People have power here ,whether they wish to use it is another matter
There are 6 confirmed cases in my son's class of 26 children...at what stage would the whole class be asked to stay home I wonder as they may well be safer at home than in school?
I am going to try and book us all for a PCR test later as my wife has what feels like a headcold at the moment. If you see a timeslot available on the Testing centre page.....does that mean there is just enough time for one person to be tested then....or could all of us be tested then (family of 4)....and would we have to have let the testers know in advance that we all needed a test iykwim?
thanks for any replies.
I understand you need to book a slot for each person being tested. That's because they need to have you in the system as they label your tests with the details provided in the booking. You can't just book one slot and rock up with 4 people to be tested.
It is hard to put into words how divorced the discourse around COVID-19 is in this country versus the science we're all supposed to follow.
Generally booking on line will allow for one test only but if you do referral through your GP they can request that the family are tested at the same time. Would save multiple trips and different wait times for results.
You book seperate slots for each individual... a family member had to book 4 of these separately yesterday, but when they went for the first one, the tester just tested them all in one go.
Our betters left the 'science' bit behind long ago, the obvious contradictions are the reason there's so much blow back (pun - sorry).
At no stage should the class be asked to stay at home. Children are at almost zero risk of getting severely sick or dying from this virus.
I am more thinking from the perspective of children possibly picking up the virus and bringing it home to parents or Grandparents. In a situation where virtually a quarter of a class are Covid positive it is obviously spreading within the classroom.....I feel sorry for the Teacher facing in there this morning and trying to work in that environment.
Was watching Minister Donnelly's pathetic self contradictory performance on TV last night. It's pretty clear that the Govt are stumbling from one crisis to another and are experts at sending out mixed messages to the General Public and Parents of school going children at this stage.
How many primary school kids live in the same house as their grandparents?
Well in my area a good majority of kids are actually minded by grandparents after school . I mind mine but have three vaccines at this stage and life must go on
The Buckets for starters, there are 4 grandparents there.
Nearly two years into the pandemic and people still using the what if a child infects their triply vaccinated grandparent..
Where does this end? When the virus apparently decides to disappear? Or when granny is on her fifth booster? Some of the logic indicates certain people will never accept a child being around a grandparent any more due to safety..
We're now at the stage of appeasing the hysterical minority who infest social media channels complaining that not everyone is as afraid as they are.
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Listening to principals walking the tightrope of requiring facemasks, immediately, for 3rd class upwards… can’t help wonder why the Government gave itself five days to make a decision on them, and gave schools 16 hours’ notice to implement it
So many people have completely lost all grasp of reality due to this dose. It’s getting pathetic now.
I think the fear of passing the virus onto grandparents is well gone. Any older person I know will not sacrifice seeing their grandchildren - they know there is a risk they could get covid from them but the benefit of seeing the kids far outweighs this threat.
My own mum had the view she has had a great life and does not want to miss out on her grandkids - in her view if she gets covid so be it. I wasnt happy with her view on this at the start but than I came to respect her view. Grandparents avoiding their grandkids and kids petrified they will kill their grandparents is no way to live our lives - remember this could go on for years. Mu mum ( early 80's) also believes people in their 40s, 50s and 60s should be given vaccine priority over the very elderly - I know several wont agree with her views on this though.
Unfortunately I think the fear of infecting grandparents is now a convenient excuse used by many.
A month ago it was the students and 20 year olds who were the "granny killers" because they dared go to a nightclub. This week it's the under 12s who are cast in the role of the "granny killers".
Exactly this, logic has walked out the door completely between NPHET and the Government's clowning around, how do you tell mammy and daddy their child needs a mask in a 'safe' and 'controlled' environment like the classroom (Government's own description) after the parents were at their work Christmas party over the weekend in the pub?????
It is insanity.
FTB2021 asks a great question.
When does it end? How does it even end if children have to now wear masks in freezing schools to protect people with vaccines and boosters.
The older generation are using children as shields for their own fear induced madness.
Assuming Grandparents have been vaccinated, at some stage you have to accept some level of risk.
Never mind that the "grannies" are almost all fully vaccinated and many have taken boosters too.
so people opposed to masking kids are " hysterical " ?
Ive had enough of the "what about the grandparents" comments. Stop making it everyone else's responsibility. Assess the risk yourself in your own life.
Older people are vaccinated and now most likely have had their booster too.
Who in older generation ? I didnt hear the older generation call for masks on children .? That was a Government decision .?
It won't end as long as the current attitudes prevail in NPHET and Government. Masks were introduced in secondary schools in August 2020 as an "interim" measure - 16 months later and they are still fully there. Masks for the 3rd-6th class are in place "temporarily" until February 2022. I would bet it's much more likely that they will be expanded to the rest of primary schools by then as a "just in case" measure.
its clear that a very significant percentage of the population have a strong fetish for enforcing rules upon others , the rest then meekly go along with it and we end up where we are
infuriatingly passive people we really are , people will follow anything deemed the respectable thing to do no matter how idiotic it is
I agree with this. It is simply unacceptable to shift responsibility for 'protecting your grandparents' onto children. My parents are the same - decided they didn't want to miss out on their grandchildren, and having been vaccinated (now boostered too) felt the risk should now be minimal.
you can put youre bottom dollar on it becoming mandatory for all primary school kids , media already asking " why they stopped at nine year olds "
Pat kenny incredulous this morning
the " protect granny " narrative is designed to create division
the truth of the matter is it would not be difficult to keep primary school kids seperated from their grandparents if that would make an immense difference ?
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