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@theliverpoolone

I dont really understand - does he mean literally no online lessons, nothing, till at least 18th for secondaries? Wales and Scotland seem to be doing online lessons from 11th. Was he just talking about England? It was all as clear as mud to me.

It's not at all clear from GW's transcript or Boris' speech.

Surely it's not in anyone's best interests to extend the school holidays for non-exam years by two weeks without any online learning?

I thought I’d misheard because the whole sentence was so bizarre,

It does explain a lot about our whole covid response if that’s the level of thinking that’s responsible for the decisions.

I assume Chaotic it's because they can't do it all - schools in England are also testing students at this stage, though quite who or what is doing the testing I'm not sure.

@AaronPurr

He did just say schools are safe but it’s the mixing of households in them that’s the problem, didn’t he?

Yes, and he said it with a straight face.

Clear as mud. They seem to be really struggling with the question of schools in general :(

Hopefully they will clear it up soon or our kids schools will.

@ItsIgginningtolookalotlikeXmas do you mean that you think Y7,8, 9, 10 and 12 will have two weeks without any teaching be use their actual teachers will be rolling out testing?

He literally should just stop talking...

Did he confirm parents will still be fined?

Buck-passing between JVT & NHS guy about speed of rollout. I think many people had been led to expect millions of doses of AZ vaccine stockpiled & ready to go to mass rollout on the day after approval. It is starting to look as if that is very far from the case, sadly.

the rates were going down until you ended the lockdown on the 2nd Dec. Perhaps you ought to have looked at the slide before as well.

half of twitter astounded that the vaccine isnt a cure for covid

dont know where theyve been for the last 9 months

@Sobeyondthehills

For fuck sake.

I can't celebrate Christmas or NYE with anyone but I can send my son in to school with 150 other bubbles because schools are safe.

Has the fuckwit talked to anyone in a school

Or get a haircut, have a drink, buy a TV....

@RafaIsTheKingOfClay

the rates were going down until you ended the lockdown on the 2nd Dec. Perhaps you ought to have looked at the slide before as well.

Nah, much easier to balme the new variant.

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[quote Chaotic45]@ItsIgginningtolookalotlikeXmas do you mean that you think Y7,8, 9, 10 and 12 will have two weeks without any teaching be use their actual teachers will be rolling out testing? [/quote]
I think that’s probably the plan. I assume they’ve realised the teachers can’t set up and do the testing, teach year 11-13 in school and years 7-10 at home all at the same time.

@Beebityboo

Did he confirm parents will still be fined?

never said fine just said school is safe and they should go back-so a non answer really

@Randomrebel sadly I think our secondary will take any available opportunity not to provide any teaching.

I hoped they might pull something out of the bag but they haven't since March, and this looks like a great opportunity for them to continue in the same vein.

I realise they are in the minority, but it is worrying for us.

I'd like to know either way so I can at least plan something myself before I return to work on 4th.

on a positive note hes brushed his hair down today

@MissMarpletheMurderer

TBF I don't want any of those things, I want to see my mum, but I can't do that because the bumblecunt thinks I am more likely to spread Covid by giving her a hug, than sending my son into school.

With a fucking straight face he said that

Something weird is going on with the left side of his hair though. (His right side).

I’m in LIVERPool so took part in the schools asymptomatix testing run by the military recently. It turned up one positive case from a school of 1100. Judging by the drunken parties I’ve seen happening on social media I believe they’re not far wrong to say that schools are safe and it’s the household mixing that’s causing the issues.

People are fuckwits. It’s hard not to think of that section of society as less intellectually advanced beings.

@CurlyhairedAssassin

I’m in LIVERPool so took part in the schools asymptomatix testing run by the military recently. It turned up one positive case from a school of 1100. Judging by the drunken parties I’ve seen happening on social media I believe they’re not far wrong to say that schools are safe and it’s the household mixing that’s causing the issues.

People are fuckwits. It’s hard not to think of that section of society as less intellectually advanced beings.

thats interesting i do think people are being hysterical about the government killing our children

imnot saying they dont spread it they jsut dont get affected as much

@CurlyhairedAssassin

I’m in LIVERPool so took part in the schools asymptomatix testing run by the military recently. It turned up one positive case from a school of 1100. Judging by the drunken parties I’ve seen happening on social media I believe they’re not far wrong to say that schools are safe and it’s the household mixing that’s causing the issues.

People are fuckwits. It’s hard not to think of that section of society as less intellectually advanced beings.

I know of a school who managed to test two whole year groups with no positives, within three days 54 had tested positive using the proper tests.

Anecdotal data from school I work and kids school is similar. there will always be some that get lucky or manage the situation better.

But I can't, in all my (basic) understanding of science, accept that 30 kids in a classroom and hundreds in corridors is not causing spreading but me having a cup of tea with my mum is spreading it.

Judging by the drunken parties I’ve seen happening on social media I believe they’re not far wrong to say that schools are safe and it’s the household mixing that’s causing the issues

Boris didn't say it was the parties, he said it was the household mixing WITHIN schools. Anyway most parties don't have 200+ people drunk or otherwise.

I can't see why having a party of 50 people is seen as the spread but school bubbles of 200+ are definitely not spreading it. I understand that there is a different need between the two (kids need education, people don't need parties) but the deafness to the fact that schools are a big part of the transmission is astounding.