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All of this is deranged and should be disregarded as such. https://twitter.com/Eintrachtrob/status/1287695104120102913
"FF/FG/Greens couldn't care less that Covid19 will run rampant through schools and people WILL DIE"
Well known nobody who voted for them has children they love and no politician has any children.
Therefore they won't care if kids or parents die.
MUPPET.
(I can do CAPS too)
Well known nobody who voted for them has children they love and no politician has any children.
Therefore they won't care if kids or parents die.
MUPPET.
(I can do CAPS too)
Few facts to counteract those strong feelings you have:
-530 cases of Covid19 in children in Ireland during the pandemic.
-41 admitted to hospital
-3 admitted to ICU.
-0 deaths.
No child has died in Ireland during the Pandemic.
-530 cases of Covid19 in children in Ireland during the pandemic.
-41 admitted to hospital
-3 admitted to ICU.
-0 deaths.
No child has died in Ireland during the Pandemic.
Ireland's 14-day cumulative incidence of new cases:
April 1st to 14th: 154.96 per 100,000
July 14th to 28th: 5.2 per 100,000
There was over 30 times more new cases every single day in April. When infection is that widespread, everyone is at higher risk.
April 1st to 14th: 154.96 per 100,000
July 14th to 28th: 5.2 per 100,000
There was over 30 times more new cases every single day in April. When infection is that widespread, everyone is at higher risk.
Low community infection levels are the single biggest reason very few are dying in nursing homes in the past 60 days.
People consistently confuse causation and correlation.
The best nursing homes on the planet had lots of PPE, Masks, tests in April and *still got decimated*.
People consistently confuse causation and correlation.
The best nursing homes on the planet had lots of PPE, Masks, tests in April and *still got decimated*.
They got hammered through sheer force of numbers in community infection levels.
If infection is everywhere, the risk of picking up an infection and passing it on (anywhere), skyrocket.
If infection is scarce, the risks become tiny.
If infection is everywhere, the risk of picking up an infection and passing it on (anywhere), skyrocket.
If infection is scarce, the risks become tiny.
Covid19 is an insanely transmissible virus.
Masks, washing hands, social distancing are defences against the virus but they are not magic shields.
How you safeguard institutions like nursing homes and schools is by suppressing community infection.
Masks, washing hands, social distancing are defences against the virus but they are not magic shields.
How you safeguard institutions like nursing homes and schools is by suppressing community infection.
Norway's schools have been open months, relaxed criteria since Jun 1.
No mask requirement for children.
No mask requirement for teachers.
Children deaths since June 1st in Norway: ZERO
Adult deaths since June 1st: 18
In the last 58 days, they've averaged 1 death every 3 days.
No mask requirement for children.
No mask requirement for teachers.
Children deaths since June 1st in Norway: ZERO
Adult deaths since June 1st: 18
In the last 58 days, they've averaged 1 death every 3 days.
Denmark reopened their schools months ago.
No face mask requirement for children.
No face mask requirement for teachers.
Children deaths since June 1st: ZERO
Adult deaths since June 1st: 27
1 death every 2 days in the whole of Denmark.
No face mask requirement for children.
No face mask requirement for teachers.
Children deaths since June 1st: ZERO
Adult deaths since June 1st: 27
1 death every 2 days in the whole of Denmark.
Masks are not a substitute for hand washing, either.
What Denmark and Norway focused on is regular hand washing for kids. It works.
It works *if* levels of infection in the community are low to begin with and that's on all of us to protect schools and nursing homes this way.
What Denmark and Norway focused on is regular hand washing for kids. It works.
It works *if* levels of infection in the community are low to begin with and that's on all of us to protect schools and nursing homes this way.
Some countries opted for a mask approach in schools and it's also a good approach.
Mask vs No mask is a false dichotomy.
Both methods are proven to work in schools - in countries where infection is scarce at <10.0 per 100,000.
Mask vs No mask is a false dichotomy.
Both methods are proven to work in schools - in countries where infection is scarce at <10.0 per 100,000.
There is absolutely zero reason for parents to believe schools will be swamped with Covid19 or that children or their parents will die.
There's overwhelming evidence for parents to believe their children will be safe in school and none of them are going to die.
There's overwhelming evidence for parents to believe their children will be safe in school and none of them are going to die.
We've already survived a period of 152.9 per 100,000 infection. No child died during it.
To make believe children will die when new cases are now 30 times lower at 5.0 per 100,000 is farcical nonsense.
To suggest a politician wouldn't care if they died is shameless.
Shut up.
To make believe children will die when new cases are now 30 times lower at 5.0 per 100,000 is farcical nonsense.
To suggest a politician wouldn't care if they died is shameless.
Shut up.
I highlighted the adult deaths in Denmark and Norway to show that their no-mask school policy didn't end up getting parents or grandparents killed, either.
Uruguay's mask policy in schools proved equally successful.
It all comes down to levels of infection in the community.
Uruguay's mask policy in schools proved equally successful.
It all comes down to levels of infection in the community.
You look at a county like Roscommon, who haven't had a single case in 24 days or Kilkenny, with no cases in 23 days.
163,000 people live in those counties. Not one person tested positive in weeks.
These are effectively Covid-free areas - including nursing homes and schools.
163,000 people live in those counties. Not one person tested positive in weeks.
These are effectively Covid-free areas - including nursing homes and schools.
Most counties in Ireland fit this profile of very low infection.
Worst-affected counties, such as Dublin, aren't even doing badly. 10 cases per day in Dublin over past 2 weeks, out of 1.3 million people.
This is how we protect schools. Community first, everything secondary.
Worst-affected counties, such as Dublin, aren't even doing badly. 10 cases per day in Dublin over past 2 weeks, out of 1.3 million people.
This is how we protect schools. Community first, everything secondary.
Some people are so wrapped up in social media and tribal politics, that they've lost sight of what community infection levels even mean.
Our community is Ireland.
There's no child - or adult - whose death wouldn't matter to me.
Our community is Ireland.
There's no child - or adult - whose death wouldn't matter to me.
