COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Gelsons Dad]

 

[urban genie]

So are Manchester schools re-opening?

By the sound of it the north is in revolt lead by Manchester and Liverpool

 

[Tb1981]

As my wife will tell you, it will be more mentally disturbing telling a year one child that they must not go near or play with their friends.

They don't have the capacity to process it.

On the flip side, it it whit holidays coming up, which is two weeks for some schools, so the government and the right wing press are basically trying to blackmail and smear an an entire profession for the the sake of a month before the summer holiday then come around.

I'm sure most of those dead NHS workers would have thought twice if they had known they would have paid with their lives.

Most of our schools are Victorian in structure, small narrow corridors, tight staircases.

The reality is that socially distancing children from each other and also teachers, is high on impossible.

It has been hard enough these last couple of months, my wife and others only being spared by the great weather, enabling a number of 'babysitting' classes to be done outside on the playground and field.

I think deep down they know like you said that half the kids won’t be going back anyway till September
The daily mail and the sun are trash

 

[BlueHammer85]

Is anyone’s gut feeling now that we’ll all be back to normal pretty much by July/August ?

 

[Tb1981]

So are Manchester schools re-opening?

By the sound of it the north is in revolt lead by Manchester and Liverpool

I hope it’s based on what’s best for kids but I fear it’s more political with the labour mayors
Can’t have different rules for different cities in England
We don’t really understand the rules at present for all England

 

[Gelsons Dad]

As my wife will tell you, it will be more mentally disturbing telling a year one child that they must not go near or play with their friends.

They don't have the capacity to process it.

On the flip side, it it whit holidays coming up, which is two weeks for some schools, so the government and the right wing press are basically trying to blackmail and smear an an entire profession for the the sake of a month before the summer holiday then come around.

I'm sure most of those dead NHS workers would have thought twice if they had known they would have paid with their lives.

Most of our schools are Victorian in structure, small narrow corridors, tight staircases.

The reality is that socially distancing children from each other and also teachers, is high on impossible.

It has been hard enough these last couple of months, my wife and others only being spared by the great weather, enabling a number of 'babysitting' classes to be done outside on the playground and field.

You are aware that ons data showed NHS workers to be at no more risk than most and considerably less risk than many. They just make the news whereas the labourer or cabbie doesn't.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Is anyone’s gut feeling now that we’ll all be back to normal pretty much by July/August ?

No

 

[denislawsbackheel]

I hope it’s based on what’s best for kids but I fear it’s more political with the labour mayors
Can’t have different rules for different cities in England
We don’t really understand the rules at present for all England

Idiotic post.
Even the DfE spokesman admitted it was risky to a govt committee on Wednesday.

https://www.theguardian.com/educati...ld-fuel-coronavirus-spread-dfe-adviser-admits

 

[BlueHammer85]

No

i just can’t see how not - death rate dropping, infection rate dropping, hospitalisation’s dropping and we’ve not really had a harsh lockdown - still been scenes of packed parks and buses, tubes etc.

only thing I see disrupted for longer is air travel

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Nailed it
Whatever is proposed is open to pick holes in
We don’t live in an ideal world normally let alone in these times
Ultimately it will be a personal choice if you want to send kids back to school
I’m torn and I change my mind hourly

My youngest won't be going back. She doesn't know yet and she will be dissapointed but my wife and I have been pretty strict during lockdown and we personally think it's too early for the part of the UK we live in. Cases are not going down as much as other parts of the UK if at all. Let MPs set an example and crowd into the parliament first.

 

[Tb1981]

Idiotic post.

Your right
Why bother post it

 

[Gelsons Dad]

Is anyone’s gut feeling now that we’ll all be back to normal pretty much by July/August ?

No.
I expect the R in the midlands to remain around 1 for a couple more weeks before it falls. We are seeing the effect of a behaviour change in the deaths now and I have a feeling It may be due to Ramadan but of course I would get slaughtered if I said that in public! .......oh

 

[urban genie]

I hope it’s based on what’s best for kids but I fear it’s more political with the labour mayors
Can’t have different rules for different cities in England
We don’t really understand the rules at present for all England

I don't think it is political in the sense of labour mayors having a ho because it's a tory government. the north, as always is getting a bad deal from the government of the day, only now most northern councils are sticking together in saying it ain't good enough.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

That was my reading too. Although, I felt that I may be biased due to me finding her attractive. :)

You said it. She really deserves a thread of her own.

 

[Tb1981]

I don't think it is political in the sense of labour mayors having a ho because it's a tory government. the north, as always is getting a bad deal from the government of the day, only now most northern councils are sticking together in saying it ain't good enough.

Hope so
I like Andy burnham and have a lot of respect for him

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

You are aware that ons data showed NHS workers to be at no more risk than most and considerably less risk than many. They just make the news whereas the labourer or cabbie doesn't.

That's bullshit (on their part) , but it makes for the convenience of trying to reassure NHS staff and the wider general public that those working within aren't at an greater risk.

Funnily, enough, just like the narrative they are trying to get out on teachers and kids.

NHS are clearly at the front line and carry huge risk to anyone else based simply on viral loads.


It was less than three months ago they said it was safe for kids to be in school, then they said it wasn't, and now they say it is.

Nothing has changed in terms of the virus still being in circulation.

 

[kaz7]

I agree with that,people that think this virus is just going to up and leave will be in for a shock

 

[BlueHammer85]

Analysis of all available data by specialist biologists show clearly that the deadly virus was taken into the market by someone who was already infected with COVID-19. The researchers also expressed surprise that Sars-Cov-2, the virus responsible for the current crisis, was “already pre-adapted to human transmission”, a highly unusual feature. The new findings will only fuel suspicions that Beijing is desperately trying to cover-up the true source of the coronavirus outbreak.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/worl...han-market-latest-scientific-research-Harvard

 

[kaz7]

Hopefully she's as accurate as the other expert Ferguson the we have based our response so far on. I do wonder what the agenda is from people like this woman making perfections such as this to try and keep people scared.

All the experts around the world expect a second peak

 

[marco]

i just can’t see how not - death rate dropping, infection rate dropping, hospitalisation’s dropping and we’ve not really had a harsh lockdown - still been scenes of packed parks and buses, tubes etc.

only thing I see disrupted for longer is air travel

the only reason air travel isnt functioning is because of quarentine laws, as these change over the months expect all carriers to operate as normal at 100% full aircraft, there will be no empty middle seat its not economically viable, passengers in masks and disinfected planes will be the main change, as to your question NO its not, if you get the graph and where we are today draw a lind backwards and you will end up around the 17th of march, thats were we are today the only thing thats changed is the R rate and the deaths, incoming 2nd wave is most likely resulting in more deaths and further damage to the economy