Should we prepare for virtual schooling starting in January?

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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.

Our population is not responsible enough to behave in a way that reduces covid, sadly. If our politicians behaved responsibly and acted responsibly that would help a lot. Look at Biden. He cannot even wear a mask consistently. That speaks volumes.

[Anonymous]

Please no.

DD did fine with DL, but DS… he’s learned so much more this year already than last year. His anxiety is much better. I know I’m going to get bashed and told I’m an awful, uninvolved parent that DS didn’t excel at virtual learning. I am involved, but it just didn’t work for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please no.

DD did fine with DL, but DS… he’s learned so much more this year already than last year. His anxiety is much better. I know I’m going to get bashed and told I’m an awful, uninvolved parent that DS didn’t excel at virtual learning. I am involved, but it just didn’t work for him.

Its not going to happen so nothing to worry about.

[Anonymous]

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Our population is not responsible enough to behave in a way that reduces covid, sadly. If our politicians behaved responsibly and acted responsibly that would help a lot. Look at Biden. He cannot even wear a mask consistently. That speaks volumes.

OK, time to accept this and move on to Plan B. Telling people "Behave responsibly!" does not work, so there's no point in doing it.

[Anonymous]

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Our population is not responsible enough to behave in a way that reduces covid, sadly. If our politicians behaved responsibly and acted responsibly that would help a lot. Look at Biden. He cannot even wear a mask consistently. That speaks volumes.

OK, time to accept this and move on to Plan B. Telling people "Behave responsibly!" does not work, so there's no point in doing it.

Neither does saying get vaccinated when the majority of the population is vaccinated in this area.

So, its time for Plan C. The live with it crowd is happy to catch it and share the love.

[Anonymous]

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Our population is not responsible enough to behave in a way that reduces covid, sadly. If our politicians behaved responsibly and acted responsibly that would help a lot. Look at Biden. He cannot even wear a mask consistently. That speaks volumes.

OK, time to accept this and move on to Plan B. Telling people "Behave responsibly!" does not work, so there's no point in doing it.

Neither does saying get vaccinated when the majority of the population is vaccinated in this area.

So, its time for Plan C. The live with it crowd is happy to catch it and share the love.

Plan C: get boostered.

[Anonymous]

Rhey will do rolling closures. If this spreqds fast and has a bight breakthrough percentage, even if its mild, techers cant come in and teach while sick and not enough subs. And those classes are all exposed if teacher tests positive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rhey will do rolling closures. If this spreqds fast and has a bight breakthrough percentage, even if its mild, techers cant come in and teach while sick and not enough subs. And those classes are all exposed if teacher tests positive.

There's a big difference between individual closures for operational reasons, and systemwide closures based on case numbers when everything else is open.

[Anonymous]

The "it's not happening people" are cute. As if they could somehow WILL schools not to close in the face of Omicron!

If anyone wants to prepare for school closures (re-arrange your January work projects if it's possible, think about creating a bubble with a relative who can watch your kids, get that desk out of the basement), you can do that during the break.

Come January, schools will close. It's not possible to deal with the wave that's building up and NOT close down both businesses and schools.

There won't be recriminations about schools closing and not bars and restaurants. It will ALL close.

And to add a ghastly piece of recent news: UK scientists have not seen that Omicron actually gives milder symptoms than Delta, which is contrary to what S. African scientists claimed. We need to sort that out, because Omicron is wildly more infectious, and we were all banking on the fact that it was mild. And now it may not be.

So, yeah, closed schools are a given.

[Anonymous]

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The "it's not happening people" are cute. As if they could somehow WILL schools not to close in the face of Omicron!

If anyone wants to prepare for school closures (re-arrange your January work projects if it's possible, think about creating a bubble with a relative who can watch your kids, get that desk out of the basement), you can do that during the break.

Come January, schools will close. It's not possible to deal with the wave that's building up and NOT close down both businesses and schools.

There won't be recriminations about schools closing and not bars and restaurants. It will ALL close.

And to add a ghastly piece of recent news: UK scientists have not seen that Omicron actually gives milder symptoms than Delta, which is contrary to what S. African scientists claimed. We need to sort that out, because Omicron is wildly more infectious, and we were all banking on the fact that it was mild. And now it may not be.

So, yeah, closed schools are a given.

There's going to be far less overall closure than you think. There is no money to pay for it. There is no will to abide by it. It's futile because it just drags it out.

[Anonymous]

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The "it's not happening people" are cute. As if they could somehow WILL schools not to close in the face of Omicron!

If anyone wants to prepare for school closures (re-arrange your January work projects if it's possible, think about creating a bubble with a relative who can watch your kids, get that desk out of the basement), you can do that during the break.

Come January, schools will close. It's not possible to deal with the wave that's building up and NOT close down both businesses and schools.

There won't be recriminations about schools closing and not bars and restaurants. It will ALL close.

And to add a ghastly piece of recent news: UK scientists have not seen that Omicron actually gives milder symptoms than Delta, which is contrary to what S. African scientists claimed. We need to sort that out, because Omicron is wildly more infectious, and we were all banking on the fact that it was mild. And now it may not be.

So, yeah, closed schools are a given.

You funny

[Anonymous]

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The "it's not happening people" are cute. As if they could somehow WILL schools not to close in the face of Omicron!

If anyone wants to prepare for school closures (re-arrange your January work projects if it's possible, think about creating a bubble with a relative who can watch your kids, get that desk out of the basement), you can do that during the break.

Come January, schools will close. It's not possible to deal with the wave that's building up and NOT close down both businesses and schools.

There won't be recriminations about schools closing and not bars and restaurants. It will ALL close.

And to add a ghastly piece of recent news: UK scientists have not seen that Omicron actually gives milder symptoms than Delta, which is contrary to what S. African scientists claimed. We need to sort that out, because Omicron is wildly more infectious, and we were all banking on the fact that it was mild. And now it may not be.

So, yeah, closed schools are a given.

Have the local state or county governments managed a collective yawn yet? DC and Virginia don't even have indoor mask mandates. DC is considering re-instituting one, but that's their big move.

[Anonymous]

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The "it's not happening people" are cute. As if they could somehow WILL schools not to close in the face of Omicron!

If anyone wants to prepare for school closures (re-arrange your January work projects if it's possible, think about creating a bubble with a relative who can watch your kids, get that desk out of the basement), you can do that during the break.

Come January, schools will close. It's not possible to deal with the wave that's building up and NOT close down both businesses and schools.

There won't be recriminations about schools closing and not bars and restaurants. It will ALL close.

And to add a ghastly piece of recent news: UK scientists have not seen that Omicron actually gives milder symptoms than Delta, which is contrary to what S. African scientists claimed. We need to sort that out, because Omicron is wildly more infectious, and we were all banking on the fact that it was mild. And now it may not be.

So, yeah, closed schools are a given.

No, MCPS will stay open. Too many entitled parents who don't think covid is real or its a problem if they get sick or spread it. If they cared, they'd be more cautious.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
The "it's not happening people" are cute. As if they could somehow WILL schools not to close in the face of Omicron!

If anyone wants to prepare for school closures (re-arrange your January work projects if it's possible, think about creating a bubble with a relative who can watch your kids, get that desk out of the basement), you can do that during the break.

Come January, schools will close. It's not possible to deal with the wave that's building up and NOT close down both businesses and schools.

There won't be recriminations about schools closing and not bars and restaurants. It will ALL close.

And to add a ghastly piece of recent news: UK scientists have not seen that Omicron actually gives milder symptoms than Delta, which is contrary to what S. African scientists claimed. We need to sort that out, because Omicron is wildly more infectious, and we were all banking on the fact that it was mild. And now it may not be.

So, yeah, closed schools are a given.

There's going to be far less overall closure than you think. There is no money to pay for it. There is no will to abide by it. It's futile because it just drags it out.

No money to pay for what? All MCPS kids who want one, have an MCPS computer and MCPS has all the platforms.

I doubt there will be closures.

[Anonymous]

Everything else in the world should close before schools.

Bars and restaurants and gyms and theaters.

But that won’t happen. Our economy is more important than our kids.

Even though our kids represent the future economy- and they don’t learn at home… the data are clear and no amount of parent-shaming changes that.

Sigh. I hope they don’t