What a disgusting comment. There is NOTHING "hard left" about wanting to protect people's lives. You, like @BorisJohnson & @Keir_Starmer haven't thought this through 1/

@afneil You clearly don’t care about people’s lives; you just want the chance to have a go at a trade union. FYI, schools need to be made SAFE b4 reopening. 2/
@afneil You must’ve seen the figures: Covid cases increased via schools after reopening in September & cases are now increasing in nurseries, left open since Xmas. 3/
@afneil Why hurt or kill more people? Ensure safety FIRST. 4/
@afneil How to make schools SAFE? a) Vaccinate all school staff & all students, with both vaccine shots. That'll take us until May as second shots are only being given after 3 months. 5/
@afneil b) Set up smaller classes so social distancing is possible, with a shift system, morning & afternoon school, 6/
@afneil c) arrange deep cleaning after every class & d) provide adequate ppe for staff & students. 7/
@afneil e) set up a proper test & trace system & quarantine/self-isolation with furlough funding for families so parents can stay off work to isolate. 8/
@afneil Unless all these things & more are in place, schools will not be safe to reopen & the NEU is 100% right to say so. 9/

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