'Don't keep people home': Govt to give public health advice around sending sick children to school - Seymour
'Don't keep people home': Govt to give public health advice around sending sick children to school - Seymour
"Sometimes you've got to make a call between health and education, and New Zealand's Government needs to bring more balance back in that regard."
Why would you want sickness to spread at schools? This will get kids sick, it will get their teachers sick, kids will take it home to parents and get them sick. What’s the impact to education but also to the wider workforce and productivity?
We need to normalise staying home when you're sick, rather than sharing it around. And this tosspot needs to stop trying to sacrifice people to the economy.
Pretty sure presenteeism is bad for the economy as well.
It's better to have just one sick, underproductive employee at home than to bring them in to infect everyone so you have a whole workplace filled with sick underproductive employees.
"Don't take sick leave to care for your sick children" is what they are really saying.
"Sick leave is stealing from your employer" is what they really mean.
Very good way of putting it actually.
We have learned nothing from the past 5 years it seems
Well we didn't learn from SARS, Birdflu, Swineflu etc either really.
Fuck you. Don't get my kid, and by proxy me and my partner, sick you fucking ass hat.
This is intended to keep poor families working to keep the profits flowing to the wealthy.
Sorry, have locked as people can't keep it civil. We don't allow personal attacks on other members.
Most sickness isn't that bad. You can go to school with a runny nose or a cough. The teachers will build up immunity so they won't be getting sick every week. Stop bubblewrapping children and trying to hide them from everything.
Its ok to keep you kid home from school if they're vomiting or have measles but common cold just send them to school. It's a reasonable take from Seymour.
My kid's best friend came to school a fortnight ago with a 'bit of a runny nose or cough'. Thanks to that decision I'm now the sickest I've been in ~20 years with COVID.
Wow 20 years with covid my heart goes out to you. Are you a bat living in Wuhan by chance?
If you only think about the mainstream, 90% of adults, your take is probably right.
If oarents watch out and catch cases of covid and the flu and other serious illnesses early, it'd probably be ok.
But.
What about kids with compromised immune systems? The teachers? The kid who still has a weakened immune system from covid or the measles last year?
By only accounting for the mainstream we push those on the edge further out.
Is weaken or compromised immune systems such an issue that the common cold threatens their life and how common is it genuinely asking because I don't know. I don't think it's a good idea for the government to make policy based on extreme outliers instead of the majority.
I also don't think it's possible to avoid the common cold unless you lock yourself at home forever. If you are a teacher who is immune compromised then primary school probably isn't the place for you. I expect them to move careers instead of the entire country bending to accommodate their needs. And I want to stress even when the entire country bends to accommodate their needs it still does not stop then from encountering sickness. For immunocomprimised kids it's harder because they should be able to go to a normal school but if it's to dangerous for them I would suggest homeschool or special Ed.