Hey guys.

Unfortunately, E***r's test results came back positive and so he must self isolate. Coach T*** also tested positive and will be isolating with the family.
Because T** visited coach M***'s home recently he must also isolate.

The rest of the team are OK to carry on as usual as all activities took place outdoors within all guidelines set for the club.

E***'s symptoms were temperature and a headache of which headaches are said to be a symptom seen in children.
Training is still on for Sunday, see you there.

Whoever it was replaced names with asterisks missed one.

I should think your son is fine with just being in contact outdoors, but rugby does seem to involve a lot of cuddling each other so I don't really know.

Can I stop washing my hands then? They get ever so dry and moisturising is costing me a fortune.

Unfortunately, E***r's test results came back positive
E***'s symptoms were temperature

I thought it was more "proximity to exhalation" than contact?

By naming the "source", pretty sure your son's rugby coach has broken the law here, having basically shared someone's private medical information with others... hnnngh.

By naming the "source", pretty sure your son's rugby coach has broken the law here, having basically shared someone's private medical information with others... hnnngh.

Nope, that only applies if a medical provider does so.

Really? Wouldn't that information be classed as "highly sensitive" or whatever the term is under GDPR?

That's madness.

//edit: especially with it being about a child as well!?

It is covered under safeguarding. If you don't say, people will ask questions, so you need transparency.

Is that right? In the cases I’ve known, schools haven’t said WHICH kids have tested positive?

Really? Wouldn't that information be classed as "highly sensitive" or whatever the term is under GDPR?

That's madness.

//edit: especially with it being about a child as well!?

Same with our case. Doesn't stop the rumour mill and virtual witch hunt as you describe, of course, but if it's legal for that information to be given out to Joe Public by someone in a position of authority over the child (teacher, rugby coach, doctor etc.) then I'd be amazed.

The teacher should provide the information so you can ask your child if they've had any contact with said person. Our school only tells the students that literally sit next to them (and they tell us, because we said "of course you should tell us, you fucksticks").

In a secondary school wouldn’t it also be the case that they are likely to sit next to different kids in each lesson?

All schools are doing it differently, but I think most schools have the students stay in the same room all day, with the same classmates. The teachers move between rooms.

However, that all falls apart if the kids travel to school on a bus.

It does, but it’s good that the school have done what they can to mitigate where they’ve been able

@Jem, I think that’s almost certainly what I’d do if I had any public/social plans. Is everyone in the household feeling well so far?

GDPR cares a lot less about data exposure than it should. The key part of GDPR is transfer of identifiable data about an EU resident to a third party for the purpose of processing that data in some capacity. A rugby coach can tell you anything he likes about the private information of the members of the team, but he can't, for example, send a list of coronavirus testing results to a third party for them to process in some form eg. for reporting to a test and trace programme - unless that third party are themselves GDPR compliant and the relationship between data guardian and data processor has been disclosed.

Fair enough, makes sense (legally, I mean - still sounds bobbins as a point of principle, IMO!)

I guess with a rugby team with such small numbers involved it'd come out pretty quickly anyway I guess, but if I was that kid's parent I'd still be a little miffed!

So the guy was divulging his own kid’s information? If so, I guess that’s a bit different.

Luckily, the parents are the coaches

I see track and trace will nark on you

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-54586897