{"id":28064,"date":"2021-07-17T22:52:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T21:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=28064"},"modified":"2021-07-17T22:52:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T21:52:37","slug":"covid-mayhem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=28064","title":{"rendered":"COVID Mayhem"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AAll was going well. Then, last Monday, a pupil texted me to say he\u2019d had to go into isolation because someone had tested positive at work. He actually had COVID last year. Then, the following day, I gave a lesson to a pupil who had been to watch one of the Euro 2021 matches at a pub with work colleagues (in spite of my warnings about the risk). He tested negative for the next three days, then last Friday informed me he was now positive.<\/p>\n

I shit myself, and have been frantically doing lateral flow tests everyday since. He is unwell with it, and he\u2019s now informed me his missus is also COVID positive.<\/p>\n

Then, last Saturday I turned up to a lesson and the pupil didn\u2019t come out as he usually does. I texted, and he immediately replied he\u2019d just found out a family member was positive, and the whole family had to isolate. The same day, another pupil who I was planning on visiting to help with her theory test texted me to say she\u2019s had to cancel the test because her year has been sent into isolation at school because someone tested positive.<\/p>\n

Then, yesterday, a pupil who had a lesson booked for tomorrow texted me to tell me he\u2019s tested positive. He questioned why I said next week\u2019s lesson would be off, too (he didn\u2019t have a clue about quarantine periods, and the timeline prognosis if symptoms develop). Also, the first pupil contacted me to inform me that his last day of quarantine is the same day of his driving test this coming week (which was a moved test anyway, since he had COVID last year when it was originally scheduled for), so we\u2019ve had to cancel it again, and unless we find another cancellation somewhere, he\u2019ll have to do his theory test again, because the nearest dates are the end of December.<\/p>\n

And finally, I turned up for a lesson today. I\u2019d just stopped outside the house when the phone rang, and he told me he\u2019d been pinged by the NHS app and had to isolate (and he had another lesson tomorrow). Yet more confusion, because he said it\u2019s \u2018two days\u2019, and apart from the fact I wasn\u2019t aware of anything under ten days being a quarantine period, there\u2019s no way he\u2019s getting in my car unless I\u2019m sure he\u2019s negative.<\/p>\n

And to add insult to injury, two more cancelled lessons for today claiming feeling unwell. Funny how the nice weather does that to people (it always has done, so I\u2019m wise to it) – but now I can\u2019t take the chance and pick them up over it, any more than I can moan at them not telling me sooner (though the two who did that say they\u2019d only just found out).<\/p>\n

So the old diary has taken a beating for the next week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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