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Its world wide. In the UK the increase was analysed and its all due to increased sickness. Teachers and students are sick twice as much as they were before the

Its world wide. In the UK the increase was analysed and its all due to increased sickness. Teachers and students are sick twice as much as they were before the pandemic begun and teachers are the second hardest hit group by Long Covid behind medical staff. The official count of UK children with Long Covid is 68,000 but its likely much higher than that since the NHS is mostly diagnosing Long haulers with anxiety (hence why the press has been big on all the increase in mental health diseases). Its just Covid, this is what living with this disease looks like.

MattGaiser 3y ago
Or are we finally just accepting that people do get sick from time to time? A friend at another school knew a guy who came to school with a stomach bug and puked several times throughout the day as they had a perfect attendance incentive worth a percentage of your grade, so to ensure he got his grades, he walked around puking for the day. At the time people praised his dedication.
- swed420 3y ago
  People are getting sick more often because COVID causes lasting damage to the immune system. https://whn.global/scientific/covid19-immune-dysregulation/ https://whn.global/scientific/covid19-immune-dysregulation/ There is an orchestrated push by capital to not acknowledge this basic fact. https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/media-celebrated-long-covid-awareness https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/media-celebrated-long-covid-a...
brohoolio 3y ago
My kids are still playing catchup in terms of illnesses since the pandemic. Our district masked for the first two years. Neither of my kids were sick for those two years. Since then they’ve been playing catchup immunity wise as they’ve been exposed to all the colds and other viruses. Which means they are absent more. I’m hopeful that they are almost caught up in terms of what they have been exposed to and the amount of times they are sick in a year will be declining. Seriously it blows my mind that folks say masks don’t work because if you’ve had school age children you know how often they are sick and for those two years the district was masking we had nothing. It was glorious while it lasted.
- geraldhh 3y ago
  > It was glorious while it lasted this sounds almost like you regret that it couldn't
silverquiet 3y ago
Anxiety can be quite disabling as well.

MattGaiser 3y ago

Or are we finally just accepting that people do get sick from time to time? A friend at another school knew a guy who came to school with a stomach bug and puked several times throughout the day as they had a perfect attendance incentive worth a percentage of your grade, so to ensure he got his grades, he walked around puking for the day. At the time people praised his dedication.

swed420 3y ago
People are getting sick more often because COVID causes lasting damage to the immune system. https://whn.global/scientific/covid19-immune-dysregulation/ https://whn.global/scientific/covid19-immune-dysregulation/ There is an orchestrated push by capital to not acknowledge this basic fact. https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/media-celebrated-long-covid-awareness https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/media-celebrated-long-covid-a...

brohoolio 3y ago

My kids are still playing catchup in terms of illnesses since the pandemic. Our district masked for the first two years. Neither of my kids were sick for those two years. Since then they’ve been playing catchup immunity wise as they’ve been exposed to all the colds and other viruses. Which means they are absent more. I’m hopeful that they are almost caught up in terms of what they have been exposed to and the amount of times they are sick in a year will be declining. Seriously it blows my mind that folks say masks don’t work because if you’ve had school age children you know how often they are sick and for those two years the district was masking we had nothing. It was glorious while it lasted.

geraldhh 3y ago
> It was glorious while it lasted this sounds almost like you regret that it couldn't

silverquiet 3y ago

Anxiety can be quite disabling as well.