OT. Schools...normality and Coronavirus.

[swaledale]

Swale, in the interest of brevity and to avoid too much repetition I am recommending two things.

1) Schools should only return on a regional basis with dates for return agreed by those with regional knowledge regarding the existence of the virus locally and familiarity with the appropriateness of specific schools and classrooms.

2) Teachers, and pupils, should be equipped with masks and other basic items of PPE dependent on teaching situation.

I don’t think that is too much to ask.
There is no ‘one size fits all’ solution for schools, just as there isn’t with other ‘public’ places, and there is far too much rumour and contradiction as regards some of the things you are passing off as facts in your anxiety to see a much wanted return to normal.

You see what you did there, your making suggestions based on zero knowledge, much like the rest of the country! Not disagreeing about PPE, but surely thats guided by what works/is necessary? It is entirely possible and indeed Denmark and other countries have achieved this, to set standards which need to be applied, that can accommodate different locations.

But your missing the point of this debate - why is it that schools are the subject of much discussion and wailing from the teaching unions about returning, when a myriad other work places are jsut getting on with it and making the necessary amendments?

Because the teaching unions are playing on the worries of parents who misguidedly think their little darlings getting back to school is a high risk, when actually it isn't. It is perfectly possible as with other work places for emploers to sort out the necessary conditions to enable schools to reopen across the country. The regional issue surely is applicable to all the population in that area, so any changes restrictions etc. will apply across the board.

This feeds into the wider misconception that we are all at high risk of catching Covid-19 and we are all going to die! When that clearly isn't the case, as a look at the evidence and statistics will clearly tell you. I'm not sure why your so eager to follow your own fears, rather than make a judgement based on evidence.

I have no anxiety to things to return to normal, in fact personally It does not affect me, BUT as I have said repeatedly and you haven't provided a clear answer in any of your posts, the country cannot stay on lock down indefinitely, the cure is proving almost as fatal to some people as the virus - you conveniently ignore the thousands dying because of the current panic.

The fact is, the virus is going to be around for a long time and we wont have a vaccine, it seems to me that there is going to be no choice but to return to some sort of normality pretty quickly, the fact that some people fancy an extended holiday on 80% pay is neither here nor there, get implement the measures necessary as other countries have done and get moving, otherwise the futures of those in education and those in jobs is going to be grim and thats in addition to the thousands that have already lost their jobs.

It seems this basic premise hasn't been grasped by a lot of people who think the current situation can be maintained indefinitely.

I'm not basing this on rumour as you suggest, the statistics are there to be interpreted, the facts are that children aren't major spreaders or