The papers split their headlines between concerns over the safety of children when schools return and the rush to verify and mass produce an effective vaccine....... 

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Title wrong. Not 19th!  Every day is the same!  

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If we're going to have 30 million vaccine shots in the UK by September why rush to open the schools now?

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The papers split their headlines between concerns over the safety of children when schools return and the rush to verify and mass produce an effective vaccine....... 

Llamy could you edit the thread title please?  I did exactly the same on the current conditions thread, not just one day, but all week and nobody noticed!  

Edit - thank you. 

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Title wrong. Not 19th!  Every day is the same!  

Oops!

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  That’s lockdown for you.  Yesterday my brother cooked chips for dinner as he thought it was Saturday until his wife asked where the Sunday dinner was!  They’re having a roast today!  

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If we're going to have 30 million vaccine shots in the UK by September why rush to open the schools now?

Indeed.

Here is another survey. I find the framing of this really disgraceful:

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-poor-families-less-likely-to-want-to-send-their-children-back-to-school-survey-finds-11990192

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  That’s lockdown for you.  Yesterday my brother cooked chips for dinner as he thought it was Saturday until his wife asked where the Sunday dinner was!  They’re having a roast today!  

I'll take any excuse on offer! Thanks for spotting it Caz 

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If we're going to have 30 million vaccine shots in the UK by September why rush to open the schools now?

That was my first thought when I read a post saying a vaccine would be available in September, then I found out it was subject to trials. So nothing is certain yet.  I don’t think we can, or should,  pin our hopes on a vaccine because it might never happen.  

Of course we all hope there will be a vaccine and it’s looking positive on that front but it could take longer and we have to make provision for if it doesn’t happen soon. We can’t hold everything up on ‘ifs’ and ‘maybes’.  We need a plan B.

My view on schools re-opening is to plan as proposed in full consultation with teaching staff, but wait and see whether it’s safe enough to do so when the time comes.  

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  That’s lockdown for you.  Yesterday my brother cooked chips for dinner as he thought it was Saturday until his wife asked where the Sunday dinner was!  They’re having a roast today!  

Haha. It's the way you tell em!

  That’s lockdown for you.  Yesterday my brother cooked chips for dinner as he thought it was Saturday until his wife asked where the Sunday dinner was!  They’re having a roast today!  

ROFL - glad we’re not alone in forgetting the day sometimes!

 

A very good section on BBC R4 just now on the science side of Covid-19. An interview with a professor from Imperial College who said she was confident some of the candidates worldwide would produce viable vaccines - but that early 2021 was a more realistic timescale. She emphasised the challenge of gearing up for billions of shots needed worldwide and the need to ensure global cooperation.

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Haha. It's the way you tell em!

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The Times has a piece about the potential vitamin D link. Good excuse to relocate to my garden this morning.  

 

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  That’s lockdown for you.  Yesterday my brother cooked chips for dinner as he thought it was Saturday until his wife asked where the Sunday dinner was!  They’re having a roast today!  

I suggested to my other half we could make up 7 "day cards" and draw one at random each morning to decide which "day" we are having. Would add a certain unpredictability to our daily routine...

If a success we could continue it forever.

R

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The Times has a piece about the potential vitamin D link. Good excuse to relocate to my garden this morning.  

 

Ive been taking Vit D, Korean ginseng and high strength zinc for years and I never get colds

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Watch this clip about Dutch approach --> if your goal is to run virus through population then opening schools is helpful as kids can spread it through their communities. At least they're honest about the strategy. https://t.co/LuaQBM0B2r

— Devi Sridhar (@devisridhar) May 18, 2020

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Ive been taking Vit D, Korean ginseng and high strength zinc for years and I never get colds

The trouble with zinc however, is that it hides the rust until the structure underneath collapses

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The trouble with zinc however, is that it hides the rust until the structure underneath collapses

The structure underneath has already collapsed

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The Tories rushing this Bill through is a huge risk to our NHS and care sector during the #coronaviruscrisis. Frankly, it’s rank hypocrisy to over 180,000 NHS and care workers to clap for them on a Thursday night and say they’re not welcome here today: https://t.co/AnxTOh9Z0E

— Nick Thomas-Symonds MP (@NickTorfaen) May 18, 2020

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The Tories rushing this Bill through is a huge risk to our NHS and care sector during the #coronaviruscrisis. Frankly, it’s rank hypocrisy to over 180,000 NHS and care workers to clap for them on a Thursday night and say they’re not welcome here today: https://t.co/AnxTOh9Z0E

— Nick Thomas-Symonds MP (@NickTorfaen) May 18, 2020

Bull!

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