The Sixtieth Republic - One half term to go - just need to survive Sports Day and Activities Week!

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Change of subject, but.... ye gods - U4T’s new campaign....

usforthem.co.uk/notforthem/?fbclid=IwAR3LAb1YxQTg_Hp38n2VA90xwTU9fH1hpE59UWLZ2po528P24hYb6BsTNlI

They are prickly defensive gits who see everything as an accusation against them personally which is odd. It worries me that maybe they feel like that because they can actually identify with the perpetrators and therefore feel defensive because it could easily be/have been them. Which is a thoroughly depressing thought.

Us4godknowswhatagenda can gtf.

Sign of the times? 16 year old boy stabbed to death outside school gates yesterday in Luton. Doesn't even merit a news story?

Unfortunately , I think releasing the report on the same day as Maya Forstater stuff may have distracted people.

I shall look out for U4T buzzwords form that latest nonsense on MN.

@Piggywaspushed

Sign of the times? 16 year old boy stabbed to death outside school gates yesterday in Luton. Doesn't even merit a news story?

It was on News at Ten, wasn't it? Unless that was another one? Horrific, anyway.

Was it? Not seen it in online papers or on BBC.

I saw it on BBC website yesterday morning I think, but it didn’t make any headlines that I heard.

Maybe it was News 24 a couple of times between 8-10 pm thinking about it. Definitely a story about it though.

Who knows what U4T are up to. I did find this retweeted by them on their timeline though.

www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-recalls/innova-medical-group-recalls-unauthorized-sars-cov-2-antigen-rapid-qualitative-test-risk-false-test

It’s probably not the good news for them they think it is.

I don't get it - why would they think that was good news?

Because they don’t think children should be tested. I’m not sure they’ve really thought through all of the implications of there being less testing.

Loads and loads of people will get their children vaccinated, and any campaign against making it open to children won't get anywhere. The rest of the world have opened it up to children.

Same as there was all that bollocks about 20 - 29 year olds not being arsed with vaccination, then the day they are announced, they pretty much jam the booking system.

I think maybe the socials are just full of the hyper political and opinionated, while if you don't really 'do' them, you're blissfully unaware of almost everything. Even more divisive. Woohoo.

As far as I’m aware, home haven’t changed their policy on only unvaccinated people using these tests, because they’re a bit useless once vaccinated.

Be interested to see if it comes up at their press conference tomorrow.

The uptake of any vaccination programme, especially one run through schools is huge. Well over 95%.

Agree rule. U4T might have the ear of the government, but they are pretty much a minority voice. There isn’t a huge amount of support for them among parents as far as I can tell.

LFTs aren't meant to be used on the vaccinated? Sorry. I feel like I've missed a page or something. I'm tired and struggling with the humidity.

Given the vaccines aren't mandatory I really can't see them having a leg to stand on with that campaign.

Love their faux concern about global equity and it being unethical to vaccinate children when parts of the world don't have enough vaccine.

Oh, I didn't know De Bono had died

www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jun/10/edward-de-bono-obituary

His verdict on our education system:

The Maltese thinker was particularly scathing of Britain, where, he claimed, rigid thinking and an obsession with testing led to many children leaving school “believing they are stupid. They are not stupid at all, many are good thinkers who have never had the chance to show it. But that lack of confidence will pervade the rest of their lives.”

That’s the message from our director of public health at home. And since they have a policy of following the data and being scrupulously honest with the public during the pandemic, I’ll take their word over this government’s.

I think the theory is that viral load is lower in vaccinated people who get covid, and since the LFTs need quite a high viral load, they are even less likely to pick up a positive then they usually are.

Of course they didn’t promise a moonshot and buy millions of the things, so they probably don’t have warehouses full of the things to get rid of.

Well that probably explains why all our (vaccinated) SLT came in spluttering and coughing and claiming they were all fine and didn't need to SI or get a PCR 'because LFT says fine'.

This won't surprise any of you...

But the Product Recall notice doesn’t mention vaccination?? I’m with you honey.

I read something (reliable) today saying PPE storage alone is costing the govt £6.7 million, it’s probably similar for all those tests in large warehouses!

Reading the ofsted report and WTAF. Why is everything down to schools to sort?

A teacher friend of mine has just got hit with an isolation. Feels like it is getting closer again even in my low case area. Roll on summer.

This week has been about 10 years long. Humidity doesn't work well for our kids. Staff are really burnt out. People either looking shakey or a bit manic.

@JanFebAnyMonth

But the Product Recall notice doesn’t mention vaccination?? I’m with you honey.

I read something (reliable) today saying PPE storage alone is costing the govt £6.7 million, it’s probably similar for all those tests in large warehouses!

That’s true. It seems to be saying don’t use it at all.

I wonder why a class 1 recall though. I don’t think the FDA class 1 is exactly the same as a class 1 here, but that seems a bit high.