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grandjoeblue
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Everyone is aware the vaccine only reduces deaths by roughly around 95-97%. That does help massively reduce the likelihood of death.
I appreciate that you're a forever lockdown supporter but if we're being realistic the vaccine is the main weapon to fight this thing.
The messaging in the UK regarding masks has been pretty poor to say the least. A lot of the more modern research shows that n95 type masks make a big difference whereas cloth and surgical masks (which people often reused multiple times) can still allow tranmission if you're around the infected individual for upwards of 15 minutes. People wear balaclavas around their mouths and scarfs for example.
NilSatisOptimum
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Face mask is pretty poor in England, the rest of the Kingdom it's still a thing to do legally...
For the rest, whatever chump!
You say this, but in my lads primary / junior school, which is quite big, with a lot of kids from different ethnic and socio economic backgrounds, they’ve not had one single case of a kid catching it since the start of all this.
Teachers and staff, yes, but the kids no.
The parents still aren’t allowed in the school without a prior appointment and unless the parents are having prolonged close contact, the chances of them catching outside have got to be negligible ?
Where as my other lads senior school was the complete opposite - years getting sent home, kids catching it etc.
Moggers
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Same mate, we were expected to go back a few days a week in the summer, but told now we won't be while cases remain high, so can't see it being anytime soon.
Feels like they are just kicking the can down the road at the minute.
Toast
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Today at the Primary school was an eye opener for me.
Same set up as yours by sounds of it social and economical wise too.
I genuinely felt uncomfortable.
I guess the weather hasn’t helped as it’s been scorching hot down here today as well, and people probably just wanted to get home ASAP.
I don’t even know the rules on isolation anymore for the kids this term either.
You can’t have no controls in place and then be sending classes home surely ?
toffee82
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I teach and apart from the twice weekly testing everything else is out the window. Virtually every other school I have knowledge of is the same.
Wish I knew this was definitely the case before I cancelled my summer holiday. I was concerned I might have to isolate and miss the start of the year.
Wish I knew this was definitely the case before I cancelled my summer holiday. I was concerned I might have to isolate and miss the start of the year.
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My understanding of the senior school rules, is that apart from the testing twice weekly, if a kid displays symptoms in school, they get sent home and tested - staying at home if positive.
Anyone who’s been in contact with them is advised to get a test, that’s it. No more whole groups going home.
Primary / Junior schools don’t seem to have anything in place for their kids ?
I always try to update things if find that my info is incorrect - this story has been debunked
roydo
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It was bound to happen eventually.
An interesting post about Reading.
What are the actual numbers though? Our death rate doubled the other week. To 2.
Deckard2049
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Government plans October firebreak lockdown if Covid hospital admissions remain high
A senior Government scientist and Sage member has told i half-term could be extended to two weeks in late October if NHS is pushed to the brink of capacity
inews.co.uk
The headline fails to mention this is a “last resort” but we all know the government likes to plant the seeds of something in advance. Would be a monumental failure if we have to return to a lockdown. Although I’m sure some unvaccinated 18 year old who had a birthday party will be blamed.
roydo
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Government plans October firebreak lockdown if Covid hospital admissions remain high
A senior Government scientist and Sage member has told i half-term could be extended to two weeks in late October if NHS is pushed to the brink of capacity
The headline fails to mention this is a “last resort” but we all know the government likes to plant the seeds of something in advance. Would be a monumental failure if we have to return to a lockdown. Although I’m sure some unvaccinated 18 year old who had a birthday party will be blamed.
Thing is though, looking at the Covid map, cases in England are stable/falling in most areas. Scotland and Wales have a few hot spots, and it appears that the important bits, admissions and deaths, are not all that. Unless its you that is, but we can only look at this country wide.
That said, schools/unis opening, autumn/winter weather, and without this booster jab that seems to be not anywhere yet, who knows?
Misrepresented stories like this, have become the life blood for some of the press.
Scaring people sells and gets clicks.
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