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Level 5 and school

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  • 19-10-2020 11:45pm
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    Red snapper
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    I won't be sending my kids back to school during level 5 lock down as I have chronic bronchitis, type 2 diabetes and a low immune system. I'm terrified that I'll end up with this virus and it'll finish me off.. I find it mind blowing that the schools along with airports and ports are not being shut down.. Am I being over cautious or doing the right thing...


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    benji79
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    Difficult to know

    Hard to see how level 5 can fully work with that movement every day which revolves around school. Maybe kids are outside 5k from school so parents will need to drop them. Then maybe they’ll stop at a shop on way home or for petrol. It all adds up to interaction with others and movement. The whole point must be to stop that


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    Red snapper
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    I've just read an article stating that there are 1500 cases in schools in NI coming from their education minister and yet we are being told that schools are a safe environment clearly someone is telling lies...


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    benji79
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    Red snapper wrote: »
    I've just read an article stating that there are 1500 cases in schools in NI coming from their education minister and yet we are being told that schools are a safe environment clearly someone is telling lies...

    I’ve a feeling a lot of numbers are being covered up in schools. We can’t be different to schools in north. The virus can hardly tell the difference between schools either side if a border


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    LuasSimon
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    Red snapper wrote: »
    I won't be sending my kids back to school during level 5 lock down as I have chronic bronchitis, type 2 diabetes and a low immune system. I'm terrified that I'll end up with this virus and it'll finish me off.. I find it mind blowing that the schools along with airports and ports are not being shut down.. Am I being over cautious or doing the right thing...

    You are right to be cautious in your circumstances but for the vast vast majority We cannot mess up children’s education which will impact them for the rest of their lives . One closedown has already caused enough damage to children’s education. Hopefully teachers will step up to the plate like nurses and other frontline staff and give up moaning and looking to be off again .


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    crossmolinalad
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    Red snapper wrote: »
    I've just read an article stating that there are 1500 cases in schools in NI coming from their education minister and yet we are being told that schools are a safe environment clearly someone is telling lies...

    In Holland and Belgium they have single schools closed because of outbreaks in some classes
    School is not a safe place and in this second wave there are more childeren and teens involved


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    shesty
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    In 6 weeks time you should have a fairly clear answer to that question.
    Schools will be about the only thing open and we should have a pretty good picture by then of how much they are driving the spread of this thing, or whether they are having any real impact on the numbers at all.


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    jamesbondings
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    are there any ramifications by keeping the kids at home? i would imagine not, but typically isnt a child only allowed to miss something like 20 days before tusla or some such are informed of the childs absence? or is that completely fictional


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    shesty
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    No that is true but I am not sure how strictly it is being applied at the moment??
    You would have to liaise with the school I would have thought though, so they know what is going on.


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    Rattlehead_ie
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    I think a lot of ppl need to realise the difference between x number of cases in schools and the number of cases transmitted in schools. These numbers are I'd be pretty sure vastly different.

    I would suspect that is where the difference in the governments thinking is to keeping the schools open. However a bit of transparency and definition would go a long way.


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    shesty
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    If nothing else, this lockdown might silence the endless arguments for or against schools one way or the other.


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    Rattlehead_ie
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    shesty wrote: »
    If nothing else, this lockdown might silence the endless arguments for or against schools one way or the other.
    Agreed 100% although Im sure there will be some who will crowbar something in :D:D


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    byhookorbycrook
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    jamesbondings wrote: »
    are there any ramifications by keeping the kids at home? i would imagine not, but typically isnt a child only allowed to miss something like 20 days before tusla or some such are informed of the childs absence? or is that completely fictional

    If a child misses 20 days , legally , a school must notify Tusla. Realistically, Tusla don’t do anything , children missing months and months over years aren’t even investigated.If you have a child who is vulnerable or a household member who is, I’d be thinking hard about keeping the child at home at present .


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