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I can't recall his exact wording but he used strong language, I'm pretty sure he said don't believe the stuff you read online about lockdowns as it's rubbish and that they haven't spoke about lockdowns. It was towards the end of the conference and after crapping on about the schools not needing to close because Singapore didn't close theirs.

So in short, teachers and kids are 'taking one for the team' it appears.

For the record, kids DO catch the virus and will spread it despite early reports suggesting otherwise.

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Give up the smokes, everyday you clock up smoke free might make the difference!

I heard the only logically sounding argument as to why schools should stay OPEN.

If they close, who has to look after them?
1. Parents
2. Grandparents

Now if it is grandparents, they are in the high risk category. It could increase the number of deaths seen as a result.
Now if it is parents, that supposedly means that 30% of the healthcare system has to stay home (Nurses doctors etc) to look after those kids. The system is already bulging and limiting the resources could break it. Less staff means longer waits and potentially more deaths.

So in short, teachers and kids are 'taking one for the team' it appears.

For the record, kids DO catch the virus and will spread it despite early reports suggesting otherwise.

Watch the video in MBB's link

There have never been official reports saying kids don't get it, so it's a good idea not to slag off the officials with media innuendo, you know how to discuss this appropriately and debug that rubbish. It's like the media repeating the rubbish about NSAIDs and COVID-19, disgraceful media behaviour based on an outright fear-mongering lie that was a distortion of a simple warning that "for all people NSAIDSs carry more risk than paracetamol" having COVID-19 makes little difference.

Even worse is the media loosely associating the number of cases with the number of deaths, as each week passes the death rate reduces approaching that of Influenza.

If you want to be critical, think about this. Some experts are shouting from the rooftops that 14 million people in Australia will get COVID-19, but Wuhan where this all started has more people than all of Australia and is a fraction of the size, Wuhan's metro population of 19 million is the equivalent of packing every Australian into just 1/4 of Tasmania. Yet based on the current trajectories Wuhan won't get anywhere near 14 million cases.

Of course we know that kids get COVID-19 too, but they might show little or no symptoms as do many adults who get nothing more than a mild cold or sore throat. Primarily it seems if you have been lucky enough to get the right type of Flu, Cold or Immunisation previously, you could already have partial immunity to COVID-19. Subjectively, the elderly and some First Nation type societies are at greater risk, but the data is immature as the investigation is still under way.

Already there is a strong association appearing to smokers and COVID-19 susceptibility, it may be no accident that elderly Chinese and Italians who live in high density housing and are frequently life long chain smokers might be coping the brunt of this virus. People who already have reduced lung capacity and lose more of what they have left when they get COVID-19. Another one for the tobacco industry to take credit for!

Give up the smokes, everyday you clock up smoke free might make the difference!

My kids' school closed today after a positive test yesterday. A teacher I gather.

UK will shut all school as of tomorrow - we should do the same.

I blame Dan for allowing all the GP crew and supporters in without any quarantine!

That was a huge f-up