yes, unfortunately the failures are so complex. The Trump administration's lack of a plan and support is simply criminal. This major failure has caused so many deep fissures throughout our society. Now we force teachers to deal with overworked parents, restaurant workers have to handle crazy anti-mask people, and healthcare workers have to heal everyone who didn't take it seriously. Young families are just caught in an endless grind, and any attempt get out causes more friction. Any good news is twisted and manipulated into a political debate that is reduced to extreme views and no room for compromise. |
That’s not what he said. The nurse said that nurses at her hospital routinely eat in break rooms together unmasked. He responded that if that’s the case, it means either that those nurses do so because they appreciate that a short interval of indoor meals with social distancing isn’t a significant risk factor, or that they don’t care about getting covid. He then went on to say that the obvious conclusion is that nurses must appreciate that this isn’t a high-risk practice, either the implication being that the idea that nurses wouldn’t care about getting covid is absurd. You can argue about whether indoor meals are high-risk, but to say he said nurses don’t care about getting covid is a gross and willful misreading of his comments. |
The poster who said it was a trolley dilemma got it right. Anyone who pretends it’s not is really saying the people who would get hurt don’t matter. |
The level of discourse on AEM is shocking and disappointing. I’ve learned quite a bit about the character of some people I know IRL, like it or not. |
I honestly can't deal with the parents who are scrutinizing mask policies as if the perfect policy will actually prevent middle schoolers from wearing it under their noses. |
Just for the record, they opened elementary schools. Have not opened high schools even though that’s where the suicides have been. Read the article. They still think COVID risks too high to open high school. |
They’re not trying to get appropriate mask policies, they’re trying to keep schools closed. When you object to any mask policy try at would accommodate indoor meals, you are saying schools should not reopen at all because not matter how much schools try to do outdoor lunches, some days will have to be indoors due to weather. |
my 3 year old and his little classmates are able to wear masks all day at daycare. I see elementary schoolers running around on the playground wearing masks. Why do we keep thinking kids are incapable of wearing masks? |
It’s interesting to see certain very prolific anti-hybrid posters studiously ignoring the mental health discussion. |
from what I can tell, these parents will grasp at anything and everything to keep schools closed. Which I just don't understand, because they have the option to keep their child remote. Why are they so vocal about the "dangers" or opening schools if they already have this option? |
Exactly. They’ve also shifted from “schools closed until all staff is vaccinated” to “schools closed until EVERYONE is vaccinated.” |
Same. I think everyone is capable of wearing one, but I'm not sure preschoolers are a great example. I mean, they are great because they listen to their teachers and parents! I just think we have to stop trying to achieve the perfect policies in order to reopen schools. |
You're so right. I don't understand the end game though. Keeping schools closed until 2022? |
I feel confident that the tide will turn once teachers are vaccinated. Most folks that have been quite on the sidelines will join the "open now" chorus. I believe schools can and should open now, but I will be FURIOUS if they do not open up after being vaccinations. I am starting to see some equivocating comments about opening up after vaccinations, e.g., vaccines are just one component of a "safe restart," must have lunch outdoors, must having 6 ft spacing. Once teachers are vaccinated we need to send the elementary kids back 5 days a week. |
There are some of us who can’t send our kids due to severe health concerns. Our children are already struggling and feeling isolated when hearing of other families getting together frequently, play dates, having pods, excited to go back for hybrid, etc. We are concerned about our children’s mental health as well when they have to continue to stay home, knowing their peers will be in class. They will see the teachers and assistants paying attention to the kids in class while they were being left behind on the screen. I say this to point out a different perspective. Everyone is in a really crappy position. I don’t think that mental health concerns are only for the kids who want to go back to hybrid. Some of us don’t have a choice. How are we addressing the mental health of those kids? |