Just heard we are moving into teir 3 on saturday

Wish we in Wales were in tiers - we’re all having to pay the price for South Wales horrendous figures.

Lockdowns only work for limited periods and here in Conwy county we seemed to have lurched from local lockdown to Firebreak to curfew/abstinence in the last three months.

We’ve had approx 120 deaths due to COVID since March which for a population of 117,000 doesn’t seem a lot although I know it’s awful for families and friends who lose a loved one.

We go full on lockdown on 28th December for the foreseeable future decimating the tourist industry in North Wales.

Heard two head teachers despairing of having this test thing thrown at them at this stage.....who is to administer the tests ? Schools will need to get permission from parents. Where will it happen.. secondary schools are already extra full with having to split year groups and give the. Their own “hub”. Where are the spare staff to come from to oversee it ? Parents and volunteers will they need the equivalent of CRB checks ?

Here's the thing. Lockdowns don't work, but it's the only thing they can think of

Does the delayed return to school maybe imply that we are going to get a countrywide lockdown from Dec 28th to 11th January 2021? ie 2 weeks.

I have been ruminating lockdowns whilst sat in the hairdressers and I honestly cannot see a way to effectively lockdown/legally restrict a population of 66 + million.

My daughters' Secondary school finished the term at 1 pm today - and all pupils sent home for the holdiays.
At 2 pm the Head Master received an email from Minister for Education informing him that Years 7,8 9 will have an extra week out of school.
So, now, on top of all the other work, they have the job to try to contact parents to inform them of these new arrangements. Many of these do not have access to internet.

Weve been in Tier 3for quite a while in Bolton...cant imagine what covid figures are going to be after the 5 day mixing period...and New Years Eve...heck...parties will happen obviously...not here though...I love Christmas and New year, being with friends and family...but not this year...and it so annoys me thinking of all the people that will break the rules...

If the folk of Wirral don't behave themselves we'll be shifted to tier 3 instead of the tier 2 we're in now. They've only got themselves to blame if they fall foul of the virus thinking they know better.

We just gave the family cheques and told them to order anything they wanted for themselves and the children We had no plans to see anyone.

growstuff

The plan in schools is to have Years and 11 and 13 in school as normal (so far so good). Meanwhile, the other 7 and half million (approximately) pupils will be tested by parents and volunteers. Teachers are expected to use their Christmas holiday to organise this, in addition to tracing contacts of any pupils who have tested positive during the last days of term. It was announced at 15.45 on what is for some schools the last day of term.

This so-called 'plan' is just another ridiculous ones from our present government. So, the staff at schools, (at present struggling with numbers depleted with members being off sick themselves, or at home lookking after their own children), are now also expected to carry out all those tests each day. Of course, still continue, at same time, with all their double lesson plans (on-line and face-to-face).

No training in taking these tests - and it has been already shown that tests taken by untrained people have a very high inaccuracy rate).

Once again, the government have just earmarked a group to blame, to try to divert attention from their own total mishandling of everything to do with this virus in this country - which has given us the highest death rate in Europe as well as the worst financial outcome in Europe.