Peter Flynt wrote: » Yea well. . . I won't be providing a service if I consider at the end of August that the situation is too dangerous. I'll resign and resume working when the virus has cleared.
jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: » I agree, they've been off since March
hollymartins wrote: » My child has been back in preschool for 4 weeks. They are split into play pods, there's stringent handwashing and the day finishes early (4.30) to allow staff deep clean the premises. We have to wash hands, check temp before morning drop off and the children/ teachers don't wear facemasks. If any of us have Covid symptoms we can't send them in. If it works for preschoolers and their teachers why are some claiming primary/secondary teachers & students require more protection?
lulublue22 wrote: » What will capacity and turn around be like then and will schools be prioritised?
seamus wrote: » In all reality this will probably be the winter with the least amount of illness that any of us have ever experienced.
seamus wrote: » It should be fine to be honest. Our testing capacity is still large, and we would expect that traditional seasonal illnesses will also be way down because the hygiene procedures for Covid also reduce the incidence of these illnesses too. The very low level of international travel will also reduce the circulation of any novel viruses too. In all reality this will probably be the winter with the least amount of illness that any of us have ever experienced.
Icyseanfitz wrote: » I signed up for salary protection earlier this year, I'd be tempted to take sick leave. Be nice to be able to spend Christmas with my family, or meet my friends over the next few months. If I go back to work with this lack of precautions I won't see anyone other than my wife, and she is high risk on top of it all.
wirelessdude01 wrote: » What's the child to adult ratio?
Bobtheman wrote: » I find posts like this surprising. Isn't this issue EU wide? Other countries have opened their schools. Why can't we? Each person must make up their own choices in the end.
Bobtheman wrote: » You're joking right? There are no play pods in secondary school. Rooms have more kids per metre in secondary schools.Plus kids are bigger. Plus secondary kids more likely to transmit than kids below 5. You do know this?
Alrigghtythen wrote: » Why would a 16 year old need a play pod?
lulublue22 wrote: » To play in ?
Icyseanfitz wrote: » What's surprising? That I love my family and want them to be as safe as possible? I'm horrible! Rest of the EU doesn't have schools in the state ours are in, they also put protections in place for workers and students returning to school, our government haven't.
Bobtheman wrote: » I was emphasising that you can't compare playschool with a secondary school. Hours and space etc
Loafing Oaf wrote: » I think a bigger sample than one preschool over a month would be required to prove the safety of this approach
Bobtheman wrote: » Look. It's an individual choice. Not every school in Ireland is old. So it will depend school to school. Depends on your health. It's way way too soon to call it in terms of saying our workplaces are unsafe. A huge amount of money being thrown at this. The only advice id give is see what happens. If you think your school will not be ready then delay going back until it is but to simply resign now is premature.
hollymartins wrote: » Yes I'm aware there's no play pods in secondary schools, they only apply to young children who don't understand social distancing. What do you think should happen? Reduce numbers by sending children in on different days? I was surprised they decided not to do this but I guess it would be difficult for parents with children of different ages?
Bobtheman wrote: » Suddenly a lot of people who have not been to a union meeting in years are relying on mother union again. Amusing.
lulublue22 wrote: » I know post was in reference to the poster who didn’t seem to understand that a pid of 6 pre school children is very different to a school situation.
hollymartins wrote: » It's certainly very different, the level if intimate care a preschool teacher has to provide to a small group of young children who don't socially distance, from 8am to 5pm
Alrigghtythen wrote: » I get that it may be scary for teachers. Yes it will be different and you will need to adapt. Haven't we all? They should look to other industries to show them how it's done. The trail blazers who kept the country going while keeping covid out. The school doors cant be kept shut forever
jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: » That's kind of the argument. Everywhere you look there is distancing, masks, limited numbers in comparison to regular practice etc. Schools? Throw them all back in, 20+ in a room, no masks etc It's not that teachers are cowering in the corner. They just look at what has been done elsewhere and are wondering why very little of this is being adapted to a school setting.
Alrigghtythen wrote: » We've more numbers than ever in the place i work and we dont wear masks. we're busier than ever and worked throughout the pandemic. Masks aren't a magical solution, people forget basic distancing and handwashing when wearing them. The nurses and doctors, the gardai, the fire dept., the supply chain, the fruit pickers, he food production workers, the truck drivers, the supermarkets, the pre school child minders, all adjusted and got on with it. So it does smack a bit of teachers cowering in the corner.
joe40 wrote: » I would also hope the uptake on flu vaccine will be much higher this year. Flu symptoms are similar to corona so I would imagine people would want to avoid the flu at all costs instead of self isolation/ testing hassle. I wonder will they make it free for all this year.
