OT. Schools...normality and Coronavirus.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Speaking personally Im probably taking the same risks as you are at the moment, rA, other than maybe doing more frequent shopping than you, as you are, I believe possessed of a car and hence can stock up with more per visit.

My question (and I suspect yours too) is, is Mac's one persistently coughing woman in a shop more or less of a risk than 16 children in a room?. Evidence suggests that children are minimal to low risk, which seems to be this and a few other countries' stance on the matter. Which I guess is where you are coming at it from - you dont believe anything the government says, so you wont accept their risk assessment.

[mistaram]

Speaking personally Im probably taking the same risks as you are at the moment, rA, other than maybe doing more frequent shopping than you, as you are, I believe possessed of a car and hence can stock up with more per visit.

My question (and I suspect yours too) is, is Mac's one persistently coughing woman in a shop more or less of a risk than 16 children in a room?. Evidence suggests that children are minimal to low risk, which seems to be this and a few other countries' stance on the matter. Which I guess is where you are coming at it from - you dont believe anything the government says, so you wont accept their risk assessment.

Sorry Geoff evidence does not point to children being minimal to low risk of infecting adults All the experts say they do not know and that's the case for every country

[swaledale]

Sorry Geoff evidence does not point to children being minimal to low risk of infecting adults All the experts say they do not know and that's the case for every country

Well Denmark seems to show that this is the case, they have opened schools and no sign of infections rising.

[Geoff Parkstone]

I'm sure there are many sources of contradictory data on this, but...

https://fullfact.org/health/covid-19-in-children/

[mistaram]

I'm sure there are many sources of contradictory data on this, but...

https://fullfact.org/health/covid-19-in-children/

Yes as it says there remains some uncertainty So instead of be cautionary it's better to send the kids to school ☺

[Geoff Parkstone]

I may be wrong here but isn't he a new father still on paternity leave? Or maybe he has been furloughed!

Presumably you are very happy that he's not been prominent!

[Trickytreesreds]

I may be wrong here but isn't he a new father still on paternity leave? Or maybe he has been furloughed!

Presumably you are very happy that he's not been prominent!

Corbyns brother has a different view as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjvnLKgKxsQ

[Geoff Parkstone]

Corbyns brother has a different view as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjvnLKgKxsQ

Good old Piers, the country needs more conspiracy theorists

[ramAnag]

I may be wrong here but isn't he a new father still on paternity leave? Or maybe he has been furloughed!

Presumably you are very happy that he's not been prominent!

Not really, GP.

Obviously I think he’s an incompetent buffoon but he is, allegedly, our leader.
I honestly didn’t think he’d taken paternity leave and wondered whether he’s had some sort of health setback or was still reeling at the realisation that he’s been described by his doctors as overweight (shocker).
IF he actually is on paternity leave at a time of such extreme national crisis then I think it’s an outrage that should dispel any last lingering doubts regarding his hopeless unsuitability for the role of PM.
The country needs leadership like never before and although personally I doubt him capable of providing it, there is no excuse for him seemingly adopting the wearing of an invisibility cloak.

Quite what Jeremy Corbyn’s brother’s opinions have to do with anything I haven’t a clue. Corbyn (J) is no longer relevant...his brother never was. Let’s see what Thatcher’s daughter feels or what John Major’s second cousin once removed has to offer.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Not really, GP.

Obviously I think he’s an incompetent buffoon but he is, allegedly, our leader.
I honestly didn’t think he’d taken paternity leave and wondered whether he’s had some sort of health setback or was still reeling at the realisation that he’s been described by his doctors as overweight (shocker).
IF he actually is on paternity leave at a time of such extreme national crisis then I think it’s an outrage that should dispel any last lingering doubts regarding his hopeless unsuitability for the role of PM.
The country needs leadership like never before and although personally I doubt him capable of providing it, there is no excuse for him seemingly adopting the wearing of an invisibility cloak.

Quite what Jeremy Corbyn’s brother’s opinions have to do with anything I haven’t a clue. Corbyn (J) is no longer relevant...his brother never was. Let’s see what Thatcher’s daughter feels or what John Major’s second cousin once removed has to offer.

I have never thought Piers Corbyn to be relevant to this, but its intriguing to see a different, perhaps lunatic, perspective on things. Ive no clue what he has ever done, but presumably some sort of civil liberties activist by the sounds of what he said. It seems it is everyone's inalienable right to go get covid and spread it far and wide!! I'd suggest everyone called Piers should be generally ignored

"that should dispel any last lingering doubts regarding his hopeless unsuitability for the role of PM.". I hadn't ever noticed any lingering doubts in the vicinity of chateau rA. But wasn't he the one that rather confusingly announced the new lockdown regime less than a week ago? I just lose track of days