I actually work as a contact tracer and have done for a month now...and we still haven't made any calls. It's not very encouraging.

I actually work as a contact tracer and have done for a month now...and we still haven't made any calls. It's not very encouraging.

It's just like the NHS volunteers back in March. They sign up lots of people to generate good headlines and then give them nothing to do.

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1,500 UK Paediatricians write to PM demanding that schools re-open now.

 

From Royal College Of Paediatricians.

 

Open letter from UK paediatricians about the return of children to schools

 

17 June 2020

 

"As paediatricians we are increasingly concerned by the continued absence of millions of children

from schools. This interruption is without precedent and risks scarring the life chances of a

generation of young people.

Clinically, most young people have been spared the worst effects of COVID-19 but the health and

social impact will be severe.

The brunt of the impact of COVID-19 is and will continue to be borne by children and families who

have the fewest resources and need the most support. The attainment gap was significant long

before the pandemic. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are twice as likely to leave school

without national qualifications in English and maths compared with better off peers. Left unchecked,

COVID-19 will exacerbate existing problems and deepen structural social and health inequalities.

School is about much more than learning. It is a vital point of contact for public health services,

safeguarding and other initiatives. This includes access to mental health support, vaccinations,

special therapies, free school meals, physical activity and early years services that help children get

the best start in life. For many children and their families, these interventions are the difference

between surviving and thriving. In their absence our already frayed safety net cannot function, and

we risk failing a generation.

We recognise the efforts of school leaders, local authorities, teachers and other professionals, who

have worked tirelessly to facilitate learning for our children and young people. They deserve

decisive leadership from the top of government.

We note that plans have been published for children to begin returning to school in Scotland and

Wales. We call on the UK government and the Northern Ireland Executive to urgently publish clear

plans for getting children back to school; and for all UK governments to deliver recovery plans for

children and young people.

Without such action, the effects of COVID-19 will linger far beyond the pandemic itself and will limit

the life chances of children and young people for years to come.

Signed,

1,500 members of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

 

Speaking of blunders...

 

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...All this time wasted. A recurring theme at this point.

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...All this time wasted. A recurring theme at this point.

 

Agreed it's time wasted, but we are not alone in being in that regard.

 

Seems a sensible decision if Track & Trace would not be live until Winter. It's clear from around the world we really need it to be live to help us move forward. Does all seem a great big mess, but I guess that's project management for us all in general.

Speaking of blunders...

 

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You actually couldn’t make it up :lol: God the sooner we get this so-called government rammed with ignorant and incompetent cretins out (2024 lol) the better x

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...All this time wasted. A recurring theme at this point.

I hope they will be deducting all the tax Apple and Google have dodged from the fee. That should leave a fee of minus quite a lot.

Agreed it's time wasted, but we are not alone in being in that regard.

 

Seems a sensible decision if Track & Trace would not be live until Winter. It's clear from around the world we really need it to be live to help us move forward. Does all seem a great big mess, but I guess that's project management for us all in general.

 

It's not like anything important is impacted by this like... public health or the ENTIRE BASIS of our economy. I guess that's just the Tories for you in general.

Hairdressers are due to open in Northern Ireland from 6th July, so I can finally get my accidental mullet seen to. Places of worship are likely to open from 29th June as well, and social distancing has been reduced to 1 metre in a classroom setting.

So what happens at the hairdressers then- are you and the hairdresser having to wear masks? I had mine cut outdoors by an illicit home operating hairdresser because to be honest it needed a cut in March!

I’m not sure of the exact details yet, but I imagine that they will be by appointment to keep less people in the shop, and keeping a mask on , except briefly to get at the sideburns.

How many infection was there in the uk today?

 

There is a story by Victoria Mcadonald on the Ch4 news that there is a bad outbreak in a chicken factory in Wales of 58 cases. The factory reportedly serves M&S and KFC. There are smaller outbreaks in Leicester and part of Yorkshire according to contact tracers.

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Heatwave next week with temperatures in the South up to maybe 33c or 90f. The virus doesn't like heat.

Heatwave next week with temperatures in the South up to maybe 33c or 90f. The virus doesn't like heat.

Outbreaks are currently accelerating in parts of Brazil, Mexico, India and Arizona. Let's not post blatantly false info.

Outbreaks are currently accelerating in parts of Brazil, Mexico, India and Arizona. Let's not post blatantly false info.

 

I tend to agree as well. I don't think weather has much affect at all on the virus, only that it likely does die quicker on outside surfaces.

The UK has now moved from Alert Level 4 to 3 which is promising.

Level 3 now.. even though we have already been there for a couple of weeks :blink:

I believe we were in that made-up "transitioning phase" for the past few weeks rather than "officially" being level 3.

Good to see us at level 3. Surprised but happy to see that this "second wave" that everyone on social media was so adamant would come hasn't happened yet. Hoorah.