Thread by @AlisonGeorge10

1/9 Dear @adilray, you & @susannareid100 are 2 of few presenters prepared fo challenge government rhetoric.

Can you ask @MattHancock why, in the face of ⬆️cases & hospitalisations of the #DeltaVariant, schools have virtually no mitigations to ⬇️transmission of an #airborne🦠?

https://twitter.com/adilray/status/1407054898202615812

2/ Children account for a significant proportion of ⬆️cases (10,000+ today) & can transmit #COVID19 to their families.

A worrying number of children have got #LongCovid (maybe 10%) & campaigners are trying to prevent them being vaccinated.
CV/CEV kids are a particular concern.

3/ There are several weeks of term left & ⬆️numbers of schools have outbreaks, risking not only the health of pupils, staff & families but also MORE EDUCATIONAL DISRUPTION.

WHY are the lives of CHILDREN being dismissed so callously?

WHY is NOTHING being done to protect them?

4/ After all these months WE KNOW WHAT IS NEEDED.
Crowded, poorly ventilated, indoor rooms full of unmasked ppl are V HIGH RISK & a more transmissible #DeltaVariant makes change more URGENT.
The gvmt have failed to fund improved #ventilation,⬇️class sizes & use of outdoor areas.

5/ And the removal of #MasksInClass on 17th May has directly contributed to the current precarious situation.

#COVIDVaccination is obviously a game changer BUT we must still try to keep community transmission LOW, not only to protect individuals, their families & communities….

6/ …but to avoid the perfect environment for new variants to arise which could undo everything achieved so far.
Hand washing/sitting in lines facing forwards will do little to ⬇️spread in a classroom when kids are breathing the same air for whole lessons.
english.elpais.com/society/2020-1…

7/ #COVIDisAirborne - children in the UK desperately need your help @adilray & @susannareid100!

We need to demand that #DfE #ReinstateMasksInClass as a matter of urgency & turn their attention to improving #ventilation etc over the summer holidays.

8/ The MSM have repeatedly ignored this issue which has been a major part of the problem.

WHY?

The situation urgently needs to change to prevent the lives of yet more families being scarred by #COVID19.

PLEASE HELP US @GMB!

9/ #COVIDisAirborne #MasksSaveLives & #VentilationMatters
#SafeEdForAll

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