At the risk of repeating myself, autumn/winter is the big test. Come through that, and it's vaguely optimistic. What we mustn't do is repeat what we did last time and dither if things are looking bad here and, for that matter, elsewhere. I actually agree with the opening up with extreme caution, as we're still keeping the weakest away from the disease in that way, while seeing what happens and being able to gather more information to decide the next step.
Well... I agree with that if I thought we were actually following science. As it stands, we appear to be following random populism, and that's dangerous in both respects - either keeping us shut needlessly, or even opening us up because people decide it's alright.
I'm not bothered about being inconvenienced tbh. That's a small thing to have to deal with.We aren’t showing extreme caution, we’re imposing a contradictory half way house in schools that inconveniences everyone for dubious benefit. The government is also very clear that parents can’t keep children out of school if they’re scared of COVID. The actions are not proportional to the severity of the disease for the general population.
Experts will say it will creep into more vulnerable members and then hospitals will get full and then deaths will go up
I'm not bothered about being inconvenienced tbh. That's a small thing to have to deal with.
Well, we all have hassles as a result of this. But an inconvenience is a small thing really. Adapting is just the way it is.It isn’t small for me, it’s torn up how I can teach my subject and more broadly just do my job. I can tolerate having to wear masks in places and sanitise my hands outside of that.
Well, we all have hassles as a result of this. But an inconvenience is a small thing really. Adapting is just the way it is.
I don’t want future society to permanently involve people being scared of passing diseases on to each other. For this winter there likely is a risk of ‘superinfection’ from catching COVID and the cold/flu. The problem of course is that the latter diseases invariably cause symptoms and so you would have schools that could be half in half out and unworkable. My view is that parents of higher risk children or those in higher risk households should be allowed to keep them out. The rest should either also be kept out or allowed in under normal conditions.
The cold will likely do more harm to a child than COVID.
I do get what you mean, you're having to adapt your job, you're inconvenienced, as you said.I don’t think you quite get what I mean. I am teaching a practical subject without the ability to do practical work. But people in bubbles of over 100 can do what they want with each other. It isn’t a minor nuisance, it’s a complete flip of our way of working.
Be honest, do you think the measures are proportionate to the risk? Does a half way house on a site with up to 2000 people on it actually make sense?
I do get what you mean, you're having to adapt your job, you're inconvenienced, as you said.
You're not the only one who's being inconvenienced atm. Now sure, you may consider the risk to be overblown and that's a valid argument, but an inconvenience is nothing really, an adaption for a small amount of time is nothing really.
And it ain't just you haveing to adapt, or be inconvenienced. I'd argue an inconvenience to gather data is a perfectly valid approach, rather than an as you were and then dealing with the potential fallout.
I never said it was just me, but there aren’t many professions that have had to tear up and rebuild their way of working overnight. And there are no assurances that it will just be for a short time. We have gathered 9 months of data from around the world and it shows that huge numbers of people are asymptomatic with a low hospitalisation rate and very low mortality rate.
Yet it’s being treated as worse than anything that’s come before. So either keep me out of school or let me do my job.
I don’t think these measures are going anywhere anytime soon. I honestly believe that they will be in place until Easter 2021.
I know what you are saying about collecting data for 9 months but we don’t appear to still know a great deal... why are so many people asymptomatic? how big is the risk to children with suppressed immune systems (this is especially important to me on a personal level)?
I understand your frustrations - but tell me why I should want to go back to normal when I don’t know if it puts my child at risk?
I know you did, and I’m not aiming this comment at you personally.I did put in the caveat for at risk households in my post.
I know you did, and I’m not aiming this comment at you personally.
It’s not just the fact that my daughter would have to stay home, so would her brother, and both her parents that are teachers if we didn’t have these measures in place. And even then there is still some risk attached to it all.
So what do we do? Adapt to a temporary way of working to mitigate for that ultimately end up being a waste when we finally find out some definite facts about this virus.
What I’m basically saying is that this ‘temporary’ fix leaves me unable to do my job and if that is the case then I may as well do it remotely.
And you’ve been failed by the DFE (and maybe your school/trust to a lesser extent) because adjustments should have been put in place to make sure that isn’t the case in terms of curriculum adjustment IMOWhat I’m basically saying is that this ‘temporary’ fix leaves me unable to do my job and if that is the case then I may as well do it remotely.
All of a sudden people around me seem to be getting the virus. Next door neighbour, friend of a friend. I'm in Cov. Anybody else feel like it's more prevalent now than it ever has been? Can't lie I'm feeling pretty anxious about it all again.
Brighton, are you not allowed to mark books or touch students work ?What I’m basically saying is that this ‘temporary’ fix leaves me unable to do my job and if that is the case then I may as well do it remotely.
Brighton, are you not allowed to mark books or touch students work ?
Most of my teaching mates ( primary , granted) aren't allowed to mark books.
Absolutely bloody brilliant !
Pretty rapid increase plus schools have just gone back.Infections just shy of 3000
No, the testing rates have been flat for weeks now. Cases are most definitely rising, let's see if it translates to more in hospital / seriously ill.Cases rising in certain areas, isn't testing up? Hence higher number of cases... Hospital admittance not rising
And yet we are reassured that the rates of infection are fairly level.Pretty rapid increase plus schools have just gone back.
I read that too. Fingers crossed it’s accurate. We had one kid showing symptoms at school on Friday but not heard if a confirmed case.Just read that the larger Infection numbers could be from a smaller dose of the infection being passed around due to social distancing hence low hospital admissions..
fuck off you gimpGot to live with it now, protect the vulnerable until we get the vaccine hopefully by the end of the year if trump gets his way, but we can’t have another full lockdown as the country is already on its knees
Got to live with it now, protect the vulnerable until we get the vaccine hopefully by the end of the year if trump gets his way, but we can’t have another full lockdown as the country is already on its knees
The country is on its knees because Mr ‘Oven Ready deal’ and his cabinet of fucktards have somehow conspired to be world beating in how fucking shit their response was. But it’s OK to let work more people die to keep millionaires like that knob from Pimlico plumbers in hair dye and fake tan.Got to live with it now, protect the vulnerable until we get the vaccine hopefully by the end of the year if trump gets his way, but we can’t have another full lockdown as the country is already on its knees
He isn't going to get his way, just because he might get it licenced for his fucked up country doesn't mean this country will do the same. There won't be a widespread vaccine until this time next year at best, regardless, even if there was one this year I wouldn't trust Hancock and the other buffoons to coordinate a mass vaccination.Got to live with it now, protect the vulnerable until we get the vaccine hopefully by the end of the year if trump gets his way, but we can’t have another full lockdown as the country is already on its knees
So my wife is one of the vulnerable, does that mean I shouldn’t be sending the kids to school?Got to live with it now, protect the vulnerable until we get the vaccine hopefully by the end of the year if trump gets his way, but we can’t have another full lockdown as the country is already on its knees
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