Chris Hipkins says sick children shouldn't be at school
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Labour leader Chris Hipkins says sending children who are unwell to school has consequences for everyone.

Common sense, really.

  • Rangelus
    15·
    6 months ago

    What’s so stupid about this is sick kids do worse at school. Sending your kid to school sick gets other kids sick, which makes them do worse. Then they bring it home, and now parents are under performing at work as well. Keeping your kid home when they are sick objectively improves outcomes for everyone.

    • deadbeef79000
      9·
      6 months ago

      That’s not the point.

      The (government’s) point is that one employee taking a sick day is stealing a day from their employer. Just like public holidays and annual leave. /S

      Preventing the spread of sickness by isolating when one is sick (you’d think that we all still remember 2020) reduces the total number of sick days that all employers pay for.

      It’s basically an anti-employee dog whistle at this point.

  • Ilovethebomb
    11·
    6 months ago

    Just amazing that this had to be said actually. I think Seymour just needs to accept that NZ isn’t behind him on this.

    • BalpeenHammer
      5·
      6 months ago

      Seymour doesn’t care what the public thinks or wants. He listens to his donors and the rich and of course American right wing political consultants.

      • liv
        3·
        6 months ago

        Silly conspiracy theory: Big Pseudoephidrine wants sick kids to go to school to spread the cold virus.

        • Xcf456
          4·
          6 months ago

          How are you going to solider on with Codral if there’s nothing to solider on against

  • Rimu@piefed.socialOP
    2·
    6 months ago

    wow i wonder why so many people are getting sick and chronically ill now and why so many kids are missing so much school. couldn’t possibly be the disabling plague that we’ve collectively decided is no biggie despite all scientific evidence to the contrary

  • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    Sick people shouldn’t be at school, at work, and should have to be masked when in tight enclosed spaces. I still can’t believe the childish BS the antimask/vaxxers are still getting away with, this all should be something we should all be able to understand and agree with.

      • Chuymatt@beehaw.org
        1·
        6 months ago

        Sorry, I was tired.

        The problem is the parents need some form of childcare. Be it themselves, or other family members sent to school sick due to financial concerns.

        • deadbeef79000
          3·
          6 months ago

          Hope you’re better rested now!

          I was raised with only one parent working. My kids are lucky enough to have that too. I consider it a sickness in our society that that is no longer the norm and that most families need both parents working for a family to survive. I am amazed that a solo parent can survive at all.

          The comments from the government are just inhumane.