OMICRON to send us back to distance learning

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yes, what we've learned from the last 18 months is that kids do need in-person school.

Or at least, most people have learned that.

[Anonymous]

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

+1

[Anonymous]

Public school is an in-person activity. And we learned from the past year and a half of no public school that closing schools is absolutely devastating for kids.

[Anonymous]

People who advocate schools are either ignorant privileged people or child abusers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

I agree. 100%

ES Teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

We don't know this, and please stop with the "even after kids and teachers start to die" stuff.

ES Teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's already here. Testing just isn't picking it up yet, because other countries are doing a much better job testing.

If you don't have a vaccine and aren't taking masking and social distancing precautions, you will probably have it within a month.

Weird. I don’t have what you call vaccine, I don’t mask and I believe in human interaction aka I haven’t stopped shaking hands or hugging folks. Haven’t picked up anything.

Guess I’ll donate myself to science when I die.

Maybe so, because 800,000 Americans can’t say the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

We don't know this, and please stop with the "even after kids and teachers start to die" stuff.

ES Teacher.

Well, she's right. We don't know anything about Omicron yet, including how deadly it will be. Just because you are an ostrich doesn't mean the rest of us are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yes, what we've learned from the last 18 months is that kids do need in-person school.

Or at least, most people have learned that.

Some kids need it, not ALL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's already here. Testing just isn't picking it up yet, because other countries are doing a much better job testing.

If you don't have a vaccine and aren't taking masking and social distancing precautions, you will probably have it within a month.

Weird. I don’t have what you call vaccine, I don’t mask and I believe in human interaction aka I haven’t stopped shaking hands or hugging folks. Haven’t picked up anything.

Guess I’ll donate myself to science when I die.

Maybe so, because 800,000 Americans can’t say the same.

x1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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”

Uh, why don't YOU show a citation for a peer-reviewed article that proves that there IS a vaccine that is effective against Omicron. We'll wait ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's already here. Testing just isn't picking it up yet, because other countries are doing a much better job testing.

If you don't have a vaccine and aren't taking masking and social distancing precautions, you will probably have it within a month.

Weird. I don’t have what you call vaccine, I don’t mask and I believe in human interaction aka I haven’t stopped shaking hands or hugging folks. Haven’t picked up anything.

Guess I’ll donate myself to science when I die.

Maybe so, because 800,000 Americans can’t say the same.

Friendly reminder those numbers are inflated big time. When people died from a gun shot or car accident and yet gets labeled as covid death you need to pause and reflect. But, nobody does that. They just consume the propaganda and believe the lies like the government cares about your health LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's already here. Testing just isn't picking it up yet, because other countries are doing a much better job testing.

If you don't have a vaccine and aren't taking masking and social distancing precautions, you will probably have it within a month.

Weird. I don’t have what you call vaccine, I don’t mask and I believe in human interaction aka I haven’t stopped shaking hands or hugging folks. Haven’t picked up anything.

Guess I’ll donate myself to science when I die.

Maybe so, because 800,000 Americans can’t say the same.

Friendly reminder those numbers are inflated big time. When people died from a gun shot or car accident and yet gets labeled as covid death you need to pause and reflect. But, nobody does that. They just consume the propaganda and believe the lies like the government cares about your health LOL

Car accidents haven't killed the same amount of people so stop with the non-sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

I agree. 100%

ES Teacher

Kids need good teachers, supportive involved parents and a good curriculum that includes textbooks and homework for reinforcement. And, if you don't do the work, you fail. Socially passing kids only hurts them academically later on.

Kids need to be safe in school. There is no distancing, testing is a joke and most people stopped caring.

You can say "we" will be ok, but that we needs to be you and not the rest of us. Don't give people a false sense of security. You have just been lucky as a teacher that none of your students or their parents have died.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

I agree. 100%

ES Teacher

Kids need good teachers, supportive involved parents and a good curriculum that includes textbooks and homework for reinforcement. And, if you don't do the work, you fail. Socially passing kids only hurts them academically later on.

Kids need to be safe in school. There is no distancing, testing is a joke and most people stopped caring.

You can say "we" will be ok, but that we needs to be you and not the rest of us. Don't give people a false sense of security. You have just been lucky as a teacher that none of your students or their parents have died.

Kids are demonstrably safe in school.