Hat. Check. Drink bottle. Check. Lunchbox. Check. Is it library day? Sports day? Have we forgotten anything? RATs! We need to do the rapid antigen test.
As of next week, with return days staggered from Monday, parents of school children will be adding this to their morning routine, two days a week. For our household with two kids, that’s four tests a week. I pity the people with more children. It will be like running a mini home pathology lab.As we prepare for the return to school, I’m full of mixed emotions.
So, I’m imploring parents to please be responsible. We need to band together to keep our kids safe and the school system functioning. Please collect your free RAT kits when your school notifies you that they are available. Of course, this relies on your school receiving the kits in time, but that’s another story. We have been told it’s not compulsory to test, but please test. I will be testing my children to keep yours safe.
The COVID case numbers terrify me, but I take a little comfort in the number of RATs results that have been registered. It tells me many people take this situation seriously and are being responsible. The fact that people have been prepared to pay about $15 out of their own pockets for each test is also comforting, leaving aside the issue of whether they should have had to pay at all. My major concern is those who are not responsible.Our kids need hope.
If you are sending a child off to school next week, please think not just of your own child’s health, but also that of their teachers and classmates. It’s going to be inconvenient to do these tests but hopefully it works, and we don’t find ourselves back learning from home. There are not enough funny memes to get me through a third round of that.Save
Wont be testing my kids. Have a sook about it
Parents do care. It is not parents responsibility to keep schools open . It is the govt and education departments responsibility. Grow up
Poor article, this is just optics to make it seem like the administrators are doing something. It is both medically ineffective and a mental burden to keep something(which thankfully) isnt a big problem for kids, front of mind
Is it safe for children at school? Not by a long shot, not yet. Too little too late, keep our children safe, don’t submit them to high risk environs, with vaccination programs incomplete.
More outsourcing of pandemic management to the public. We've been cleverly suckered into doing everything for government
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