The problem that the ‘lets-shut-schools-for-a-couple-of-weeks-crowd’ ignore is that its much easier to shut schools than to open them. Therefore, the probability is that once schools are shut, they will be shut for months on end, just like last time.
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\u27a1\ufe0f NEW WORKING PAPERS ALERT \u2b05\ufe0f
— Santiago PEREZ VINCENT (@santipvincent) July 17, 2020
We have just released two studies on the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on domestic violence using data from Argentina. Both studies show significant increases of domestic violence due to the lockdown.
Find the papers here:https://t.co/ta67OJMhUA pic.twitter.com/y6ZTbqFB8W
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Calls to "honour" abuse charities in #Britain have doubled since lockdown on 23 March. "Cases include a young mother whose husband attempted to strangle her and threatened to throw acid in her face, and another who was hospitalised after being stabbed." https://t.co/r98Eaxu1fO
— Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) June 3, 2020
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\U0001f4c8 The number of elderly abused by relatives or carers has risen by as much as 37 per cent during lockdown https://t.co/ckssERVyHr
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) May 17, 2020
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\u201cIn the first month of quarantine, Ukraine\u2019s domestic violence hotline saw a 38% increase in calls compared to previous months. They went from 1,200 calls a month on average to over 2,000 calls between March 12 to April 12.\u201d https://t.co/jtSpAcWqVn
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) May 2, 2020
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Is the lockdown leading to a rise in domestic abuse? In a six-week period to April 19, calls to the Met were up a-third and incidents increased by 9% compared with same period last year. Probably too early to make a clear link, but worrying signs: https://t.co/GU8VfwafNM
— Danny Shaw (@DannyShawNews) April 24, 2020
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\u2018Using up-to-date police data from 36 cities in 22 states in the U.S. and mobile device tracking data, we find that the increase in efforts to stay at home in the U.S. increased domestic violence by over 5% from March 13 to May 24, 2020.\u2019https://t.co/uBW92TNye1
— Post-Liberal Pete (@post_liberal) December 16, 2020
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"One in 10 adult drinkers in Scotland drank more alcohol than normal during lockdown, according to new figures [from an alcohol industry charity]... \u2018Higher risk drinkers\u2019 were most likely to have drunk more than normal throughout lockdown." @Drinkaware https://t.co/r7cyrrn0Lw
— Phil Cain (@philcaincom) November 2, 2020
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"The WSTA has crowned rum the \u2018drink of lockdown\u2019, as their latest figures show that rum enjoyed the biggest growth across all spirits during lockdown. In the 3 months from April to June 2020 38% more rum was sold than in the same period in 2019." @wstauk https://t.co/1qp1ClfEEB
— Phil Cain (@philcaincom) October 27, 2020
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists published a report this week that found\xa0the number of people drinking at \u2018high risk\u2019 levels has doubled to almost 8.5 million since February pic.twitter.com/IGuPNbvTCv
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 16, 2020
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Increased substance use due to covid. Source: https://t.co/2DGhFvsWHu pic.twitter.com/RSkctg5HfE
— (((Jake Borodovsky))) (@PotResearch) August 17, 2020
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A group of Ontario experts led by SickKids has updated its guidance for school operation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The living document, COVID-19: Updated Guidance for School Operation During the Pandemic, can be read here: https://t.co/rotLqDqkQh pic.twitter.com/q7kVezAPoG
— SickKids_TheHospital (@SickKidsNews) January 21, 2021
As outlined in the tweet by @NishaOttawa yesterday, the situation is complex, and not a simple right or wrong https://t.co/DO0v3j9wzr. And no one needs to list all the potential risks and downsides of prolonged school closures.
1/It's the eve of provincial announcements on schools reopening for in-person instruction.
— Nisha Thampi (@NishaOttawa) January 20, 2021
Households are under stress and experts are divided on whether schools are unicorns or infernos.
Everyone wants to do right by kids, who have borne so much throughout this pandemic.
On the other hand: while school closures do not directly protect our most vulnerable in long-term care at all, one cannot deny that any factor potentially increasing community transmission may have an indirect effect on the risk to these institutions, and on healthcare.
The question is: to what extend do schools contribute to transmission, and how to balance this against the risk of prolonged school closures. The leaked data from yesterday shows a mixed picture -schools are neither unicorns (ie COVID free) nor infernos.
Assuming this data is largely correct -while waiting for an official publication of the data, it shows first and foremost the known high case numbers at Thorncliff, while other schools had been doing very well -are safe- reiterating the impact of socioeconomics on the COVID risk.