#auspol #covid19aus @DrZoeHyde @RealOzSAGE I was going to do a detailed break-down on the latest NCIRS report…

#auspol #covid19aus @DrZoeHyde @RealOzSAGE I was going to do a detailed break-down on the latest NCIRS report which the NSW Government used today to assure people sending the kiddies back to school is safe. But maybe.../1 https://t.co/JNGbb398Vz

...all you need to know is that the results for schools, as the NCIRS also point out, were majority collated *while schools were closed for both lockdowns and school holidays*. I kid you not. Last year during the national lockdown, NCIRS.../2

..did similar work for the NSW Government, to assure the public sending the kids back to school was nothing to worry about. Again, using data for locked-down schools with barely a soul in them. A sample size of 18 students. /3

This time, the sample size is 59. But only 8 were in high schools, and I count 8-9 for primary schools. The rest are all in early childhood, which remained fully open during this time. /4

How is it that there isn't national laughter that this is the 'data' that will prove it's safe to send kids back to school? NCIRS certainly make it clear when this data was extracted. /end