Best Post I’ve Seen in a Month on DL/Hybrid Choice

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Anonymous wrote:I hate this post. My child has fairly severe disabilities. I cannot educate him or meet his needs at home. I feel that posts like this pretend that he and my family do not exist.

I hate a spectacularly miss manage global pandemic too. But it’s not the fault of this post to expose the risks to everyone. I have every empathy for you and your child. Of course they need to be back in school. But that doesn’t at all negate the truth in this post and the substantial risk we all face by returning to face-to-face school.

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Anonymous wrote: This post going viral is a beautiful case study in the way misinformation spreads. This guy, grabs the number .0016 from the internet NOT understanding it is actually .0016 PERCENT. It is 3.02 kids, not 302. And that’s assuming all 189,000 students test positive. It’s really a fatality rate of less than one kid.

As soon as I got to the 3rd paragraph I knew his math had to be wrong bc if kids are not dropping dead all over the country. I’m very disturbed how many of my friends believed this number and shared this on social media.

And if you say 1 kid dying is still too much, you better rethink leaving your house bc life is full of risks all day.

Excellent post. Can you post this as a comment to all your friends’ FB post repeating this guy? Also mention he works for NEA. I have been sitting on my hands all day but I hate FB conflict so I don’t want to post.

Thank you, I tried and a few people just posted that I was missing the whole point and there is so much more to his commentary than the number. I say his miscalculation detracts from his message but apparently I’m in the minority. The worst is he now knows of the mistake but won’t fix it. I need a social media break.

I’m not even bothering correcting people. It’s their choice and they can use whatever data or “data” they want to help them arrive at their decision, just as whatever we decide to do for our children Using whatever information we find is our choice.

Honestly if this makes people choose DL then I hope they don't notice the mistake. The less who choose hybrid the better!

My take-away is ... 3 kids. Whether his math is wrong or not, we're talking about 3 kids. That is 3 kids too many. You people are complete losers if you don't think 3 kids is worthy of more precautions.

That’s three kids IF every single kid tests positive. So more likely 0 kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This guys clearly has an agenda. He is trying to get parents to select DL with his sanctimonious and factually incorrect post. While he is entitled to make a choice on behalf on his own children, why is he trying so hard to change other people’s minds? I suspect that he is a teacher hoping to work a few hours/week from home this year at full pay.

He works for the teacher association

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate this post. My child has fairly severe disabilities. I cannot educate him or meet his needs at home. I feel that posts like this pretend that he and my family do not exist.

I hate a spectacularly miss manage global pandemic too. But it’s not the fault of this post to expose the risks to everyone. I have every empathy for you and your child. Of course they need to be back in school. But that doesn’t at all negate the truth in this post and the substantial risk we all face by returning to face-to-face school.

The post isn’t truthful though. It’s full of lies and innacuracies. And he conveniently leaves out the fact he works for the NEA, doubles down on his bad math, and is basically enjoying going viral with no regard for the falseness of his statements. I’m all for an honest conversation about risks and the cost vs benefits of going back to school, but this post detracts from that conversation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate this post. My child has fairly severe disabilities. I cannot educate him or meet his needs at home. I feel that posts like this pretend that he and my family do not exist.

I hate a spectacularly miss manage global pandemic too. But it’s not the fault of this post to expose the risks to everyone. I have every empathy for you and your child. Of course they need to be back in school. But that doesn’t at all negate the truth in this post and the substantial risk we all face by returning to face-to-face school.

The post isn’t truthful though. It’s full of lies and innacuracies. And he conveniently leaves out the fact he works for the NEA, doubles down on his bad math, and is basically enjoying going viral with no regard for the falseness of his statements. I’m all for an honest conversation about risks and the cost vs benefits of going back to school, but this post detracts from that conversation.

Please report it to Facebook

[Anonymous]

So what if he has a job at a teachers association? Are teachers association not allowed to have logical sound thoughts?

I thought what he was saying made a lot of sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what if he has a job at a teachers association? Are teachers association not allowed to have logical sound thoughts?

I thought what he was saying made a lot of sense.

Except that whole “302 kids are going to die” is a flat out lie, and his response is “it’s a Facebook post, not the NE Journal of Medicine”. He’s an a-hole with an agenda, and I don’t say that lightly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what if he has a job at a teachers association? Are teachers association not allowed to have logical sound thoughts?

I thought what he was saying made a lot of sense.

He made some very good points but the sensationalism with the fake number really detracts from what he’s trying to say.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So what if he has a job at a teachers association? Are teachers association not allowed to have logical sound thoughts?

I thought what he was saying made a lot of sense.

He made some very good points but the sensationalism with the fake number really detracts from what he’s trying to say.

Now a journalist has pointed out the error and demanding he correct it. She also reported it to Facebook.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So what if he has a job at a teachers association? Are teachers association not allowed to have logical sound thoughts?

I thought what he was saying made a lot of sense.

He made some very good points but the sensationalism with the fake number really detracts from what he’s trying to say.

Now a journalist has pointed out the error and demanding he correct it. She also reported it to Facebook.

Ooh, where’s that? I’m curious to see. He disallowed comments on his original post.

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this guy really makes NEA look bad. Why? Because he had an agenda, didn't say he worked for NEA, and didn't want to fix his misinformation multiple times. He wanted his post to be viral. So great job a-hole in making this a is B's them situation AGAIN. He's like the people who go on in protests and start looting just to start the crowd. Not true apples to apples but a negative divider. S-t-o-p. The school will go on with what it has - stop destroying us as a group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems the DL people are very vocal about the dangers of hybrid. Can’t they just take advantage of the choice FCPS has granted and let others make up their own mind? I am still undecided, btw.

I really don’t think these people are parents. I think they are teachers. Parents who want DL just pick distance learning and go about their business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what if he has a job at a teachers association? Are teachers association not allowed to have logical sound thoughts?

I thought what he was saying made a lot of sense.

Sure, if he includes that in his message.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It seems the DL people are very vocal about the dangers of hybrid. Can’t they just take advantage of the choice FCPS has granted and let others make up their own mind? I am still undecided, btw.

I really don’t think these people are parents. I think they are teachers. Parents who want DL just pick distance learning and go about their business.

This. I made my choice and fully respect what other parents choose. Everyone's situation is different and they have to choose what's best for their family.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate this post. My child has fairly severe disabilities. I cannot educate him or meet his needs at home. I feel that posts like this pretend that he and my family do not exist.

I hate a spectacularly miss manage global pandemic too. But it’s not the fault of this post to expose the risks to everyone. I have every empathy for you and your child. Of course they need to be back in school. But that doesn’t at all negate the truth in this post and the substantial risk we all face by returning to face-to-face school.

My friend is so happy she will have the 100% DL option for her profoundly disabled son. He can’t wear a mask and could not be social distances for more than a few minutes as he self-harms as a stim. Someone needs to be next to him to keep him from biting off his own fingers or lips.