This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Monday, 28 December 2020
Back to School?
Now who would have guessed that returning pupils to secondary schools (as well as students to University) after Christmas, would 'involve some very, very tough choices' if we want to keep Covid-19 under control in january? ( https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/28/coronavirus-michael-gove-reopening-englands-schools-will-involve-trade-offs). It's not rocket science, so I guess most of us would! Even though the advice on Christmas mixing was belatedly scaled back somewhat, we had a) an event that would inevitably increase viral transmission and b) an apparently more infective variant of the virus, doing the rounds. I personally don't think that, in the case of secondary schools, staggering returns is going to achieve very much. The pupils mix in the schools and will also contact teachers and support workers. All of these, generally return home each evening, potentially exposing other members of their families to the virus (this will include, in particular cases, parents, spouses and younger children). So much for the effects of staggering (it will occur in school but not at home)! I must admit to finding the government's attempts to appear macho with respect to schools and teachers, disturbing. Desiring something and creating the circumstances, where it is possible, are two different things. I wish they would learn that.
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