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[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But a top barrister representing medics in a similar case warned it would be difficult for teachers to prove they caught coronavirus in the classroom.

Indeed. I've had COVID twice. Fuck knows who and where I caught it from.

[–] BJHanssen@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

At the same time, when you are repeatedly exposed to the single most contagion-ridden work environment in the country outside of actual medical facilities, and you can point at stats like 56% increase in sickness rates, you would have to be actively dry humping the letter of the law to not just go ‘well… yeah that’s fair’.

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 3 points 5 months ago

When my nephew caught covid, the school told his parents to keep sending his two siblings to school. My niece tested positive for covid a day or two later.