So fcuk everyone else? And more especially the kids.
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I’m not arguing the case either way, just giving context as to why the primary schools are intending on opening before secondary schools.
And less able to work semi independently or online. I see two of the four Kites have been blown down and its only junior and senior infants going back now not 1st and 2nd on march 1st.
The viral load is tiny in young kids so they are less likely to infect or bring home, hence they should have been back weeks ago.
For a lot of young children, school is where they develop and have friends. The days of opening the front door and letting them wander is long gone.
Teenagers and young adults are much more likely to infect and pass on to family when home.
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Bloody mental health for both is suffering badly, thinks they’d be doing zoom calls ref PE( everyday) as a priority just to get them physically sweating and help forget for a while the whole covid-19 shite,
Could you not exercise your own child?
Throw on Joe Wicks ffs
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Ah no I meant for smallies socially the poor fuckers are in an awful position,at least with teens you can reason with mostly,but I’d imagine it’s a balls for younger ones to be e isolated
No fear of him ,was on about younger kid’s who can’t make head nor tail of this situation
Younger kids are much more resilient than people give them credit for.
YouTube has millions of fun workouts aimed at kids,
GoNoodle is great fun, they may well be used to using it in school,
But, take them outside, bike, scooter, roller skates whatever,
These are tough times, my own kids have good and bad days, lots of unnecessary crying , but kids are far more resilient than we give them credit for, they’ll come through this
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Yep they’re certainly resilient but not all are unfortunately ( mentally I’m on about and some parent’s aren’t equipped or haven’t the skills to try and sort it)
Ref you tube you’re right but unfortunately like some adults some kids need to be in a group setting to perform PE etc)
Letter from Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn to Parents and Guardians
From Department of Health
Published on 26 February 2021
Last updated on 26 February 2021
To parents and guardians,
Through your hard work and willingness to buy in to public health guidance over the past two months, we have made real progress in suppressing the most recent wave of COVID-19. This progress has meant that primary and post-primary schools and the wider provision of childcare can now commence on a phased basis.
The importance of schools for the overall health and wellbeing of children cannot be overstated, and the risk of COVID-19 has been carefully weighed against the very real harm that can be caused by sustained school closures. Schools are at the heart of our communities and they play a fundamental role in the social lives and wellbeing of our children; this is particularly true for children who have special educational needs, are disadvantaged or who may have been disproportionately impacted by school closures over the last year.
Our priority is to ensure a safe return to schools for students, their families and school staff, which is why we have recommended a phased return to in-school learning.
In making this recommendation, the NPHET’s most significant concern is that it will be taken as a signal by parents and wider society that other forms of household mixing, and mobility are now acceptable.
We cannot afford for this to happen at this time. Despite the progress we have made, COVID-19 is still circulating at high levels in our communities. We must do all we can individually and collectively to ensure that the reopening of schools results in the minimum possible upward pressure on the reproduction number.
Please avoid congregating at school gates over the coming weeks. Please do not have play dates or organise after school activities which involve household mixing. And please continue to work from home unless essential. It is only through your continued buy-in to these measures that we can ensure that our children will get back to school and then stay back in school.
I know these are difficult requests. We all – adults and children alike – want to meet up with our friends and neighbours and get back to our old routines. And we will get there.
We now have three very effective vaccines with, hopefully, three more on the way. Over the coming weeks, older people, and those at high or very high risk of severe disease will be vaccinated and we will see substantial increases in supply from April onwards. And we are already seeing the very positive impact of vaccines in our nursing homes and among our healthcare workers. If we can combine this rollout with a continued suppression of the disease through March and April, we will have many more options in terms of easing of measures and should be able to provide much greater levels of certainty to people about the months ahead.
Finally, I want to take this opportunity to thank you for all you have done to keep your family and our communities safe over the last year. I also want to thank all teachers, principals and school staff who have worked so hard to ensure measures have been put in place to limit the risk of spread of COVID-19 in schools. It has been this kind of work, done quietly and by the majority, which has underpinned our national response to COVID-19 and which, ultimately, will see us through to brighter days ahead.
Kind regards
Dr. Ronan Glynn,
Deputy Chief Medical Officer,
Department of Health.
Are the schools taking an Easter break or ploughing on?
You can be sure they are the cunts, half day Friday too.
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I can see people really throwing their hat at the whole covid thing if that’s the case.
Hearing of plenty letters home from few schools saying your kid a close contact, kid + siblings need to stay home and all in the home need to isolate.
Gas. One said letter came through the messaging app used by the school. Couldn’t determine which of the 3 kids in the same school it pertained to tho!
Easter Break much needed to allow the cases subside in the schools.
The usual ‘hot take’
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The woolster really irks the rubes 