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Originally posted by Lang Spoon View PostThis is what we get for not linking State funded schools to catchment areas, and having fuck all dedicated school buses as a result. And the overcrowded classes and shit buildings. I really hope secondary teachers strike as threatened, their job must be impossible judging by the wee unmasked obnoxious shites streaming out the Loreto round here at lunch hour.
As for parents, they are going to have to suck it up, but it won't matter because by that stage they'll all be at home. The area that they need to sort out is that there are a lot of people who don't work from home, For instance, a lot of people working in the healthcare sector are married to other people that work in the healthcare sector. Those people were pretty screwed the last time out.
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I mean Schools "with a Religous Ethos" that don't officially ask for fees but a donation would be v nice.... the fucking train in the morning to Balbriggan is full of wee rats off to the Loreto each morning from further afield than anything that could be called local. Like beyond Rush or even from as far as bloody Drogheda.
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Originally posted by anton pulisov View PostShit appears to be hitting the fan in the Netherlands again. Infections on the rise in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Brabant area, that was hit hard in the spring, appears to be spared. Might be immunity there?
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The daughter of someone I know from the village where I grew up got sick (seemingly a cold, but they wanted to be sure). They called into the (primary) school and were told that she;d have to stay home from school until she'd had a negative test. After literally hours of trying, they found that the closest place they could get a test was Leicester (this from south Cambridgeshire, approx 2 hours drive away, and many more by public transport). Anyway, they booked the test and drove up to Leicester (not exactly a quarantine friendly proposition, but they apparently made it without stopping). When there her father was told that he;d have to administer the test as they didn't have enough staff (they could process the test but not actually take it). Those of you who have had a test will know that it's a fairly invasive test (and also not without discomfort). Anyway, they did the test submitted it and drove home, only to get a message a day later to say that the test was inconclusive (presumably because her dad, mindful of hurting his daughter, didn't really get the swabs far enough in). Both parents work in non-WFH possible jobs and now they all have to quarantine for 2 weeks, and they both don't get paid during that period (There is some kind of 90 quid a week payment they can access - not sure I know out of what fund).
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The UAE has now reported more cases than China (85,595) but only 405 deaths (less than 10% of the deaths reported by China). This may partly be explained by the fact that the UAE has carried out a proportionally large number of tests (nearly 891,000 tests per million population).
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- Mar 2008
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- Revelling In The Hole
- England, Chelsea and Tooting and Mitcham. And Surrey CCC. And Wimbledon Dons Speedway (RIP)
- Nairn's Cheese Oatcake
I mentioned on Mundane Thread III that I was off for a dental check-up but wary of a COVID-19 PPE surcharge, which are apparently now a thing. There wasn't one, I'm pleased to say, but what did surprise me was that before the examination began I was asked to briefly mouthwash with a solution that apparently kills the virus.
Now, I'm not sure how long it's effective but this seems like another useful tool to prevent the spread of the virus that's flown under the radar, or at least under mine. If it was fairly cheap and lasted for a few hours* say, it would quite handy if people had a quick swoosh-around with it before shopping, eating out, using public transport, going down to the pub etc.
* I presume that it's not more widely known about or used because it's neither cheap nor effective for any great length of time, but I'd like to know if that is actually the case.
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India has reached 5.5million+ cases and 88,000+ deaths. Worth noting that India's death rate per million population is still an order of magnitude lower than the UK and USA (64 deaths per million population for India vs 616 for the USA).
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I'm speculating with no actual knowledge, but I wouldn't be surprised if the mouthwash thing does a reasonable job killing any virus that's lurking in your mouth, and preventing virus aerosolizing from the teeth cleaning, drilling or whatever. Unfortunately if you're infected there'll be a bunch more virus in your lungs that you'd be breathing out.
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My dentist didn't do the powered grinder thingy. They just did the scraper thing. And she was all masked up. They also don't have anyone in the waiting room. They tell you to call from your car when you arrive and they come and get you when they're ready.
I felt pretty good about it.
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Originally posted by Antepli Ejderha View PostTomorrow's whole school meeting has now been changed to be about online learning and how to use online platforms.
Read into that what you may.
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