Thread by @Truth4Ont

Should Parents Be 😆Schools Are Back In-Person?🧵#onted

That’s a very personal question, but what parents do deserve is clear information to assist them in making an informed decision that is not only best for their children, but for their families.

If you listen closely…
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…to the press conference today, they are sending students back because they believe students need to be in school for their mental health, and they believe their “protocols to be safe.”

Whether students should return to in-person learning or not is pointless now…
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…cause it IS happening on Monday. Of greater concern is the amount of disinformation and double speak that continues to come from the CMOH & the MOE.

As a parent, clear information is needed on how safe schools are. Not b/c they want to argue to shut them down, but b/c…
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…they want to decide on the proper course of action for their families come Monday. Announcing 2 rapid tests as a safety strategy, & announcing absenteeism to parents only after it reached 30%, & only after it goes through the board & the Ministry, is…
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…simply political theatre. It’s an attempt to bolster a plan that literally relies only on N95s that are optional, & vaccine prioritization that was only announced last week.
But what about the HEPAs? Please ask yourself what 3000 HEPAs are gonna do vs #omicron when…
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…”70,000” HEPAs still resulted in 11,961 since Sept. Again political theatre.

There are households with immunocompromised children, parents, & grandparents, that are listening to this govt, & some of their noted experts tell them that it is safe for them…
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…to send their children to school. There are staff in similar situations. Of course there are always risks in life, but has this risk been downplayed & have they been communicated honestly? Have the protocols in place been been enhanced or “enhanced?”

We don’t need to…
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…agree with the govt. Many are willing to take that #omicron risk & send their kids back out of want or need or both. The failure here is presenting the information with integrity. It is within that light that parents need to realize that school probably for the…
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…next two weeks will subject their children to an extremely high risk of infection b/c the protocols in place now for #omicron are not really any different than before the winter break, & now there is no reporting, tracing or class closures.

I respect that people…
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…want their children in school. But in order to make the most informed decision we need the govt to tell it like it is. Which is clearly:

“My friends, schools are opening, your kids will likely be infected, so plan accordingly.”

Your pal Doug

/Fin