I had the mother of all headaches, a mild fever and a cough that isn't a patch on my milk allergy cough. I'm still waiting for my PCR test to arrive, and I'm already feeling much better, so maybe I'll be over it by the time it comes. Let's hope so.

What really bugs me is this idiot government's insistence that kids don't spread it. I caught it from my 8 year old nephew, who must have caught it from a classmate. Everyone else in the house has symptoms. We all caught it from a child, who himself caught it from a child.

If you live with or have been in contact with someone with COVID-19, you will not need to self-isolate if any of the following apply:

• you're fully vaccinated – this means 14 days have passed since your final dose of a COVID-19 vaccine given by the NHS
• you're under 18 years, 6 months old
• you're taking part or have taken part in a COVID-19 vaccine trial
• you're not able to get vaccinated for medical reasons

I fail to see the logic behind the last exemption. How does being unable to get vaccinated make you less likely to catch and spread it?

If they [children] develop symptoms or get a positive LFD test, they should book a PCR test. If a pupil is asked to get a PCR test if they are identified as a close contact by NHS Test and Trace, they may continue to attend education until they get the result of their PCR back.

If a child lives with someone who has tested positive, they should continue to go to school.

From the official government advice here: https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/

So the kids would be free to spread the virus all around the school while they wait for their results. Here's the thing: a couple of days after the Chipmunk tested positive, his five-year-old sister got symptoms, as did I. In the meantime, the school insisted that both the Chipmunk's siblings should keep going to school. They even offered to send someone to pick them up. The Chipmunk's sister then tested positive with a PCR test. If the school had their way, and if we followed the official guidelines, my niece would have been spreading covid all over her class, who would then spread it to their families. To be fair, she probably would have been infectious for a few days beforehand anyway, but this advice is so stupid! KIDS DO SPREAD COVID.

Despite my travelling on public transport with unmasked morons, despite working in a customer service role with idiot customers who would cough into their hands then handle products, despite having a colleague who would constantly touch her mask (and who later caught Covid pretty badly, and was bedbound for a week), I managed to avoid catching it outside the home. Because as an adult, I can observe hand hygiene, I can avoid touching my face, I can distance and wear a mask. None of which primary school kids do. They can't keep their fingers out their noses for more than ten minutes together.

KIDS SPREAD COVID.

Children have already faced disruption to their education as a result of the pandemic. Experts agree that it is important for young people go back to schools and colleges for a range of reasons and it remains crucial that they have as normal an experience as possible.

How about a child whose grandmother is on a ventilator, because they passed covid on to her? HOW ABOUT THAT?! IS THAT A NORMAL EXPERIENCE?

Also, f*** you, anti-vaxxers. F*** you all