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No known case of teacher catching coronavirus from pupils, says scientist
The Times ^ | Tuesday July 21 2020, 5.00pm BST | Mark McLaughlin, Marc Horne, Rosemary Bennett

Posted on 07/21/2020 9:45:20 PM PDT by conservative98

There has been no recorded case of a teacher catching the coronavirus from a pupil anywhere in the world, according to one of the government’s leading scientific advisers.

Mark Woolhouse, a leading epidemiologist and member of the government’s Sage committee, told The Times that it may have been a mistake to close schools in March given the limited role children play in spreading the virus.

Schools in England are preparing to reopen in full from September. Some primary year groups were invited back for lessons before the summer holidays but most pupils have had no face-to-face teaching for four months.

“One thing we have learnt is that children are certainly, in the 5 to 15 brackets from school to early years, minimally involved in the

(Excerpt) Read more at thetimes.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; einnyc; england; followthescience; markwoolhouse; schools; students; teachers; uk; woolhouse
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1 posted on 07/21/2020 9:45:20 PM PDT by conservative98
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“There has been no recorded case of a teacher catching the coronavirus from a pupil anywhere in the world says Dr. Mark Woolhouse, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at University of Edinburgh”https://t.co/2BNsLpBIWP— Aaron Ginn (@aginnt) July 21, 2020


2 posted on 07/21/2020 9:45:55 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

The left will invent one.


3 posted on 07/21/2020 9:51:14 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: conservative98

Whoa! This feels like a game-changer.


4 posted on 07/21/2020 9:53:58 PM PDT by Theo (FReeping since 1998 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: conservative98

The Teachers Unions own the Governors.


5 posted on 07/21/2020 9:54:28 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: conservative98

Bill Gates says “That can be arranged!”


6 posted on 07/21/2020 9:54:29 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: conservative98

Not even during sex ?


7 posted on 07/21/2020 9:55:30 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: MAGAthon; Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Ping!


8 posted on 07/21/2020 9:55:57 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: conservative98
Wait, wait. No!
Didn't we have right here on FR the heartrending story of Shalva Zalfreund the Israeli Kindergarten teacher who died of Covid-19 due to uncaring parents who refused to quarantine their kids? Someone's fibbing here but, who?
9 posted on 07/21/2020 9:56:07 PM PDT by stormhill
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Zalfreund said she had been told by “qualified sources” that she had been infected at the municipal kindergarten, but it was unclear how this could be confirmed.


10 posted on 07/21/2020 9:58:19 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

there is a reason why teachers are considered non essential....


11 posted on 07/21/2020 10:13:54 PM PDT by cherry
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To: conservative98

Baloney. There were several deaths of school personnel earlier this year in the NYC public schools, when the schools were open.


12 posted on 07/21/2020 10:55:56 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: nutmeg

bookmark


13 posted on 07/21/2020 10:57:14 PM PDT by nutmeg (Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
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To: Theo

Kids dont get it. Well, maybe for a few seconds then its dead.


14 posted on 07/21/2020 11:09:42 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: conservative98

They should be more worried about stds from teachers.


15 posted on 07/21/2020 11:39:04 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: EinNYC

But did they get it from a kid in the scool


16 posted on 07/21/2020 11:42:35 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

*school


17 posted on 07/21/2020 11:43:03 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: libh8er

“Not even during sex ?”
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Nope... not even during sex. So young, hot female teachers can resume that. And they can do it without the mask. /sarc


18 posted on 07/21/2020 11:43:17 PM PDT by House Atreides (It is not a HOAX but it IS CERTAINLY A PRETEXT)
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To: conservative98
But did they get it from a kid in the scool

‘Just brutal’: NYC Ed Department reveals 50 - from administrators and teachers to facilities and food workers - have died from COVID-19

By MICHAEL ELSEN-ROONEY
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
APR 13, 2020

"For weeks, educators and lawmakers have pressed for information on the virus’s toll in the city school system. Some teachers and union representatives blasted city and state officials for waiting until March 15 to shutter schools, and for asking teachers to report to school buildings the following week to plan for remote learning."

____________________________________________________________________ Yes, it was caught in school by these poor souls.

19 posted on 07/22/2020 12:04:29 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: EinNYC

But it doesn’t say they caught it from a student.


20 posted on 07/22/2020 12:06:24 AM PDT by conservative98
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