Class size reductions are pathetic. The vast majority of the classes I teach are lab-based in enclosed air-conditioner circulated rooms.
I have chronic bronchitis, which they're aware of, and yet zero mitigations are being made to suport me.
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Class size reductions are pathetic. The vast majority of the classes I teach are lab-based in enclosed air-conditioner circulated rooms.
I have chronic bronchitis, which they're aware of, and yet zero mitigations are being made to suport me.
Not great management from the school.
Catfish Blues
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I'd suggest you take a look at the HSE guidance on aircon and COVID, and get your union involved.
From what you're saying, it sounds like the bit I've bolded is impossible and you'd have a case for being able to say your workplace is unsafe until such time as those labs can be changed to allow adequate refresh of the air.
Looks like it`s those pesky youngsters out enjoying themselves that are doing the damage across the board - waves fist at them.
I`m not sure the term " second wave " is correct, as the first one never went away.
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I'd disagree. The number of new cases was very low between May-July while we were in the midst of lockdown and social distancing. Unfortunately the last 8 weeks the cumulative effect of more interactions with other people has seen new cases resurgent.
I have no scientific insight into the disease, but just looking at the relative numbers it seems that survival rate is much higher now - maybe the virus has mutated into less deadly version and/or we know better how to treat patients. Maybe survival rates are better in the summer (higher vitamin D?) and will peak again in late winter.
Who knows, but all I`m seeing by me and by and large everywhere else I`ve been, is teenagers just behaving like normal teenagers do.
Adults generally seem to be still social distancing etc, but the kids don`t seem to be arsed one bit about what`s going on and that`s got to be having an effect.
My missus is a nurse in a big hospital mate and despite the pubs etc being open again for nearly two months now, they`ve only had a handful of virus patients in over the past few weeks and only one that has died this month - who was already very sick prior catching the virus.
So I wouldn`t be going into panic mode just yet.
Also the likes of the Red Echo, the Daily Heil, the Express etc seem to be deliberately whipping up fear for clicks and to sell papers.
Watching the daily Scottish covid press conference, it's more like a fly on the wall comedy a la 'The office' it would sequence straight into 'Scot squad and be absolutely seamless.
arminisgod
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My friend is an ICU nurse and she say's they have no COVID patients in her hospital, and that's in Blackburn a COVID hotspot
Tipp blue
If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
Why would they want to stop people working from home? I can understand that city centres won't be so busy and retail companies will be hit.. but as far as I can see if there is anything good to come out of all this it's that people who can and want to work from home have been doing so should be allowed to continue to do so.
You have a congestion charge in London to lessen traffic and now there's a way to remove traffic from the roads in all cities and towns and the government are against it.
www.thejournal.ie
You have a congestion charge in London to lessen traffic and now there's a way to remove traffic from the roads in all cities and towns and the government are against it.
UK government says there's a 'limit' on home working as fresh campaign urges people to return to the office
Currently in Ireland, the government is advising people who can work from home to do so.
www.thejournal.ie
Catfish Blues
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Take a look at the situation in Spain ( I mention Spain because you started by mentioning cases in Europe as a whole ). The average age of people infected is far less than it was months ago.
From https://english.elpais.com/society/...oronavirus-epidemic-has-changed-in-spain.html
Admittedly, there'll be a degree of statistical bias in that, because, at the peak, there was a limitation on how many tests could be carried out, so the older you were, the more likely you were to be quite ill, so the more likely you were to get tested, but they're not just including PCR tests in that analysis.
See also
Surge in Covid-19 cases across Europe linked to young people
Those aged 20 to 39 in France, Germany, Netherlands and Spain account for up to 40% of new infections
There's a fair amount of evidence that younger people are now spreading the disease in Europe. It's not totally conclusive evidence, but it's there.
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Mate....every time there is a photo or mention of a female you have to state whether you'd consider her acceptable for sex.
We get it...you are a creepy perv...bordering on sexist.
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Please stay on topic.
spectateur
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They hide them at home in those areas.
*Bordering
Well...I was being nice saying bordering
edit: I should note, Bruce was calling out my horrid spelling/use of wrong word even though it now (after my abuse of mod editing powers), conveniently, looks like he is questioning the use of the adjective "bordering"
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