DFE tells schools prepare for the worst.

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www.tes.com/news/covid-schools-told-plan-more-remote-learning

Feeling so cross why allow schools to stop masks on may 17th.
When Hancock knew the delta varient was present in April 2021.

School outbreaks my councils 46 this week and a fair few in neighbouring county with some schools fully shut.
Lots senior transition days and inter sports tournament cancelled.

We know from Kent alpha varient took a few months get really bad.
Some say 6 week break act as firebreak.
I am bot so sure as people will travel and mingle and in some cases School maybe mirror community transmission which is on the rise.

I wish having would go for starters.
They said they making education a priority back in march.
This term has been rubbish for many.
I have no faith that autumn term be any different.

No mitigation measures on ventilation
No masks or compulsory testing.
No smaller class sizes.
No vaccines for under 18s.

Because it’s wrong to make children sit masked all day

No, it's not. It helps them keep others safe, including teachers. We need to break chains of transmission.

Too many teachers have died.

@IntoAir that is simply not true. The statistics do not say that at all. Horrible scaremongering.

Just awful.

All children, IME, would prefer to be masked than have to return to remote learning, especially returning to remote learning in an unplanned and chaotic way.

That’s Hobson’s choice.

Plus, children are still masked in Scotland and the rates here are even higher. It’s a lot of performance bollocks.

From the ONS. Teachers risk statistically lower than for others

If you include education staff over 65 there have been 570+ deaths

ONS data also shows teachers are statistically at very high risk of long covid compared to other sectors. Death isn’t the only consequence of covid.

@WouldBeGood

That’s Hobson’s choice.

Plus, children are still masked in Scotland and the rates here are even higher. It’s a lot of performance bollocks.

If they are pointless then the government should remove them everywhere. To continue with the pretense that classrooms in secondary schools are environments where social distancing is possible is down right sickening at this stage.

@cantkeepawayforever

All children, IME, would prefer to be masked than have to return to remote learning, especially returning to remote learning in an unplanned and chaotic way.

Ok we have masks and no remote learning?

I’d have no masks anywhere

Would you have had any restrictions or measures to curtail spread at any point @WouldBeGood?

I’d have kept the elderly in hospital and not discharged to care homes.

I’m all for hand washing.

That’s it, I think.

I’m the Florida of the piece

Oh! And stay home if symptomatic

Oh, are we not calling it the 'Swedish approach' anymore now that it was shown to be a disaster?

I’m all for hand washing

That will help with a respiratory virus

The governor of Florida protected the elderly with a targeted approach and minimal restrictions. Seems to have worked.

@WouldBeGood

From the ONS. Teachers risk statistically lower than for others

I seem to remember that the ONS data was discredited because all the other occupations were averaged over a period when they were all working, and teachers were averaged over a period when schools were predominantly closed during lockdown?

I would be VERY interested to see a comparison Sept - December 2020.

@IceCreamAndCandyfloss I take it you’ll be happy to stop the hand sanitising, trolley wiping, and performance deep cleaning? Which is good, it totally fucks me off

As in, my risk comes from 30+ children, no SD, in a room for 6 hours a day. Unsurprisingly, I am at lower risk when I am not in school! All occupations should have had their data analysed for a period when they were in their normal environment.

@cantkeepawayforever those figures went to December 2020.

What a lot of rubbish. Shop staff, warehouse workers, and lots of other people were alt much more risk.

Anyway, it’s irrelevant now we have the vaccines. Back to normal now.

And it remains largely a hospital acquired infection.

@WouldBeGood

And it remains largely a hospital acquired infection.

That explains admission numbers