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

Or worse you "supposed" to leave any child up to age 15 at home for 7 days if a household contact even when not a thing wrong with them. Even the ones that went & got vaccinated it's completely ridiculous.

When will they get rid of this restriction on kids?

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Mutations are random. Some will produce an organism thatis more successful, some will produce an organism that is less successful. The more successful will prevail over time. Whether that mutation is more or less likely to case serious harm is random.

I've twins both in the same class, back to school today after covid. My son was sick my daughter had no symptoms. Out of 28 in the class 7 were in this day last week, the rest out sick with a virus doing the rounds, worse than covid. Or they had covid. I know of 14 in their class.

Students being absent made a bit of Claire Byrne yesterday alright. As bad now as it has been at any point over last 2 years

My daughter aged 10 tested positive a week ago. Most likey was primart school where she picked it up. She had one jab got and was due her second last weekend. She developed a few aches and pains so thats why we tested her.

Since then, myself and Mrs Bloggs along with my 8 year old have tested positive.

Its funny that when people worried about such things, Norma Foley would not have attributed the 3 subsequent infections to school transmission, yet that is what ultimately brought covid inside my front door.

Thankfully apart from coughs and colds no other symptoms. The 8 year old has had one jab, while both myself and Mrs. Bloggs are boosted. As someone who is a lottle overweight and has high blood pressure I'm glad the symptoms have been mild.

What’s the story with teachers on Twitter obsessed with keeping masks in schools? I’m a teacher myself and can’t wait to get rid of it.

Some seem obsessed with keeping them and any mention of getting rid of them is selfish, etc. **** lunatics.

Seems like its the teachers unions mainly wanting to keep masks etc. There's nothing that crowd won't try to leverage, you heard them crying about schools reopening in January. That John Boyle of the INTO in particular is a doozey.

They are in touch with the members who contact them on an issue. Have you contacted them?

If masks stay it will be on Tony holahan’s say so, not the unions.

Louder noises now about masks going in schools

I cannot wait for the day I can go into work and teach students without a mask. Too long have they not been able to read my facial expression when joking or serious, etc.

There will still be teachers who will wear them but I don’t envisage it will last long. Students will abandon them and most of staff. Looking at peers getting on nudist fine without one will be enough to turn the rest.

A real sign the pandemic is over. Glorious. Even sweeter if it goes against what the unions want. I actually hate my union. I’ve disagreed with most of what the ASTI have been calling for for the past few years. Do not represent me at all.

Instead of whinging to the press, why don't parents who are against the idea of their children being compelled to wear masks in class take the matter up with the principals or the boards of management? After all, parents are represented on the boards - I'm not saying that it gives parents a veto but it does mean that school authorities must consider parents' views.

Presumably, that means that the parents of a particular child can contact the teacher or principal about that child. Parents of different children can make a general inquiry as a group, can't they?

Obviously, such 'labelling' would be bullying and so teachers will deal with it appropriately.