Houston Schools at a Safety Level 4

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a feeling I should not wade into this, but what is your preferred outcome? The argument is all the schools should revert to virtual and not return in person at all?

Sorry, I see all the subjects to these threads and normally don't click on them. So maybe I should know this. But I'm curious.

Awareness. That's all. Don't say 'omg how is this happening in Fairfax or Loudoun or Bethesda, it didn't happen before!'

It's happening right now in Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Alabama, Florida. Schools are reporting thousands of Covid+s in students, pediatric ICUs are being overrun, and entire grade-levels are out in quarantine within 2 weeks of schools opening up.

And I can deduce you are not compelled by the possibility that masking and higher vaccination levels in the community will make a difference. Or the fact that kids in those states are probably exposed a lot more outside of their school environments.

Thanks for answering!

No, I'm not but I look forward to the stories in the first week of September.

[Anonymous]

It seems a bit odd to be approaching this with such glee. Do you have a child yourself who will be attending school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a feeling I should not wade into this, but what is your preferred outcome? The argument is all the schools should revert to virtual and not return in person at all?

Sorry, I see all the subjects to these threads and normally don't click on them. So maybe I should know this. But I'm curious.

Awareness. That's all. Don't say 'omg how is this happening in Fairfax or Loudoun or Bethesda, it didn't happen before!'

It's happening right now in Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Alabama, Florida. Schools are reporting thousands of Covid+s in students, pediatric ICUs are being overrun, and entire grade-levels are out in quarantine within 2 weeks of schools opening up.

And I can deduce you are not compelled by the possibility that masking and higher vaccination levels in the community will make a difference. Or the fact that kids in those states are probably exposed a lot more outside of their school environments.

Thanks for answering!

No, I'm not but I look forward to the stories in the first week of September.

My nephew tested positive 4 days after going back to school. Thankfully, he was only sick for 3 days and his sister had a fever for 6 hours and never tested positive. They are 11 and 9. The school had no masks and in a low vaccination area. I think our kids are going to be alright.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a feeling I should not wade into this, but what is your preferred outcome? The argument is all the schools should revert to virtual and not return in person at all?

Sorry, I see all the subjects to these threads and normally don't click on them. So maybe I should know this. But I'm curious.

Awareness. That's all. Don't say 'omg how is this happening in Fairfax or Loudoun or Bethesda, it didn't happen before!'

It's happening right now in Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Alabama, Florida. Schools are reporting thousands of Covid+s in students, pediatric ICUs are being overrun, and entire grade-levels are out in quarantine within 2 weeks of schools opening up.

And I can deduce you are not compelled by the possibility that masking and higher vaccination levels in the community will make a difference. Or the fact that kids in those states are probably exposed a lot more outside of their school environments.

Thanks for answering!

No, I'm not but I look forward to the stories in the first week of September.

Some people like to look forward to a vacation, time with friends and family, some quiet time alone with a good book. But pediatric ICUs filling up is what gets your juices flowing. That will feel good being right about that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Community spread levels matter. So yes it makes our kids safer that adults are vaccinated.

#science

Community spread is going to go up because kids are part of the community and in numerous states - they are overwhelming hospital pediatric wards.

#science

All those schools didn't mask their kids and didn't Texas governor banned masking at all schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a feeling I should not wade into this, but what is your preferred outcome? The argument is all the schools should revert to virtual and not return in person at all?

Sorry, I see all the subjects to these threads and normally don't click on them. So maybe I should know this. But I'm curious.

Awareness. That's all. Don't say 'omg how is this happening in Fairfax or Loudoun or Bethesda, it didn't happen before!'

It's happening right now in Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Alabama, Florida. Schools are reporting thousands of Covid+s in students, pediatric ICUs are being overrun, and entire grade-levels are out in quarantine within 2 weeks of schools opening up.

And I can deduce you are not compelled by the possibility that masking and higher vaccination levels in the community will make a difference. Or the fact that kids in those states are probably exposed a lot more outside of their school environments.

Thanks for answering!

No, I'm not but I look forward to the stories in the first week of September.

Some people like to look forward to a vacation, time with friends and family, some quiet time alone with a good book. But pediatric ICUs filling up is what gets your juices flowing. That will feel good being right about that!

+1

[Anonymous]

People can travel, go to restaurants, gym, church, anywhere, but kids should not go back to school? I know that Op cannot answer this since Op doesn’t leave the basement, just watching and hoping for bad news.

[Anonymous]

There really aren't that many pediatric ICU beds available on a regular day. Its not profitable for hospitals to have open beds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There really aren't that many pediatric ICU beds available on a regular day. Its not profitable for hospitals to have open beds.

When a child is in the ER, or crashing on an oncology ward, and needing a transfer to PICU, "not that many" and "zero" are entirely different things

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I looked it up, Conroe ISD has about 64,500 kids. Having 1.7% of the students infected at one time is an enormous percent.

But how many are actually sick? Very few.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Community spread levels matter. So yes it makes our kids safer that adults are vaccinated.

#science

Community spread is going to go up because kids are part of the community and in numerous states - they are overwhelming hospital pediatric wards.

#science

All those schools didn't mask their kids and didn't Texas governor banned masking at all schools?

Dallas ISD is mandating masks. But the Dallas metroplex area, unlike here where school systems are county-based, is made up of lots of smaller school districts who are mostly not mandating masks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a feeling I should not wade into this, but what is your preferred outcome? The argument is all the schools should revert to virtual and not return in person at all?

Sorry, I see all the subjects to these threads and normally don't click on them. So maybe I should know this. But I'm curious.

Awareness. That's all. Don't say 'omg how is this happening in Fairfax or Loudoun or Bethesda, it didn't happen before!'

It's happening right now in Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Alabama, Florida. Schools are reporting thousands of Covid+s in students, pediatric ICUs are being overrun, and entire grade-levels are out in quarantine within 2 weeks of schools opening up.

And I can deduce you are not compelled by the possibility that masking and higher vaccination levels in the community will make a difference. Or the fact that kids in those states are probably exposed a lot more outside of their school environments.

Thanks for answering!

No, I'm not but I look forward to the stories in the first week of September.

what kind of sick person would look forward to this

[Anonymous]

75% of 12-15 year olds and 85% of 16-17 year olds in Fairfax County have received at least one dose of COVID vaccine and will also be required to wear masks. Middle and high schools should be okay here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People can travel, go to restaurants, gym, church, anywhere, but kids should not go back to school? I know that Op cannot answer this since Op doesn’t leave the basement, just watching and hoping for bad news.

No, people shouldn’t be doing those things. That’s the whole problem. The people doing those things are making going back to school extremely dangerous.

[Anonymous]

From a scientific-perspective watching the parents of 1 million students push them into collective gatherings of tiny classrooms and expecting cases to not explode is simply fascinating.

This is going to be the DMV in about two weeks.