The broom cupboard 3 - for briefly stranded republicans

[TheHoneyBadger]

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

Having listening to Ferguson on The Marr Show this morning (100,000 cases and 1000 hospitalisations a day definitely predicted, soon; double those figures is possible; numbers won’t start declining until mid-Aug to mid-September), am now wondering if I should rethink

A) my volunteering for school testing station pre Sept term - there’ll be loads of cases rolling up, won’t there? Some of whom will have been abroad, too. Although maybe that’s safer than staying in the UK....

B) the idea of us meeting up. Any thoughts?

A proposal: we arrange the meet-up for after August 16. That means that we won’t have to worry about needing to isolate if close contact and messing up holiday plans. We can also see vulnerable family members before then if worried about catching and spreading.
And if worried about catching at the meet-up, that can be balanced against the expectation that in a couple of weeks time we’ll be expected to go into schools with no mitigation measures, unvaccinated kids and covid spreading like wildfire. Against that backdrop, a meet-up of vaccinated adults sounds reasonable.

And if the world’s on fire by then we can cancel.

Yup noble, fair!

Sounds good, noble, except I'm going away on the 21st so I bet it turns out that I can't make it.

Finding a date is going to be a pain…

too hot for cats

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_staffroom/4299739-The-Sixty-Fifth-Republic-The-Covid-School-Phoney-War-under-way-so-who-will-the-gold-medal-and-who-will-get-the-wooden-spoon?watched=1

I had a quick look at the Warwick paper that they used for the modelling, the other day. Their uppper limit on hospitalisations is 2.5k a day.

I don’t really get the strategy. I think I understand the theory, but I don’t get how we get from where we are now to a natural peak before Sept when schools go back. It would be different if they were hinting they were going to vaccinate children or were considering pushing the start of term back.

I know of someone in the trial after contact. So still dropping kids at school- a week later there are cases in 2/3 of the dc classes. Rates here are high but it's not impossible.

I do think passports for the pub etc would have been a good think at least temporarily.
If not jabbed outside only....

DT reporting they’re definitely not going to vax 12-15 year olds unless CEV or living with CEV

Guess who has a thread going about that, Jan?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4299602-Teens-will-not-be-routinely-vaccinated-JCVI-recommends

Wasn’t sure whether the broom cupboard would be triple locked in the holiday: obviously not!

Dusting off the chairs (are we allowed those now?) and recoiling in horror because someone has left milk in the fridge over the summer. Also, the biscuits have gone soft.

🤮 @HarrietDVane.

No magnums hiding in the freezer I suppose?

Just a thought.

I think there's probably a box of very random chocs delivered as a gift on the last day of term without a label.

You can guarantee I've hidden a batch of fruit gin here somewhere.

Amused me that someone talking about duel teaching on other thread - I would much rather teach them duelling than dual teach

I've spent today on Prevent, FGM and Consent training. Woohoo. Thank god for chocolate.

In between trolling twitter people who are concerned about this Pen Farthing eejit.

No, not trolling... I am just commenting on the opposing side of the whole thing. They just keep telling me to piss off.

Pen Farthing eejit?

Someone should, Rule.

I hope its blackberry @TheHoneyBadger... that is tasty!

Honey I hope you're sharing the gin again!

@MrsHamlet

I hope its blackberry *@TheHoneyBadger*... that is tasty!

3 litres of that, with blackberries still in, currently in the larder, being shaken regularly.

Christmas. We can drink it at Christmas....

@RuleWithAWoodenFoot

I've spent today on Prevent, FGM and Consent training. Woohoo. Thank god for chocolate.

So pleased my new little job doesn’t require this. OTOH I think I will be bored witless, so now thinking about supply again.

You have just reminded me Rule that on my INSET next week, one of the sessions has been earmarked for Cognitive Load Theory. Oh the joys.