Comments by "Simon Hool" (@simonhool3073) on "Coronavirus: govt “confident” children will be safe to return to school - BBC News" video.

  1. Team Toby 05 Some schools with disabled children have been open the whole time.
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  2. Ishmael Stanisauskis Teachers have been teaching from home the whole time.
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  3. Ishmael Stanisauskis Vast majority have been.
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  4. Ishmael Stanisauskis The vast majority of schools in the UK, regardless of state or private, have been providing education remotely. Maybe in your area they aren’t but as a nation the vast majority are. It is also wrong to say that this is a free holiday when teachers and support staff have been laid off or furloughed as a result of the virus while teaching remotely.
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  5. Asabul Miah Social distancing relaxed in schools.
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  6. Wizdumb37 He isn’t though.
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  7. B Because they are senior schools that only start at year 9. No state or private senior schools are going back this term, only private junior or prep schools are.
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  8. Gnosys Thought Eton and Harrow both start at year 9, making them senior schools. No senior schools, regardless of their funding status, is going back in June. This is nothing to do with “sending the plebs first to act as guinea pigs”.
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  9. Panda God Those cases were from home and not schools opening.
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  10. Mark Jueno The government have said if a child is vulnerable don’t send them in.
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  11. Bex Bex Social distancing relaxed in schools.
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  12. James Cornelius Taylor You cannot use Eton like that, they are a senior school with their youngest year being year 9. No state or private senior schools are going back in June.
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  13. James Cornelius Taylor Never heard such a preposterous question.
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  14. Mike Shuker Social distancing isn’t relaxed in schools.
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  15. alsadya mamon Social distancing is relaxed in schools.
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  16. Shrub 1975 Private junior and prep schools are going back for the appropriate years this term. Senior schools, regardless of finances, are not going back. This is nothing to do with independent vs state.
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  17. john cartwright Petition will do nothing.
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  18. gizmorow21 Many teachers have been laid off or furloughed.
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  19. sarah wass No child of age who would be going back in June has died from Covid-19 with no pre-existing conditions.
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