Nick Mills: How sick do you have to be before you stay home?

EDITORIAL:

I'd love to have this conversation this morning because I genuinely don't know where the line is anymore.

The Government's advice is that kids don't necessarily need to stay home just because they've got a cough, a headache, a runny nose or a blocked nose.

Holy hell, I think one of the four you stay home.

Not go to school with cough, a headache, a runny nose or a blocked nose.

Come on, that’s pretty tough.

If they haven't had a fever for 24 hours, they're eating and drinking normally, they're alert and capable of learning, then mild symptoms alone don't necessarily mean a day off school.

Now, I get that. We've got a terrible school attendance problem.

But haven't we learnt something from COVID?

I'm certainly more conscious now about sneezing, coughing, washing my hands and potentially giving something to somebody else an ailment.

And here's my confession: I don't feel 100 percent today.

I had a terrible night's sleep. I went to bed feeling a bit average.