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clint van damme

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,381
skybluetony176 said:
Even The Daily Express has started changing its tune.
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why can't they say something positive?!
 
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skybluetony176

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,382
ajsccfc said:
The Sun today are calling teachers militant cowards. Clap for people saving lives but declare war on people trying to avoid spreading a virus yeah
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In a world full of dog shit newspapers the Sun is probably about the dog shittiest of them.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,383
clint van damme said:
it's the only brief that doesn't need security clearance. They couldn't give him anything else. He's lucky not to be in prison.
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Now Gove has weighed in and said ‘come on it’s safe’. Arbitrary date plucked out of the air, admitting that we don’t know enough about child transmission of the virus but let’s plough in anyway. The crèche must be reopened and the babysitting service resumed
 
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clint van damme

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,384
over 50,000 snowflakes have signed the petition to have Piers Morgan sacked!
Hacking a dead school girls phone, no one bothered.
Holding a incompetent government to account - uproar!
 
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clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,385
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Now Gove has weighed in and said ‘come on it’s safe’. Arbitrary date plucked out of the air, admitting that we don’t know enough about child transmission of the virus but let’s plough in anyway. The crèche must be reopened and the babysitting service resumed
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if you told me there was a group willing to risk everyones lives including children because of their ideology I'd have assumed you were talking about ISIS but here we have the UK government doing it. Be positive about it!
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,386
clint van damme said:
if you told me there was a group willing to risk everyones lives including children because of their ideology I'd have assumed you were talking about ISIS but here we have the UK government doing it. Be positive about it!
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We have gone from trying to do the opposite to everyone to trying to copy everyone else
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,387
clint van damme said:
if you told me there was a group willing to risk everyones lives including children because of their ideology I'd have assumed you were talking about ISIS but here we have the UK government doing it. Be positive about it!
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He then admitted everything has risk! Which is correct
 

Grendel

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,388
Sky Blue Pete said:
He then admitted everything has risk! Which is correct
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The WHO confirmed there is minimal risk to school children - the wood from the trees is getting clearer albeit via muddy messaging. A vaccine and a cure are going to be years away - this has to be acknowledged on a global basis and then a risk management approach taken.
 
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Grendel

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,389
Brighton Sky Blue said:
We have gone from trying to do the opposite to everyone to trying to copy everyone else
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Not Sweden
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,390
Grendel said:
The WHO confirmed there is minimal risk to school children - the wood from the trees is getting clearer albeit via muddy messaging. A vaccine and a cure are going to be years away - this has to be acknowledged on a global basis and then a risk management approach taken.
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That’s exactly what seems to be going on here, everything is all of sudden opening up and by the 3rd June everything will be more or less back to normal apart from masks and social distancing.
 

Grendel

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,391
Sick Boy said:
That’s exactly what seems to be going on here, everything is all of sudden opening up and by the 3rd June everything will be more or less back to normal apart from masks and social distancing.
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Even holidays to Italy allowed from late June which seems slightly strange - I definitely will not be going to an airport for some time
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,392
From a school perspective every teacher has to be back in a classroom for the next school year so it would have probably have been more sensible to do it from August with the staged approach and not June
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,393
Grendel said:
From a school perspective every teacher has to be back in a classroom for the next school year so it would have probably have been more sensible to do it from August with the staged approach and not June
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This is what I really don't understand. If you must have them earlier, try to reach agreement where summer holidays are moved earlier. I appreciate it's short notice, but not like anybody'll be going on holiday for a bit!

Also allows some actual planbning as the best way to do it - just to bung them back with no thought is careless at best.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,394
Grendel said:
From a school perspective every teacher has to be back in a classroom for the next school year so it would have probably have been more sensible to do it from August with the staged approach and not June
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Thanks for sacrificing my holiday for me
 

Grendel

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,395
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Thanks for sacrificing my holiday for me
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You’ll could have your holidays from earlier. Your response merely re-enforces stereotyping I’m afraid unless it’s a joke
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,396
Grendel said:
You’ll could have your holidays from earlier. Your response merely re-enforces stereotyping I’m afraid unless it’s a joke
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What stereotype is that G?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,397
Deleted member 5849 said:
This is what I really don't understand. If you must have them earlier, try to reach agreement where summer holidays are moved earlier. I appreciate it's short notice, but not like anybody'll be going on holiday for a bit!

Also allows some actual planbning as the best way to do it - just to bung them back with no thought is careless at best.
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Except teaching contracts work from September to September so you have those due to change schools but would be required to work where in the first month? Whole myriad of pitfalls with this idea
 
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Sick Boy

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,398
Grendel said:
Even holidays to Italy allowed from late June which seems slightly strange - I definitely will not be going to an airport for some time
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Believe it or not but it’s actually 3rd June for EU countries and no quarantine, I presume the UK is included in this too based upon current rules.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,399
Grendel said:
The WHO confirmed there is minimal risk to school children - the wood from the trees is getting clearer albeit via muddy messaging. A vaccine and a cure are going to be years away - this has to be acknowledged on a global basis and then a risk management approach taken.
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I don’t disagree I just wanted a consistent answer
 

David O'Day

Well-Known Member
  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,400
Sky Blue Pete said:
I don’t disagree I just wanted a consistent answer
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Scientists divided over coronavirus risk to children if schools reopen

It's not clear at what the science and covid-19 in children actually.

Doesn't stop dishonest liars like Grendal though

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skybluetony176

Well-Known Member
  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,401
The biggest problem with sending kids back to school is although the risk to them themselves appears to be low the problem is we still don’t really understand the risks associated with them spreading it.
 
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David O'Day

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,402
skybluetony176 said:
The biggest problem with sending kids back to school is although the risk to them themselves might be low the problem is we still don’t really understand the risks associated with them spreading it.
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Exactly the scientists can not decide on the risks.

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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,403
David O'Day said:
Exactly the scientists can not decide on the risks.

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It’s because we don’t know enough biologically about the transmission and seem heavily reliant on statistics. If it emerges that children have no involvement in transmissions on May 31st you can bet the government will act like they knew all along.

Could it actually be that we are viewed not as educators but as glorified babysitters?
 
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Skybluefaz

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,404
Brighton Sky Blue said:
It’s because we don’t know enough biologically about the transmission and seem heavily reliant on statistics. If it emerges that children have no involvement in transmissions on May 31st you can bet the government will act like they knew all along.

Could it actually be that we are viewed not as educators but as glorified babysitters?
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Certainly more important economically than the government will ever admit
 

skybluetony176

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,405
Brighton Sky Blue said:
It’s because we don’t know enough biologically about the transmission and seem heavily reliant on statistics. If it emerges that children have no involvement in transmissions on May 31st you can bet the government will act like they knew all along.

Could it actually be that we are viewed not as educators but as glorified babysitters?
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How very cynical of you.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,406
Skybluefaz said:
Certainly more important economically than the government will ever admit
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Valued elsewhere though so more keen to emigrate than I was before
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,407
When will our esteemed politicians be back filling the HoC?
 

David O'Day

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,408
New cases aren't really dropping

Deaths trend could flatten in tuesday

Out of the 130k tests reported for friday only 78k people were actually tested

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hill83

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,409
Grendel said:
Even holidays to Italy allowed from late June which seems slightly strange - I definitely will not be going to an airport for some time
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Don't be so irrational. You are more likely to die on the way to the airport.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,410
hill83 said:
Don't be so irrational. You are more likely to die on the way to the airport.
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He doesn’t want to go to an airport but wants me in a classroom
 

SIR ERNIE

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,411
Brighton Sky Blue said:
He doesn’t want to go to an airport but wants me in a classroom
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are you being furloughed?
 

Grendel

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,412
hill83 said:
Don't be so irrational. You are more likely to die on the way to the airport.
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I was thinking more of the queues and riff raff to be honest - you have to pitch a tent to get a coffee at Starbucks
 
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SIR ERNIE

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,413
Grendel said:
I was thinking more of the queues and riff raff to be honest - you have to pitch a tent to get a coffee at Starbucks
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lol. BA Club Silver membership the way to go. Fast track and club lounge you avoid all the pondlife.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,414
SIR ERNIE said:
are you being furloughed?
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Nope I’m working overtime to provide a remote education
 
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skybluetony176

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  • May 17, 2020
  • #23,415
Grendel said:
I was thinking more of the queues and riff raff to be honest - you have to pitch a tent to get a coffee at Starbucks
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Fast track through passport control, book a lounge pass and get priority boarding. I thought you were minted. You can even get a free lounge pass through your bank, so long as you have enough money in the bank of course.
 
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