I am furious! 12yo was part of a maths team of 8 on Wed. Photo taken of all of them, with her in mask, for newsletter. Normally emailed to us. No sign. Check on website & masked 12yo has been cropped off. Any discrimination lawyers out there?
My Covid minimising son is a sports coach in primary schools. He tested + this morning. Going in as that’s what guidance says. We are in this mess bcos we are following the guidance rather than the science. I’ve told him to mask up. He may not.
Social Services have backed off taking us to court bcos 12yo masks & takes HEPA round school prob bcos they had no science to back up their claims, 12yo would have educated them about risk & mitigations in court & lies by school have been disproved. Huge sigh of relief tonight.
Husband called 11yo & I loonies for masking & avoiding Covid. We are already living sep in house. Finding it all v difficult but determined to carry on protecting her. He has had it & doesn’t give a s*** if we get it.
@bbcr4news
what is this rubbish about “forcing” children to wear masks in class? That is not unbiased. It is fuelling the anti-maskers who are turning a non-problem into one! From 2 teacher parents of 4 kids in education.
@BuDs_UK
@CounsellingSam
School referred me 2 social services for my "Covid anxiety" as 12yo & I still mask & want to avoid Covid. They wanted me to get counselling so I saw a Covid aware psychologist who says I don't have anxiety & that "Covid anxiety" is a derogatory used by people ignoring the science
Have reported my kids’ school to HSE. Govt Covid guidance from Dec 2022 states schools should be “ensuring occupied spaces are well ventilated and let fresh air in”. They are not doing so & my 11yo has to ask every lesson! Please do they same if you want safer schools!
@JEVLloyd
This is my 12yo! Her unmasked friends are kind, supportive and tolerant. Her subject teachers too. But it is driving the senior leadership of the school mad that she is happy and successful in a mask! They want to wean her off mask and filter by Sept. We are resisting!
Surprise, surprise! School nurse can’t/won’t provide any scientific evidence to support their claims that Covid doesn’t cause long term health problems or that it doesn’t linger in the body.
@ChuckWurster
My 11yo is my hero. She wears a mask at school & will not eat indoors or go to whole yr assemblies with 250 kids singing. This was agreed before she started. But 1 teacher in particular is bullying, lying to her (& making her cry) to get her to comply. But she won’t give in.
@10jmcda
Thank you, aleady emailed them. Made trickier by fact the denialist headteacher is mum of eldest’s boyfriend. In UK but appreciate your offer of help.
A bit down last night after the news the ONS Covid study in UK may stop in March. This is how I assess our risk. How will we know what’s going on? New variants? I despair. COVID IS NOT OVER!
@IndependentSage
@tobyperkinsmp
@wesstreeting
@_Clare_P
In UK. 12yo only 1 masked. Asks for windows to be open. Sometimes locked or teacher refuses. Took co2 monitor in. When we showed school they confiscated it! Say they are following guidance. We do not trust them. She has not been back since Jan. We have offered HEPAs. Turned down.
#SafeEdForAll
need legal help pls. 11yo bullied again by teacher to go into whole year assembly - 250 kids singing - when we have it in writing she can stand outside. Manoeuvred inside & reduced to tears again. Lied to too. Formal complaint going in & contacting LA.
@shoshanahjacobs
That’s exactly what I would do except the enovid. But hubby siding with older 3 not masking as it spoils their fun (they have all had Covid) so 11yo & I now living sep in house. Husband has called us loonies & extreme. Why is it so hard to try and keep everyone getting poorly?
@sublimepilgrim
My husband now siding with older 3 and not masking as it spoils their fun - they all got covid. 11yo & I living sep in house, trying to move out. It is awful. He thinks I’m extreme for following the science.
I left because there are no Covid mitigations in schools & I did not want to get Covid repeatedly. Teachers have 1 of the highest rates of Long Covid. MAKE SCHOOLS COVID SAFE.
@wesstreeting
@bphillipsonMP
@Keir_Starmer
@1goodtern
My 12yo is my Covid hero - at school she wears a mask, uses a filter & avoids riskier situations like the canteen & assemblies. She is happy, thriving & healthy, her peers kind & supportive but the staff ignorant, in denial & intolerant.
@drclairetaylor
Pls can you help me do a truthful report on Covid to my kids school? They want me to talk to gp to put me right about Covid ie that it’s mild with no long term effects, masks don’t work, classroom don’t count as crowded indoor spaces etc. Need some help, pls!
What happens if they stop accepting blood donations from anyone who’s had Covid? Currently only LC but those numbers increase with every re-infection. Think, people, THINK!
@Sandyboots2020
My y7 daughter is. Hang in there. It’s tough. Teachers have lied and bullied her and refuse to open windows. But she’s still Covid free.
@itvpeston
@BorisJohnson
Where are the scientists backing this up? Oh, there aren't any because it's not based on science! Purely political. Utter madness.
Teacher was asking about 12yo’s CO2 monitor. He asked about the reading, which we download when she gets home so she’s not distracted in class. She says he is very inquisitive, so am going to send him print out of the day & table explaining results. It’s a start!
@chrischirp
This is my concern about schools. My 15yo went back yday for first time since Jan. She is triple vaxxed (thanks Austria), wears a mask (in v small minority) & takes a HEPA round. School think I have anxiety problems. But really I know the long term impact of getting Covid. 1/2
@jpxan71
@PippaCrerar
You and I may not agree with his politics but he and many other Tories back then were decent people. Decent Tories are very few and far between now.
@rhysthomas
Am not a barrister but a parent and wife of teacher who think latest guidance is negligent. Pls keep me posted. Being threatened with prosecution as not had 2 youngest in unsafe school.
@Clementine_Ja
Older kids been going out indoors unmasked. Have had to live separately in house to protect others incl CEV. Husband caved in and now letting them back in main house. I only want them to mask up but am baddie spoiling their fun. Divorce proceedings started.
@MrsCarrPRUHead
It’s still Covid causing illness and absence. Mitigations in schools would improve that but unfortunately too much gas lighting has meant there are none.
@bcdelaney1
@Dr2NisreenAlwan
I know this might be hard to read but get your son well first. Do not worry too much about school work. If he can, get him to listen to relevant podcasts or read. He can re-do his final year. He may not want to but it is important to get well first.
@Oldboatie
@swillsm
I have been thinking this too a lot recently after husband & older kids given up coz it spoils their fun. I think they don’t like being reminded they’ve had it and want a head in the sand approach to all problems which lie ahead.
@teacher_eyfs
My husband just told his school he would not go in until he tested neg. It is wrong to go in knowingly positive. Most of your kids will not be vaxxed. Some will have vulnerable relatives. Pls do not go in.
@JolyonMaugham
@Labitul8ingLisa
Please remember that there are non CV/CEV kids and families who do not want to go back without mitigations who are also being threatened with fines, prosecution and off rolling. Please can we have some legal advice too.
@BinsQuan
I was a novid til last week. Ffp3 indoors and in crowds outdoors. Didn’t eat indoors at pubs/restaurants. Have no clue where/who I got it from.
@British_Airways
@LCWF_TBK
Disappointing. Will not be flying with you and will look for alternative providers who keep masks and their customers/staff and their vulnerable friends and relatives safe.
@pearlywhirlycat
The school LIED to social services - said she was underachieving, had no friends & did no extra curricular activities. All untrue. Has just been picked to represent her year in a Maths competition and 75/77 in French test, including full marks in spoken part WITH A MASK ON!
@Ninawildflower
@DavidLammy
@LBC
12yo has gone back to school but uses mask & HEPA filter. School have referred us to social services bcos of our “Covid anxiety”. They are making serious decisions about our family but are ignorant about Covid. It should not be up to a 12yo to make schools safe.
@chrischirp
It doesn't go away when/if you recover and reinfections are bad. Yet schools seem ok with kids getting infected & reinfected & my 15yo still has 3 1/2 yrs to go & my 11yo 7 1/2 yrs. I do not want them infected at all, let alone reinfected but school don't care. What can I do?
@MCM54321
I am in UK, school referred us to social services for our “Covid anxiety” as 12yo still masks & takes HEPA round. There are no other mitigations. 12yo happy & successful. Friends kind & supportive. Senior teachers ignorant. We have not had Covid. 12yo understands the risks.
@JujuliaGrace
@podweed
I have never been to a rally or protest before but Dido Harding getting the NHS job will be the final straw. I am up for a revolt!
@writenrun
Husband siding with older kids & not masking as it spoils their fun. They have all had Covid. 11yo & I still Covid free & living sep in house trying to move out. It is awful.
@MichaelRosenYes
My 9 and 14 year old have not gone back. My 16 year old son has. He is 6'3" so it is difficult to stop him! But he is doing A levels and the classes are smaller. But if social distancing is still important how is 37 kids + teacher crammed in a class safe?
@GenX_BlueHippie
13yo & I mask at home bcos rest of family won’t. We have 1 room that is our safe space where we can unmask & they don’t come in unless masked. It is awful & exhausting but so far has worked. Been like this for 18 months. It can be done but awful that we have to in our own home.
@DrMLivingston
School referred me to social services bcos 12yo masks & takes HEPA round. Some teachers refuse to open windows. They want us to have counselling for our Covid anxiety. She is happy & successful & they hate it so much that we’re proving them wrong they’ve lied to social services.
@Poupon123
Am one of those women. Husband now supporting eldest kids not masking because it spoils their fun. I am the bad guy for asking them to mask up when they go indoors. Got CEV family members to keep safe but they don’t care. Youngest & I living separately.
@DALupton
@CordeliaAppleb1
This is my 12yo & I. She still masks at school. We have been referred to Social Services for my “Covid anxiety”. Please help if you can support us against their ignorance & intolerance against any who still want to avoid Covid. Her peers are kind, supportive & tolerant.
@RevRichardColes
Either Covid - keep testing as might not show + for several days, or your immune system has been wrecked by Covid. People need to take Covid far more seriously and stop it, not spread it.
@WorcsAcuteNHS
For goodness sake, when will you join up the dots! Cases went down when you were wearing masks. They will go up again and make more people ill when you remove them. If you are in the business of making people better, KEEP THE MASKS!
@chellebree
My 11yo is only one at her high school. Her friends are great but teachers lie to & bully her. They really do not like her masking! I think they don’t like being reminded they’ve had it possibly? We’re in the UK. Best wishes to your family.
@HeadSurrey
Absolutely head. They are doing the right thing and despite the guidelines you should support them. Covid is something to AVOID. Govt have given up. It's up to parents and heads to do what they can.
@MichaelRosenYes
It’s a shame parliament in recess now. Otherwise we needed a Labour MP every day making the point that Dawn Butler was removed from the House for telling the truth about BoJo’s lies. Labour should not let this go.
@UKLabour
@Itisallacademic
I despair too. 15yo old not been in school since mask mandate removed in Jan. School threatening prosecution & lying to social services. Having covid+ kids in class is crazy. Do not want her infected and then reinfected. Covid is something to AVOID. Why can't schools see this.
@VirginiaBuysse
11yo & I living sep in house as hubby now siding with older three not wearing masks because it spoils their fun. It is horrible. They all got Covid when they stopped masking. 11yo & I still Covid free. Now they’ve had it they don’t care about us.
@oldfshndanne
My 19yo son, who stopped masking last yr and consequently caught Covid has booked drs appt as he thinks he may have diabetes. Husband siding with older 3 not masking as it spoils their fun. I have warned them & they ignore me. They think I am extreme for wanting to avoid it!
@swillsm
V difficult here as OH siding with older kids & now no longer masking indoors as it spoils their fun. I am baddie for wanting to keep everyone, incl CEV, safe. 11yo & I living separately in house but OH has changed that around while I’ve been away. Marriage on rocks. I despair.
@LibDemPatrick
I offered to buy one for every class in my kids’ 1000 pupil school. Would have taken at least 1/3 of my small salary but was prepared to put my money where my mouth was. Turned down without a word of thanks.
@waltz_tales
Kiddo's 1000+ pupil school turned down 1 for every classroom without a word of thanks. Would have taken at least 1/3 of my smallish salary but I was willing to put my money where my mouth is. CO2 levels in class often 2000, sometimes 4000+ppm.
Talked 2 husband about how people with LC cannot donate blood. He agreed with me that every time you get infected your risk of LC increases. I asked where that got us & he said less blood donors & that some1, somewhere has to do something. I am that some1 but he won’t support me.
@Sandyboots2020
@sarahpaxman4
Can we take on the DfE for unscientific guidance ie where is the evidence that it is safe forCovid + kids to be in school? Or individual schools for breaking H&S law ie masks were reasonably practicable when cases much lower so why not now?
@MarkStokeSouth
@BarristerSecret
@hepanow
My 11yo knows classrooms are unsafe & asks for windows to be open. Sometimes teachers refuse. She masks & takes HEPA round. Her peers are supportive and tolerant. Adults in school less so, some very intolerant.
They just don’t get how it spreads at all! Hate how the govt have gaslit parents & teachers & done nothing to make schools safe. Will try & battle through but may end up homeschooling again.
@DrMLivingston
@Squijibo
@AusBorderForce
Same here. Social Services happy with lies school have told them to pressure us into 12yo stopping masking & HEPA as it is causing emotional harm. Want us to see their psychologist, even though already seen one. System rigged one way - the Covid is over way.
@jmcrookston
It is so hard though. School have no mitigations just following useless, unsafe govt guidance not law, which I think is negligent. Being threatened with prosecution bcos 15yo not going to school. But I will not be bullied into doing what I know is not right & unsafe.
@missmulrooney
Once went out and 3 of our 4 kids got a kids meal with a chocolate bar. The server gave us an extra one. We said thank you. He said "No problem! Conflict resolution is part of the service"!
@_mbdr_
No, not at kiddo’s school. She masks, uses HEPA & avoids riskier sitns. School don’t like this & have lied to social services to pressurise us. But co2 levels in class are often 2000ppm and even 4000+ so she’s not stopping. She is happy, thriving, Covid aware & healthy.
@1goodtern
It is very hard when it is school picking on 12yo. They have confiscated her CO2 monitor twice in 2 days.
@AranetIoT
@SmartairUk
she’s using 1 of each. If you could send me any more to replace the ones that have been confiscated, pls, as we can’t afford any more!
@danielgoyal
I, and others, haven't but most have because of our awful leaders. Am considered "anxious" by kids' school. Still being v v careful, even though not CEV, as understand risks & long term consequences but most people don't care. I despair. What can we do? Am dreading next variant.
@Purvis03
@MichaelT1979
@MoreMorrow
@chrisdysonHT
@HappyHead74
Controversial tweet coming up! Wish heads would use their heads and not just “follow the guidance”! It is quite clear that as soon as masks were no longer compulsory infections sky rocketed. A simple but effective measure. Husband’s school carried on with masks. Why not others?
@EpochInspired
2 of my daughters were born at the exact same times me on the same date but 5 yrs apart! 11.18pm, 27th Feb, 2002 & 2007! Both natural deliveries. 1 on due date, 1 early.