Thread by @nomadic_sanjee

I felt terribly sick on Saturday. Sore throat, flu symptoms, heavy head. My rapid test is negative. All my friends have #COVID19. Literally everyone. 349 cases in my kids school last week.Overcrowded and zero #ventilation. Sick teachers & sick kids. @ScholaEuropaea @JHahnEU
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On Sunday the Far right of 🇪🇺 comes to Brussels to create appalling chaos. The unspeakable violence...the politicians scape goating others... It's a lawless crowd & they don't hear our prayers. 2/

Belgian 🇧🇪Twitter Pandemic experts fight over CST: vaccine obligations. Yeah, in this first world, this is the drama. My right to not wear a face covering or take a vaccine. Not about the health consequences of the children & vulnerable. 😥 3/

I felt so sick I switched off social media yesterday. I woke up today to see this. Yes, I cannot believe my eyes. Seriously??? m.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf2022012… 4/

So my friend tests positive. And her child who tests negative can go to school? Dear Minister Frank Vandenbroucke @FranceDammel @JeroenSchoenm @jan_bertels, forgive me for asking. What is scientific about this? I thought you are educated & follow science. 5/

If the Minister of Health cannot follow science and takes decisions based on politics, we have lost hope for this country. When South Africa 🇿🇦 got #Omicron they closed schools for a month. The numbers went down. Here in 🇧🇪, we go for #massinfection. 6/

Dear Minister of Health, I realise you are alone . But do you care about our children?
Are you aware that 10% of positive kids get #LongCovid ? Can you recognise #LongCovid?
salon.com/2022/01/22/the… 7/

And the #Children
See the must read 🧵. 😥

https://twitter.com/lannoophilippe/status/1484945722952802304?t=wWdY89DwVeRjC8HW4hAGRw&s=19

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“New research out of the United States 🇺🇸 has found 44 per cent of #Childreninhospital with #COVID19 developed a #neurologicalsymptom the most common being headaches and altered mental status.”
ctvnews.ca/health/coronav… 9/

Just when I thought, I saw the worst, I have just seen the proposals of 2 ministers of education to send asymptomatic kids to school. This is unbelievable. We knew Belgium 🇧🇪 is a #nuthouse. But this is just like #BoJo or #Trump. Can we go that low??? 10/

Makes me dizzy to read this. It's outrageous. It's #massinfection & #Children will bear the grudge against this generation that has gambled with their #health. And those children are the ones who will pay for your #pensions. I cannot describe the disappointment I feel. 11/

Do you remember my desperate plea in December? We are grateful that we have a mask mandate for schools. That has helped us to be a lesser nuthouse than 🇬🇧 UK. Thank you. 🙏🏾@alexanderdecroo

https://twitter.com/nomadic_sanjee/status/1466564866177708034?t=Z5DOFCGdQ0HDqRMsFGSNtw&s=19

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Dear PM @alexanderdecroo, Minister Vandenbroucke @FranceDammel @jan_bertels @JeroenSchoenm , Corona commissioner @PedroFacon , have you considered #LongCovid #misc #neurologicaldamage to kids when you take decisions for #massinfection?
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Dear Commissioners @vonderleyen @SKyriakidesEU @JHahnEU are you aware that staff & families are in deep distress? All 4 Bxls European Schools cannot keep up with the numbers. @ScholaEuropaea are in crisis.🔥 This is the capital of 🇪🇺. Is this how you take care of your staff? 14/

It is time that 🇪🇺 takes care of its #children #Vulnerable and all those who got #LongCovid . It's time that 🇪🇺 prevents this happening to others. Prevention means #MaskMandates ✅ #ventilation #testing #quarantaine #DistanceLearning. Optional #distancelearning is a right. 15/

Look at Switzerland which implemented the right to temporary homeschool children. If you cannot guarantee #SAFESCHOOLS we would like to keep our kids home.
Please consider allowing families to keep children home. Our #MentalHealthMatters #ProtectOurChildren
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Dear 🇧🇪, Dear 🇪🇺, This will be a carnage. Please do something before its too late.🙏🏾 17/ #ProtectOurChildren @LongCovidKids @HarrySpoelstra @CarlvKeirsbilck @jdceulaer @DasUlrike @SMeerbeeck @PESCOV19 @nicomedbxl @OrbanDoc @catherinefonck

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Here is the news item. Flemish Minister of Education Ben Weyts is proposing to send asymptomatic kids who test positive to school.😳
lesoir.be/419944/article…

It gets worse now. Ben Weyts, Min. of education, Stefan Grielens, head of CLB & Joachim Coens, CD&V chair want to scrap quarantine. "Children should not be kept out of school for a cold."😳 This is worth an award at the "Hall of shame." @jljcolorado vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022… 18/

So 🇧🇪#Belgium decides no longer to quarantine classes after 4 cases are +. The symptomatic stay at home. Testing is not obligatory. If parents are positive kids go to school.
lesoir.be/420463/article…
#LetItRip
#LongCovidKids #MISC 18/