State Senate Bill Requiring In-Person Learning in All Districts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is very wrong.

1. Children transmit the virus just as much as adults.

2. The pandemic is driven by asymptomatic cases.

3. This means open schools buildings are accelerators of viral spread. You can have zero cases in school, but still spread the virus into the community because of points 1 and 2.

4. Our case numbers have done nothing but increase in recent weeks due to the Holidays and people staying indoors in the winter. If we add more cases, our hospitals won't keep up.

It's only fair that all public school districts have the same in-person opportunities as each other, and as the private schools in the state. Schools can't be the only thing that remains closed.

[Anonymous]

Sorry. “OP is way off” was from another thread. Just responding to the lies in this thread with a copy and paste.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is very wrong.

1. Children transmit the virus just as much as adults.

2. The pandemic is driven by asymptomatic cases.

3. This means open schools buildings are accelerators of viral spread. You can have zero cases in school, but still spread the virus into the community because of points 1 and 2.

4. Our case numbers have done nothing but increase in recent weeks due to the Holidays and people staying indoors in the winter. If we add more cases, our hospitals won't keep up.

Then explain why the opening of daycares, basically since June, has not skyrocketed cases out of control. We have not had one instance of COVID in our child's daycare. I'll wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is very wrong.

1. Children transmit the virus just as much as adults.

2. The pandemic is driven by asymptomatic cases.

3. This means open schools buildings are accelerators of viral spread. You can have zero cases in school, but still spread the virus into the community because of points 1 and 2.

4. Our case numbers have done nothing but increase in recent weeks due to the Holidays and people staying indoors in the winter. If we add more cases, our hospitals won't keep up.

I trust the CDC more than you:

Link to CDC report, dated January 13, 2021:

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/pdfs/mm7003e1-H.pdf

“CDC recommends that K–12 schools be the last settings to close after all other mitigation measures have been employed and the first to reopen when they can do so safely.”

[Anonymous]

It is hugely inequitable for some Virginia public K-12s to have been open all year and some to be closed all year. Where's that equity lens?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is very wrong.

1. Children transmit the virus just as much as adults.

2. The pandemic is driven by asymptomatic cases.

3. This means open schools buildings are accelerators of viral spread. You can have zero cases in school, but still spread the virus into the community because of points 1 and 2.

4. Our case numbers have done nothing but increase in recent weeks due to the Holidays and people staying indoors in the winter. If we add more cases, our hospitals won't keep up.

And what's your point? Schools stay closed while everything else opens?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is hugely inequitable for some Virginia public K-12s to have been open all year and some to be closed all year. Where's that equity lens?

Please email that to at least your state senator and maybe all of them. Bravo!

[Anonymous]

Open the schools up, already.

CDC says to do it:

Link to CDC report, dated January 13, 2021:

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/pdfs/mm7003e1-H.pdf

“CDC recommends that K–12 schools be the last settings to close after all other mitigation measures have been employed and the first to reopen when they can do so safely.”

American Academy of Pediatrics says to do it:

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/COVID-19/Pages/Return-to-School-During-COVID-19.aspx

“All schools should aim to have students attend school in person, which is how they learn best. This means working with public health officials to get community spread of the virus under control. And then, when it is possible to re-open a school for in-person learning, layered safety measures can help keep students, teachers, and staff safe.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Open the schools up, already.

CDC says to do it:

Link to CDC report, dated January 13, 2021:

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/pdfs/mm7003e1-H.pdf

“CDC recommends that K–12 schools be the last settings to close after all other mitigation measures have been employed and the first to reopen when they can do so safely.”

American Academy of Pediatrics says to do it:

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/COVID-19/Pages/Return-to-School-During-COVID-19.aspx

“All schools should aim to have students attend school in person, which is how they learn best. This means working with public health officials to get community spread of the virus under control. And then, when it is possible to re-open a school for in-person learning, layered safety measures can help keep students, teachers, and staff safe.”

You sent this along to your state senator, right? Maybe also made a phone call? Advocacy on DCUM won't get you very far, but flooding Richmond with it might do something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Open the schools up, already.

CDC says to do it:

Link to CDC report, dated January 13, 2021:

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/pdfs/mm7003e1-H.pdf

“CDC recommends that K–12 schools be the last settings to close after all other mitigation measures have been employed and the first to reopen when they can do so safely.”

American Academy of Pediatrics says to do it:

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/COVID-19/Pages/Return-to-School-During-COVID-19.aspx

“All schools should aim to have students attend school in person, which is how they learn best. This means working with public health officials to get community spread of the virus under control. And then, when it is possible to re-open a school for in-person learning, layered safety measures can help keep students, teachers, and staff safe.”

You sent this along to your state senator, right? Maybe also made a phone call? Advocacy on DCUM won't get you very far, but flooding Richmond with it might do something.

Also send it to your school board members. Or to all of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry. “OP is way off” was from another thread. Just responding to the lies in this thread with a copy and paste.

Your credentials for the above and prior post are?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is very wrong.

1. Children transmit the virus just as much as adults.

2. The pandemic is driven by asymptomatic cases.

3. This means open schools buildings are accelerators of viral spread. You can have zero cases in school, but still spread the virus into the community because of points 1 and 2.

4. Our case numbers have done nothing but increase in recent weeks due to the Holidays and people staying indoors in the winter. If we add more cases, our hospitals won't keep up.

And what's your point? Schools stay closed while everything else opens?

Well SOMETHING has to stay closed to shut the virus down. Unfortunately, the states and citizens went with schools rather than business/recreation. So here we are. If people would have complied with the mandates, kept their asses home, wore masks, and quit bitching over their "rights", we may have been able to open schools earlier and safely.

I feel sorry for no one in this. We, collectively (though not our family), chose to act in certain ways. We are seeing the consequences of that. Blame yourselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry. “OP is way off” was from another thread. Just responding to the lies in this thread with a copy and paste.

Your credentials for the above and prior post are?

???? The posts include cites to news articles, a CDC report, and information provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Their credentials speak for themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is very wrong.

1. Children transmit the virus just as much as adults.

2. The pandemic is driven by asymptomatic cases.

3. This means open schools buildings are accelerators of viral spread. You can have zero cases in school, but still spread the virus into the community because of points 1 and 2.

4. Our case numbers have done nothing but increase in recent weeks due to the Holidays and people staying indoors in the winter. If we add more cases, our hospitals won't keep up.

And what's your point? Schools stay closed while everything else opens?

Well SOMETHING has to stay closed to shut the virus down. Unfortunately, the states and citizens went with schools rather than business/recreation. So here we are. If people would have complied with the mandates, kept their asses home, wore masks, and quit bitching over their "rights", we may have been able to open schools earlier and safely.

I feel sorry for no one in this. We, collectively (though not our family), chose to act in certain ways. We are seeing the consequences of that. Blame yourselves.

Omg I’m so sick of this massive gaslighting and victim blaming. Everyone stayed home in March-June when we started to cautiously reopen. Then in July-August we enjoyed lots of outdoor time and pools. Cases were VERY low in August. Yet they still chose not to open! The general public is not to blame here! I will fight back against teachers Union shills and their talking points all day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is very wrong.

1. Children transmit the virus just as much as adults.

2. The pandemic is driven by asymptomatic cases.

3. This means open schools buildings are accelerators of viral spread. You can have zero cases in school, but still spread the virus into the community because of points 1 and 2.

4. Our case numbers have done nothing but increase in recent weeks due to the Holidays and people staying indoors in the winter. If we add more cases, our hospitals won't keep up.

And what's your point? Schools stay closed while everything else opens?

Well SOMETHING has to stay closed to shut the virus down. Unfortunately, the states and citizens went with schools rather than business/recreation. So here we are. If people would have complied with the mandates, kept their asses home, wore masks, and quit bitching over their "rights", we may have been able to open schools earlier and safely.

I feel sorry for no one in this. We, collectively (though not our family), chose to act in certain ways. We are seeing the consequences of that. Blame yourselves.

Well, it's not schools and children that should be punished for this.