we are not, we are unlikely to be vaccinating children under 11, and we may well not also vaccinate children between 11 and 16, you know, they are going to at some point have to get an actual infection, so to a large extent, the school bubbles are in effect delaying the inevitable. and at the same time, damaging children s education, so i think the value of them continuing in the new school year is quite low, and i would certainly be arguing for that rule to be lifted. professor paul hunter of the university of east anglia. the england team are back home after their stunning euro 2020 quarter final victory over ukraine in rome last night. it was the most watched live sporting tv event of the year, attracting a peak audience of 20.9 million people. england are now the bookies favourites to win the championships.
children between 11 and 16, you know, they are going to at some point have to get an actual infection, so to a large extent, the school bubbles are in effect delaying the inevitable. and at the same time, damaging children s education, so i think the value of them continuing in the new school year is quite low, and i would certainly be arguing for that rule to be lifted. as we ve heard, it was a night of celebration for england fans after the team s stunning euro 2020 quarter final victory over ukraine in rome. earlier we spoke to our correspondent simonjones in south west london, where residents have covered the streets in flags to show their support for the lions. you will never guess who they are supporting here. iwill give you will never guess who they are supporting here. i will give you a
in the last seven days than in the previous seven days before that, so there is no evidence that deaths are going up. but again, if we don t do it now, things might be actually a lot worse in the autumn because of the reasons that i ve already mentioned. robertjenrick, the housing secretary, told the bbc this morning that he thinks the government will be making a statement on school bubbles and what will happen in the new term in september. that s when entire groups of pupils have to self isolate if one within the group tests positive. how likely is it do you think we will be able to dispense with bubbles in september? it s been hugely disruptive. absolutely, and i hope we do, because i think they had substantial value early on in the epidemic, when we still had many people that weren t immunised. i think the value of those school bubbles are coming to the end now, and i would certainly be very uneasy about them continuing into the autumn. given that this virus is going to be here fore
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but again, if we don t do it now, things might be actually a lot worse in the autumn because of the reasons that i ve already mentioned. robertjenrick, the housing secretary, told the bbc this morning that he thinks the government will be making a statement on school bubbles and what will happen in the new term in september. that s when entire groups of pupils have to self isolate if one within the group tests positive. how likely is it do you think we will be able to dispense with bubbles in september? it s been hugely disruptive. absolutely, and i hope we do, because i think they had substantial value early on in the epidemic, when we still had many people that weren t immunised. i think the value of those school bubbles are coming to the end now, and i would certainly be very uneasy about them continuing into the autumn. given that this virus is going to be here forever, and that we are not, we are unlikely to be vaccinating children under 11, and we may well not also vaccinate