School return 1st June

Return pupils to school On the 1st of June until they break up for the summer holidays. (26th June) if this Does create a spike in infections, it will occur during the summer months when there appears to be less demand on the NHS resources and less cold and flu around.

When they break up it essentially recreates a 7 week lock down with less interaction and travel for both parents and kids alike.

Why the contribution is important


The longer we leave it to open things up the closer to the winter flu season it becomes, which has the potential to overwhelm the NHS without the added toll from COVID 19.

Less disruptive than constantly opening and locking down to control spread.

Naturally occurring break in social interaction.

by Scotstigress on May 05, 2020 at 04:52PM

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  • Posted by MD May 05, 2020 at 20:02

    No evidence to suggest that pupils or staff could return safely.

  • Posted by lillega May 06, 2020 at 19:16

    MD's comment is factually inaccurate. It may not be overwhelming, but there is indicative evidence. that this risk may not be anything like as great as (eg) full football stadiums.

    There is much stronger evidence that keeping schools closed is damaging to pupils, and to society as a whole both materially and in terms of increased inequality. Independent schools are able to do, and are doing much more while schools are closed than the state sector on which most of us and the country as a whole depends.

    We simply can't keep schools closed indefinitely in the hope that a vaccine will arrive. This is a problem we need to live with, and the sooner we act to do so the better. It's a balance of risk and we should not simply try to minimise a potentially headline risk at the cost of a very real risk of damage to the country's ability to deal with the next issue that may come along. or even to pay for this one.
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