Coronavirus Thread (Off Topic, Politics) (297 Viewers)

[clint van damme]

Only 25 million people are expected to get the vaccine next year, so I wouldn't get too excited just yet.

Rapid testing, masks and therapeutic treatments are the key to controlling this, and always have been. But we've all become so fixated with the vaccine that we've been lulled into thinking the pandemic is almost over.

I'm not thinking for one minute it's over but 25 million people is over a third of the population and should cover a large swathe of the vulnerable.
As I said I don't think will be back to normal for a long time but we should start to move out of the current restrictions. I still expect to see masks and social distancing for a good while yet.

 

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[Brighton Sky Blue]

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Thing is this isn't even a joke

 

[Nick]

I worked flipping hard to provide remote learning for my students and would do so again if asked. Basically eliminating my holiday is a spit in my face

Lucky you having a holiday in the first place

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Lucky you having a holiday in the first place

Right but during term time I'm basically just working, eating, sleeping and shitting, not in any particular order

 

[Houchens Head]

 

[Nick]

Right but during term time I'm basically just working, eating, sleeping and shitting, not in any particular order

It's all I've done since the original lockdown regardless of term time.

Baffled about people jetting off on holiday during it all.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

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They're sat too close without masks, 5 more years m'lord

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

I worked flipping hard to provide remote learning for my students and would do so again if asked. Basically eliminating my holiday is a spit in my face

Why is it eliminated it’s moved to a time of the year that is more suitable for the masses and for the good of all these people that keep saying close the schools. It’s give and take

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

It's all I've done since the original lockdown

Baffled about people jetting off on holiday during it all.

You haven't still had to go in though, right?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Why is it eliminated it’s moved to a time of the year that is more suitable for the masses and for the good of all these people that keep saying close the schools. It’s give and take

What do you then do to exams? Why are you assuming we're all shit at providing a remote education?

 

[covmark]

Right but during term time I'm basically just working, eating, sleeping and shitting, not in any particular order

Tbf that's what I have been doing all week every week. Same as many others.

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[Brighton Sky Blue]

Tbf that's what I have been doing all week every week. Same as many others.

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I get that, but my workload went through the roof with remote learning and has done again since the return when FYI I still haven't been able to teach close to normally. Aside from those in the health service it's probably been one of the most intensive jobs this year

 

[Nick]

You haven't still had to go in though, right?

Erm, yes. Including a few night shifts and weekends.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

What do you then do to exams? Why are you assuming we're all shit at providing a remote education?

If I could send you the home schooling we received I would, but if it took an hour to produce I would be amazed and it was mainly produced by the teaching assistants and this from a school that is in the top two in Nuneaton.

I have three children of different ages and different abilities to try to teach as well as having to work full time nights.

Maybe it will improve as the head has disappeared from the school.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Erm, yes. Including a few night shifts and weekends.

My mistake, sorry I wasn't sure. You must admit though there aren't many professions that have been put under this much strain

 

[shmmeee]

Saw something that said you only need a few million vaccinated to prevent something like 75% of deaths. I don’t think we’ll have to get anything like everyone vaccinated before we are back to normal.

 

[covmark]

I get that, but my workload went through the roof with remote learning and has done again since the return when FYI I still haven't been able to teach close to normally. Aside from those in the health service it's probably been one of the most intensive jobs this year

I understand that. It's a shit situation all round. We're all doing things within our jobs that we'd rather not be doing, and add in to the mix that we can't do all the enjoyable things in life. It makes life really tough.

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[Brighton Sky Blue]

If I could send you the home schooling we received I would, but if it took an hour to produce I would be amazed and it was mainly produced by the teaching assistants and this from a school that is in the top two in Nuneaton.

I have three children of different ages and different abilities to try to teach as well as having to work full time nights.

Maybe it will improve as the head has disappeared from the school.

Don't tar us all with the same brush then and keep in mind how schools were asked to flip this around with virtually no notice. This time around I am sure it would be done better everywhere.

 

[Nick]

My mistake, sorry I wasn't sure. You must admit though there aren't many professions that have been put under this much strain

I agree a lot are strained and teachers too.

Others are silently under a lot of pressure. I've only got Christmas Day off, I'll be back in on Monday.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I understand that. It's a shit situation all round. We're all doing things within our jobs that we'd rather not be doing, and add in to the mix that we can't do all the enjoyable things in life. It makes life really tough.

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My argument has long been that being in school but not able to teach properly defeats the whole point of being in there. I am just in a foul mood this evening to be honest

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I agree a lot are strained and teachers too.

Others are silently under a lot of pressure. I've only got Christmas Day off, I'll be back in on Monday.

Sorry it just grates me to hear remote learning dismissed when I was putting in pretty much all hours of the day I wasn't asleep into it for months.

 

[Ian1779]

Close the schools for four weeks and then cut the summer holidays to two weeks.

Why? We’ll be expected to deliver online learning...

 

[Ian1779]

It's the unicorn Variant.

From the land of Eternia...

 

[chiefdave]

Saw something that said you only need a few million vaccinated to prevent something like 75% of deaths. I don’t think we’ll have to get anything like everyone vaccinated before we are back to normal.

Our approach has never been to minimise the number of cases, its been not to overwhelm the NHS. So once you've got the groups that make up the vast majority of hospitalisations vaccinated then you can start opening things back up.

If we can get anywhere close to the rate of vaccination the government is claiming we can that will be in time for the summer, when going by last year, things will ease off anyway.

But it certainly won't be back to normal overnight.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Our approach has never been to minimise the number of cases, its been not to overwhelm the NHS. So once you've got the groups that make up the vast majority of hospitalisations vaccinated then you can start opening things back up.

If we can get anywhere close to the rate of vaccination the government is claiming we can that will be in time for the summer, when going by last year, things will ease off anyway.

But it certainly won't be back to normal overnight.

I believe Van Tam said that with the key groups vaccinated you drop 99% of the hospitalisations. In which case when that is done let me shake someone's hand

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

The amount of fuck ups how can anyone be certain we’ll get lots of people vaccinated....it will be problem after problem

useless cunts

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Sorry it just grates me to hear remote learning dismissed when I was putting in pretty much all hours of the day I wasn't asleep into it for months.

I can only comment on what I saw and it was honestly laughable and when the kids sat down to do it they could do the whole weeks work in about an hour. Like I said the head has gone and the new temporary head is younger and fresher so it may improve.

 

[Nick]

In the first lockdown, my daughter was done by 1 every day at the latest.

In fairness, there was no time to prepare really. Wasn't that fussed.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

I am a massive critic of this hopeless government but they have started this vaccine work quite well, although as I have said before not sure my old housebound nan who is ninety is going to help the herd much

 

[chiefdave]

I agree a lot are strained and teachers too.

Others are silently under a lot of pressure. I've only got Christmas Day off, I'll be back in on Monday.

Same here. Although if we're lucky and its quiet on Christmas Eve we get to leave an hour early. Of course it won't be quiet as we've got rid of so many staff, blaming it on covid, those of us left are now swamped with work. Still at least I'm one of the lucky ones that still has a job.

Covid has really highlighted how fucked my work life balance is, especially when I've working from home and can't blame having no time on being stuck in commuter traffic every day.

 

[Nick]

At least I'll be fresh working this new years Day usually hanging.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I can only comment on what I saw and it was honestly laughable and when the kids sat down to do it they could do the whole weeks work in about an hour. Like I said the head has gone and the new temporary head is younger and fresher so it may improve.

If you want extra free of charge I will gladly send it all over.

 

[David O'Day]

New strains happen all the time, there's already multiple strains of Covid-19 so try not to get too down about it. This sort of thing is expected and the vaccines shouldn't be impacted.

If you look back the strain that came out of Wuhan originally has pretty much gone now, think there was 8 major strains back in the summer so this is just one more on the list. Think they're over playing this as its a get out for not putting the right restrictions in place for Christmas.

Exactly, Virus's mutate it's hat they do and usually they'll mutate to be more transmittable but less deadly as virus's don't want to kill their hosts.

The government took the economic rather than health decision to put London in tier 2 and it blew up in their faces so they are using this variant as a smoke screen.

 

[clint van damme]

The amount of fuck ups how can anyone be certain we’ll get lots of people vaccinated....it will be problem after problem

useless cunts

you're right to be sceptical (we've been trying to tell you for ages ) but the program is underway now so we're getting there slowly, keep positive mate.
And a quiet Christmas never hurt anyone! Your liver will be delighted!