As you have probably guessed from previous posts I am no fan of Boris or the Tories. However, I take my hat off to the way the vaccination program has been prepared and carried out. It's the one area this country has responded better than any other country in the world in my opinion. They have done a far better job than I would ever have predicted. Credit where credit is due. I do think some big mistakes were made in the early stages of the pandemic and especially with the test and tracing - though I see no value in politicising it for now. Any government would have made mistakes. Some of them will need looked at later and learned from. I also think some of the major mistakes were down to the ingrained culture of how awarding contracts has always been done rather than to anything specific to Boris. I think the seriousness of the situation has finally sunk in, not just to government but also to the civil service et al, and lessons have been learned. They have got the right people in the right place for the vaccination program.
Thankfully, the governments priority is to save lives so the priority groups are spot on. Alternatively you could take the view to just let the old and vulnerable die, dickheads.
If the over 80’s weren’t prioritised then the NHS would simply have continued to be pushed to its limits. Obviously certain groups would need to be prioritised as well such as NHS staff, care home workers etc but I wouldn’t put the teachers in the first groupings. As someone else has said if teachers why not every other worker in an essential industry or workplace? Has to be some order of priority and I think the Government have got it just about right.
Health care workers and the seriously medically vulnerable under the age of 50 (and those over 50) are already being vaccinated along with the over 80s
So many daily mail readers. What knobs genuinely think these things about teachers? Teachers are part of unions thanks to the culture of allegations nothing else. Shop workers do not come in to close contact with people in a closed environment and are given PPE and have massive screens to protect. Teachers on the other hand were surrounded by up to 32 children in rooms as small as a living room with no PPE provided. In terms of the roll out think they have got it spot on. Even in the order of priority. Though as someone said I do believe all those with serious health issues should be in the top 3 categories
Bollocks. My daughter is a head teacher and has worked pretty much every day ( including holidays ) since last February to make sure that her school is as safe as possible for pupils and teachers alike.
Just a reminder to everyone else Teachers get paid for 32.5 hours in a week for 39 weeks. We do not get holidays. We do not get over time pay. Average teacher does over 50 hours a week during those paid 39 weeks so over 17.5 hours more than we should The average teacher works around half off their holidays, again they shouldn't and no they don't get paid
And another thing.... We don't get paid for lunch breaks yet we are EXPECTED to deal with poor behaviour by setting detentions that we have to oversee during that unpaid time. Oh and we get emotionally blackmailed into doing after school unpaid interventions
That's the only bit you don't get any sympathy for. You do emotional torment for fun - you're a Newcastle supporter!!
It was just a bad joke about what you go through being a Newcastle supporter rather than a slight on your hard work
I'm too tired. We're on Tuesday and I'm drained. I'd already taught 4 hours worth of online lessons by the time I read your comment. Talk through an example, give them an identical question to have a go at but with a different number and it's 'Sir, how do I do this?" For ****S sake and you can hear the parent in the background saying "don't ask me, I was rubbish at maths"
