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Booney wrote:

Booney wrote:President Donald Trump has suggested patients could be injected with disinfectant as a way of fighting coronavirus.
Speaking from the White House podium, the president of the United States said it could be "interesting to check it out".
"I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute," Mr Trump said.

"And is there a way we can do something, by an injection inside or almost a cleaning? It would be interesting to check that.
"That you're gonna have to use medical doctors with."
Injecting disinfectant into the human body could very likely be fatal.
Department of Homeland Security science chief Bill Bryan backed away from the president's suggestion.
"We don't do that within our lab," Mr Bryan said.

Mr Trump interjected: "Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't."
After hearing reports that coronavirus dies within minutes on surfaces in direct sunlight, Mr Trump suggested it as a method of treating patients.
"Supposing you brought the light inside the body - either through the skin or some other way," he said.
"It'd be interesting to check that. You'd have to use medical doctors."
Coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx, herself a medical doctor, had to dismiss the president's suggestion.

"Not as a treatment," Dr Birx said.
Mr Trump called upon her to see if his theory could work.
"Maybe you can. Maybe you can't. I'm not a doctor. But I'm a person that has a good you-know-what," the president said.
Mr Trump hit out at a reporter who questioned his approach.
"Respectfully, sir, you're the president and people tuning into the briefings, they want to get information and guidance and want to know what to do," The Washington Post's Philip Rucker said.
"They're not looking for rumour."

The president replied: "Hey Phil. I'm the president and you're fake news."
Mr Trump also pointed out that the US coronavirus outbreaks appear to be worse in states that do not support him politically.
"It is interesting the states that are having trouble are blue," he said.
"The states that seem to have the problem happen to be Democrat."

He's saying it was sarcasm.

Brodlach wrote:SA only 3 cases in 7 days

10 in the last 14 days

stan wrote:

Brodlach wrote:SA only 3 cases in 7 days

10 in the last 14 days

All about the active cases at the moment. 32 active.

Very pleasing at the moment.

Ok so to all the parents out there, what's the go with school and your opinion?

I am very interested to hear it.

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stan wrote:

Brodlach wrote:SA only 3 cases in 7 days

10 in the last 14 days

All about the active cases at the moment. 32 active.

Very pleasing at the moment.

Ok so to all the parents out there, what's the go with school and your opinion?

I am very interested to hear it.

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Pag wrote:As myself and my wife (both teachers) are going back to work this week, our two year-old has to go back to child care. We have had the option over the previous two weeks and we have kept her home, and would’ve again this week if it was possible.

And again, harping on my previous (and Jase’s) point, if schools are supposedly safe, then junior sport and public playgrounds should be accessible this week also. Smacks of inconsistencies still.

30 kids in a 40 square metre classroom from Mon-Fri = fine.
18-36 kids on a footy oval on a Sunday = not fine.
50-100 kids on a school playground = fine.
1 kid on a public playground = not fine.
Up to 1500 kids in a schoolyard at recess/lunchtimes = fine.
11 kids at a birthday party = not fine.

To add to this, school will be a half-assed experience for kids if they go back next week anyway. Excursions, incursions, assemblies, school sport, extra-curricular activities, special events etc all cancelled for the forseeable future, which is bullshit if kids ‘don’t catch/transmit the virus’. Double standards everywhere.

reppoh_eht wrote:

Pag wrote:As myself and my wife (both teachers) are going back to work this week, our two year-old has to go back to child care. We have had the option over the previous two weeks and we have kept her home, and would’ve again this week if it was possible.

And again, harping on my previous (and Jase’s) point, if schools are supposedly safe, then junior sport and public playgrounds should be accessible this week also. Smacks of inconsistencies still.

30 kids in a 40 square metre classroom from Mon-Fri = fine.
18-36 kids on a footy oval on a Sunday = not fine.
50-100 kids on a school playground = fine.
1 kid on a public playground = not fine.
Up to 1500 kids in a schoolyard at recess/lunchtimes = fine.
11 kids at a birthday party = not fine.

To add to this, school will be a half-assed experience for kids if they go back next week anyway. Excursions, incursions, assemblies, school sport, extra-curricular activities, special events etc all cancelled for the forseeable future, which is bullshit if kids ‘don’t catch/transmit the virus’. Double standards everywhere.

I keep hearing this argument about School vs Sport vs Other Group Activities for kids. The part I keep thinking is being missed is that for any of those other items to occur it would involve many other adults (parents, umpires, organisers, etc) to be involved. As apposed to school which has a controlled number of adults in the mix. You open that box to quickly and we will be back to where we were a month or two ago.

I get that teachers are worried, but when the chief medical officer says it is safe to go back then why can't this just be taken for what it is. Instead we have the head of the teachers union coming out publicly saying don't send your kids back to school. Why on earth would they say this? On what grounds do they think this is a good approach? You now have what I'm hearing is one of the biggest frustrations for teachers... Half of the students on campus and the other half studying online from home.

This virus is going to be around for many many more months. The government is working towards returning to some form of normality - but the virus will still be around. The idea being that we can almost have normal lives but the second there is a new case or an outbreak everyone involved would be isolated - this applied to whether it be a kid from a school or an adult from a workplace.

Pag wrote:

reppoh_eht wrote:

Pag wrote:As myself and my wife (both teachers) are going back to work this week, our two year-old has to go back to child care. We have had the option over the previous two weeks and we have kept her home, and would’ve again this week if it was possible.

And again, harping on my previous (and Jase’s) point, if schools are supposedly safe, then junior sport and public playgrounds should be accessible this week also. Smacks of inconsistencies still.

30 kids in a 40 square metre classroom from Mon-Fri = fine.
18-36 kids on a footy oval on a Sunday = not fine.
50-100 kids on a school playground = fine.
1 kid on a public playground = not fine.
Up to 1500 kids in a schoolyard at recess/lunchtimes = fine.
11 kids at a birthday party = not fine.

To add to this, school will be a half-assed experience for kids if they go back next week anyway. Excursions, incursions, assemblies, school sport, extra-curricular activities, special events etc all cancelled for the forseeable future, which is bullshit if kids ‘don’t catch/transmit the virus’. Double standards everywhere.

I keep hearing this argument about School vs Sport vs Other Group Activities for kids. The part I keep thinking is being missed is that for any of those other items to occur it would involve many other adults (parents, umpires, organisers, etc) to be involved. As apposed to school which has a controlled number of adults in the mix. You open that box to quickly and we will be back to where we were a month or two ago.

I get that teachers are worried, but when the chief medical officer says it is safe to go back then why can't this just be taken for what it is. Instead we have the head of the teachers union coming out publicly saying don't send your kids back to school. Why on earth would they say this? On what grounds do they think this is a good approach? You now have what I'm hearing is one of the biggest frustrations for teachers... Half of the students on campus and the other half studying online from home.

This virus is going to be around for many many more months. The government is working towards returning to some form of normality - but the virus will still be around. The idea being that we can almost have normal lives but the second there is a new case or an outbreak everyone involved would be isolated - this applied to whether it be a kid from a school or an adult from a workplace.

I’m not the biggest fan of the way the union have carried on, and I agree, having half/half attendance is actually the hardest scenario for teachers. Ultimately, despite what ScoMo (and the Union) say, it is still 100% the decision of the parents to send their children to school on a particular day or not.

But again, if kids can’t pass on/catch the virus, why can’t they have a kick on a Sunday with parents in cars watching/socially distancing? You need an umpire, coach and team manager, similar to having a teacher, SSO and maybe another subject/yard duty teacher that kids will come into contact with during the day at school. It is literally no different. My daughter isn’t allowed to go to her swimming class on a Sunday morning, but I can have thirty kids around me in a small space the day after?

The example I’ll give is I have two students who are your typical boys, only come to school for recess, lunch, PE and the SAPSASA carnivals every three weeks. Those carnivals are the carrot I have to dangle in front of them so they hand up any sort of work and so they successfully manage their behaviour. That carrot is gone, I wouldn’t be surprised if they end up suspended soon after working out SAPSASA isn’t back. The kids who love their music, well choir and instrumental lessons are gone. We’ve been told our food tech lessons are still theory until further notice, there goes the highlight for the kids who love cooking. Unless you love English and Maths, school won’t be the whole experience for a while for a lot of kids, which is sad if it’s completely safe.

Jim05 wrote:Queensland relaxing a few restrictions next week

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