I agree kids still need teachers to help them with there studies plus they need to be kids and mix with other kids they won't get that being home schooled or home alone from working parents.I think the govt has done a great job so far in controlling the spread and this is under medical advise. So if the school reopen is under the same advise after a risk assessment I think it’s a sensible decision
i don't see what difference another few weeks will make to their lives in the long run.I agree kids still need teachers to help them with there studies plus they need to be kids and mix with other kids they won't get that being home schooled or home alone from working parents.
Schools should remain shut for at least another 2 weeks. Look at Singapore the model country, they boasted 3 weeks ago about their ability to keep their economy and schools open. But now with hundreds of new caeses everyday, they have no choice but to shut everything down including their mouths.WA schools opening after the holidays! Is this the right time or too early? Perhaps the WA government should have waited a bit longer to confirm the new infection rates stay low. What do members think?
Couldn't agree more, dan60 and funflyer. We are all craving to go back to "normal" but one step too soon can undo the good work that has been done so far.
Opening up too soon and then trying to get back to isolating them for a second time will be far more difficult than the first time.
Couldn't agree more, dan60 and funflyer. We are all craving to go back to "normal" but one step too soon can undo the good work that has been done so far.
Opening up too soon and then trying to get back to isolating them for a second time will be far more difficult than the first time.
Firstly I think you have women all wrong. The things you listed are not a be all and end all for the majority of women.Lets hope when things get back to normal the ones that crying out for things to keep shut don't start whining when they have to start paying more Taxes/GST/food and fuel/Utility costs as after this is all over in 2021/2022 and beyond the pain of this will then hit home on everyone's hip pockets EXCEPT those CEO's, Exec's etc etc that we bailed out way back in 2020... This is all a major dupe so as Business can get loads of unemployed people to keep wages low for another decade or 2, and for them to do what they want and have the populace pay for it all under the guise of bailouts... Hmmm Allow Horse Racing but no other sport.... RIGHT I see that logic, but close casinos when casinos would of been able to do social distancing and can do perfect crowd control measures. I see it yes I can. As Leigh Sales said to the PM, why can't I go to the Park and read my book BUT I can get on a train/bus with loads of other strangers... LOL
I was talking to person I know high in Perth Business (she is a woman) and mentioned it looks like this has hit women worse than men, she said yes it has, and it seems a little bit coincidental that all the shops and business women use has closed BUT Men's lives have not yet really been affected as they can go to BWS, BCF, Bunnings, repco get a car serviced, tyres etc etc, and also play golf still, can go work as they are all classed as essential services, the only part of a man's life that has been impacted is no sport and no pub... but for women its a double whammy they can't go clothes shopping, nail and beauty salons all closed, no hair dressers etc etc, plus on the back of that they have all been stood down in bigger numbers than men.... and before you jump down my neck look at who works more in service based roles. Women. a nice easy way of killing the #metoo movement off aswell.
And let's wait for the Aprils Unemployment figures... or the dupe of them to create a myth of a mass of Unemployed so people wont ask for pay rises but after this Execs/CEOS CFO's etc etc will all get a massive big fat pay rise themselves.. This is a man made issue. or should I say men did it.
Children who may have required computers or internet were going to be given them before this decision was made.Not all kids have the ability or the equipment to learn from home. Unfortunately school is a kind of safe haven for a lot of kids. It can be the only place they get anything to eat. It doesnt affect a kid here or there, you would be surprised how many kids are in this situation.
Need to open the schools and if the right medical experts (not the attention seekers) say there is low risk then do it.
Our politicians are only intersted to read $$$hope the premier can read
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52305055
the WA gov has done a great job IMHO, very impressed with most of their work.I think some of you are reading far too much into this. Schools being open is vital as there are some parents who simply have no other options but to send their kids but most parents will keep kids at home like they did last term. You won't even see schools 20% full in the first few weeks, he knows that and I think year 12 should be compulsory as they are old enough to use common sense.
We all love to bag pollies, most of the time many do SFA but Mark Mcgowan and his government have done an excellent job and he certainly knows what's happened in Singapore and won't allow it to happen here.
The 2.1% positive is not 2.1% of the population, it's 2.1% of the people who feared they have it and got tested, so the % of kids will be a lot lower, not to say there will be none, but it won't be 10 out of 500.i don't see what difference another few weeks will make to their lives in the long run.
current tests in WA are 2.1% positive, so a school of 500 could possibly have 10 positive asymptomatic kids running around.
i am interested to see what social distancing measures they will be taking with a bunch of kids.
but you could also say that 2,473,369 people were not tested, out of 2.5million.The 2.1% positive is not 2.1% of the population, it's 2.1% of the people who feared they have it and got tested, so the % of kids will be a lot lower, not to say there will be none, but it won't be 10 out of 500.
In WA today, 26,631 people have been tested of which 544 were positive.
sdm85 is right, McGowan and Cook have done a great job, if they think it's time to ease I am sure they will have well thought out why.