And the cashiers are guarded with plexiglass.Practically every grocery store. They all come through to pay
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And the cashiers are guarded with plexiglass.Practically every grocery store. They all come through to pay
And more and more stores are requiring masks. Don't bother to tell me that the schools are gonna require them too. Just tell me how to get a bunch of teenagers in high school to consistently wear them.And the cashiers are guarded with plexiglass.
Would you feel safe behind a plexiglass with so many customers coming within a few feet? I wouldn’tAnd the cashiers are guarded with plexiglass.
Grocery store employees may have it worse. At checkout there is usually a plexiglass but the cashier is only a few feet away from maby hundreds of customers. And,in general, stationary may not but may be no better than moving around
The big reason I wear a mask is out of respect and consideration for those store employees. Feel I owe that to front line workersThey might have it worse. Both aren’t good.
The big reason I wear a mask is out of respect and consideration for those store employees. Feel I owe that to front line workers
"But opening safely, experts agree, isn’t just about the adjustments a school makes. It’s also about how much virus is circulating in the community, which affects the likelihood that students and staff will bring COVID-19 into their classrooms."Info from a Science magazine about school openings.
When Science looked at reopening strategies from South Africa to Finland to Israel, some encouraging patterns emerged. Together, they suggest a combination of keeping student groups small and requiring masks and some social distancing helps keep schools and communities safe, and that younger children rarely spread the virus to one another or bring it home. But opening safely, experts agree, isn’t just about the adjustments a school makes. It’s also about how much virus is circulating in the community, which affects the likelihood that students and staff will bring COVID-19 into their classrooms.
“Outbreaks in schools are inevitable,” says Otto Helve, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare. “But there is good news.” So far, with some changes to schools’ daily routines, he says, the benefits of attending school seem to outweigh the risks—at least where community infection rates are low and officials are standing by to identify and isolate cases and close contacts.
How likely are children to catch and transmit the virus?
Several studies have found that overall, people under age 18 are between one-third and one-half as likely as adults to contract the virus, and the risk appears lowest for the youngest children. The reason remains the subject of intense study. But the town of Crépy-en-Valois, home to 15,000 people on the northern outskirts of Paris, provides some confirmation that younger age reduces risk of infection—and transmission.
When two high school teachers developed minor respiratory symptoms in early February, no one suspected COVID-19. It was cold and flu season, and health officials still assumed the novel coronavirus was mostly confined to China. It wasn’t until 25 February, after one of their contacts was hospitalized in Paris, that the teachers realized they had been infected with SARS-CoV-2. For at least 12 days before the start of winter break on 14 February, and before France instituted precautionary measures, the virus had been spreading freely at the school.
Arnaud Fontanet, an epidemiologist at the Pasteur Institute, and his colleagues started an investigation in Crépy-en-Valois in late March to see whether they could piece together the virus’ reach in the town and its schools. In the high school, antibody testing showed that 38% of pupils, 43% of teachers, and 59% of nonteaching staff had been infected. (By then, several people associated with the school had been hospitalized with COVID-19 complications.) In six elementary schools, they found a total of three children who had caught the virus, likely from family members, and then attended school while infected. But, as far as the researchers could tell, those younger children didn’t pass the virus on to any close contacts.
"But opening safely, experts agree, isn’t just about the adjustments a school makes. It’s also about how much virus is circulating in the community, which affects the likelihood that students and staff will bring COVID-19 into their classrooms."
The SC community is doing a fine job circulating the virus.
Where do I ask for my tax refund for a wall I was promised was going to be paid for by Mexico.
It was in your paycheck each week when your tax rate was lowered..
Thank feeble2001 for this.So, I’m worried about the virus, no sports, the economy, riots and you have to throw in “ tube up the anus”. Thanks a lot
And you can kiss that goodbye if Creepy Joe wins in November.It was in your paycheck each week when your tax rate was lowered..
You inadvertently brought up a good point. We may soon be seeing plexiglass screens in the classroom.
That’s possible, although given the nature of teaching, it would be a waste of time in many cases as teachers have to chaperone and accompany students to the cafeteria, and other areas they also have to be the first responder when a child gets sick or gets hurt. They can’t stay behind plexiglass.
Also, given the lack of funding in some schools, it might be impossible.
That’s possible, although given the nature of teaching, it would be a waste of time in many cases as teachers have to chaperone and accompany students to the cafeteria, and other areas they also have to be the first responder when a child gets sick or gets hurt. They can’t stay behind plexiglass.
Also, given the lack of funding in some schools, it might be impossible.
That’s where masks and gloves come into play. Yes, it’s far from ideal but “the show must go on.”
I do not wear a mask when I'm walking my dog and nobody is around.I wear a mask anytime I’m out of my car anywhere except home. I’m glad to do it. I also believe in it.