he’s still testing positive.

So he feels well enough to work but remains, according to the test, positive and infectious. What do you recommend after your ten seconds of research.
1) Go back to work and carry on regardless...or 2) Recognise that by returning to work he will be spending time indoors with maybe around forty other staff and teaching maybe five or six forty minute lessons to up to another 150 pupils all in the relatively intimate confines of a classroom where the virus might well spread.

1 would be displaying a very laudable attitude and I’m sure we’ve all done it with some of the more routine illnesses that do the rounds, but if we’re really going to get on top of this pandemic and get back to normal don’t we have to be more respectful of 2? Over to you.

https://www.gov.uk/government/public...1-e3109cce8eae

MY advice? Dead simple, a version of, and very close to, 2.

Edit: 'You’re very quick to find fault with people questioning' has the ring of animosity about it, what's the problem?

[Geoff Parkstone]

More likely to be you having your egg and bacon MCC tie too tight.

Sadly I didn't think of applying 35 years ago when I knew the then Middle*** president, or I might almost have served the apprenticeship to qualify for one next decade!

They don't take kindly to knock off ties from Hong Kong