Should we prepare for virtual schooling starting in January?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So many colleges moving to virtual for spring, cancelling December commencement etc.. it would not be a surprise if mcps went virtual again. I certainly hope it doesn’t. Virtual has been terrible for my child. 2nd grader never got to have a full year of school since Kindergarten!

No Alyssa.

That wasn't me--again! You're 0 for 2 in these guesses now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is going to close down for a bad cold. You all are hallucinating.

Covid is not a bad cold.

And no-one knows what covid+flu will look like. Be realistic. If hospitals are full, everything will close. Believe me, I don't want that to happen but it's not looking great right now and additional restrictions are already being implemented.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-tightens-covid-19-guidance-on-sports-extracurriculars-as-winter-break-approaches/?fbclid=IwAR3K6l8tcTeQv0uRZA1zBa10WPdvzeoK8U5HaDq76CEe_AK_s2-KJwCgKsU

This is a joke. They took away after school activities, except sports. But, if its run by a community group, it's allowed. Punish the least spreading groups.

[Anonymous]

I posted in the wrong forum but Prince Georges county just announced they are moving to virtual through January 18.

https://wjla.com/news/coronavirus/prince-georges-county-schools-extend-winter-holiday-break-due-increase-covid-19-cases-outbreaks?fbclid=IwAR27lLTPVRJAKH2zF3_HgoJqiQRolTsNHDRjq0EvxualJAG-SCDU6oOumO0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is going to close down for a bad cold. You all are hallucinating.

Covid is not a bad cold.

And no-one knows what covid+flu will look like. Be realistic. If hospitals are full, everything will close. Believe me, I don't want that to happen but it's not looking great right now and additional restrictions are already being implemented.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-tightens-covid-19-guidance-on-sports-extracurriculars-as-winter-break-approaches/?fbclid=IwAR3K6l8tcTeQv0uRZA1zBa10WPdvzeoK8U5HaDq76CEe_AK_s2-KJwCgKsU

I think you’re going to be surprised how little changes despite the hospitalizations.

Election time.. not going to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prince Georges county just moved to all virtual through Jan 18.

Its kinda sad that every other area can be responsible but us. Good for them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t make sense though. If people are vaccinated in our area especially then why not keep the schools open? Even the 5-11 can get vaccinated, if there is no real threat of death because of vaccine protection then why cause so much disruption?

Because hospitalizations are still going up anyways. It may not be so much the kids at risks but their parents/grandparents and older teachers. If teacher goes down with Covid who will teach? There are no subs.

We just got notification today of a teacher getting sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Prince Georges county just moved to all virtual through Jan 18.

Its kinda sad that every other area can be responsible but us. Good for them.

ONE county announces virtual for a limited time, and now EVERY OTHER AREA CAN BE RESPONSIBLE BUT US?!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is going to close down for a bad cold. You all are hallucinating.

Covid is not a bad cold.

And no-one knows what covid+flu will look like. Be realistic. If hospitals are full, everything will close. Believe me, I don't want that to happen but it's not looking great right now and additional restrictions are already being implemented.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-tightens-covid-19-guidance-on-sports-extracurriculars-as-winter-break-approaches/?fbclid=IwAR3K6l8tcTeQv0uRZA1zBa10WPdvzeoK8U5HaDq76CEe_AK_s2-KJwCgKsU

I think you’re going to be surprised how little changes despite the hospitalizations.

Election time.. not going to happen.

You're not subtle enough, my friend. The entire goal of governments is to let Covid waves unfold sufficiently until enough constituents start realizing they're going to be in deep poo very soon, and express the need for restrictions and closures. This is easy to do if you're dealing with a Covid-conscious population (NIH and Johns Hoskins people around, etc), since they will wake up relatively early on, and fewer deaths will eventually happen. It's far trickier to do in freedumb states, where patients start dying by the truckload before they reluctantly agree to anything.

And the inverse is also true - if you wait too long, your constituents will hate you because you will not have done enough. The number of deaths will be plastered across all the media and you will be called a murderer. Cuomo had that experience (he was feted as a hero by the dummies because he turned around that initial deadly surge, but savvier people realized he had massively blooped by not forcing restrictions sooner).

So... politicians walk a fine line, partly dictated by the leanings of the majority, and partly dictated by actual Covid conditions on the ground.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I posted in the wrong forum but Prince Georges county just announced they are moving to virtual through January 18.

https://wjla.com/news/coronavirus/prince-georges-county-schools-extend-winter-holiday-break-due-increase-covid-19-cases-outbreaks?fbclid=IwAR27lLTPVRJAKH2zF3_HgoJqiQRolTsNHDRjq0EvxualJAG-SCDU6oOumO0

Note the quote from the president of the teachers union that said schools should have closed sooner. What a joke. Are we really going to let this happen again? This is just going to set the standard for a month long virtual education in the winter in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is going to close down for a bad cold. You all are hallucinating.

Covid is not a bad cold.

And no-one knows what covid+flu will look like. Be realistic. If hospitals are full, everything will close. Believe me, I don't want that to happen but it's not looking great right now and additional restrictions are already being implemented.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-tightens-covid-19-guidance-on-sports-extracurriculars-as-winter-break-approaches/?fbclid=IwAR3K6l8tcTeQv0uRZA1zBa10WPdvzeoK8U5HaDq76CEe_AK_s2-KJwCgKsU

I think you’re going to be surprised how little changes despite the hospitalizations.

Election time.. not going to happen.

You're not subtle enough, my friend. The entire goal of governments is to let Covid waves unfold sufficiently until enough constituents start realizing they're going to be in deep poo very soon, and express the need for restrictions and closures. This is easy to do if you're dealing with a Covid-conscious population (NIH and Johns Hoskins people around, etc), since they will wake up relatively early on, and fewer deaths will eventually happen. It's far trickier to do in freedumb states, where patients start dying by the truckload before they reluctantly agree to anything.

And the inverse is also true - if you wait too long, your constituents will hate you because you will not have done enough. The number of deaths will be plastered across all the media and you will be called a murderer. Cuomo had that experience (he was feted as a hero by the dummies because he turned around that initial deadly surge, but savvier people realized he had massively blooped by not forcing restrictions sooner).

So... politicians walk a fine line, partly dictated by the leanings of the majority, and partly dictated by actual Covid conditions on the ground.

There are not going to be increased deaths in this area. Who are we protecting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is going to close down for a bad cold. You all are hallucinating.

Covid is not a bad cold.

And no-one knows what covid+flu will look like. Be realistic. If hospitals are full, everything will close. Believe me, I don't want that to happen but it's not looking great right now and additional restrictions are already being implemented.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-tightens-covid-19-guidance-on-sports-extracurriculars-as-winter-break-approaches/?fbclid=IwAR3K6l8tcTeQv0uRZA1zBa10WPdvzeoK8U5HaDq76CEe_AK_s2-KJwCgKsU

I think you’re going to be surprised how little changes despite the hospitalizations.

Election time.. not going to happen.

You're not subtle enough, my friend. The entire goal of governments is to let Covid waves unfold sufficiently until enough constituents start realizing they're going to be in deep poo very soon, and express the need for restrictions and closures. This is easy to do if you're dealing with a Covid-conscious population (NIH and Johns Hoskins people around, etc), since they will wake up relatively early on, and fewer deaths will eventually happen. It's far trickier to do in freedumb states, where patients start dying by the truckload before they reluctantly agree to anything.

And the inverse is also true - if you wait too long, your constituents will hate you because you will not have done enough. The number of deaths will be plastered across all the media and you will be called a murderer. Cuomo had that experience (he was feted as a hero by the dummies because he turned around that initial deadly surge, but savvier people realized he had massively blooped by not forcing restrictions sooner).

So... politicians walk a fine line, partly dictated by the leanings of the majority, and partly dictated by actual Covid conditions on the ground.

What a bunch of garbage.
Highly educated people are the voters. Highly educated people are vaccinated and boosted. Highly educated people do not want schools shut down.

Personally I have very little sympathy for people who are currently hospitalized with covid. The vast majority of them are unvaccinated. They made their hospital bed and now they lay in it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

You're not subtle enough, my friend. The entire goal of governments is to let Covid waves unfold sufficiently until enough constituents start realizing they're going to be in deep poo very soon, and express the need for restrictions and closures. This is easy to do if you're dealing with a Covid-conscious population (NIH and Johns Hoskins people around, etc), since they will wake up relatively early on, and fewer deaths will eventually happen. It's far trickier to do in freedumb states, where patients start dying by the truckload before they reluctantly agree to anything.

And the inverse is also true - if you wait too long, your constituents will hate you because you will not have done enough. The number of deaths will be plastered across all the media and you will be called a murderer. Cuomo had that experience (he was feted as a hero by the dummies because he turned around that initial deadly surge, but savvier people realized he had massively blooped by not forcing restrictions sooner).

So... politicians walk a fine line, partly dictated by the leanings of the majority, and partly dictated by actual Covid conditions on the ground.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I posted in the wrong forum but Prince Georges county just announced they are moving to virtual through January 18.

https://wjla.com/news/coronavirus/prince-georges-county-schools-extend-winter-holiday-break-due-increase-covid-19-cases-outbreaks?fbclid=IwAR27lLTPVRJAKH2zF3_HgoJqiQRolTsNHDRjq0EvxualJAG-SCDU6oOumO0

I'm kind of shocked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is going to close down for a bad cold. You all are hallucinating.

Covid is not a bad cold.

And no-one knows what covid+flu will look like. Be realistic. If hospitals are full, everything will close. Believe me, I don't want that to happen but it's not looking great right now and additional restrictions are already being implemented.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-tightens-covid-19-guidance-on-sports-extracurriculars-as-winter-break-approaches/?fbclid=IwAR3K6l8tcTeQv0uRZA1zBa10WPdvzeoK8U5HaDq76CEe_AK_s2-KJwCgKsU

I think you’re going to be surprised how little changes despite the hospitalizations.

Election time.. not going to happen.

You're not subtle enough, my friend. The entire goal of governments is to let Covid waves unfold sufficiently until enough constituents start realizing they're going to be in deep poo very soon, and express the need for restrictions and closures. This is easy to do if you're dealing with a Covid-conscious population (NIH and Johns Hoskins people around, etc), since they will wake up relatively early on, and fewer deaths will eventually happen. It's far trickier to do in freedumb states, where patients start dying by the truckload before they reluctantly agree to anything.

And the inverse is also true - if you wait too long, your constituents will hate you because you will not have done enough. The number of deaths will be plastered across all the media and you will be called a murderer. Cuomo had that experience (he was feted as a hero by the dummies because he turned around that initial deadly surge, but savvier people realized he had massively blooped by not forcing restrictions sooner).

So... politicians walk a fine line, partly dictated by the leanings of the majority, and partly dictated by actual Covid conditions on the ground.

“Freedumb” states like FL? You don’t look at data much do you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I posted in the wrong forum but Prince Georges county just announced they are moving to virtual through January 18.

https://wjla.com/news/coronavirus/prince-georges-county-schools-extend-winter-holiday-break-due-increase-covid-19-cases-outbreaks?fbclid=IwAR27lLTPVRJAKH2zF3_HgoJqiQRolTsNHDRjq0EvxualJAG-SCDU6oOumO0

I'm kind of shocked.

Me too.

I thought the reason Montgomery county couldn’t go virtual was because of state mandated closures and openings. If Prince George’s is closing then what’s the real reason Montgomery county Can’t go virtual?