I’ve had a busy week sorting out Fair4All Card applications, so I wanted to take some time to talk to you about what I’ve been doing.
Last week was a bit strange as most of our team were absent for one reason or another, which meant that I had a lot of applications to keep going. I had to pick up some from part way through, and I had to take others through the entire process.
But what is that process? Read on to find out.
The video version of our latest weekly Covid-19 update can be found below with an attached transcript suitable for screen readers.
The number of infected people in Bucks is increasing again with 1 in 22 people in Bucks infected. Hospitalisations and deaths remain high, but did thankfully decrease last week.
This video and transcript explain the full risk post for the week ending 7th February which can be read here: https://buds.org.uk/covid-19-risk-assessment-week-ending-7th-february-2022/
Read MoreThe number of infected people in Bucks is back on the INCREASE according to the most reliable data, although the number of public-reported positive tests continues to fall. The number of people in hospital with Covid and dying of Covid in Bucks remains HIGH, although thankfully both totals fell last week. With 1 in every 22 people still infected with Covid-19, it is still essential that everyone takes strict precautions against catching the virus. Read on for more…
Read MoreThe video version of our latest weekly Covid-19 update can be found below with an attached transcript suitable for screen readers.
The number of infected people in Bucks is increasing again with 1 in 24 people in Bucks infected. Hospitalisations and deaths continued to increase, and data shows the pandemic is getting worse.
This video and transcript explain the full risk post for the week ending 31st January which can be read here: https://buds.org.uk/covid-19-risk-assessment-week-ending-31st-january-2022/
Read MoreThe number of infected people in Bucks is back on the INCREASE, with 1 in every 24 people in Bucks now infected. Hospitalisations and deaths from Covid-19 also continued to climb in Bucks last week. All the data shows that the Omicron pandemic in Bucks is starting to get WORSE again, and so it is still essential that everyone takes strict precautions against catching Omicron. Read on for more…
Read MoreDid you respond to the recent Specialist Teaching Consultation from Bucks Council? If so, could you please send a copy to BuDS’ Fair4All Education project? It will help us to understand how people feel about the consultation.
An easy way to do this is using your emails. If, when you filled in the consultation you selected the box at the end to be emailed a copy of your responses, you should have received an email with your responses on it. You should then be able to search ‘Specialist Teaching Consultation’ in your emails – if it finds the email, you can then either copy it or forward it to us, using the details below.
Please don’t worry – we will remove all identifying information from your response before it is circulated, even within the BuDS Fair4All Education team.
To send us your response, please email the Fair4All Education project coordinator, Angie, at: angieb@buds.org.uk, using the subject ‘Specialist Teaching Consultation’.
Hospitalisations and deaths from Covid-19 continued to climb in Bucks last week, although the total number of infected people is now thankfully falling. However, 1 in every 26 people in Bucks are STILL infected and so it is still essential that everyone takes strict precautions against catching Omicron. Read on for more…
Read MoreThe Prime Minister was quoted today (24 January) as saying that the main reason why people are not vaccinated is apathy, as reported by the Bucks Herald.
BuDS does not agree with the Prime Minister when he says that apathy is the main reason for people not being vaccinated. We believe that people are not getting vaccinated for a number of reasons, but the main one is the active campaign of misinformation, mistruths and lies spread by well funded pressure groups and supported, sadly, by many politicians and journalists.
The Prime Minister did not acknowledge that he himself is part of this campaign of misinformation. Only as recently as 18 January, the Prime Minister himself compared Covid-19 to the flu. This is completely false, and contributes to people not getting vaccinated. BuDS fears that the Prime Minister is simply trying to shift the blame for the pandemic from himself and his Government onto the British public. It is far more convenient for him to say that the British people are too apathetic to be vaccinated, than for him to take responsibility as Prime Minister for the Government’s chaotic and shambolic response to the pandemic since 2020.
If you have a comment to make about this issue, please visit our social media and let us know. To read the original article from the Bucks Herald about this issue, click here.
BuDS would like to issue an early warning about the rapid spread in the UK of a new Covid-19 variant, known for the moment as Omicron BA.2. Read on for more…
BuDS has used only reliable scientific and academic publications to write this article, including the UKHSA’s own bulletins. But scientific understanding of BA.2 is still at an early stage, so what we say is not definitely confirmed yet.
Read MoreWe are delighted to be able to bring you some reliable, good news about Covid-19 in Bucks. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) Infection Survey measures the number of people infected with Covid-19 in a very reliable way. Because the survey does not rely on people deciding whether to get tested or register their test result, it is the best way of understanding how many people have got Covid-19.
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