Gov. Hogan comes out with hard stance, aims for cross-state hybrid instruction by Mar. 1

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Anonymous wrote:What does that have to do with us in Virginia?

Puts pressure on Northam to do the same.... hopefully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does that have to do with us in Virginia?

Puts pressure on Northam to do the same.... hopefully.

It's not Northam. It's the spineless school boards.

[Anonymous]

Agree, Northan said special ed and K-3 should be in person even during Phase 2 (we are in Phase 3). Its not him.

[Anonymous]

Hogan doesn’t have the power to make the school boards in MD counties do anything. It is just hot air.

I agree that schools should be open but right now we are all being held hostage by these terrible school systems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hogan doesn’t have the power to make the school boards in MD counties do anything. It is just hot air.

I agree that schools should be open but right now we are all being held hostage by these terrible school systems.

Are there no state funds he can withhold, etc.?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What an idiot. As if picking an arbitrary date was helpful with an ever-changing viral situation.

It's sobering to think that even with such pronouncements, Hogan is one of the better Governors on this and other issues...

+1000. It isn’t about policy change. It’s about raising funds for his next election campaign. People are just to dumb to know when they are being manipulated. Look at all the enthusiasts he won over on this board.

If I were running for office and didn’t care about anyone but myself and my success, my main platform would be “Open Schools Now”. I would give a speech saying things like “We are failing our children” and “Mitigation works!”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hogan doesn’t have the power to make the school boards in MD counties do anything. It is just hot air.

I agree that schools should be open but right now we are all being held hostage by these terrible school systems.

Are there no state funds he can withhold, etc.?

Are you being sarcastic? I really hope you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does that have to do with us in Virginia?

Puts pressure on Northam to do the same.... hopefully.

Northam already said schools could open. Local districts decide if it is safe to do so. Some have, some haven’t yet. Hogan isn’t really doing anything here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hogan doesn’t have the power to make the school boards in MD counties do anything. It is just hot air.

I agree that schools should be open but right now we are all being held hostage by these terrible school systems.

Are there no state funds he can withhold, etc.?

Um, no. This is not how people govern first of all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What an idiot. As if picking an arbitrary date was helpful with an ever-changing viral situation.

It's sobering to think that even with such pronouncements, Hogan is one of the better Governors on this and other issues...

It's sobering to realize how many people like you are willing to overlook all evidence to the contrary and spout off about how dangerous schools are . . . for what reason? So you can enjoy the feeling of living in the middle of catastrophic times? Find a new thrill.

Because I'm an expert in a molecular biology (which, you know, includes viruses), and I KNOW that opening schools shouldn't be done lightly. It's not that it can't be done. It's that I doubt Americans can accept and stick to a stringent plan. Japanese and Koreans? Sure. Europeans? Deplorable effort all over Europe, and cases shot up. Americans? I'm not holding out much hope...

Funny that you're an expert in microbiology, but your post is basically about social science (how people and systems behave cross-culturally). I'm just curious, have you consulted any actual social science publications or experts about this, or do you think it's obvious enough to a smart person?

If #2, that's fine, this is an anonymous internet message board, but you shouldn't expect credentials in microbiology to give you clout in other areas, much like I don't think my PhD in anthropology qualifies me to make public health recommendations just because I can read scientific papers too.

[Anonymous]

Imaginary Platform - i would also give impassioned speeches about how teachers unions and liberal school boards are holding our kids’ education hostage. You need to give people a bad guy to get angry about and teachers unions are unpopular these days so why not. Teachers have been getting mighty uppity
lately.

It is like we all want so badly to live in a heroic fantasy that it never occurs to us we are living in our own cartoon coccon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hogan doesn’t have the power to make the school boards in MD counties do anything. It is just hot air.

I agree that schools should be open but right now we are all being held hostage by these terrible school systems.

Are there no state funds he can withhold, etc.?

Um, no. This is not how people govern first of all.

Tell that to Chad Peterson. Everyone is passionately jerking off to him on another thread because he proposed to do exactly that if schools don’t open... even though they already received funds for the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's 2 weeks after my second vaccine. Sounds great!

Haven’t had my first one. MCPS has no plan yet for vaccinating teachers. The county refuses to vaccinate us. I know a handful of MCPS teachers who got the shot. All are PG Co residents. Time for me to consider Plan B.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Imaginary Platform - i would also give impassioned speeches about how teachers unions and liberal school boards are holding our kids’ education hostage. You need to give people a bad guy to get angry about and teachers unions are unpopular these days so why not. Teachers have been getting mighty uppity
lately.

It is like we all want so badly to live in a heroic fantasy that it never occurs to us we are living in our own cartoon coccon.

So you came over from the other thread, huh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What an idiot. As if picking an arbitrary date was helpful with an ever-changing viral situation.

It's sobering to think that even with such pronouncements, Hogan is one of the better Governors on this and other issues...

It's sobering to realize how many people like you are willing to overlook all evidence to the contrary and spout off about how dangerous schools are . . . for what reason? So you can enjoy the feeling of living in the middle of catastrophic times? Find a new thrill.

Because I'm an expert in a molecular biology (which, you know, includes viruses), and I KNOW that opening schools shouldn't be done lightly. It's not that it can't be done. It's that I doubt Americans can accept and stick to a stringent plan. Japanese and Koreans? Sure. Europeans? Deplorable effort all over Europe, and cases shot up. Americans? I'm not holding out much hope...

Funny that you're an expert in microbiology, but your post is basically about social science (how people and systems behave cross-culturally). I'm just curious, have you consulted any actual social science publications or experts about this, or do you think it's obvious enough to a smart person?

If #2, that's fine, this is an anonymous internet message board, but you shouldn't expect credentials in microbiology to give you clout in other areas, much like I don't think my PhD in anthropology qualifies me to make public health recommendations just because I can read scientific papers too.

Pp is all over this board claiming expertise but her voice is always overly alarmist and frequently unsupported by data or the opinion of “real” as opposed to anonymous, experts.