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<blockquote data-quote="Yoshimitsu" data-source="post: 990575" data-attributes="member: 71899"><p>Just a different point of view from someone closer to the pointy end of this than I'd like to be. I'll have to be careful not to compromise identities so I'll be a bit vague. However, those putting faith in the NHS / Government to deal with this may be interested to know of my experience.</p><p></p><p>The media disclosed that a case of coronavirus had been confirmed at a school in our local area on February 29th. Upon hearing about the school involved my wife commented that she had been on a training course with staff from said school recently. Through social media (no official contact from Public Health England) it was confirmed (Sunday Mar 1st) that the member of staff involved had indeed attended the same training course as my wife (a day before the infected person decided to self isolate). My wife had been been effectively confined within a small room with the individual for a whole day. We rang NHS 111 and after a 45 minute wait were informed that we were in a queue and someone would call back (no advice was offered at this point). After 24 hours this hadn't occurred so we rang again (90 minute wait) to be informed that we just had to wait and be patient. Both my wife and I informed our respective employers, I was told to stay away and WFH for 14 days from initial contact and my wife was informed not to attend school until such time as the NHS / PHE made a determination.</p><p></p><p>After approx 33 hours at 2am this morning the NHS called back stating that my wife had been assessed as low risk and should return to teaching (no testing required). However, they mentioned that PHE should have been in touch as part of the initial tracing. This did not occur. Should my wife and I have not taken proactive steps, we'd have been none the wiser and would have been working as normal. If this is what "containment" looks like you're kidding yourself if you believe it's any other than window dressing. We're probably just one of thousands of contacts that require follow-up. I suspect the horse is already away to the races and bolting the stable door now will have little effect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yoshimitsu, post: 990575, member: 71899"] Just a different point of view from someone closer to the pointy end of this than I'd like to be. I'll have to be careful not to compromise identities so I'll be a bit vague. However, those putting faith in the NHS / Government to deal with this may be interested to know of my experience. The media disclosed that a case of coronavirus had been confirmed at a school in our local area on February 29th. Upon hearing about the school involved my wife commented that she had been on a training course with staff from said school recently. Through social media (no official contact from Public Health England) it was confirmed (Sunday Mar 1st) that the member of staff involved had indeed attended the same training course as my wife (a day before the infected person decided to self isolate). My wife had been been effectively confined within a small room with the individual for a whole day. We rang NHS 111 and after a 45 minute wait were informed that we were in a queue and someone would call back (no advice was offered at this point). After 24 hours this hadn't occurred so we rang again (90 minute wait) to be informed that we just had to wait and be patient. Both my wife and I informed our respective employers, I was told to stay away and WFH for 14 days from initial contact and my wife was informed not to attend school until such time as the NHS / PHE made a determination. After approx 33 hours at 2am this morning the NHS called back stating that my wife had been assessed as low risk and should return to teaching (no testing required). However, they mentioned that PHE should have been in touch as part of the initial tracing. This did not occur. Should my wife and I have not taken proactive steps, we'd have been none the wiser and would have been working as normal. If this is what "containment" looks like you're kidding yourself if you believe it's any other than window dressing. We're probably just one of thousands of contacts that require follow-up. I suspect the horse is already away to the races and bolting the stable door now will have little effect. [/QUOTE]
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