A govt advisor said children were more at risk from a car crash than Covid – 5 A** responses
Children are due to go back to school in September, most of them for the first time since March.
The government is keen for all pupils to return but it’s fair to say that a lot of parents are less enthusiastic because of the on-going risks from the pandemic.
In an attempt to reassure people that everything will be fine, England’s deputy chief medical officer and senior government advisor Dr Jenny Harries had this to say.
Children more at risk from car accident than coronavirus, says expert pic.twitter.com/kTMZk5PWDD
— The Independent (@Independent) August 24, 2020
‘No environment is completely risk free. Every time a parent sends a child off to school, pre-Covid, they may have been involved in a road traffic accident. And in fact that risk – or the risk from seasonal flu – we think is probably higher than the current risk of Covid.’
And it’s fair to say it didn’t entirely have the reassuring effect that she was presumably hoping for.
Here are our 5 favourite responses.
1.
Public:
Please show us you have a plan to keep the virus low whilst reopening schoolsGovernment:
Rest assured kids get smashed to smithereens by cars all the fucking time https://t.co/fI1vuZ0NGR— James Felton (@JimMFelton) August 24, 2020
2.
This would be a good analogy if children dying in – or even surviving from – car accidents also led to the death of their grandparents. https://t.co/WX00vUlUhb
— CrémantCommunarde #WeAreCollective ☮️ (@0Calamity) August 24, 2020
3.
And of course, all teachers and staff at school are children. https://t.co/ZARxNXtReg
— John Rain (@MrKenShabby) August 24, 2020
4.
https://twitter.com/kjhealy/status/1297866938526453761?s=20
5.
Especially if people full of COVID are driving around to test their eyesight, right? https://t.co/bCVhEG2HUd
— Tiernan Douieb (@TiernanDouieb) August 24, 2020
This was a little extreme but not entirely unfair.
https://twitter.com/Rozkez67/status/1297855227324964869?s=20
To conclude …
https://twitter.com/jamesrbuk/status/1297846235798425602?s=20
Or if you prefer it short and straight to the point.
https://twitter.com/DerryAirIreland/status/1297884207902085122?s=20
And finally.
If you do get hit by a bus, to use the government’s favoured comparison, you probably stand a better chance of it being properly investigated than if you catch Covid-19 at a school.
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) August 24, 2020
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