Schools and Covid 19 (part 5) **Mod warnings in OP**

I am not judging you but just a question that interests me . Does your mother agree with your decision or do you think she would agree with you ?

id agree with the idea , we have to get away from this idea that every death is one too many, unfortunately we all end up dead in the end , theres no escape. time to live our lives to the max, thats what living with covid is about. we wont have a huge amount of deaths at this stage, all were doing is saving health sysytem thats not citizens job

My mother was a nurse her whole life and for the last 20 years of her career she worked in an ICU setting .. so yes she does support the notion of doing anything that keeps people out of ICU

No I don't send every penny of my disposable income to Africa. The comparison you are trying to make is really really poor. Donating all of my disposable income is not comparable to being asked to wear a mask in school.

According to you, your child shouldn't wear a mask, just to suit an 80 year old, yet by making that comment you expect that a teacher would put themselves at higher risk in the classroom, just to suit your child.

What is so special about your child that they should be considered in spite of not considering anyone themselves?

Only an idiot objects to proven safety measures being introduced.

I do use antigen tests .. but I want to visit her and the less risk we as as a family of getting the virus means the more I can see of her

i will reiterate .. my kids have no issue what so ever with masks .. at 9 and 12 years old it just isn't a big deal

Well, it had been done away with up until about two or three weeks ago when cases started to rise again. There was talk at the time of teachers being exempt from the isolating. It was apparently reported that they were exempt from it but that mention was quickly removed from the rte website and then it was confirmed that teachers wouldn't be exempt and would also have to isolate for 10 days if they became close contacts.

I would imagine that it was probably initially intended that teachers would be exempt from that rule, but under pressure about how that might look, they had to change their minds.

Another way this 'isolate for 10 days rule' becomes a drain on staff numbers is when a teacher's child tests positive. They are then out for 10 days to isolate for that.

So ... between those two scenarios, I'm guessing that they came up with the conclusion that the best (ie: cheapest) option was to mask the children.

As a vaccinated, second level teacher, I would be happy for the 10 day isolation for close contacts to be removed from secondary school settings because of the masks. It effectively has been removed because of the presence of masks.

Your analogy is seriously flawed.

I don't see how, this thread is all about risk, crossing the road outside the school has a far greater risk of serious injury and death than Covid would to a primary schooler - banning cars must be the conclusion so if risk minimisation is the goal.