Day: 13 May 2020

The Times says the teaching unions are advising their members not to return to work if primary schools reopen in June. "The National Education Union (NEU) said it was unconvinced that there was any scientific basis behind government guidance issued yesterday that teachers didn't need PPE equipment to keep them safe," Rosemary Bennett reports. She continues: "Many parents are also sceptical that the guidelines would keep their children, family members and the wider population safe." I was quite surprised to read that, given the recent slew of evidence that children don't transmit the disease. But the real jaw-dropper is that Anneliese Dodds, the shadow chancellor, told the Times she would keep her six year-old son at home unless the Government provided evidence to show that going to school would not risk harming others. Does she not realise that children under 10 aren't infectious? Across the entire world, there hasn't been a single case – NOT A SINGLE CASE – of a child under 10 infecting someone else. What more assurance does Anneliese Dodds need? I wonder if the shadow chancellor has signed this Change.org petition demanding the Government give parents the option of keeping their kids out of school if they reopen in June because "many of us... feel it is too early". So far, it has had over 500,000 ...