Masterful essay on school reopening

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yup. We’re in MCPS, but I couldn’t agree with the author more. Not only are there myriad problems related to COVID that aren’t solely the disease itself, but many of them have the potential to interact, creating something of a multiplier effect for long-term negative outcomes. I’m so fed up otherwise intelligent, educated people who are so myopic about this issue. It’s not that they can’t comprehend the complexities, it’s that they deliberately don’t want to, because that would mean admitting they’ve been wrong, and that their wrongness is harming a lot of people.

I guess the one silver lining has been increased appreciation for the people who do get it. I’m hanging onto them for dear life.

Well said.

Exactly. Can’t admit they were wrong so retrenching.

[Anonymous]

I could have written this. And if VA goes red in November, which I’m starting to suspect it might, it will be because of exactly what she says.

Telling me I need to choose between party lotyalty and my child is a mistake.

[Anonymous]

BTW, this also applies to FCPS, LCPS, APC, ACPS and I’m just taking a wild guess here, but probably MCPS.

This isn’t a DC problem. VA teachers may not get collective bargaining until May, but the Union bought the school board and governor, so it’s a distinction without a difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could have written this. And if VA goes red in November, which I’m starting to suspect it might, it will be because of exactly what she says.

Telling me I need to choose between party lotyalty and my child is a mistake.

This x 1000. Voting in the best interests of my child, thanks. I’m not some mindless robot.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for posting this article.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for posting this article.

Yes, thank you. And thank you to the author for her courage speaking out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:+1000. Not only that, all of these public health talking heads like Leana Wen could care less about the mental health aspect of all of this for kids. The messaging is terrible - there’s nothing they say about how to do things safely, it’s just don’t do them. Get your asses back to work!

LOLOLOL.

You are not their employer. You have NO say.

Grow up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+1000. Not only that, all of these public health talking heads like Leana Wen could care less about the mental health aspect of all of this for kids. The messaging is terrible - there’s nothing they say about how to do things safely, it’s just don’t do them. Get your asses back to work!

LOLOLOL.

You are not their employer. You have NO say.

Grow up.

LOLOL?
How frigin grown-up of you. Are you a teen mom?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:+1000. Not only that, all of these public health talking heads like Leana Wen could care less about the mental health aspect of all of this for kids. The messaging is terrible - there’s nothing they say about how to do things safely, it’s just don’t do them. Get your asses back to work!

Were you a plantation owner in one of your past lives?

[Anonymous]

I think kids should be in school, including last year, but I hate the false framing of Republicans being the solution. Open schools with zero mitigation measures is not the answer. Undermining vaccine efforts is disqualifying, but particularly ghoulish to do it while arguing you're opening schools for the kids. No sane person believes that voting R makes kids safer, or better educated.

I'm not a registered D, because I disagree with them on a lot and in VA you don't have to register -- but I sure don't vote R to spite my face.

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Leana Wen does not even sound smart. I guess she is always available to give talking points which is why NPR, etc like to use her. Very lazy of them not to search out better experts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Leana Wen does not even sound smart. I guess she is always available to give talking points which is why NPR, etc like to use her. Very lazy of them not to search out better experts

Says the poster who doesn't know how to use punctuation or abbreviate words.

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Anonymous wrote:We have to move past debating "safe" versus "unsafe." Instead, do our best to put mitigation measure in place, consider those populations that need in person most, and give serious thought to the repercussions of continuing to keep schools closed.

I keep reading people saying, "it's only a year," or "lives come before education." We need to protect health and prevent death, but that's not 100% possible. For all students, but especially for those most in need, it is not just a year. It is potentially a year of wages lost through delayed entry to the workforce or extra college, which adds up over a lifetime. It's one thing to value safety above all else, but the day of reckoning will come. It is going to take funding and out of the box thinking to address the learning loss we already have.

+1. This. And lower levels of education are, in and of themselves, associated with negative lifelong health outcomes. Lack of healthcare, inability to buy nutritious food, worse health habits. Our view of kids and education is so short sighted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Leana Wen does not even sound smart. I guess she is always available to give talking points which is why NPR, etc like to use her. Very lazy of them not to search out better experts

Says the poster who doesn't know how to use punctuation or abbreviate words.

Dr. Wen, are you now trolling this board?

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Well I haven’t read the article, but I agree 100% with her sentiment. I’m a Democrat, and I spent the last year being furious with the left for closing schools and keeping kids home for more than a year.