How will schools be able to go back in September? (Continued)

lulublue22

JDD wrote: »

God, that's awful. Sending them in with a cold, yes (otherwise they'd be out for most of the year) but I'd never send in a kid with actual gastro. I know lots of parents are in difficult circumstances, work wise, but that's just not on.

I would have had kids sent into school who would have been up the night before vomiting had no breakfast and wouldn’t have vomited before school - they either flaked out on the desk exhausted and thrown down or ended up vomiting and sent home. Some people just don’t think.

An additional Covid-19 testing facility has been announced for Limerick and the MidWest.
https://www.live95fm.ie/news/live95-news/breakin-new-covid-19-testing-centre-for-limerick/

Neyite

John_Rambo wrote: »

People don't send their kids to school with gastroenteritis.

It happened in our school a couple of times. One mother sent her kid in despite the kid literally puking before leaving the house. Poor child puked in her classroom as soon as she arrived and was promptly sent home. Of course, I only found that out the following night when my kid puked in both his bed and ours. Then he told me the above details.

Another mother sent her kid to the Christmas concert at 7pm despite that child being sent home with a vomiting bug earlier that day. Naturally the kids around her also caught it and were sick on the first few days of the Christmas break.

Both mothers are full time in the home by the way. So not like their jobs were on the line if they had to stay home with a sick kid.

So you've got those parents. Then you've got the ones who do their research on facebook and don't believe that covid exists, or you've got the ones who think it's just the flu and no big deal.

We've a new principal since though, so he might put a stop to the chancer parents. Fingers crossed.

the corpo

khalessi wrote: »

Good info but they should also include gastro symptoms for children.

Hmm, my son was pretty poorly with tummy problems earlier this year, about two weeks before lockdown, that we couldn't put down to anything other than a bug.

He's had a relatively weak tum ever since. I wonder...

JP Liz V1

Mayo school case(s)

wirelessdude01

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Mayo school case(s)

Where?

Edit: See it now, Swinford.

Blondini

Swinford

downthemiddle

facehugger99 wrote: »

It's a nonsense that hysterical parents are putting thier kids through a Covid test just because of a snuffly nose or a cough.

I certainly won't be.

A cough is a symptom. You are going to ignore a symptom in your child. Calling people hysterical because they are being responsible is laughable.

Scoondal

Why were primary schools not re-opened in June ?

Blondini

Scoondal wrote: »

Why were primary schools not re-opened in June ?

Dunno, something about a virus or a pandemic or something...

Murple

Blondini wrote: »

At least 40 cases associated with schools now in ROI.

54 schools have a case of Covid according to this evenings report.
This day last week it was about 3 or 4.

Bobtheman

Where is the news about the covid in schools coming from ?

Blondini

Murple wrote: »

54 schools have a case of Covid according to this evenings report.
This day last week it was about 3 or 4.

Prepare to be bombarded with incorrect amateur statistics by a Walter Mitty or a covid-denier...

Blondini

Blondini wrote: »

Prepare to be bombarded with incorrect amateur statistics by a Walter Mitty or a covid-denier...

Disagree with blondini and your a Walter Mitty or Covid denier as he is unable to come up with his own arguments

Blondini

Bobtheman wrote: »

Where is the news about the covid in schools coming from ?

54 cases were reported in the briefing earlier. The other figures are coming from dedicated and verified social media sites.

kippy

Scoondal wrote: »

Why were primary schools not re-opened in June ?

Logistics and uncertainty.

Blondini

Deleted User wrote: »

Disagree with blondini and your a Walter Mitty or Covid denier as he is unable to come up with his own arguments

Post reported.

Go have a cup of tea and a biscuit.

Weird, just plain weird.

Bobtheman

Bobtheman wrote: »

Where is the news about the covid in schools coming from ?

Re the 54 cases in schools? From the briefing around 6.30 this evening on RTE 1....see fourth video down in this link, the report a bit buried and he doesn't half mumble. https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0909/1164228-covid-ireland-latest/

Icyseanfitz

So we went from 3-4 school cases to 54 in one week, and schools are open two weeks, ffs that's depressing looking forward to the next few months. Whatever happens and however bad it gets schools will stay open as normal.

Icyseanfitz

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

So we went from 3-4 school cases to 54 in one week, and schools are open two weeks, ffs that's depressing looking forward to the next few months. Whatever happens and however bad it gets schools will stay open as normal.

https://mobile.twitter.com/rtenews/status/1303747648848093191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1303747648848093191%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rte.ie%2Fnews%2F2020%2F0909%2F1164228-covid-ireland-latest%2F

Scoondal

kippy wrote: »

Logistics and uncertainty.

What were the logistical issues ?
Cases were 10 to 20 per day in June. The country was easing lockdown restrictions during May and June.
In August, cases were starting to increase up to 100 per day and 3 counties were under increased lockdown restrictions. But schools re-opened.
Schools could have re-opened on a part-time or trial basis to give students a connection back to their schools. Over 5 months out of school for most children is not good for their overall development.

Grandeeod

Deleted User wrote: »

https://mobile.twitter.com/rtenews/status/1303747648848093191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1303747648848093191%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rte.ie%2Fnews%2F2020%2F0909%2F1164228-covid-ireland-latest%2F

I'd love to believe it, but I don't.

Bobtheman

Scoondal wrote: »

What were the logistical issues ?
Cases were 10 to 20 per day in June. The country was easing lockdown restrictions during May and June.
In August, cases were starting to increase up to 100 per day and 3 counties were under increased lockdown restrictions. But schools re-opened.
Schools could have re-opened on a part-time or trial basis to give students a connection back to their schools. Over 5 months out of school for most children is not good for their overall development.

According to the media all kids are depressed and anxious pretty much all of the time even before covid Of course the media conclude this from studies of 100 kids and are themselves a pretty hysterical bunch

downthemiddle

Scoondal wrote: »

What were the logistical issues ?
Cases were 10 to 20 per day in June. The country was easing lockdown restrictions during May and June.
In August, cases were starting to increase up to 100 per day and 3 counties were under increased lockdown restrictions. But schools re-opened.
Schools could have re-opened on a part-time or trial basis to give students a connection back to their schools. Over 5 months out of school for most children is not good for their overall development.

Here we are in September and we still have the same posters complaining about schools not reopening in June. It's like deja vu (all over again).

PCros

Let’s remember there are 4000 schools in the country...so that figure is about 1.35% of all schools.

Just another way of looking at it.

Also there has been no outbreaks in schools so far which is positive.

Grandeeod

Grandeeod wrote: »

I'd love to believe it, but I don't.

Some schools are back since the 27th and we have no clusters in schools yet. That’s a success. With1200 cases in the last 7 days I would be more concerned if there were no classes being isolated as it would suggest the cases are being missed, or we are not acting appropriately.
Also, I fully expect within the next 2 weeks we will see at least one outbreak at a school. But again, it’s reflective of the wider community rather than a problem with schools specifically. We are at containment not elimination

Icyseanfitz

PCros wrote: »

Let’s remember there are 4000 schools in the country...so that figure is about 1.35% of all schools.

Just another way of looking at it.

Also there has been no outbreaks in schools so far which is positive.

1.35% increase in basically one week though.

I can't understand the thought of 54 identified cases in schools but zero spread, this is the same virus that spreads at the drop of a hat but somehow is unable to do that in a crowded school environment with zero effective social distancing (at least at post primary), it doesn't make any logical scientific sense for it not to spread in such an environment.

PCros

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

I can't understand the thought of 54 identified cases in schools but zero spread, this is the same virus that spreads at the drop of a hat but somehow is unable to do that in a crowded school environment with zero effective social distancing (at least at post primary), it doesn't make any logical scientific sense for it not to spread in such an environment.

That’s the common theme across Europe is that there should be a hell of a lot more outbreaks within schools.

Obviously early days and speculation as to how this affects children is still an ongoing debate.

Icyseanfitz

PCros wrote: »

That’s the common theme across Europe is that there should be a hell of a lot more outbreaks within schools.

Obviously early days and speculation as to how this affects children is still an ongoing debate.

Are 13-19 year olds immune?

PCros

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

Are 13-19 year olds immune?

Good question, doesn’t seem to hit them as hard even though they are the worst at social distancing...and that was before schools even returned.

What do you think?