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Husband to the world’s best OT, Dad to 2 amazing lil men, Paediatric Occupational Therapist, Director of MoveAbout Therapy Services in Sydney and Central Coast
Feb 6, 2022 25 tweets 9 min read
Letter to Principal
Got a response to our letter saying H is not returning Term 1 as school is not safe.
Letter got escalated to the dept. They said the principal had to respond..but use their template. Short answer- COVID-19 is not a reason to miss school. My thoughts below. 1/ Basically they said they’ve got great mitigations and a layered approach. Here’s their summary before they go into their measures in detail and my thoughts about this. 2/
Jan 14, 2022 13 tweets 7 min read
COVID, Kids MH & School- an alt view of the Aussie study of Kids and COVID in NSW
Let’s discuss this study used to preach return to school for kids MH, inc by the authors.
1.Not peer reviewed- ie no journal willing to print it. So, publish in SMH. 1/

smh.com.au/national/it-s-… 2.Says 1.26% kids in hosp for COVID June to Oct 2021. Show me what else sends 1 kid in every 3 primary classes to hospital. If it were paint fumes, the school would be shut down. 2/