My 13-year-old lad broke down crying today when he got home.
He's was told someone has tested positive in his side of the year eight bubble and he must self-isolate for 14 days at home.
Six months off school and he was so happy to be back, having missed so much of his first year at secondary school.
That's 96 kids on his side all being told they could not get the bus or tram home and needed to ring someone urgently to collect them. Kids in tears and panicking. He's at a grammar and some of these pupils come from miles around to go there (another debate)
It was inevitable and back to learning on Microsoft teams - he can cope with it but missing out on the social aspect and deeper understanding of his subject matter, certainly when it has come to sciences and experiments.
Poor kid is crestfallen and is just another casualty of those people who couldn't give a fuck and spread this disease around from the pubs to the parks.
No symptoms and hoping desperately he will be okay.