The broom cupboard 2 - just for when we get briefly stranded without a staffroom

[TheHoneyBadger]

I'll pop a link in the old one so you know where to find safe haven. I have tried to clear out some space by getting rid of the ohp and vcr trolley and gin is hidden behind the sick sand bucket.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57355599
Gove is a close contact after his Porto trip to see the footy, is now helping trial the serial test instead of isolate model....

Is it bad that I hope that that trial fails by causing a Westminster outbreak, proving how stupid the whole idea. I don’t think anyone necessarily needs another reason to hate give though.

U.K. government removes Portugal from green list to protect us from the rising cases of Indian variant all our tourists took there is typical handling of covid 19 in the U.K. Who could possibly have foreseen that.

And no surprises here:

www.theguardian.com/education/2021/jun/03/india-covid-variant-spreading-in-englands-schools-and-colleges-data-shows

“ Prof Christina Pagel, director of University College London’s clinical operational research unit, said the figures were evidence that schools were now “a major source” of transmission, after the government last month dropped its requirement for secondary school pupils to wear masks in classrooms.”

Interesting that the papers are actually reporting it this time, when they refused to last time.

@JanFebAnyMonth

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57355599 Gove is a close contact after his Porto trip to see the footy, is now helping trial the serial test instead of isolate model....

Course he is

Yesnoble, is it simply that the govt’s stupidity in early Jan (“schools are safe”.... 24 hrs later “we need to close all schools”) has actually helped, because now the press won’t swallow “children don’t get it” etc?

Rafa, that thought re Gove spreading it (perhaps even Nepalese variant as that’s one of our stated reasons for limiting Portuguese travel) to all the Cabinet has crossed my mind....

When you say 'the papers' you ought to note it is The commieGuardian about which there is much sneering on MN, even on the data thread. The Times is not reporting it. Whole article on the PHE report yesterday and hospitalisations. Didn't mention schools.

I was thinking of the Daily Mail ‘epidemic of the young’ article yesterday too. Think of when the infection rates were highest by far in secondary kids and it was barely ever even mentioned. That they are even talking about kids is unusual.

It’s because the only thing papers seem to be most worried about is holidays and travel at the moment. Who cares about transmission rates in schools when they have already been conditioned to believe that it doesn’t exist?!

I thought Nepal were having problems with Delta.

It’s a sub type of Delta which has a worrying bit or something....

Yes. Seems to be Delta with an additional mutation. Vietnam is also delta that has developed a mutation already seen in the Kent variant.

On the plus side, we’re all going to learn the Greek alphabet quite quickly. What comes after epsilon?

Maths teacher here waiting for the pi variant to confuse schoolchildren across the land. "I thought that was a number!"

@ChloeDecker

It’s because the only thing papers seem to be most worried about is holidays and travel at the moment. Who cares about transmission rates in schools when they have already been conditioned to believe that it doesn’t exist?!

So true @ChloeDecker. If I read one more quote from ‘devastated’ holidaymakers I’ll scream!

I suspect we will see more about this epidemic of the young in the papers because vaccinating kids is going to be the next battleground.

@noblegiraffe

Maths teacher here waiting for the pi variant to confuse schoolchildren across the land. "I thought that was a number!"

Similar being Physics but miss you said alpha, beta and gamma were types of radiation.

Then theres the greek letters used in equations.

@noblegiraffe on the money again.

Breaking news: www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57358446

[quote motherrunner]@noblegiraffe on the money again.

Breaking news: www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57358446[/quote]
I am so delighted by this!!

Apparently Spain aims to vaccinate all 12+ years old before new academic year!

It is, as someone said earlier going to be interesting to watch Boris and Matt tie themselves in more knots as they attempt to justify their 18 mths of “Children don’t get it/ don’t transmit much (that we’re going to mention anyway)” whilst (presumably) persuading people to vaccinate their kids.....

Oh and little Gav

Jan U4T have had a petition up against vaccinating kids for a while now. I imagine they've been having secret meetings with the usual Tories as well to decide policy before it even makes the public domain.

They've certainly been working on public opinion on MN too.

@JanFebAnyMonth

It is, as someone said earlier going to be interesting to watch Boris and Matt tie themselves in more knots as they attempt to justify their 18 mths of “Children don’t get it/ don’t transmit much (that we’re going to mention anyway)” whilst (presumably) persuading people to vaccinate their kids.....

There is already a comment on the vaccine thread that says ‘but they told us from the start kids aren’t a risk’.

No need to be stuck in here with all those giant spiders.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_staffroom/4261972-The-Sixtieth-Republic-One-half-term-to-go-just-need-to-survive-Sports-Day-and-Activities-Week?watched=1&msgid=107915997#107915997

[quote motherrunner]**@noblegiraffe on the money again.

Breaking news: www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57358446[/quote]
@noblegiraffe has greater insight than all those over-paid twits at the DfE combined!