Thread by @LCKScotland

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Schools back for 3 weeks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#DeltaVariant is ripping through schools.

From 16th Aug - 2nd Sept inclusive: 💥26,836 cases age 0-19💥

💔~1% will be hospitalised (268)
💔~14% will be #LongCovidKids (3757)
💔~0.01% - 0.03% will die (2 - 8) 😢

#LongCovid #COVID #BackToSchool

Some schools in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 have already been forced to close due to staff absence from #COVID19

Some classes are are half empty as children continue to pass #DeltaVariant between one another.

🛑On 16th Aug 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 recorded 477 new child cases
🛑On 2nd Sept 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 recorded 2596 new child cases

Local Authorities and @scotgov continue to reassure us that children are not transmitting #Covid19 in schools.

Apparently school pick up/drop off is the culprit.

Do we think that is true? Does #DeltaVariant have such high intelligence that it refuses to enter school buildings?

With 5 more week of term to go, how many more kids will have to suffer until we do something?

How many teachers?

How many will develop #LongCovid and potentially suffer a lifetime of disability?

#DeltaVariant #BackToSchool #COVID #MakeSchoolsSafe #MaskUp #ScotEdu #TeachersDay

Many Local Authorities failed to #MakeSchoolsSafe

👎Inadequate ventilation
👎Lack of CO2 monitors
👎Windows that don't open

We intend to repeat the FOI process in Oct to monitor the progress of risk mitigations implemented in schools.
#LongCovidKids

“We are no longer seeking to suppress Covid to the lowest possible level. Now we have vaccinations, the restrictions required to suppress Covid could not be justified" @JohnSwinney

Kids are not eligible for #Vaccination. How are they to be protected?

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