Cllr Oliver Patrick 🔶 🇬🇧 🍏 🕊 Profile picture
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Sep 21, 2022, 7 tweets

🚨 Covid isn’t over 🚨 A thread about schools…

At present, schools in 🇬🇧 follow guidance from this manual👇🏻
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The guidance now lumps #Covid with flu, and states that respiratory infections spread during the winter months (of course)👇🏻
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It says that children ***with Covid*** ‘should try and stay at home where possible’(!)

There is no longer a requirement to stay away from school if you’re Covid+
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The guidance has plenty of hand washing posters - but no diagrams detailing how to secure good ventilation in a classroom.

That would actually be helpful…
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Why is this important? Because a staggering 93.3% of #Somerset’s 5-11 year olds, 55.3% of 12-15yos, and 40% of 16-17yos are NOT FULLY VACCINATED 🚨

And…
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From Sept, only children with weakened immunity are eligible for the Covid vaccine(!)
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This winter, we’re once again throwing a largely unvaccinated segment of society (children, no less!) under a bus & just hoping for the best

There are no excuses. We know how the 🦠 spreads. The Gov ought to have spent all summer preparing

Am I just howling into the wind?
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