Teacher. Fan of out-of-date bio photographs.
Norwich
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Not strictly CPD, but I learned a lot about how to avoid gibberish, bad writing practice, and the curse of knowledge. Things I have been guilty of when teaching and during my academic studies.
Although I'm sure this isn't new to our English teachers
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👇🏼 personally find this sub-optimal (guidance for the US given high # of cases). School as much about social interaction & play as it is about literacy & numeracy. Govts need to figure out how to suppress the virus so kids can be kids.
The CDC has issued steps to keep children safe when schools reopen, including placing desks six feet apart, ensuring children wear face coverings and the closure of communal areas like playgrounds.
Here's what we know about the risks to children cnn.it/3gLrqpi
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Experts like Germany's @c_drosten were drafted in to advise governments on how to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, and quickly became household names.
Now they're at the centre of conspiracy theories, media disputes, and receiving death threats. p.dw.com/p/3cxEv
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Hello, please find the unroll here: @richdavisphd: What does a mask do? Blocks respiratory droplets coming from your mouth and throat. Two simple demos:… threadreaderapp.com/thread/1… Have a good day. 🤖
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“Given the lockdown has now been largely released,...and we still have a pretty reasonable level of infections in the community, I would be very surprised if we avoided a second wave,” - Prof. John Bell, Oxford theguardian.com/world/2020/j…
are they more likely to bring lightning home from school and accidentally kill their grandad with it though?
Our Daily Telegraph splash today: School age children more likely to be hit by lightning than die of coronavirus telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
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Paramotor pilot takes rare flight over Norwich airport edp24.co.uk/daniel-jones-par…
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I fear that as long as the ICUs aren't overflowing, just 'near full' (& the TV screens aren't showing such politically damaging scenes) then we have in fact got a covert policy with an agreed acceptable quota of deaths in exchange for a return.
I wonder the £ value of each death?
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"It's an opportunity to have children in a healthier environment and there is a real opportunity to be inventive and take our schools out of doors." @GabrielScally
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"We are really concerned that the level of infectivity across the country as a whole, is too high at the moment to open the schools." @Sir_David_King #IndependentSAGE
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Looking at the estimates for daily new cases in England (8K/day), the openings of shops/schools on Monday, watching carefully what's happening in East Asia & combining this with what we know so far about this virus --> feels like mistakes are being repeated from early March.
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Education Secretary @JohnSwinney has published a summary of the scientific advice behind plans to safely re-open nurseries and playgroups over the summer and schools on 11 August.
Read more➡️gapi.io/6rfv
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4) *Transmissibility* increases with age possibly through increased frequency/severity of symptoms (see below by Davies et al). We felt this was a key point – transmission models with age-dependent *susceptibility* are different to those with age-dependent *transmissibility*
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The lack of clinical COVID19 cases in children is odd. Understanding why will be essential in deciding which social interventions are most useful. We discussed this alongside a modeling analysis here: dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/42…
@DrDJHaw @BillHanage @CJEMetcalf @michaelmina_lab
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A must-read article.
"Ludvigsson ... wrote that, “So far there have been no reports of COVID-19 outbreaks in Swedish schools,” ... However ... school outbreaks have occurred ... a teacher died and 18 of 76 staff tested positive at a school" #COVID19
sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/…
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It is very much appreciated to read this @amanda_spielman
Every school will have made mistakes but with the right intentions, its now about getting it right for students
schoolsweek.co.uk/the-road-t…
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The reopening of schools is clearly a topic of great concerns for many. On Friday @IndependentSage will be holding a public consultation to discuss. More details will follow but if you have any specific questions please respond here or Tweet @IndependentSage for consideration.
The response we've gotten to our @nytopinion piece on weaponization of Covid-19 preprints has been incredible nytimes.com/2020/05/14/opini…
Thanks to @stuartathompson and @iarynam for edits and graphics. Before-and-afters below. And here's a Shiny w/ more data storybench.shinyapps.io/prep…
