We need to rise up about the lack of education for our children

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Please talk about this.

Our children are missing out on their fundamental human right of an education.

The children of regular families are suffering (all 5 of mine are suffering desperately), but those in vulnerable families are suffering even further. The gap between these children will be HUGE

I am a teacher and a mother. I am ready to go back to work full time and with the 'old normal'. I am also type 1 diabetic.

Please help us rise up to get our children educated. Our children have been totally forgotten about. Throughout my career I've had it rammed down my throat about how school is a safe place for so many children. They don't care about these children now.

I am amazed so many people have just accepted this. It has gone on for too long now.

Because the NHS won't be able to cope if large amounts of the population have big health needs due to long term organ damage

It won't be able to cope for a long time anyway when it has to start treating those it's neglected for the past 3 months.

Absolutely! So we need to get numbers down as much as possible so we don't get people taking Covid into hospitals and spreading it around while they are in there for other things.

Hey mods? Why hasn't this post been moved to Activism like the petition one was? Is it because this one is going the way you want, whereas the petition one wasn't?

@Whynotme40 I haven’t seen anything on this, please provide a link? I bet you haven’t got one and have just come on here to scaremonger. It baffles me why people keep making up shit to keep children off school?

MOVE THIS TO ACTIVISM

@pfrench if this gets taken down another 10 will replace it

We need to organise a march ASAP before the summer holidays.

www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-long-term-health-disease-covid-19-lungs-heart-brain-a9546671.html
www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3084634/china-adds-long-term-organ-damage-list-effects-covid-19

@WereThereAnySexualProblems

I would march too, never marched before but I am beyond furious at this. Half my daughter's class are in as their parents are key workers, it's surprising how many jobs became key when the school opened up more. I am not a key worker but I cannot work until the kids are back in school. They have been abandoned and forgotten about. They are missing the structure of a school day, their beloved friends, playparks are chained up, swimming lessons cancelled, can't visit their cousins or grandparents (all in Scotland or Wales and we are in England). But that's ok because adults can play golf and go to garden centres, no access to anything that will enrich our children's mental and physical health. Its a fucking disgrace.

I've never marched either, but like you, will for this. My son is lucky that he's now back at nursery, but I'm just fuming about how these children are being treated. They should be in school. I live opposite an infant school which reopened on Monday. Was so nice to hear the chatter of the school run again.

www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200513/complications-on-the-road-to-recovery-after-covid
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8378419/Evidence-suggests-mild-covid-19-symptoms-left-long-term-damage-organs.html

@WhyNotMe40 what a rubbish link no detail of age or what severity of the virus, any other link or is that it? Any from the UK?

There are 4 links. Take your pick.

None of those were mild cases, scaremongering at best, what a load of rubbish

Yes some were mild cases. You have not read all the links.

I can’t see any detail to children either?

There is a reason we have changed policy to suppression.
I'm off now though. Got things to do

Last one. Children spread it and so do the adults in school. Adults congregate outside schools. Teenagers. Got to go now no time

@Alex50

We need to organise a march ASAP before the summer holidays.

Yes we should.

@WhyNotMe40this is what it says on your link:

Doctors stress that most people who have COVID-19 are likely to recover without any long-term effects. “In most cases, over 80% of people don’t have severe disease, so most people are going to recover fully,”

I would be happy to attend a march. It’s disgraceful what’s going on.

We just need to organise one now, no idea how?

I fully agree about the long-term effects of ‘mild’ covid, for adults. It’s increasingly being documented. But I am adamant that children cannot and must not be denied an education - while some, especially in the private sector, ARE receiving one.

Yes we may need to use ingenuity to lessen the risks. Proper zoom lessons if online, face masks for all students, summer catchups in sports halls, etc etc SOME ideas to get this moving.

Ingenuity yes. Where is that here!!!!! Why has the government just rolled over and said "too hard"! It is truly unbelievable...

Absolutely! I am disgusted that our children have been let down in this way! They are the least effected and yet are paying a massive price. I thought all this was to prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed well even at the worst it never ran out of capacity so what are we doing this for?! I am furious to be honest and think the damage from this lockdown is gonna be far worse than the virus itself!

Most is not all. 10% of the population (if we all get it) is still a very large number