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Schools will open, and SOME will immediately go to quarantine. Kids and staff. And it will be very difficult to get subs. Trust me, I am for getting kids in school, but this video makes me a little concerned about transfer of the virus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhbIaG6Q7Yg
Yep, unfortunately no way in hell to contain this in a school. Once it's there it will 100% spread.No one really wants to address that issue. They think everyone will be fine and it’ll just be 1-2 teachers out and everything will be ok. Even if we go back, we won’t be there past October, if that.
I agree. We all want to get back to normal. BUT, it has to be done safely. Health over Politics.Yep, unfortunately no way in hell to contain this in a school. Once it's there it will 100% spread.
Weird that this post hasn’t gotten any attention from the “kids don’t get Covid” crowd.
Which begs the question... What is the rush to get kids back to school?Regardless of the protocols in place and regardless how safe you try to make something, you'll never get everyone to agree on what is an acceptable level of risk when it comes to covid. The first time a teacher or student leaves early or fails to report due to cold-like symptoms (which may very well be a cold), the school will have to send a letter home with every student in the school explaining the situation in ambiguous terms in order to protect the medical privacy of the individual. A certain percentage of parents will decide that night their kid isnt going back into the school. It quickly becomes unworkable.
Yet the YMCA people said they followed all the safety protocols. A case a CYA in my opinion.For whatever reason they didn’t require the kids to wear masks. They also reported that the kids stayed overnight and that some of the activities included group singing. I’m sorry, but who in the world would think that type of scenario wouldn’t lead to transmission among a group of people.
Well day one in Indiana brought a positive test inside the school. Will be interesting to watch this.Yet the YMCA people said they followed all the safety protocols. A case a CYA in my opinion.
As an older person and a teacher I absolutely don't want schools to open until it's safe. Unfortunately, unless they change their minds, my district is going face to face.
Which begs the question... What is the rush to get kids back to school?
If my district spent as much time and attention on training us for remote learning as they have on coming up with processes and protocols for cleaning (multiple staff, multiple times/day), we'd have a good plan for how to begin school safely. Instead, we are "100% open!" and the superintendent is damn proud of it. There is no possible way to socially distance in the school hallway, lunch room, etc. with a full school population, and we'll need to clean every desk between every period. Unmanageable.
BTW... if there were adequate leadership at the top levels, people who believe in science and health instead of ratings and popularity, we could have nipped this thing in the bud in May.
For whatever reason they didn’t require the kids to wear masks. They also reported that the kids stayed overnight and that some of the activities included group singing.
Weird that this post hasn’t gotten any attention from the “kids don’t get Covid” crowd.
Schools were petri (sp) dishes before the pandemic. Even the staggered school model shouldn’t be attempted until after Halloween imo.
I often wonder how much of the information that people share is actually what they believe but it doesn’t seem to stop them from sharing.Does anyone really think kids dont get it? Or kids get it and rarely show symptoms?
Kudos to those wanting to take one for the team. Since there is no indication yet that this actually would work and there is concern of lingering heart damage among people who had mild to no symptoms jump on out there and start licking stuff to protect your neighbor!And this where you get the best herd immunity...
Kudos to those wanting to take one for the team. Since there is no indication yet that this actually would work and there is concern of lingering heart damage among people who had mild to no symptoms jump on out there and start licking stuff to protect your neighbor!
You do realize that taking precautions doesn’t mean living in fear? I’m guessing you don’t routinely run red lights or stop signs when you drive. Probably don’t put on a deer costume and run through the woods during hunting season and avoid eating bowls of asbestos for breakfast. By your definition all of that would be living in fear.It's time to live our lives without fear... It's part of the risk getting out of bed, going to school or work...
People leave their homes to go to work and end up getting killed either by a car accident on the way to work or home...
You could, God forbid have a school shooting and you don't see your children... You could take a vacation and die over night sleeping at a hotel...
We are willing to risk our lives by doing what we do best... Go to work, go to school, go visit family or go on a vacation...
Are you will to stay home in your bubble and hope there is a cure or vaccine???
As one great man once said...."Life moves pretty fast – if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it..."
You do realize that taking precautions doesn’t mean living in fear? I’m guessing you don’t routinely run red lights or stop signs when you drive. Probably don’t put on a deer costume and run through the woods during hunting season and avoid eating bowls of asbestos for breakfast. By your definition all of that would be living in fear.
What people need to do is simply be smart and take precautions which obviously wasn’t done my the YMCA and I’m sure that a set of the parents who probably knew that these precautions weren’t being taken will now end up suing the YMCA because of it.
I’ve been opposed to the way most of this has been handled but just because the lockdown was dumb doesn’t mean that you should ignore the seriousness of the illness and run around thinking herd immunity is going to save you.
I guess it’s easier for some of us that can do that just by rolling over in the morning.I take precautions when I walk out the door everyday and before COVID19...
I don't live in fear, I make each day count and count my lucky stars that I saw a gorgeous women each day...
Which begs the question... What is the rush to get kids back to school?
If my district spent as much time and attention on training us for remote learning as they have on coming up with processes and protocols for cleaning (multiple staff, multiple times/day), we'd have a good plan for how to begin school safely. Instead, we are "100% open!" and the superintendent is damn proud of it. There is no possible way to socially distance in the school hallway, lunch room, etc. with a full school population, and we'll need to clean every desk between every period. Unmanageable.
BTW... if there were adequate leadership at the top levels, people who believe in science and health instead of ratings and popularity, we could have nipped this thing in the bud in May.
It's time to live our lives without fear... It's part of the risk getting out of bed, going to school or work......"
Same here. I don't pretend that coronavirus has disappeared.I take precautions. I don’t live in fear.
I swim in my pool, I go to the lake, I do a lot of things every day. But I do wear a mask most places like stores and take smart precautions.
It's time to live our lives without fear... It's part of the risk getting out of bed, going to school or work...
People leave their homes to go to work and end up getting killed either by a car accident on the way to work or home.....
Yet the YMCA people said they followed all the safety protocols. A case a CYA in my opinion.
As an older person and a teacher I absolutely don't want schools to open until it's safe. Unfortunately, unless they change their minds, my district is going face to face.
"People who believe in science and health instead of ratings and popularity"
Do you believe the Director of the CDC is more interested in ratings and popularity than science?
Edit: so ive reread your post a few times and it seems you're talking about politicians? If so, then i agree. ALL of them begin their campaign for reelection as soon as they're elected. Thsts one thing they all seem to have in common.
The current head of the CDC is a political appointee and not a scientist.
It's way beyond F China. Sorry, but what's happening here was preventable, with leadership.I posted this video. I am concerned. My wife is a school teacher, and my daughter is also a teacher who is currently living at home right now.
My parents who are in there mid 70’s have expressed their concern about getting together once school starts. They live about 3 miles away, and we have done Sunday dinners together for years.
This whole thing sucks! F China,