Part of being a global community today means getting to share the worry of international financial meltdowns, pandemics and “games without frontiers”.
Today, the name of one of these threats has entered our lexicon- COVID-19
The level at which our School community will be affected by the current threat of the COVID-19 virus remains unknown.
Last week we released the first of what will be a number of information packages in regard to our response to this potential threat to the health of our community.
As a school that takes our duty of care to our students seriously, we can assure our families that we are making plans for a range of different scenarios – scenarios that may or may not happen.
In the face of a sometimes hysterical response to the virus (toilet paper hoarding?), let me reassure our community of a few things:
We know how ”information” and “facts” can be misleading and add unnecessarily to anxiety in the community.
For example: The virus and its impact is a worry but….
From Facebook: March 10, 12.32 p.m
“Any truth to the rumour that SCAS kids have tested positive to coronavirus?”
From BBC News:
As scientists work hard to track and contain the coronavirus outbreak, misleading information about the global spread of the virus continues to flourish on the internet. Here’s how a decade-old map showing global air travel was used incorrectly by news websites across the world, leading to headlines such as “New map reveals no country safe from coronavirus tentacles” and “Terrifying map reveals how thousands of Wuhan travellers could have spread coronavirus to 400 cities worldwide.”
How worried should we be? Here are some thoughts from the experts in the field:
No matter which version of the “truth” turns out to be accurate, we will do our best to be ready!
Mr Terry Muldoon Principal, St Columba Anglican School |
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