Coronavirus outbreak

[deptfordmarmoset]

Finally, Williamson has been dragged by use of legal threats to keep London's primary schools closed at the end of the holidays. Why on earth do they have to defend the indefensible for so long before finally collapsing into a policy vacuum? Still, the use of legal threats neatly turns the tables after Williamson's legal threat when neighbouring Greenwich attempted to protect its own population in the face of spiralling infection rates.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Footballers ignoring rules (****wits):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55515555

 

[Unkraut]

Has the rave in France been reported in British news? A couple of thousand getting together from various parts of France, no corona rules at all, and then getting violent when the police intervene. I think it's going to be expensive for some of them, but the cost in terms of potential infections is much worse.

 

[mjr]

Has the rave in France been reported in British news?

Yep. With strange relish, as if nothing happened here with many dozens of people gathering illegally to let off fireworks and party (but not all in one barn)

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Has the rave in France been reported in British news? A couple of thousand getting together from various parts of France, no corona rules at all, and then getting violent when the police intervene. I think it's going to be expensive for some of them, but the cost in terms of potential infections is much worse.

Yes. The BBC seemed quite keen to report that Brits were involved.

 

[mjr]

Mr "Dither and Delay" Johnson is now on the BBC Marr show, delaying school closures and telling people to reload the covid incubators tomorrow. Repeated 7pm on BBC Parliament.

 

[Slick]

Mr "Dither and Delay" Johnson is now on the BBC Marr show, delaying school closures and telling people to reload the covid incubators tomorrow. Repeated 7pm on BBC Parliament.

Just watching some highlights of the interview now in the news. He says the schools are really safe and whilst I get it doesn't affect the young it's obvious to anyone involved with schools they are not safe and can't do the whole 2m thing and the consequences of that is a high number if infections are coming from schools. The numbers either isolating or off sick for both students and teachers must tell him that. The teaching union announcing that its not safe to return really should be the final straw.

 

[mjr]

Also, was a face to face unmasked interview necessary and a good example for Boris to set to businesses returning to work tomorrow? That interview could have been done outside or over video link.

 

[midlife]

My wife's union (Unison) have told their members that schools are not a safe work environment and they should not go into work. Unison have drafted a letter for each member to give to their head teacher.

 

[Slick]

My wife's union (Unison) have told their members that schools are not a safe work environment and they should not go into work. Unison have drafted a letter for each member to give to their head teacher.

Sounds like it's going to be chaos tomorrow in England.

 

[Julia9054]

There will be differences across different schools. As I have mentioned before, being an iPad school means that our ability to do live remote teaching is much better than in most schools. We are working from home teaching our full timetable via our iPads next week.
Al's school are expecting all staff in school in business dress so colleagues can support each other with the live element of teaching.
My youngest is a cover supervisor (like an unqualified supply teacher) and is expected in school tomorrow. He has had no instruction on what he will be expected to do.

 

[matticus]

<general whinge, that has been festering since March:>

Correct, the virus doesn't know about "Tier Boundaries". Or curfew times. Or whether a group of 4 people drinking in a room has a card-payment device next to them.
Well done for making those astute, yet witty observations. But ...

How the heck are you going to draw-up laws WITHOUT arbitrary edges and distinctions?!?
Should we scrap speed limits? Or scrap all laws that are slightly different in other countries?

 

[midlife]

There will be differences across different schools. As I have mentioned before, being an iPad school means that our ability to do live remote teaching is much better than in most schools. We are working from home teaching our full timetable via our iPads next week.
Al's school are expecting all staff in school in business dress so colleagues can support each other with the live element of teaching.
My youngest is a cover supervisor (like an unqualified supply teacher) and is expected in school tomorrow. He has had no instruction on what he will be expected to do.

Carlisle is probably about 600 positive tests per 100,000. Birmingham with about 350 looking at keeping primary school closed. Our council is going to say something this afternoon I believe......

 

[classic33]

Sounds like it's going to be chaos tomorrow in England.

Tuesday, Bank Holiday Monday tomorrow!

Local schools to start testing, outside, before allowing anyone in when they go back.

Should be "fun" given the recent weather.

 

[Slick]

Tuesday, Bank Holiday Monday tomorrow!

Local schools to start testing, outside, before allowing anyone in when they go back.

Should be "fun" given the recent weather.

I thought the bank holiday was Scotland only?