Eleanor

@BinitaKane Scottish kids weren’t back at school ‘normally’ until late April last year. And even then they wore masks in class in until April 2022. Let’s not forget all their activities and hobbies were also cancelled or disrupted. Stop minimising things because they didn’t affect you.

Schools were closed for a few months in 2020. It’s now nearly 2023. How long are lockdowns going to be blamed for stuff? 2024, 2025? At what point does it become too ridiculous?

@sue_purkiss Happy Birthday

@GillianMSP You’ve written off the entire US as a place you wouldn’t feel safe walking about in?!

@l_m_p1 @poloandsons @magnusllewellin No actually I wouldn’t. I would have respected her for following her own advice.

@EleanorMacG @poloandsons @magnusllewellin Wasn’t covid beaten in England 🙄? And if she had worn one you’d be on here saying she just has to be different

Anger as Nicola Sturgeon keeps mask rules in place thetimes.co.uk/article/5a88cf…

@l_m_p1 @poloandsons @magnusllewellin Oh right so Nicola must have believed him and that’s why she didn’t feel she needed to wear a mask?

@EleanorMacG @poloandsons @magnusllewellin What virus? You obviously missed it but it was announced several weeks ago that England had beaten Covid, remember when BoJo was trying to save his own neck?

@bella_scozia @poloandsons @magnusllewellin Actually I would have respected her for following her own mask rules as advised by Scottish public health officials.

@poloandsons @magnusllewellin Local public health advice? Are you serious? Is England dealing with a different virus? There’s no rule against wearing a mask in England. Lots of people still do. Also she isn’t just ‘someone’. She’s the FM of Scotland.

@poloandsons @magnusllewellin Perhaps some people are angry because the FM herself wasn’t willing to lead by example and make that ‘small sacrifice’ herself earlier this week?

@stuartmolloy @cricketwyvern I think you need to keep them on whilst seated in church in Scotland?

@cricketwyvern I dont get it, even in Scotland (which she isnt) when your seated you take your face mask off - Not sure if im missing something

Often it is the hypocrisy that finally wakes people up to what is going on.

@smiles333 @jaykinney2 @NicolaSturgeon The people involved in the ONS survey are a cross-section of society who attend scheduled appointments for regular testing. They volunteer to be part of the survey.

@jaykinney2 @NicolaSturgeon OMG really????? And how do you think they get the figures for testing, if folk aren’t choosing to test? 🤡

Covid rates still high in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 due to more infectious BA.2 Vaccines give most of us protection against serious illness - but with 1 in 11 of us estimated to have virus, sheer volume is putting very significant strain on NHS. Please help turn the tide - take care and wear 😷

@TracyBlackCBI @CBI_Scotland @NicolaSturgeon Where’s her mask?

Fantastic speech from the First Minister tonight at our Leader’s Dinner. “The last 2 years have shown what we can all achieve, business has to face today’s challenges with optimism that we can overcome them and succeed”. @CBI_Scotland

@Irene60779832 @MerrynSW Has there been a survey done?

@MerrynSW Scottish children have not been complaining and see the reason for them , what's it got to do with you ?

A year. Scottish children have been wearing masks in class for a year. In class. When adults have had no such restriction. From today they still have to wear them in corridors etc. It’s completely insane.

@Rosaleen_mg @MerrynSW Source? A quick check on case rates for 0-19 year olds show them to be falling/steady for a good few weeks now.

@MerrynSW Covid is on the rise in schools.

@lovesatrier1 @MerrynSW Covid will be here forever.

@scottklogie1 @MerrynSW Do you have a source for your claim? Has there been a survey of Scottish schoolchildren’s views on masks that I’m not aware of?

@MerrynSW Yet, to this date, school kids in Scotland say they're more than happy to try and do their bit in stopping the virus spreading by wearing masks. 'Adults' eh...

@anna_inScotland @ONS You have the patience of a saint!

Jesus wept, the replies to this 😩….they really think we have a higher rate of Covid because ‘England has stopped testing’, showing zero understanding of how the @ONS survey works (hint - it’s nothing AT ALL to do with testing behaviour…)

@NHS_Lothian Is she wearing a mask to try to conceal her identity? Very odd.

We've launched a video for 5 to 11 year old children who are curious about their COVID vaccine, what it will feel like, and if they may feel poorly after. Watch the video below or read more here: news.nhslothian.scot/Pages/20220222…

@anna_inScotland @UFTScotland @SBMS_scotland Enjoy! I’m so happy that my S6 won’t need to spend the last few weeks of her school life in a mask.

Out celebrating the fact that my 11 year old daughter won’t need to start secondary school in an environment full of masks. Feel like a weight has lifted. Thanks SO much to everyone who fought to make this happen, you know who you are and you rock! @UFTScotland @SBMS_scotland

@JimDraper9 @ScotTories The ‘science’ (their own expert advisory group) recommended that the masks should be removed ‘as a priority’ last October.

After continuous pressure from the @ScotTories, the SNP have finally u-turned and scrapped masks in the classroom. We have been calling for this change for months. This move is a long overdue return to normality for Scotland's young people.

@CatherineBolla8 @ScotTories You do know the same group of experts said the masks should have been removed last October but Scot Gov overruled them?

@ScotTories No they haven’t - do you think everyone is daft. They consulted with the experts not a group of people whose sole aim is money and normality with no full thinking