Schools and Covid 19 (part 5) **Mod warnings in OP**

That's the problem though....enough won't.

If the entire country took a "blue flu" day (apologies to the gardai 😉) would our government take notice or how we feel....wishful thinking I know

Not in favour of this. I've gone with the guidelines, got vaccinated, stayed in my 2km when asked etc. but this is too much.

If anyone interested, petition here.

www.change.org/p/dr-tony-holohan-no-to-covid19-masks-for-children-in-irish-primary-school/

Maybe it's time to change. Everyone had their price & this codollogy on all kids with this should be ours! Enough, it's time to shout STOP.

No wonder the brits stuck around for so long, it's only when our great grandparents said no more did we rid them. They would be sickened by what they are seeing today.

I'm not a nationalist at all just trying to think when, we as irish people actually stood up for what we believed in and to protect our kids

Apologies, a bit ranty !!!

I cant get my monitor to go green even with all my windows and door open.

Thankfully I'm in secondary level, so all have masks on, but you're right about the cold.

Im considering wearing a beanie hat now the winter is starting to kick in

We had a lovely time with our LCA students today, monitor was red, doors and windows had to be opened, wind and rain coming sideways into us, they where none too impressed (can't bloody blame them). Thank god their wearing masks though :D

Bloody disaster

That’s all well and good but if government are not prepared to do anything else to prevent the spread of infection, what then?

Schools need to be open, we all agree on that. With 20,000 cases in 5-12 year olds in the past month, things can’t continue like this.

I’d be concerned that they wouldn’t replace masks with any other measure and that school re-opening in January would be threatened.

I never said they couldn't pay for it. I said they didn't want to.

This is not the first time the government has refused to invest in education, it just happens to be the first time it has a day-to-day, tangible effect on the parent

It won't be the last time either.

If posters wonder why teachers are not as outraged as the rest of ye all, it's because we are well used to their sh1t at this stage

It's total b*****xology, in our small school , second and third share the same classroom . So half the kids will be masked and the other half won't in the same room. What sense does that make to anyone. Masking kids what a turnaround in 12 months.

Is it too much to expect that on a thread with an above average number of educated adults, that people read and comprehend linked articles? Is it any wonder kids struggle to answer the questions they are asked?

"...Enda McGorman of Mary Mother of Hope School in Dublin 15 has complained that there is no effective date of implementation mentioned. He says that schools do not know whether children can take their masks off in the yard, or take any mask breaks during the day..."

HEPA filters don't filter CO2, so obviously a recirculating HEPA filter isn't going to make any difference to CO2 readings except by mixing the air with its fan.

The air is still cleaner though.

CO2 readings are a proxy for ventilation (air changes), and only for air quality all other things being equal.

The mealy mouthed cowardice coming from our unelected Taoiseach would indicate that it’s entirely up to the school.

You're right, things can't continue like this.

Eventually all the kids that can get covid19 will get it and it'll be finished for the year. Wearing a non medical grade mask indoors is more or less pointless and harms children's' emotional development.

We don't count the number of sore-throats each day...

Im really just frustrated at this stage. I suppose like many others. I dont want my kids to have to wear masks. How much more can be asked of people. We are all vaccinated, we have done what has been asked all along, kids have missed school, sports, birthdays, haven't been able to travel to see family. Now this. Its a step too far in my mind. Mask compliance is slipping when out and about. I see more people with no masks and masks on their chin than before.

Why would anyone who hasnt vaccinated their kid do so now? Where is the advantage? The more people I speak too the more are saying they wont bother with the booster because they feel they are now being treated the same as those who didn't get vaccinated so whats the point.

We are all paying for a piss poor health system that has been managed into the ground over years and years.

Heard the principal of the senior school here telling kids they ok without masks until Monday . Giving them time to adjust their heads and find masks to suit them . Fair play , she knows her pupils