As more children prepare to return to school we are joined in the #tortoiseshack by two members of Parents United: Olive O'Connor, who is an international healthcare advocate and mother of four and Zara Flynn, who is a registered Counselling Psychologist and mother of three. We discuss their mammoth deep dive into the covid statistics which shows that schools are not the safe environment we are repeatedly told they are.

Their data shows that Covid-19 cases in children increased more than 1,000% after schools reopened and Hospitalisations increased by 161% over the same period not openly available to parents, we discuss why safe reopening of schools and online learning for vulnerable children have not been given the attention the obviously deserve. Education and health should not be competing. One size certainly does not fit all.

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