The broom cupboard 3 - for briefly stranded republicans

[TheHoneyBadger]

First in tops up the gin supplies and turns on the tea urn.

Well yes, the BBC, desperate to keep the licence fee that the govt keep threatening are certainly dancing to their tune.

I saw a news report last night about the BBC Russian correspondent being expelled from Russia after 20 years for asking challenging questions and found the idea that the BBC might ask challenging questions of a government quite interesting.

Labour have called for GCSE grades this year to be pegged to the 2020 distribution (entirely reasonable suggestion).

This probably means that the Tories are going to do something stupid just to be contrary. Awesome.

Bloody BBC report on schools proper giving me the RAGE right now

You want rage, you need to see what the Telegraph are saying.

A sample: "“My prediction,” cackles Bousted, stirring her cauldron of eye of newt and heavily unionised toad, “is that very shortly we are going to see schools all over the country in their hundreds having to operate contingency frameworks.”

Or "I have a sneaking suspicion that keeping case figures high by this constant testing of children is quite convenient for certain people’s agenda. The unions are delighted because they can use it as leverage to make ever more unreasonable demands of a hated Tory government. After a campaign by staff representatives for better classroom ventilation, Gavin Williamson has just given schools £25 million to spend on 300,000 CO2 monitors to alert staff and students “if fresh air is failing to circulate”. Did no one think to tell him about the traditional method of infection control? It’s called Opening the Window."

Is there any chance at all at them back tracking on the " not having to isolate if someone in the household has it"? I'd feel terrible if I passed it to someone in those circumstances, and really fucked off with the powers that be if I caught it

I think when they start realising that childcare (even adult care for those who are as sick as I was) means time off work there might be a reappraial.

It sounds chaotic in Scotland, though, with the PCR requirement. Must be loads of staff and kids having willy nilly days off. 10 days is easier in lots of ways. (note, am just assuming no one in England will bother with the PCR )

And eurgh I've not slept properly for a week now. Going to be knackered when I go back

At least with a requirement for pcr the kids would be off around a day. Plus it would mean parents have to be notified of cases.

What???

twitter.com/warwickmansell/status/1433010110100480004

Just read our updated school risk assessment. Head is strongly recommending that staff wear masks and distance from each other in communal spaces. She seems to have worked out that if we all get covid at the same time she'll struggle to keep the school open. A number of staff seem to have had it in the summer and are thankfully fine now and a couple of ds's friends have it now. Feels like only a matter of time.

RA also says that CO2 monitors will be used when we get them. Don't think head is holding her breath. Think I'll go with @noblegiraffe's prediction of sometime around Christmas if not after.

@Piggywaspushed

I think when they start realising that childcare (even adult care for those who are as sick as I was) means time off work there might be a reappraial.

It sounds chaotic in Scotland, though, with the PCR requirement. Must be loads of staff and kids having willy nilly days off. 10 days is easier in lots of ways. (note, am just assuming no one in England will bother with the PCR )

Wearing a mask in public indoor spaces, especially public transport, is currently strongly recommended. I am the only one in my part of the train. I'd say compliance is around 5%. With the PCR just being recommended, I'd put a lot of money on most parents not bothering at all, especially because the only outcome would be something they see as negatively affecting them.

Already seen 'no point in doing it the day we find out they're a contact because it won't have had any time to incubate, best leave it a few days'.

This can easily be 'best leave it a few days' then 'oh a bit late now'.

Although the point about incubation is a good one, I also agree about the danger of leaving it. It should be a legal requirement between days 3 and 7 of exposure (or whatever).

The BBC reporting on the long Covid in kids study.

I don’t EVER remember hearing estimates that 50% of children would get long Covid, which is what they’re comparing their results to, in order to be able to call them “reassuring”.

And it’s for Delta

Here, from 12:23 onwards
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-58406184

If you google long covid kids, this is the BBC news story (note the kids in masks )

Time to be reassured? What a very weird spin to be putting on that story.

They gave changed that on the feed to Long covid in kids needs to be taken seriously ....

Apologies, I meant to say it’s NOT delta.

Interesting if they’re changing the tone of the reporting.

Parents United don’t seem to have caught up with it yet.

BMJ article on it, better headline!
www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n2157

And here’s the R4 interview on it, first 15 mins of the programme
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ycx6

Response rate of 13.5 % is poor...

Well, I was problematic in SLT and said I didn't think we should be doing full assemblies. Outcome: we do one welcome back outdoor assembly tomorrow, then key stage as a max for 2 weeks to see what happens. Teams assembly as a whole school instead.

Phew.

Well done rule!

Is it that bad when it’s a really big detailed questionnaire piggy?