One thing I was going reply to that post with is the question about what the objective of education will be in the near term. Exam performance is ultimately what most classes are geared towards, but I think that for a while, it will be about learning for the enrichment of the mind (a great thing of course, but one that might not attract too much interest at the moment).Ive already offered in my local FB group to do some free online tutoring where I can. I said in another thread that it’ll be a good paid option for posh parents in need but I hope people step up to offer for free as well (retired teachers stuck in isolation?) to take the load from parents, teachers and ensure kids don’t miss out.
(on a side note, like many other areas (health!!) I suspect were about to find out removing centralised control from education wasn’t the genius idea we thought it was)
As I've said several times, I think the vast majority of cases are so very mild people will carry on doing what they're doing while feeling a little unwell and then continue to worry about the virus even after they've had it and become immune. We just need to get loads and loads of test kits out, when people are shown to have immunity they can go back to normality while those who are still vulnerable can distance.Professor of global health at UCL on Sky News saying he thinks there are well over 100,000 cases in London alone!
Sounds more like a degree course.Bloody hell Nick, A levels have slackened their standards!
One thing I was going reply to that post with is the question about what the objective of education will be in the near term. Exam performance is ultimately what most classes are geared towards, but I think that for a while, it will be about learning for the enrichment of the mind (a great thing of course, but one that might not attract too much interest at the moment).
Sounds more like a degree course.
Yeah but they have said they will still get the qualifications they need?
It's a big distinction isn't it - saying the grades they NEED, not necessarily the grades they DESERVE.
I agree it's an assumption, but as a seriously respected man of science, and I'm sure he has got his figures by working a model based on known facts (including all error bars) regarding the spread of this virus and the effects it has had on other countries who have acted in a different way to our own. It is a very rare thing for well respected scientists to just pull inflated figures out of thin air, he would be a laughing stock among his peers and his future papers would never be taken seriously again. He would be taking a huge risk, for no reason.Based on assumptions. He's a professor but he has no access to data on this etc.
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It’s a no win ffs. My daughter will recover she’s worked hard and so won’t get the 9’s she wanted but hey hoIt's a big distinction isn't it - saying the grades they NEED, not necessarily the grades they DESERVE.
Yup-sorry for your daughter there Pete. Boris can't even provide indications of how grades will be awarded and will likely leave it up to Ofqual to make something up
One bit of good news I picked out of the press conference that might not be widely publicised is that Patrick Vallence sounded confident we were close to a test which would tell if someone’s had coronavirus (not just if they’ve got it). Could be a game changer both medically and socially (as it could allow the release of those that have had it to operate normally in society). Fingers crossed
That should of happened a while ago as part of the contingency planning.Give him a chance mate. Sure there will be dialogue with teachers/groups etc to decide the fairest way
That’s interesting!!!As I've said several times, I think the vast majority of cases are so very mild people will carry on doing what they're doing while feeling a little unwell and then continue to worry about the virus even after they've had it and become immune. We just need to get loads and loads of test kits out, when people are shown to have immunity they can go back to normality while those who are still vulnerable can distance.
Coronavirus: New graph shows people in their 20s are more asymptomatic and not being tested for COVID-19
Sincerely believe that a shit load of people will have had it and not had symptoms and now developed immunity.That’s interesting!!!
You are though mate, massively. If, by you continuing to go into work, it means the health and social care workers/parents can get into work and look after the ill/elderly and the shops can keep fully stocked, it’s integral role in this crisis
When we come out the other side of this, these people need to be well looked after and afforded all the love and respect they deserve by every single one of us.
We are just at the start of this and It looks like the worst is yet to come, those people in jobs who work through it, keeping essential supplies flowing are some of the lowest paid in society. Perhaps, out of this tragedy, it will be shown just how valuable they are, and things will change, it will be up to all of us to make sure this happens.
Sincerely believe that a shit load of people will have had it and not had symptoms and now developed immunity.
Hope so yeahSincerely believe that a shit load of people will have had it and not had symptoms and now developed immunity.
I agree, we need to learn some serious lessons from the past, we do however, live in a different age, we live with instant news, and social media, the average man can have far more influence than in the past, (it has become very hard for people to hide) but it will be up to all of us to put pressure on the powers to make this happen.Trouble is the people that aren't valuing his efforts are those that set his workload and pay him. And they seem to not give any value whatsoever to it.
I'd love that to happen but it never does. WWI and the soldiers went out as heroes with promises of housing and being looked after on their return. Came back in the dead of night and just left to rot. Still happening today. The healthcare for ex-services,both physical and mental, is a disgrace. This won't be any different. If anything they'll be looking at ways it can be used to line the pockets of the rich. Probably going to be quite a few lucrative final salary pensions no longer needing to be paid out soon.
Hopefully it'll make a lot of people realise that the massive discrepancy in wealth and pay are not justified in any way whatsoever and this is a society built from bottom up, not top down.
If it is going to change it's going to have to come from the ordinary man.
Trouble is the people that aren't valuing his efforts are those that set his workload and pay him. And they seem to not give any value whatsoever to it.
I'd love that to happen but it never does. WWI and the soldiers went out as heroes with promises of housing and being looked after on their return. Came back in the dead of night and just left to rot. Still happening today. The healthcare for ex-services,both physical and mental, is a disgrace. This won't be any different. If anything they'll be looking at ways it can be used to line the pockets of the rich. Probably going to be quite a few lucrative final salary pensions no longer needing to be paid out soon.
Hopefully it'll make a lot of people realise that the massive discrepancy in wealth and pay are not justified in any way whatsoever and this is a society built from bottom up, not top down.
If it is going to change it's going to have to come from the ordinary man.
I’m still on my arse.
I’m still on my arse.
I hope so too, but I am fully aware that a certain group of people are going to make vast sums of money from this.Hopefully it'll make a lot of people realise that the massive discrepancy in wealth and pay are not justified in any way whatsoever and this is a society built from bottom up, not top down.
How bad? What are your symptoms like? Are you able to watch TV and such or having to sleep a lot? Get well soon.
Fully agree with this
It then makes the early lock down strategy make more sense. Get it out into the population, lock them down while they develop immunity then when they are let out there is more herd immunity for those that are vulnerable. It just means going through the difficult period that Italy are in now and we may be in shortly where there is an influx of vulnerable that have caught it in the initial wave. It would also explain why China's numbers are looking at a downward curve.Hope so yeah
Sounds like you got it according to this thread. Also interestingly said at the end that her Husband didn't show symptoms...Sweating like mad, dry cough, sore throat, extreme headache and stinging eyes (need to keep them closed).
Then, pretty much ok other than a cough. Piss about on my phone and watch tv. Then feel rough as fuck again. It comes in waves.
Weird
Sweating like mad, dry cough, sore throat, extreme headache and stinging eyes (need to keep them closed).
Then, hour later, pretty much ok other than a cough. Piss about on my phone and watch tv. Then feel rough as fuck again. It comes in waves.
No loss of appetite. Bare in mind I don’t know if I’ve got ‘it’ though.
Weird
It then makes the early lock down strategy make more sense. Get it out into the population, lock them down while they develop immunity then when they are let out there is more herd immunity for those that are vulnerable. It just means going through the difficult period that Italy are in now and we may be in shortly where there is an influx of vulnerable that have caught it in the initial wave. It would also explain why China's numbers are looking at a downward curve.
What kind of period are we talking here? For all the news I haven't many descriptions of symptoms other than you'll have a cough and a fever. I mean that's winter for a lot of people.
Sounds like you got it according to this thread. Also interestingly said at the end that her Husband didn't show symptoms...
I think like most school holidays the children of the rich will get cultural enrichment and the children of the poor (and working from home) will get Fortnite and YouTube.
Branson is a figurehead and has been for a longtime. He is credited for much of what is not his and is criticized for much that is not his. He is the face of Virgin but is, and I repeat this for all, not CEO of virgin airlines and is not the owner, it is therefore not Branson.Think they only own 49%, isn't the rest still owned by Virgin Group (ie Branson).
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