OMICRON to send us back to distance learning

[Anonymous]

I don’t see it shutting down schools. Though we may voluntarily stop other indoor activities (basketball) if the numbers go up again.

[Anonymous]

If Faucci says close, the schools should follow whatever the teachers union decides is best, for teacher safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Faucci says close, the schools should follow whatever the teachers union decides is best, for teacher safety.

Troll.

[Anonymous]

Kids have been doing very well in school in person since August 2020. They will continue to be fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us still are in Virtual learning. No, the counties will keep going with no distancing, fake testing and everything else and only when a few people die (those who others deem worthy) then they may at least put some precautions in place.

I'm sorry to hear that having your kids home every day for almost two years has melted your brain. It's understandable. And preventable, by sending your kids to school, which is where they belong.

I love having them at home and will miss them when they go back. When people like you can behave more responsible or the schools handle covid better, we'll consider returning. I'm sorry you don't love your kids enough to have them home. Maybe you shouldn't have had kids if you cannot handle having them around.

Schools are safe. For kids and for their family. If you want testing, they're doing that too. Your absurd post shows the deleterious effects of being locked down for extended periods of time.

The sad thing about the bolded is PP actually thinks she loves her kids more than those of us who send them to school. I absolutely cannot believe people like this exist.

The really sad thing is, if you compare PP to the wacko anti-vac covid deniers out there, there's a decent argument to be made that the anti-vax covid deniers have a more accurate risk assessment mechanism in place. (That's not to say they're correct, but probably closer to the mark than the PP, who still has her kid home when all school-aged kids can be vaccinated.)

[Anonymous]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/omicron-public-weary-restrictions/2021/11/29/3832e4aa-508b-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html

"If there is a major resurgence of the pandemic, the political will for the harshest virus mitigation measures has largely evaporated even in the most liberal parts of the country, which have been the most open to restrictions, experts say.

“The threshold to shut things down is going to be much higher than it was,” said Robert Wachter, who chairs the Department of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. “One of the durable takeaway lessons is that the closing of schools is really a terrible thing to do and should be avoided at all costs.”"

[Anonymous]

I’m not in local FB school groups or listservs where I’ve heard these issues have come up over the past two years. Are there really people advocating for a return to distance learning, in fall 2021? Or is this thread just conjecture about what could happen among the active parent groups?

[Anonymous]

Um no. If people showed up to the hospital in SA bleeding from their eyes then yeah. It’s way more transmissible which is concerning but unless it’s causing vaccinated people to die. Slow painful death on the regular it’s a nothing burger. Now, why haven’t spring break tix dropped yet?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Faucci says close, the schools should follow whatever the teachers union decides is best, for teacher safety.

No one listens to Fauci.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um no. If people showed up to the hospital in SA bleeding from their eyes then yeah. It’s way more transmissible which is concerning but unless it’s causing vaccinated people to die. Slow painful death on the regular it’s a nothing burger. Now, why haven’t spring break tix dropped yet?!

No, we'd need a few dead kids for schools to close. And, they have to be the "right" kids. Cannot have health issues, slightly overweight (even though that can be normal with puberty), have to be wealthy families...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/omicron-public-weary-restrictions/2021/11/29/3832e4aa-508b-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html

"If there is a major resurgence of the pandemic, the political will for the harshest virus mitigation measures has largely evaporated even in the most liberal parts of the country, which have been the most open to restrictions, experts say.

“The threshold to shut things down is going to be much higher than it was,” said Robert Wachter, who chairs the Department of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. “One of the durable takeaway lessons is that the closing of schools is really a terrible thing to do and should be avoided at all costs.”"

Amen. Kids need in-person school. We will be ok. Mask and vaccinate.

—a teacher

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us still are in Virtual learning. No, the counties will keep going with no distancing, fake testing and everything else and only when a few people die (those who others deem worthy) then they may at least put some precautions in place.

I'm sorry to hear that having your kids home every day for almost two years has melted your brain. It's understandable. And preventable, by sending your kids to school, which is where they belong.

I love having them at home and will miss them when they go back. When people like you can behave more responsible or the schools handle covid better, we'll consider returning. I'm sorry you don't love your kids enough to have them home. Maybe you shouldn't have had kids if you cannot handle having them around.

Schools are safe. For kids and for their family. If you want testing, they're doing that too. Your absurd post shows the deleterious effects of being locked down for extended periods of time.

No, schools are not safe. Most aren't following the CDC guidelines including testing and social distancing. Most have 35+ students to a classroom and in MS and HS those kids rotate classes. Many are only doing opt in testing and its random so out of 1000 students maybe 50 are tested and its the same kids all the time as any parent who is engaging in risky behavior isn't going to opt in.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/omicron-public-weary-restrictions/2021/11/29/3832e4aa-508b-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html

"If there is a major resurgence of the pandemic, the political will for the harshest virus mitigation measures has largely evaporated even in the most liberal parts of the country, which have been the most open to restrictions, experts say.

“The threshold to shut things down is going to be much higher than it was,” said Robert Wachter, who chairs the Department of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. “One of the durable takeaway lessons is that the closing of schools is really a terrible thing to do and should be avoided at all costs.”"

Amen. Kids need in-person school. We will be ok. Mask and vaccinate.

—a teacher

Different teacher.

Kids don't "need" in-person school. It is a "nice to have" not a "must have." Do parents "need" childcare? Yes. That's the reason why schools may stay open even after kids and teachers start to die.

There is no vaccine yet that is effective against Omicron.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If Faucci says close, the schools should follow whatever the teachers union decides is best, for teacher safety.

No one listens to Fauci.

A lot of people listen to Dr. Fauci. People like you don't. Darwin's theories will prove themselves out on you. That's fine with the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/omicron-public-weary-restrictions/2021/11/29/3832e4aa-508b-11ec-8769-2f4ecdf7a2ad_story.html

"If there is a major resurgence of the pandemic, the political will for the harshest virus mitigation measures has largely evaporated even in the most liberal parts of the country, which have been the most open to restrictions, experts say.

“The threshold to shut things down is going to be much higher than it was,” said Robert Wachter, who chairs the Department of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. “One of the durable takeaway lessons is that the closing of schools is really a terrible thing to do and should be avoided at all costs.”"

Amen. Kids need in-person school. We will be ok. Mask and vaccinate.

—a teacher

Different teacher.

Kids don't "need" in-person school. It is a "nice to have" not a "must have." Do parents "need" childcare? Yes. That's the reason why schools may stay open even after kids and teachers start to die.

There is no vaccine yet that is effective against Omicron.

Your last statement is simply wrong. Show me one citation for that “teacher”