Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Install the app
Install
Reply to Thread
Guest, we'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the
Diabetes Forum Survey 2024 »
Home
Forums
Off-Topic
General Chat
Covid and Work, Covid Advice and General Chat
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Tannith" data-source="post: 2299169" data-attributes="member: 422465"><p>Near the top of the article you quote it says:</p><p><em><strong> " <u>When symptomatic, children shed virus in similar quantities to adults and can infect others in a similar way to adults.</u> It is unknown how infectious asymptomatic children are. While very few significant outbreaks of COVID-19 in schools have been documented, they do occur, and may be difficult to detect due to the relative lack of symptoms in children"</strong></em></p><p>The article is mainly about how little covid affects the children themselves, not about them spreading it to adults (parents as well as teachers). We also know that the UK will not compare to most other countries who, rather than FORBIDDING masks actually make them compulsory for staff and kids. Boris didn't provide PPE initially for care homes remember, and there was even a shortage in hospitals and GP surgeries for quite a while early in the pandemic. Boris didn't have enough. It's unlikely he has enough to give a mask to each of our nearly 9 million children and their teachers every day, and this is possibly why he says they are unnecessary. When pubs & restaurants couldn't open with 2 m social distancing he suddenly announced that only 1 metre was now necessary. The virus had heard of the problem and had obliged by reducing it's infectivity distance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tannith, post: 2299169, member: 422465"] Near the top of the article you quote it says: [I][B] " [U]When symptomatic, children shed virus in similar quantities to adults and can infect others in a similar way to adults.[/U] It is unknown how infectious asymptomatic children are. While very few significant outbreaks of COVID-19 in schools have been documented, they do occur, and may be difficult to detect due to the relative lack of symptoms in children"[/B][/I] The article is mainly about how little covid affects the children themselves, not about them spreading it to adults (parents as well as teachers). We also know that the UK will not compare to most other countries who, rather than FORBIDDING masks actually make them compulsory for staff and kids. Boris didn't provide PPE initially for care homes remember, and there was even a shortage in hospitals and GP surgeries for quite a while early in the pandemic. Boris didn't have enough. It's unlikely he has enough to give a mask to each of our nearly 9 million children and their teachers every day, and this is possibly why he says they are unnecessary. When pubs & restaurants couldn't open with 2 m social distancing he suddenly announced that only 1 metre was now necessary. The virus had heard of the problem and had obliged by reducing it's infectivity distance. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post Reply
Home
Forums
Off-Topic
General Chat
Covid and Work, Covid Advice and General Chat
Top
Bottom
Find support, ask questions and share your experiences. Ad free.
Join the community »
This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn More.…