The Sixth Republic - Will we or won’t we? That is the question! #solidarity

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Found some NZ stuff re earthquake:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1753-6405.12625

ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/7903

www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-17/will-missing-school-due-to-covid-19-matter-for-school-students/12154266

Interesting also about results after Katrina given high deprivation. My BIL was caught up in Katrina and his girls did miss school for ages.

It is I wish a media outlet would analyse this from an attainment point of view. Think would stop a lot of worrying.

Definitely would. Would make us look at how other countries have coped in the past with school shutdowns rather than making things up as we go along.

Exactly Piggy.

BBC news...

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said in a BBC interview that it is right to reopen schools. Speaking amid a row about the safety of bringing teachers and children back to the classroom from 1 June, he says he believes the government's approach is based on evidence.

"I don’t think they would say that they’re putting school opening above health risks. What they’re doing is basing it on the evidence, actually. There are countries that have reopened parts, at least, of their school system.

"If you look at all the best evidence, and my institute has assembled a lot of the different data on this, especially for younger children, the risks of transmission are actually quite low."

Tony Blair believes there is evidence to suggest something is true?

Isn’t that how he started a war...?!

Oh, there they go with their 'other countries' bullshit again.

Poor old Kier won't know what he is meant to say now!

Oh god, yes poor kier! Jeeze, my brain burst with the politics of that one!

An amusing (ish) teacher question I saw posted; can ofsted deep dive into a bubble? 🤔 🐟 🐠 🌊

Ok, the next thing they need to do is talk about other things kids can catch that are serious.

Then talk about what 'low transmission really means in comparison to those other things.

I don't give a shit about what Tony Bliars institute has found. All the people commenting on this are toxic when it comes to issues of truth and trust.

Not directly school related, but can I just share the lovely irony of this piece? HSE aren't doing the promised Covid safety spot checks because it isn't safe for HSE to work!

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-boris-johnson-work-places-covid-secure-checks-a9520021.html

Also can somebody please talk me down from resenting friends who whine about schools being shut while working indefinitely from the safety of their own homes?

The post viral thing I was talking about before in response to 'only' 1:1000 children get Kawasaki was Reyes syndrome. It appears to be way more rare than Kawasaki's and yet children still can't take aspirin because of it , in case it increases the chance of Reye's after chickenpox, for example.

It looks a touch like post Covid Kawaskai's is a more common complication than post viral Reye's syndrome.

However!

There's one caveat to the aspirin rule, however. Children and teenagers who have certain chronic diseases, such as Kawasaki disease, may need long-term treatment with drugs that contain aspirin.

Was the Reyes the reason they banned bonjela use for kids?

Reyes got Bonjela banned!

Sorry, fallen down a rabbit hole...

Ah, what a cross post!!

I remember medicine being removed from shelves too and the age of medised changed. I feel like I dreamt that though.

you can't get anything these days : motilium banned, Zantac banned (neither of those are for kids obviously), medised gone. no Bonjela.

Imagine if Calpol went!

Can LSAs join? (Technically a qualified teacher) need some solace from certain people in my fb page and general mumsnet.

Our teachers are having a meeting tomorrow about June so will see what is said...

Of course you can! :)

Wait, bonjela is no more? Is that why DD has to use Iglu with her braces? Which is crap! (anbesol is better anyhoo)

You can still get Junior bonjela. Anbesol is amazing for brace pain.

Is it? I always thought it was adult only! Panic over. Thanks!

(I've a feeling watching Outbreak on Netflix wasn't my wisest idea, but I'm visually measuring up the natty yellow suits and working out how many marigolds I'll need to make one for when I'm back in school...)

You need to.watch the belgian series from.the other year. Cordon. That was about a virus that breaks out from a lab.