Should we prepare for virtual schooling starting in January?

[Anonymous]

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For those braying about bars and restaurants closing before schools, this is for you:


https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/12/18/a-bunch-of-dc-bars-and-restaurants-are-closing-amidst-a-covid-19-surge/

They're doing it voluntarily. Post when it's required by law.

What the parents who seem obsessed with "if schools close down, everything needs to shut down..." are failing to see, is the problem isn't shutting down because of omicron itself. The problem is staffing shortages. Teachers are getting sick and cannot be at school. There is no one there to cover for them. Not sure why you're not comprehending this or getting it through your head. School closures will be due to staff shortages. Period.

Pp is right. And Hogan, in his bid for the Presidency, has said no lockdowns. He will let each business decide on their own, and each school district decide on their own, so he can claim that he remained true to republican ideals of individual decision-making (and deplore all the responsible folks who closed, of course).

And what will happen is this: most public-facing businesses and institutions like schools, hospitals, bars and restaurants will face staff shortages, since they're highly exposed to Covid. The responsible ones will close. The irresponsible ones will try not to. And some will be forced to close anyway, because there won't be adults left in the building!

So blame the future Republican candidate for refusing to do his job, if you want!

Taking the politics out of what you wrote, you are basically saying that businesses and institutions will close as needed when they can no longer operate and will open when they can operate. Some will choose to close out of caution and others will not.

I'll add that individuals can choose based on their own risk tolerance whether to frequent those institutions (with the exception of hospitals).

I'm not a republican and I am good with that plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:


For those braying about bars and restaurants closing before schools, this is for you:


https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/12/18/a-bunch-of-dc-bars-and-restaurants-are-closing-amidst-a-covid-19-surge/

They're doing it voluntarily. Post when it's required by law.

What the parents who seem obsessed with "if schools close down, everything needs to shut down..." are failing to see, is the problem isn't shutting down because of omicron itself. The problem is staffing shortages. Teachers are getting sick and cannot be at school. There is no one there to cover for them. Not sure why you're not comprehending this or getting it through your head. School closures will be due to staff shortages. Period.

Pp is right. And Hogan, in his bid for the Presidency, has said no lockdowns. He will let each business decide on their own, and each school district decide on their own, so he can claim that he remained true to republican ideals of individual decision-making (and deplore all the responsible folks who closed, of course).

And what will happen is this: most public-facing businesses and institutions like schools, hospitals, bars and restaurants will face staff shortages, since they're highly exposed to Covid. The responsible ones will close. The irresponsible ones will try not to. And some will be forced to close anyway, because there won't be adults left in the building!

So blame the future Republican candidate for refusing to do his job, if you want!

Taking the politics out of what you wrote, you are basically saying that businesses and institutions will close as needed when they can no longer operate and will open when they can operate. Some will choose to close out of caution and others will not.

I'll add that individuals can choose based on their own risk tolerance whether to frequent those institutions (with the exception of hospitals).

I'm not a republican and I am good with that plan.

This. Now that vaccines are widely available for all over 5 in this area.

[Anonymous]

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What the parents who seem obsessed with "if schools close down, everything needs to shut down..." are failing to see, is the problem isn't shutting down because of omicron itself. The problem is staffing shortages. Teachers are getting sick and cannot be at school. There is no one there to cover for them. Not sure why you're not comprehending this or getting it through your head. School closures will be due to staff shortages. Period.

Actually I think that most people understand school closures that are due to staff shortages...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What the parents who seem obsessed with "if schools close down, everything needs to shut down..." are failing to see, is the problem isn't shutting down because of omicron itself. The problem is staffing shortages. Teachers are getting sick and cannot be at school. There is no one there to cover for them. Not sure why you're not comprehending this or getting it through your head. School closures will be due to staff shortages. Period.

Actually I think that most people understand school closures that are due to staff shortages...

They will just pack the kids into the auditoriums if there are not enough staff. Expect few actual school closures. The testing is so delayed and hard to manage that we will rarely hit 5%. Loads of unvaxed/untested kids in the buildings who refuse to get tested, vaxed, or wear masks appropriately. Society says at this point it is best to keep kids in the buildings no matter what.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What the parents who seem obsessed with "if schools close down, everything needs to shut down..." are failing to see, is the problem isn't shutting down because of omicron itself. The problem is staffing shortages. Teachers are getting sick and cannot be at school. There is no one there to cover for them. Not sure why you're not comprehending this or getting it through your head. School closures will be due to staff shortages. Period.

Actually I think that most people understand school closures that are due to staff shortages...

They will just pack the kids into the auditoriums if there are not enough staff. Expect few actual school closures. The testing is so delayed and hard to manage that we will rarely hit 5%. Loads of unvaxed/untested kids in the buildings who refuse to get tested, vaxed, or wear masks appropriately. Society says at this point it is best to keep kids in the buildings no matter what.

Yep. We tried the other extreme-closing schools for 400 days and then “returning” part time and it didn’t work out so well. So yes, we are going to try the other way. Stay tuned. I think it’s going to be fine.

[Anonymous]

Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health:

“We have all the tools to keep schools open and safe: Vaccinations, testing, improvements in ventilation, tens of billions of dollars have gone to schools … If I hear of a single school district that goes remote but keeps bars open what that says to me is: They don’t care about kids — and they don’t care about COVID. Because bars spread COVID. Schools generally don’t — not if you put in place mitigation efforts.”

https://youtu.be/KMDCc26yGZM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health:

“We have all the tools to keep schools open and safe: Vaccinations, testing, improvements in ventilation, tens of billions of dollars have gone to schools … If I hear of a single school district that goes remote but keeps bars open what that says to me is: They don’t care about kids — and they don’t care about COVID. Because bars spread COVID. Schools generally don’t — not if you put in place mitigation efforts.”

https://youtu.be/KMDCc26yGZM

Wow, she's stupid. She should know full well that unmasked school lunch totally negates all other mitigation efforts. Highly irresponsible person, and the dean of Brown's school of public health? Very disappointing.

(and yes, I have expertise on the matter, probably more than she does).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health:

“We have all the tools to keep schools open and safe: Vaccinations, testing, improvements in ventilation, tens of billions of dollars have gone to schools … If I hear of a single school district that goes remote but keeps bars open what that says to me is: They don’t care about kids — and they don’t care about COVID. Because bars spread COVID. Schools generally don’t — not if you put in place mitigation efforts.”

https://youtu.be/KMDCc26yGZM

Wow, she's stupid. She should know full well that unmasked school lunch totally negates all other mitigation efforts. Highly irresponsible person, and the dean of Brown's school of public health? Very disappointing.

(and yes, I have expertise on the matter, probably more than she does).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health:

“We have all the tools to keep schools open and safe: Vaccinations, testing, improvements in ventilation, tens of billions of dollars have gone to schools … If I hear of a single school district that goes remote but keeps bars open what that says to me is: They don’t care about kids — and they don’t care about COVID. Because bars spread COVID. Schools generally don’t — not if you put in place mitigation efforts.”

https://youtu.be/KMDCc26yGZM

Wow, she's stupid. She should know full well that unmasked school lunch totally negates all other mitigation efforts. Highly irresponsible person, and the dean of Brown's school of public health? Very disappointing.

(and yes, I have expertise on the matter, probably more than she does).

NP. I'm extremely skeptical that you have more relevant expertise than the dean of Brown's school of public health. And your response is to just insult her as "stupid"?

You are making her point for her in some respects, by showing how unthinking her critics are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health:

“We have all the tools to keep schools open and safe: Vaccinations, testing, improvements in ventilation, tens of billions of dollars have gone to schools … If I hear of a single school district that goes remote but keeps bars open what that says to me is: They don’t care about kids — and they don’t care about COVID. Because bars spread COVID. Schools generally don’t — not if you put in place mitigation efforts.”

https://youtu.be/KMDCc26yGZM

Wow, she's stupid. She should know full well that unmasked school lunch totally negates all other mitigation efforts. Highly irresponsible person, and the dean of Brown's school of public health? Very disappointing.

(and yes, I have expertise on the matter, probably more than she does).

I absolutely guarantee she has more impressive credentials than you. And she’s not wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health:

“We have all the tools to keep schools open and safe: Vaccinations, testing, improvements in ventilation, tens of billions of dollars have gone to schools … If I hear of a single school district that goes remote but keeps bars open what that says to me is: They don’t care about kids — and they don’t care about COVID. Because bars spread COVID. Schools generally don’t — not if you put in place mitigation efforts.”

https://youtu.be/KMDCc26yGZM

Wow, she's stupid. She should know full well that unmasked school lunch totally negates all other mitigation efforts. Highly irresponsible person, and the dean of Brown's school of public health? Very disappointing.

(and yes, I have expertise on the matter, probably more than she does).

NP. I'm extremely skeptical that you have more relevant expertise than the dean of Brown's school of public health. And your response is to just insult her as "stupid"?

You are making her point for her in some respects, by showing how unthinking her critics are.

We're talking about this Ashish Jha, right? The one whose bio page says, "Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, is a physician, health policy researcher, and the third Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. Before joining Brown, he was the K.T. Li Professor of Global Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI)."?

https://www.brown.edu/academics/public-health/about/people/dean/ashish-jha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health:

“We have all the tools to keep schools open and safe: Vaccinations, testing, improvements in ventilation, tens of billions of dollars have gone to schools … If I hear of a single school district that goes remote but keeps bars open what that says to me is: They don’t care about kids — and they don’t care about COVID. Because bars spread COVID. Schools generally don’t — not if you put in place mitigation efforts.”

https://youtu.be/KMDCc26yGZM

Wow, she's stupid. She should know full well that unmasked school lunch totally negates all other mitigation efforts. Highly irresponsible person, and the dean of Brown's school of public health? Very disappointing.

(and yes, I have expertise on the matter, probably more than she does).

I absolutely guarantee she has more impressive credentials than you. And she’s not wrong.

JFC, he's a dude! He's a man.

Thinking that Ashish Jha is a woman is basically saying "I have note been paying attention to the medical experts at all".

This guy has been on the front line of our Covid response since the beginning. Christ almighty

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health:

“We have all the tools to keep schools open and safe: Vaccinations, testing, improvements in ventilation, tens of billions of dollars have gone to schools … If I hear of a single school district that goes remote but keeps bars open what that says to me is: They don’t care about kids — and they don’t care about COVID. Because bars spread COVID. Schools generally don’t — not if you put in place mitigation efforts.”

https://youtu.be/KMDCc26yGZM

Wow, she's stupid. She should know full well that unmasked school lunch totally negates all other mitigation efforts. Highly irresponsible person, and the dean of Brown's school of public health? Very disappointing.

(and yes, I have expertise on the matter, probably more than she does).

NP. I'm extremely skeptical that you have more relevant expertise than the dean of Brown's school of public health. And your response is to just insult her as "stupid"?

You are making her point for her in some respects, by showing how unthinking her critics are.

We're talking about this Ashish Jha, right? The one whose bio page says, "Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, is a physician, health policy researcher, and the third Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. Before joining Brown, he was the K.T. Li Professor of Global Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI)."?

https://www.brown.edu/academics/public-health/about/people/dean/ashish-jha

DP, and yes, this Ashish Jha. If PP has more expertise than *HIM*, I'm the Queen of England.

As for "braying" about closing bars and restaurants before schools, get your priorities in order, PP. We as a community didn't do so last year, and we're paying dearly for it. Actually, our kids are, but who cares about them as long as people know you didn't support Dear Leader, amirite?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What the parents who seem obsessed with "if schools close down, everything needs to shut down..." are failing to see, is the problem isn't shutting down because of omicron itself. The problem is staffing shortages. Teachers are getting sick and cannot be at school. There is no one there to cover for them. Not sure why you're not comprehending this or getting it through your head. School closures will be due to staff shortages. Period.

Actually I think that most people understand school closures that are due to staff shortages...

Actually they don’t. PP is absolutely correct. The majority of parents on social media have no idea what they are talking about but go off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health:

“We have all the tools to keep schools open and safe: Vaccinations, testing, improvements in ventilation, tens of billions of dollars have gone to schools … If I hear of a single school district that goes remote but keeps bars open what that says to me is: They don’t care about kids — and they don’t care about COVID. Because bars spread COVID. Schools generally don’t — not if you put in place mitigation efforts.”

https://youtu.be/KMDCc26yGZM

Wow, she's stupid. She should know full well that unmasked school lunch totally negates all other mitigation efforts. Highly irresponsible person, and the dean of Brown's school of public health? Very disappointing.

(and yes, I have expertise on the matter, probably more than she does).

Where's that Damn you, Poe's Law! poster?