Ben at LBC asks the education secretary to guarantee the government will not allow a situation this summer in which children who have not been vaccinated will be prevented from doing things such as going to the cinema and going on holiday.
Ben says a study has found the Kent variant infected people for 13 days, longer than the original strain at eight days. Dr Jenny Harries says every variant will be looked at if it's a significant transmission risk across the UK.
Of course not! Putting a piece of cloth across your nose and mouth stops your eyes, ears and brain from working! 🤦🏽♂️
I have a feeling the vaccine is not that effective with this new UK variant, just like the south African variant. Just by the way the are going on about it and saying we will get another 3rd wave after lockdown is eased. After 5 or so months they should have data by now
More misinformation from BBC. Your children do not have to wear face coverings. However the BBC and govt will do everything in their power to make you feel like they have to. I would keep my child at home right now in this nazi state we're living in.
The lies get harder and harder to push.
I see the government have climbed down from this and it is now optional/voluntary for students to wear masks all day.
Bullshit liar's the lot of you...
BBCPolitics I know several children who feel safer wearing a mask and want to wear them in class.
They learn better that way than hooked up to a ventilator!
I pity those who wear glasses.
I can't wait to see these people in prison.
My son would rather wear a mask and help protect people see his friends and teachers, than sit at home learning online. This morning he is having a covid test in preparation to return to school people don't give kids credit for how adaptable they are..
If kids are expected to wear masks , y during this conference are they not NEUnion ? PHE_uk ?
What a farce, these people are actually paid by us tax payers for this utter drivel.
Anyone who thinks children should be in masks all day should never be allowed around them. Ever.
It sickens me how easily adults throw children under the bus for their own fears.
We have already vaccinated vulnerable teachers and families members. So this is all safety theatre to please the NEU. Children will not learn effectively if they cannot communicate or socialise properly. This is a disgrace.
It’s absolutely idiotic, anybody who believes secondary kids should do this are insane
If any of these scientists talks crap it’s this woman she doesn’t know her arse from her elbow!
Teachers need to be protected from their pupils until all are vaccinated. It would be even worse than wearing a mask for pupils if they find their teachers are off school self-isolating (or dead, even).
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BBCPolitics Yes
Of course children can learn while wearing the mask, and children can adapt to it much faster than adults, as a matter of fact.
Where is all this evidence that masks prevent the spread of viruses, because I can't find it 🤷♂️
No
July 30 2020 Dr Jenny harries, “Masks not a good idea!”
Let’s permanently stitch a mask to Jenny Harries face and get her feedback in 6 months time. Masks=ChildAbuse
I am shocked by the comments. What have we become? Kids shouldn’t have to muzzle themselves.
Home schooling will continue then if made mandatory !!
Masks stop droplets but have no effect on aerosols, and this is the Deputy CMO? Good grief.
Just listen on how they struggle to be coherent on explaining they are liars and just making shit up.
Child abuse child abuse child abuse
Face masks are fabric ffs
Fucking ridiculous!
My personal favourite of all the shit we put on kids is they will mask all day and get testing twice a week while those who are high risk will now be sitting in the park having a chat and living a normal life. I hope young people deregulate care homes to punish us all.
Dr Jenny saying the exact opposite of what she said not long ago. Bought and paid for BBCpropaganda brought to you by show creators Bill Gates and Klaus Schwab, show runner Tony Blair and starring Boris Johnson. Filmed in front of a live TV audience of 67m plebs. EnoughIsEnough
BBCPolitics What can they not see, hear or write with a face covering on!
Mine won't be wearing them You all just crossed a line
All those in government and those medics silent on this abuse of children are complicit in the greatest crimes against humanity with children suffering biggest harm - I hope one day you will be held accountable and hang your heads in shame
Why has she changed her mind ?
I’m sure there’s a proper risk assessment has been carried out and is available to read, which shows there is no real likelihood of any physical, mental or emotional damage to school kids as a result of this guidance. I’m sure there’s one been done. Health & Safety and all that
Children are to be tested twice a week, if they test positive they stay home, masks are supposed to stop a sick person spreading a virus, so why would verified healthy children need to wear them?
Says the woman who told us not to wear them last year, and she was right last year.
This is disgusting. Clearly the DCMO does not care about children’s welfare
What the hell is wrong with all the masking kids supporters?
Utter drivel.
Well everyone else is expected to do.everything else while wearing masks ffs. Waht stupid bloody question
DropTheMask
Y talk a load of bollocks
My mate Rapey Dave wears a mask and he’s never been caught. Makes you think.
The new variant? That's the sociopath's excuse for keeping you down any time you ask a reasonable question.
Another controlled Shill. Another who should be locked up.
If this is true...they will be spreading any virus BECAUSE they have to wear masks...
Evidence, please. When are you, or Ms Kuennsberg, going to ask for it?
Why would a face mask affect learning 🤔
Children adapt to change more readily than adults, they’ll cope, maybe the BBC expectation is that they’ll put them over their eyes.
What changed? Oh that's right, the politics did.
If it’s not safe don’t tell us to send our kids in.
My 16 yr old son has been wearing a mask when he was in school before Christmas. Get a grip kids will be fine..move on BBC
Didn't she say they weren't required last year, we don't forget the lies
Ridiculous question! I have beenn in class teaching since June, all children wear a mask no problem. Children are adaptable and can follow rules better than adults. WearAMask
Kids in Canada have been in school since September 2020 and have all been wearing a masks
Please share this new advice with parents..
BBCPolitics Not quite her view on muzzles before...
It’s appalling that you treat children like this. Key worker children are not ill so why the need for others?
Sheer madness sending millions of children back on the same day its only going to end badly!
By this logic that means can I be expected to work while wearing a face covering STFU 🤫
BBCPolitics New variant, new variant, new variant. YAWN
Of course they can , we all work wearing them. Stop making such a fuss. Kids adapt, let them learn how to succeed in adversity instead of whingeing and moaning. Can do not can’t do!
According to kids they CAN'T learn unless there's music playing, or they can look at their phone every 5 minutes or even without simultaneously playing a computer game. Masks will be a cinch
Johnson himself said in August that it would be nonsense to inflict masks on kids in classrooms. The Govt’s own guidance until this morning said they were detrimental to learning, attached.This is performative nonsense to placate the nervous & the militant at the cost of our kids
Nope 🙄 poor kids how are the teachers meant to hear what the kids are saying
I am sorry but whenever Jenny Harries appears at any of the briefings and talks about schools, this is the only thing I see.
Why not, Doctors, Nurses etc work everyday wearing them and not just during the pandemic. Snowflakes indeed.
Child abusers. Plain and simple.
They’ve been doing it for a year now in South Africa. No complaints.
That's great. However 8/3 🧑🤝🧑 different 🏡 can meet outside 29/3 rule of 6️⃣ 12/4 👰🤵 up to 1️⃣5️⃣ guests, pubs,etc serve OUTSIDE 17/5 groups =\\3️⃣0️⃣ outside, 6️⃣ indoors But 8/3 - 3️⃣0️⃣+ in primary classes, secondaries 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣+ mixing - how's that right 🤔 fmwales right on this
If I needed any more convincing to keep my child off school from March 8, I received it this evening.
Look at the cherry picked evidence and then do as you like 🤮
Can we just arrest these sociopaths please. Will the BBC ever ask for this new grounbreaking evidence that defies over 100 years of studying mask use?
BBCPolitics Why not? 🤔
Every Muslim school for girls proves that face-coverings have no effect on the brain.
Depending on what part of the school building I use to work with separate groups of pupils during Zoom lessons, I have to wear a mask to teach... Wearing a mask is not a barrier to learning; a headline like this is. 🙄
Agree, i wouldn't send my children to school with this requirement in place. Jennifer Harries has done a massive U turn as last year she said masks were ineffective and potentially harmful to the wearer, she has no professional credibility and principles.
of course they can . Whether they do or not is a different question but 'expected' - yes, just like I expect the News at 10 to begin at 10.
No downside to re breathing bacteria and carbon monoxide then DR, what a a quack.
Shop assistants have been wearing them for 8/9 hrs a day give or take, you get used to them, you can breath easily and speak, no probs .....
hold on, one minute its 'they are safe', 'schools are safe' and the next we don't know enough about the new variant. We need to add in testing they need to wear face mask in class. I just don't trust them.
debatenothate2 Would that be the same Jenny Harries who told us in March that masks are unnecessary and ineffective against viruses?
Yes, they can. It’s better to be in a classroom with masks on than at home with their cameras and audio off 🤷♂️
Jenny Harries should have been sacked kin months ago for the masks rubbish alone.
Additional precautions that don’t work and might be harmful?
In case anyone doesn’t know
debatenothate2 How's things going in Scotland
No
debatenothate2
What boring new variant now? 😴
Ahhh the precautionary principle. Don’t ever get in a car then.
Didn't she say last year that masks were more or less pointless because they aren't used properly (e.g. reused, touched, left on surfaces, etc.)? 🤔
I would imagine it would help them concentrate..?
Listen up, Dr Death - it ain’t happening.
Is that a serious question? Are the brain cells affected by face masks?