School attendance back at high levels in England
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First official figures show school return has been "smooth" so far, with pupils back in the classroom.
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Good news. Nice to see something getting back to normal.
There is no evidence that daily infection figures are rising after one week back at school.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
Good to see return to school and pupils getting back to face to face learning, meeting peers and also for many getting school meals. Also for all school staff, getting the opportunity to get back more fully to the work they enjoy. Yes there are risks but we have to learn live with that.
Very sensible post. However sensible and uncontroversial a post is, there are always a few who disagree, and vote it down. The only people who could disagree with your post are malingerers, who perhaps hoped for a longer school closure period....
As a teacher, I strongly believe schools should never have closed and exams should never have been cancelled. Glad they're back, the workload has reduced massively.
I do wish people had to explain why down voting on this very positive comment.
Must be the word "teacher"
Must be the word "teacher"
Nice for you doug, but quite pleased you never got to teach my kid.
Yes well done to all the good teachers not the lefty ones who wanted the schools to remain closed
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There is a primary school across the road from us. It has been positively joyful to hear them out at playtime and being back together again. It also makes a total nonsense of how you can't meet another family outdoors.
And the parents who juggled childcare, homes schooling, and holding down a job. I did it with a 2 and 6 year old and it was bloody hard work, but I consider myself lucky. I have so much appreciation for the single parents and those in small flats without gardens.
Hopefully this time it will be for good, although think how many lives could have been saved if Boris had not been completely oblivious to the dangers of Covid in late Feb/early March.
Credit to the schoolkids. In all of this upheaval over the last 12 months they've just got on with it and, for the most part, done as they've been asked.
The ones who have been unable to follow the very simple rules along the way have been the supposedly more "mature" adults.
The ones who have been unable to follow the very simple rules along the way have been the supposedly more "mature" adults.
Excellent news. Credit to the school leaders & teachers for setting up. Obviously the virus is still here so keeping a close eye on any potential illness is paramount. If children stay off due to suspected reasons, until they have a negative result then it should not be recorded on their record of absence. If confirmed covid schools need to support them and their families.
Lucky English teachers, only one type of teaching required. Here in Scotland the SG have decided to make things more complex with even more workload. Difficult to think it is for any reason other than politics.
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So should all school children just remain at home for another 5 months or so?
Stay locked up if you're not happy some people have lives to live
Wouldn't we need to have a third wave first? Cases are down over 10% today compared to last Tuesday so no sign of any increase so far, despite increased testing, and hospitalisations and deaths continue to fall rapidly as you would expect.
bobography: Absolute totally insane rubbish. You really are full of the joys of spring aren't you?
It is stupid comments like yours that actually cause things to go the wrong way, so just think about it.
It is stupid comments like yours that actually cause things to go the wrong way, so just think about it.
Well done everybody!
my last comment was the fastest one to be removed ever.
my last comment was the fastest one to be removed ever.
I'm pretty sure the censors have removed some of mine a lot quicker. All you have to do is include something derogatory about the beeb and hey presto, you get silenced. It's good to know that TV taxpayers money is keeping some people employed at the beeb who would otherwise be on the dole.
There is no evidence that daily infection figures are rising after one week back at school.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
REWILDER: Brainless, just like your totally insane, simple-minded, highly uneducated comment.
Schools COULD NOT be closed forever, and kids DO NEED to be in school to get a proper education.
Plus the fact that schools now have covid testing in place, which helps to combat the risks of the virus spreading. So get your facts right.
Schools COULD NOT be closed forever, and kids DO NEED to be in school to get a proper education.
Plus the fact that schools now have covid testing in place, which helps to combat the risks of the virus spreading. So get your facts right.
The virus may spread a bit more because of schools being open, but, whether this leads to more people suffering with / dying from Covid will depend upon how effective the vaccines are. I would have preferred move vaccinations to have been done before relaxing Lockdown, but, compared to the BBC's pet EU, we are doing very well.
Great to see. Schools should never have closed.
It's to our shame that in the first lockdown, schools closed before pubs and opened long after them. I'll never forget bringing my distraught kids home from school after it closed, after telling them this was to protect the elderly, only to walk past all the pubs full of old men drinking.
It's to our shame that in the first lockdown, schools closed before pubs and opened long after them. I'll never forget bringing my distraught kids home from school after it closed, after telling them this was to protect the elderly, only to walk past all the pubs full of old men drinking.
I was a teacher for 20 years and nowhere do bugs spread more rapidly than in schools. I hope I'm wrong this time.
Did you teach infectious diseases or epidemiology? No? Then it is purely your opinion, not scientific fact!
The Isle of Man is evidence of that with a significant rise in infections in school children! Of course, if you are a parent, or a grandparent who looks after school age children, you already know it's inevitable. Anybody who has worked in education also knows it, especially in the term following the summer holidays.
Bugs spread rapidly, but somehow concentrate their attentions on those, amongst the pupils and the staff, who are malingerers.
Schools are as good as designed to spread diseases as effectively as possible. Pull in one or two from most households, stir them all day in a closed room, return with all they swapped back out to all those homes. Practically a bio weapon funcion!
Of course they’re all in school. It’s mandatory and you don’t get a choice!!
Actually you do and some are taking it. You can de-register your child and home educate. I wonder where these fall in the statistics being bandied around?
Yes the virus is still here and going nowhere quick, but now the vaccination programme is so successful, we should see the benefits of it not being so virulent. Fewer hopitalisations and definitely many fewer deaths..............?
Yes, 110 deaths announced from covid today in what's often the highest day of week for announced deaths (231 last Tuesday) and the ONS figures show, even over a week ago, there were only around 400 excess deaths in a week so we will certainly be below the 5 year average for deaths now.
I notice one tabloid was this morning already proclaiming an increase in infections and a stalling in the fall in deaths as a result of the return to school.
Absolutely shameful, and today's figures are in total contrast to that headline.
Absolutely shameful, and today's figures are in total contrast to that headline.
Any rise in cases would not have fed into hospital admissions/deaths yet. Deaths down 52% today compared to last Tuesday. Even cases are down today (8% compared to last week).
You and the tabloid are both incorrect. There is always a "lag" between each stage from infection onwards....
So who do you believe and why?
Great news, credit to the teachers and school staff who've worked throughout the pandemic to support the children & credit to the children who have kept on learning through all the upheaval. It's been a really tough 12 months & lots of uncertainty re GCSE & A levels - hopefully things will start to improve soon
There were at least twenty five schools in Greater Manchester where infections had occurred by this Monday, since the return of schools. Hundreds of children sent home No mention in the media except in Manchester Evening News. Schools are safe but the truth is out there.
Now let's stop the obsession with monitoring school attendance. During the pandemic we've seen schools badgering parents, telling them they'll be fined if they don't bring in their child - "if they've got a cough but haven't had a positive test yet, you have to bring them in". Even in normal times, forcing people to attend (work or school) when they're contagious is asking for trouble.
School's no longer have discretion. Headteachers MUST enforce attendance.
There is no evidence that daily infection figures are rising after one week back at school.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
Yes, the PCR positives have continued declining steadily with no noticeable impact from schools going back so far. LFT positives have increased but that would be expected with 1 million extra tests a day. Only 1/3rd of them have been followed up with a positive PCR test suggesting the majority of them are false positives.
Even if it does, you can’t sacrifice children’s futures forever! It’s time for children to be prioritised
There is no evidence that daily infection figures are rising after one week back at school.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
OMG dont say that...the worry brigade will then say thats abnormal so must be something else wrong
The case numbers were coming down quite rapidly before the schools re-opened. At best they could now be described as 'stalled'.
Well done everybody!
my last comment was the fastest one to be removed ever.
my last comment was the fastest one to be removed ever.
There is no evidence that daily infection figures are rising after one week back at school.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
Because testing is being done at schools you would expect the opposite surely?
Otherwise what is the point?
Testing at schools means not sending those with infections into schools to spread it and also ensuring that they self isolate so they don't pass it on outside school.
You would expect a fall in the figures not a rise
Otherwise what is the point?
Testing at schools means not sending those with infections into schools to spread it and also ensuring that they self isolate so they don't pass it on outside school.
You would expect a fall in the figures not a rise
I'm not convinced that's correct. Infections take longer than that to spot. Isn't it 2 to 3 weeks?
It takes time for the infection to take hold, so wouldn't expect kids to have tested positive last week unless they'd been exposed before they went back. This is why people still have to quarantine for 10-14 days after contact even if they test negative.
And daily case numbers do seem to have stopped declining, although as you say, probably due to more testing.
And daily case numbers do seem to have stopped declining, although as you say, probably due to more testing.
Lucky English teachers, only one type of teaching required. Here in Scotland the SG have decided to make things more complex with even more workload. Difficult to think it is for any reason other than politics.
Marking load increase? What are you marking Wellbeing and PE?
Schools have never actually closed, im not a key worker who works at Costa or McDonalds so ours has remained open and running at 40% attendance.
Simple, schools should have been fully closed like at the first lockdown and stayed that way for a full year at least. These bad attitudes to getting then back for a few, to short reopenings is and was stupid, disease spreading, pandering to bad child dumping parents. Free childcare has be amply demonstrated as the only thing wanted or valued in state school gulags.
Attendance could be higher if the authorities accept that a (red-light) lateral flow test can give a false result and allow a PCR test to over-rule the result.
After all, the LFT are voluntary.
After all, the LFT are voluntary.
Coca Cola gives a positive lateral flow test result.
Have a drink before your swab - hey presto a fortnight off school.
(dont believe me? - try it!)
Have a drink before your swab - hey presto a fortnight off school.
(dont believe me? - try it!)
Aye. Shame about the righty government telling schools they had to close.
"Lefty ones"
Just hope they are not the ones teaching your kids
"Leftism" is the stock in trade of the NUS
Want a beer son, want to meet girls
Come along to the UNI bar, it's run by the NUS, it's called the "Nelson Mandela (brain washing) Bar"
Just hope they are not the ones teaching your kids
"Leftism" is the stock in trade of the NUS
Want a beer son, want to meet girls
Come along to the UNI bar, it's run by the NUS, it's called the "Nelson Mandela (brain washing) Bar"
If you're so smart, why aren't you a teacher? Presumably,
you think its ok to have right wing teachers because you think they're all good. Why is asking for reasonable health protection a left issue?
you think its ok to have right wing teachers because you think they're all good. Why is asking for reasonable health protection a left issue?
There is no evidence that daily infection figures are rising after one week back at school.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
Yes, the PCR positives have continued declining steadily with no noticeable impact from schools going back so far. LFT positives have increased but that would be expected with 1 million extra tests a day. Only 1/3rd of them have been followed up with a positive PCR test suggesting the majority of them are false positives.
Schools should never have been closed in the first place. The evidence to take such a catastrophic step has never been there or revealed to us by the Government. Now parents have to run the gauntlet of weekly testing and risk kids being off isolating. If parents withdrew their consent for testing then all kids will be kept at school at all times. As it should have been all along.
I'll bet most parents are only too grateful to be rid of their little darlings.
Actually it was a little heart breaking sending mine into school, I enjoyed the time together. At the end of the day it is better for them to be in school with their friends. It is nice to be able to finish my work during the day 14 hours days are tiring. I no longer need to pretend I can teach. I have to say I am looking forward to the Easter break I do need it.
I should say so - especially if they've been trying to work from home and home-school at the same time. Some of our friends have been pretty stressed out by that, to say the least. Eternally grateful mine finished A levels last year (so now he's "at university" [i.e., at home], but that's another story.)
I was delighted mine are back, yes. I can't teach all the subjects mine cover in A levels & GCSE. My children are now benefitting from being in school, interacting with other people and learning from people who have specialist knowledge. When working they will be learning & working with colleagues so great they are getting back into school & building knowledge and skills for the workplace
Attendance could be higher if the authorities accept that a (red-light) lateral flow test can give a false result and allow a PCR test to over-rule the result.
After all, the LFT are voluntary.
After all, the LFT are voluntary.
But..... everyone keeps pretending children like school! Why would they be normal and try to get out if it? You are not 'on message' of the propaganda! ??
Schools back, cases still trending down, vaccination rate soaring - well done all concerned
well except the teachers and especially the unions who if they had their way would still be wanting to make their 10 week break and all year one....
There is no evidence that daily infection figures are rising after one week back at school.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
Now let's stop the obsession with monitoring school attendance. During the pandemic we've seen schools badgering parents, telling them they'll be fined if they don't bring in their child - "if they've got a cough but haven't had a positive test yet, you have to bring them in". Even in normal times, forcing people to attend (work or school) when they're contagious is asking for trouble.
I know, that's the problem: everyone else has been told to isolate if you have symptoms, but kids have still been required to go to school even if they had one of the major ones (cough, temperature, loss of smell etc) - this was a bigger deal when PCRs were hard to get hold of.
Our local primary has 4 year groups self isolating and scores of positive cases after just 1 week back.
Really? This must be an isolated case as cases have continued to drop. If there were scores of cases in one primary there would be thousands England wide.
Sarah the socialist making things up again to have a pop at the government, change the record please
I'm helping testing at a local secondary school & we have conducted over 2000 tests with 1 positive so far. They turned out to be negative after a PCR test. So DONT believe what negative press you read or hear about.
Schools back, cases still trending down, vaccination rate soaring - well done all concerned
Jealous, are you...
Or just full of it!
Or just full of it!
10 week break?
You mean to say I have been teaching when I didn't need to
Please let me know what dates I worked extra so I can claim back!
You mean to say I have been teaching when I didn't need to
Please let me know what dates I worked extra so I can claim back!
If it weren't for your execrable grammar and punctuation, Stuart, you'd be very welcome to join us. However, experience tells me that anyone who still believes that teaching is one long holiday wouldn't survive ten minutes in a typical modern school without begging for help.
I tired and lazy comment.
I do love these sweeping generalisations.
I do love these sweeping generalisations.
There is no evidence that daily infection figures are rising after one week back at school.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
Great news, credit to the teachers and school staff who've worked throughout the pandemic to support the children & credit to the children who have kept on learning through all the upheaval. It's been a really tough 12 months & lots of uncertainty re GCSE & A levels - hopefully things will start to improve soon
Evidence please.
Otherwise I cannot credit the validity of your statement for submission.
Otherwise I cannot credit the validity of your statement for submission.
You really like teachers, don't you...
Did one run over your dog, or something?
Did one run over your dog, or something?
From my knowledge of friends & working with schools I've seen massive commitment from staff & the struggle to sort free school meals last year. I'm aware there'll be poor staff-same in any role but I don't tar everyone with the same brush.My children have been well supported & I'm grateful to all who've worked during covid but this is school HYS so I only commented on them. Keep safe
Please make the distinction between teachers who are doing a fantastic job and the Unions who are trying to bring down the government.
Attendance could be higher if the authorities accept that a (red-light) lateral flow test can give a false result and allow a PCR test to over-rule the result.
After all, the LFT are voluntary.
After all, the LFT are voluntary.
REWILDER: Brainless, just like your totally insane, simple-minded, highly uneducated comment.
Schools COULD NOT be closed forever, and kids DO NEED to be in school to get a proper education.
Plus the fact that schools now have covid testing in place, which helps to combat the risks of the virus spreading. So get your facts right.
Schools COULD NOT be closed forever, and kids DO NEED to be in school to get a proper education.
Plus the fact that schools now have covid testing in place, which helps to combat the risks of the virus spreading. So get your facts right.
OK they are back. But in the local area. A few students have already been sent home after positive test. Only just into the second week. We will have the full picture come Easter. To whether it was the right call for them to return. Many think the return should have been after Easter. Let's see.
If they test positive they should be sent home! Do you want them hanging around other students infecting them?
Don't care if the infection rates shoot up. We're not gong back to that madness!
Schools should never have been closed in the first place. The evidence to take such a catastrophic step has never been there or revealed to us by the Government. Now parents have to run the gauntlet of weekly testing and risk kids being off isolating. If parents withdrew their consent for testing then all kids will be kept at school at all times. As it should have been all along.
I've got vulnerabilities as a parent with health conditions but children must always come first. If i catch Covid and the worst happens then so be it. It's what parents do. Put their kids welfare first.
I'll bet most parents are only too grateful to be rid of their little darlings.
Actually it was a little heart breaking sending mine into school, I enjoyed the time together. At the end of the day it is better for them to be in school with their friends. It is nice to be able to finish my work during the day 14 hours days are tiring. I no longer need to pretend I can teach. I have to say I am looking forward to the Easter break I do need it.
I was a teacher for 20 years and nowhere do bugs spread more rapidly than in schools. I hope I'm wrong this time.
I'd have thought that every parent would disagree with you... You don't need too many qualifications to spot sickness in your children...
Check the latest Isle of Man stats! A very high percentage are schoolkids! Any parent or caregiver will tell you that they are little germ factories. But, Damrugmby10 said he was a teacher, so people like you think you know it all and that teachers are responsible for all the ills in society, and therefore, a legitimate target for your venom!
Infection rates are not going down !!! Stagnated at 5500 -6000 a day since 28th Feb over 2 weeks !!! Why has this not been reported !!!!!
Maybe because it's not true? On the 28th Feb the 7 day average of reported cases was 7172.6, now it's 5689.
More importantly deaths have gone from over 200 a day to around 120 a day in that time and more than halved compared to last Tuesday today.
More importantly deaths have gone from over 200 a day to around 120 a day in that time and more than halved compared to last Tuesday today.
Oh dear. I’ll explain for you. The aims of the ‘Covid programme’ was never to reduce infections per-say, but reduce serious illness and deaths. Before we had the vac. the ONLY way to do that was to reduce infections. Now those at most risk of serious illness have been jabbed. Look at the death and admission rates. The ongoing response has to be like annual flu- never see those rates reported,
Also maybe helpful for you. It is great that it has stagnated. Testing is now around 1.5 million DAY!! Most in the world (evidence=phe website) It is not going up, sure the more you test , the more you find, they are testing more but it is pretty static.
You could have a million cases per day. So long as hospitalisation and deaths are low then the number of cases is irrelevant.
If it has not been reported then how come you are quoting figures that have not been reported?
Dude, chill!
The deaths and hospitalisations are plummeting. That's what really matters.
The deaths and hospitalisations are plummeting. That's what really matters.
Schools back, cases still trending down, vaccination rate soaring - well done all concerned
It's good that kids are back at school, but the ones I've spoken to are having their lives made miserable by being forced to wear masks all da: and I do mean forced. While it's not a legal obligation I'm hearing reports of schools illegally punishing students who exercise their right not to wear a mask. "Teacher leave that kid alone!"
With nearly 25 million now vaccinated kids don't need this.
With nearly 25 million now vaccinated kids don't need this.
Infection rates are not going down !!! Stagnated at 5500 -6000 a day since 28th Feb over 2 weeks !!! Why has this not been reported !!!!!
Look at the daily numbers each day and average it since the 28th. Accept deaths didn’t comment on that. My point is for 14 days it’s been within 4-500 stagnating each day. Prior to that if stagnated around 9k for 2 weeks
Hopefully, parliament can get back to high levels. Lead by example.
But they should be regularly tested before returning.
Tested for Covid.... and integrity.
Currently only the absence of one of those things seems to determine attendance.
Tested for Covid.... and integrity.
Currently only the absence of one of those things seems to determine attendance.
Jealous, are you...
Or just full of it!
Or just full of it!
Oh, do give it a rest. What "real" world do you mean and it what way are YOU making this "real" world a better place? Why don't you offer your skills - assuming they're even vaguely useful - to your local comprehensive? If you make it to break without pleading for help, they might even buy you a bun.
As a teacher I have just returned home from work - 5.50pm. Today was an early finish. I will be doing another 3 hours of work this evening. I do this 4 nights each week and I work one full day every weekend. Always have done. I will work pretty much every day at half term and one week at Easter. I will be in school 2-3 weeks in the summer break. It was easier before I was a teacher.
So what planet are they on, if not this one...
Another jealous moaner who wouldn't survive as a teacher, I suspect.
And no, I'm not now, and have never been, a teacher!
Another jealous moaner who wouldn't survive as a teacher, I suspect.
And no, I'm not now, and have never been, a teacher!
Infection rates are not going down !!! Stagnated at 5500 -6000 a day since 28th Feb over 2 weeks !!! Why has this not been reported !!!!!
Infection rates are not going down !!! Stagnated at 5500 -6000 a day since 28th Feb over 2 weeks !!! Why has this not been reported !!!!!
Oh dear. I’ll explain for you. The aims of the ‘Covid programme’ was never to reduce infections per-say, but reduce serious illness and deaths. Before we had the vac. the ONLY way to do that was to reduce infections. Now those at most risk of serious illness have been jabbed. Look at the death and admission rates. The ongoing response has to be like annual flu- never see those rates reported,
They've had an important lesson in BS
Marking load increase? What are you marking Wellbeing and PE?
There is no evidence that daily infection figures are rising after one week back at school.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
Cases are not coming down. But tests have increased by 42%
Test more people and you get more cases. Simple!!
Test more people and you get more cases. Simple!!
yes, but the death rate and serious illness rate is coming down and that is what matters.
not a true statement - as you could test more and find fewer cases, so your premise is statistically, scientifically wrong, and youre real intent misleading rubbish
You are absolutely correct, but the so called ‘educated’ out there , who normally love their data don’t seem to be able to understand that simple scientific fact. Cases are pretty static ,even when testing has gone up to circ 1.5 million a DAY. If you apply proper statistical methods, cases are actually going down rapidly.
There is no evidence that daily infection figures are rising after one week back at school.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
That'll be because the testing has tripled since schools returned in England on 8th March. You do more tests, you get more potential positives.
They're still coming down actually but the decrease in the rate at which they're coming down actually is likely to have more to do with the substantial increase in lateral flow tests than anything else. The numbers testing positive with a PCR test are still falling consistently but LFT positives have increased.
OK they are back. But in the local area. A few students have already been sent home after positive test. Only just into the second week. We will have the full picture come Easter. To whether it was the right call for them to return. Many think the return should have been after Easter. Let's see.
Infection rates are not going down !!! Stagnated at 5500 -6000 a day since 28th Feb over 2 weeks !!! Why has this not been reported !!!!!
Yours literally the most ignorant, ill-informed post I have read on HYS. Were you bullied by your teachers?
So if it is that chushy, why aren't you a teacher?
Don't worry. The Media will be rummaging through data reports and putting their own spin on it soon to make it onto a negative event. It's great that a vast majority of children are back at school, yes, there will be positive COVID tests but so what ?? COVID isn't going anywhere, the same as flu and the common cold hasn't gone anywhere. There is never 100% attendance in any school.
There is no evidence that daily infection figures are rising after one week back at school.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
In fact you would have expected a rise in the figures simply because the testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases - but even that hasn't happened.
Because testing is being done at schools you would expect the opposite surely?
Otherwise what is the point?
Testing at schools means not sending those with infections into schools to spread it and also ensuring that they self isolate so they don't pass it on outside school.
You would expect a fall in the figures not a rise
Otherwise what is the point?
Testing at schools means not sending those with infections into schools to spread it and also ensuring that they self isolate so they don't pass it on outside school.
You would expect a fall in the figures not a rise
The testing done at schools would find cases that would otherwise have been undetected, especially asymptomatic cases.
These are pre-existing cases that have been kept out of schools by the screening, thus making schools a safer environment.
These are pre-existing cases that have been kept out of schools by the screening, thus making schools a safer environment.
I am already looking at the averages and you are not correct, it has still declined in the last 2 weeks, just not as quickly as it was before.
It should be noted that the more case rates reduce the more significant false positives become and testing 1.5 million people a day, mostly with lateral flow tests with a false positive rate of around 0.1% is likely to give at least 1,000 false positives.
It should be noted that the more case rates reduce the more significant false positives become and testing 1.5 million people a day, mostly with lateral flow tests with a false positive rate of around 0.1% is likely to give at least 1,000 false positives.
Deaths are now below average for the time of year but we may have to stay in lockdown until zero deaths for any cause are achieved.
That is no more likely than you coming up with a good idea...
There will never , ever be zero deaths from covid. It will become like influenza , one of the ways old people die.
I agree. Sharpest knives out of the drawer because they are being practical, adapting to whatever the need is at the time.
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Wrong. Negative tests are not been reported only positive ones. More tests means you more likely to find infectious people which are counted.