Coronavirus.

tek-monkey

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King Eddie’s
Quite worrying that a school would be stupid enough to send something out that could harm both parents and pupils, I assume it will have already been pointed out to them how stupid they are but as mentioned above some will have read it and believed it. A lie told often enough becomes the new truth for many, and sending it from a 'reliable' source makes it more so.
 

Alee

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No but they have send out another email telling us to disregard it … no explanation as to why 🤔
 

tek-monkey

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No but they have send out another email telling us to disregard it … no explanation as to why 🤔
Thats almost worse, they should acknowledge that they were spreading lies.

Ever wondered whats in it for those making so much effort to stop you getting the jab? I get the whole my body my choice thing (as long as you stay the feck away from me), but why put so much effort into stopping others from doing it? Why try so hard to alter your decisions? What is the benefit to them of you, a person they will never meet, not having the vaccination. To answer that you really need to consider who 'they' are.
 

Bob

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My daughter has had a positive PCR test and I’ve got a text from the NHS confirming this giving a date of next Thursday before she can go back to school, this is what her school have told me and is in line with all the information stated on the gov.uk website.

NHS Track and trace have just been on the phone arguing with me that she needs to isolate up to and including Thursday 14th so 11 days, I think is because the girl put the info in wrong as the results date not the test date of yesterday.

Does my daughter now have to isolate for 11 days because track and trace have got it wrong or is the 10 days which is the the law sufficient?
 

littleme

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My daughter has had a positive PCR test and I’ve got a text from the NHS confirming this giving a date of next Thursday before she can go back to school, this is what her school have told me and is in line with all the information stated on the gov.uk website.

NHS Track and trace have just been on the phone arguing with me that she needs to isolate up to and including Thursday 14th so 11 days, I think is because the girl put the info in wrong as the results date not the test date of yesterday.

Does my daughter now have to isolate for 11 days because track and trace have got it wrong or is the 10 days which is the the law sufficient?
I'd say be in the safe side, it's one day against people's lives.
 

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
Yeah I get that, just feeling frustrated I guess and the conflicting information and the attitude of the girl on the phone didn’t help matters.
Did you really expect anything else from the NHS/Track and Trace?

Obfuscation and contradiction, followed by denial and blame are the trademarks of government organisations.
 

SketchyMagpie

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Did I read something recently that Track and Trace has only managed to identify about 6% of all cases? I swear I did but I can't find anything now.
 

Withnail

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I'm not sure that directly calling someone making an honest and understandable mistake (considering the source seemed trustworthy) stupid
That was directed at the creators and disseminators of this garbage, not at Alee.

You calling me stupid ?
No.

In fact, given that you didn't just accept it at face value and sought to find out more about it, i'd say that was pretty much the exact opposite of stupid.
 

tek-monkey

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staffordjas

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My daughter has had a positive PCR test and I’ve got a text from the NHS confirming this giving a date of next Thursday before she can go back to school, this is what her school have told me and is in line with all the information stated on the gov.uk website.

NHS Track and trace have just been on the phone arguing with me that she needs to isolate up to and including Thursday 14th so 11 days, I think is because the girl put the info in wrong as the results date not the test date of yesterday.

Does my daughter now have to isolate for 11 days because track and trace have got it wrong or is the 10 days which is the the law sufficient?
Son had a positive PCR test back in November ( and as soon as he had taken the test drove straight home and isolated until he got the results , just incase) .
He got the positive results and given a date when to isolate to.
Then a friend he named on track & trace had her test the day after his , tested positive , so sons isolation date was extended by an extra day.
 

cj1

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Is excess mortality not a good matrix for determining how well different strategies have performed to reduce harm?
 

tek-monkey

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Is excess mortality not a good matrix for determining how well different strategies have performed to reduce harm?
It depends if harm is binary to you, dead or not dead, with any survivors classed as not being affected? I'd say if it's harm you want to measure then hospital admissions would be a closer metric, but then a lot of people have not recovered from covid despite never being ill enough to need a bed.

Harm is a rather vague measurement.
 
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