Concern over school return

JPIMedia Survey - Local reaction

Nearly 42 per cent of PT readers who took part in our latest Lockdown Survey says they are not comfortable sending their children back to school next week.

Across the country 12,000 people responded to the Bank Holiday weekend snap survey on a range of issues related to lockdown.

In the PT area on sending children back to school: 11.6% were very comfortable, 12.2% were somewhat comfortable, 7.56% were not very comfortable and 34% were not at all comfortable. The remaining were not sure or it was not applicable.

We asked readers how comfortable did they personally feel about the prospect of doing certain things.

The vast majority were comfortable visiting family and meeting up with a small group of friends.

Returning to work was a mixed picture but the reaction against using public transport was strong.

Outside of education we asked:

Visiting family - 38.37% were very comfortable, 33.14% were somewhat comfortable, 14.53% were not very comfortable and 12.79% were not at all comfortable. The remainder were not sure or not applicable.

Meeting up with a small group of friends - 22.09% were very comfortable, 32.56% were somewhat comfortable, 26.16% were not very comfortable and 19.19% were not at all comfortable. The remainder were not sure or not applicable.

Returning to your place of work - 22.67% were comfortable, 17.4% were somewhat comfortable, 15.07% were not very comfortable and 20.93% were not at all comfortable. The remainder were not sure or not applicable.

We also asked to what extent do you think allowing each of the following to take place poses a risk of a second wave of coronavirus infections?

Taking public transport 42% said there was a very high risk, 29.5% said a high risk, 18.9% were a moderate risk and 2.96% were very low risk

Schools re-opening 31.95% were very high risk, 18.34% were high risk, 26.04% were moderate risk, 13% low risk and 8.8% very low risk

Workplaces re-opening - 14.2% were very high risk, 25.4% high risk, 40.2% moderate risk, 8.8% low risk and 7.1% very low risk

Meeting up with a small group of friends - 11.8% were very high risk,18.9% high risk, 37.8% moderate risk, 21.3% low risk and 8% very low risk

Visiting family -7.1% were very high risk, 5.9% high risk, 39% moderate risk, 35.5% low risk, 11.24% very low risk.

Schools returning is a major concern for readers