Kaitlan Collins Tweet on CDC Guidance 6ft vs 3ft

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Anonymous wrote:hmm... "At times when it's not possible to accommodate masks, like when eating, CDC says six feet of distance should be maintained."

that's going to be prohibitive to increasing class sizes in many schools. where do the kids eat then??

Staggered schedules and shorter lunch period spread out outside or in a cafeteria. Our school does that now. Lunch periods start at 11 and go until 1 on staggered schedules

In addition, for the near future, it's going to be warm and perhaps kids can go outside to eat (still with a staggered schedule)?

Right? It's not that hard to imagine options. "Where do the kids EAT then?" she asked blankly, pondering the vastness of space and time, some of which must contain children, somewhere, eating sandwiches.

+1

Sometimes living in DC feels like living in a cult where everyone is convinced, despite all evidence to the contrary, that reopening schools is the quickest path to the grave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hmm... "At times when it's not possible to accommodate masks, like when eating, CDC says six feet of distance should be maintained."

that's going to be prohibitive to increasing class sizes in many schools. where do the kids eat then??

Staggered schedules and shorter lunch period spread out outside or in a cafeteria. Our school does that now. Lunch periods start at 11 and go until 1 on staggered schedules

In addition, for the near future, it's going to be warm and perhaps kids can go outside to eat (still with a staggered schedule)?

Right? It's not that hard to imagine options. "Where do the kids EAT then?" she asked blankly, pondering the vastness of space and time, some of which must contain children, somewhere, eating sandwiches.

It’s not that I can’t see options. Don’t underestimate the inability of schools and dcps to see those options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hmm... "At times when it's not possible to accommodate masks, like when eating, CDC says six feet of distance should be maintained."

that's going to be prohibitive to increasing class sizes in many schools. where do the kids eat then??

Staggered schedules and shorter lunch period spread out outside or in a cafeteria. Our school does that now. Lunch periods start at 11 and go until 1 on staggered schedules

In addition, for the near future, it's going to be warm and perhaps kids can go outside to eat (still with a staggered schedule)?

Right? It's not that hard to imagine options. "Where do the kids EAT then?" she asked blankly, pondering the vastness of space and time, some of which must contain children, somewhere, eating sandwiches.

It’s not that I can’t see options. Don’t underestimate the inability of schools and dcps to see those options.

Janney has already been doing eating outside since opening

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you Germany people start your own thread? This one is about DCPS/DOH/CDC updating guidelines.

Germany was only brought up in order to point out that this is what other countries have long done (in fact, more than that, because NO distance and masks) without schools turning into super spreader sites. As always, people had to jump in to argue that things that work in other countries cannot ever possibly work in America, because America is just so fundamentally different in every respect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you Germany people start your own thread? This one is about DCPS/DOH/CDC updating guidelines.

Germany was only brought up in order to point out that this is what other countries have long done (in fact, more than that, because NO distance and masks) without schools turning into super spreader sites. As always, people had to jump in to argue that things that work in other countries cannot ever possibly work in America, because America is just so fundamentally different in every respect.

Sorry, NO distance and NO masks. And still no spread in elementary schools to speak of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hmm... "At times when it's not possible to accommodate masks, like when eating, CDC says six feet of distance should be maintained."

that's going to be prohibitive to increasing class sizes in many schools. where do the kids eat then??

Staggered schedules and shorter lunch period spread out outside or in a cafeteria. Our school does that now. Lunch periods start at 11 and go until 1 on staggered schedules

In addition, for the near future, it's going to be warm and perhaps kids can go outside to eat (still with a staggered schedule)?

Right? It's not that hard to imagine options. "Where do the kids EAT then?" she asked blankly, pondering the vastness of space and time, some of which must contain children, somewhere, eating sandwiches.

+1

Sometimes living in DC feels like living in a cult where everyone is convinced, despite all evidence to the contrary, that reopening schools is the quickest path to the grave.

+1 PP Can I steal this? It so sad and SO true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you Germany people start your own thread? This one is about DCPS/DOH/CDC updating guidelines.

Germany was only brought up in order to point out that this is what other countries have long done (in fact, more than that, because NO distance and masks) without schools turning into super spreader sites. As always, people had to jump in to argue that things that work in other countries cannot ever possibly work in America, because America is just so fundamentally different in every respect.

Sorry, NO distance and NO masks. And still no spread in elementary schools to speak of.

No absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. They did not conduct systematic asymptomatic testing in schools. They did not meticulously contact trace every case (basically only a handful of Asian countries and New Zealand did that).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you Germany people start your own thread? This one is about DCPS/DOH/CDC updating guidelines.

Germany was only brought up in order to point out that this is what other countries have long done (in fact, more than that, because NO distance and masks) without schools turning into super spreader sites. As always, people had to jump in to argue that things that work in other countries cannot ever possibly work in America, because America is just so fundamentally different in every respect.

Sorry, NO distance and NO masks. And still no spread in elementary schools to speak of.

No absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. They did not conduct systematic asymptomatic testing in schools. They did not meticulously contact trace every case (basically only a handful of Asian countries and New Zealand did that).

You got that phrase from a TV show and are misapplying it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you Germany people start your own thread? This one is about DCPS/DOH/CDC updating guidelines.

Germany was only brought up in order to point out that this is what other countries have long done (in fact, more than that, because NO distance and masks) without schools turning into super spreader sites. As always, people had to jump in to argue that things that work in other countries cannot ever possibly work in America, because America is just so fundamentally different in every respect.

Sorry, NO distance and NO masks. And still no spread in elementary schools to speak of.

No. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. They did not conduct systematic asymptomatic testing in schools. They did not meticulously contact trace every case (basically only a handful of Asian countries and New Zealand did that).

You got that phrase from a TV show and are misapplying it.

Better?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you Germany people start your own thread? This one is about DCPS/DOH/CDC updating guidelines.

Germany was only brought up in order to point out that this is what other countries have long done (in fact, more than that, because NO distance and masks) without schools turning into super spreader sites. As always, people had to jump in to argue that things that work in other countries cannot ever possibly work in America, because America is just so fundamentally different in every respect.

Germany poster: I appreciate what you’re trying to do, honestly, but my brother’s kids in CONNECTICUT has been back all year. As people post on this board all the time, there are tons of places in the US where that is the case. These other examples are more useful for advocating to reopen in DC than constantly bringing up another country where people care about each other, are willing to lockdown, wear masks without question, and have socialized medicine.

I get it. I have family in another country where school has been open since August. I’d move there or to Germany in a heartbeat if I could after this shitshow of a year. But derailing a thread about the important update to social distancing requirements to yet again remind us how much it sucks to live in the US, specifically DC, right now just isn’t helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you Germany people start your own thread? This one is about DCPS/DOH/CDC updating guidelines.

Germany was only brought up in order to point out that this is what other countries have long done (in fact, more than that, because NO distance and masks) without schools turning into super spreader sites. As always, people had to jump in to argue that things that work in other countries cannot ever possibly work in America, because America is just so fundamentally different in every respect.

Germany poster: I appreciate what you’re trying to do, honestly, but my brother’s kids in CONNECTICUT has been back all year. As people post on this board all the time, there are tons of places in the US where that is the case. These other examples are more useful for advocating to reopen in DC than constantly bringing up another country where people care about each other, are willing to lockdown, wear masks without question, and have socialized medicine.

I get it. I have family in another country where school has been open since August. I’d move there or to Germany in a heartbeat if I could after this shitshow of a year. But derailing a thread about the important update to social distancing requirements to yet again remind us how much it sucks to live in the US, specifically DC, right now just isn’t helpful.

THANK YOU. This Germany poster is on every thread talking about Germany. It’s getting really old. There are plenty of other examples to use.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you Germany people start your own thread? This one is about DCPS/DOH/CDC updating guidelines.

Germany was only brought up in order to point out that this is what other countries have long done (in fact, more than that, because NO distance and masks) without schools turning into super spreader sites. As always, people had to jump in to argue that things that work in other countries cannot ever possibly work in America, because America is just so fundamentally different in every respect.

Germany poster: I appreciate what you’re trying to do, honestly, but my brother’s kids in CONNECTICUT has been back all year. As people post on this board all the time, there are tons of places in the US where that is the case. These other examples are more useful for advocating to reopen in DC than constantly bringing up another country where people care about each other, are willing to lockdown, wear masks without question, and have socialized medicine.

I get it. I have family in another country where school has been open since August. I’d move there or to Germany in a heartbeat if I could after this shitshow of a year. But derailing a thread about the important update to social distancing requirements to yet again remind us how much it sucks to live in the US, specifically DC, right now just isn’t helpful.

Fair enough. The reason I brought up Germany though was because they have no distancing requirements in schools and they didn't even require masks, and yet they have seen little spread in schools when they did test contacts after cases in the school community happened. Is this also true for CT? Did they not abide by CDC distancing guidelines?

And to the other poster: No, I'm not posting about Germany on every thread. I've probably brought it up last fall, when it was frustrating to watch my extended family's kids back in school full time while my own kids were fully virtual. I do notice that when any other country (not just Germany) is mentioned in this context, there are always posters who will jump in to argue why the US is just too different. That gets old, too, and often feels like a cop out.