How would you rate how Mayor Bowser has handled DCPS reopening?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Bowser was okay at the start if the pandemic, a solid B. She did what she could.

Since then, she's failed DC students and parents, first with her tunnel vision on the doomed hybrid plan -- it's pretty clear by now that there was zero planning for all distance leaning this fall until it was too late, and now they have to scramble -- and second by her imbecilic insistence on keeping indoor dining, indoor church services and gyms open despite all evidence pointing to those things as the reason DC's numbers have not declined enough.

Now the kids are probably not going back to the buildings until fall 2021 at the earliest, and the learning gap between the haves and the have nots in DC will become even larger. Frankly, we should rename it the Bowser Gap. She owns it.

What are you talking about? DC’s numbers are the best in the region but the region isn’t safe and we now know that the commonly held belief that children are immune or don’t transmit is not accurate.

DC's numbers starting climbing again about two weeks after she allowed indoor dining and the rest. They haven't declined since. It's why we can't send our kids back to school.

This poster is correct. Spend a few minutes on DC's own coronavirus data page. It's plain as day.

Just looked at the data.

DC reporting conducting 2908 tests yesterday. 65 positives. 2.2 percent positivity rate. That’s in line with past seven days.

That’s well below the five percent positivity rate that experts recommend. It’s even lower than NYC’s toughest in the nation three percent standard for opening schools back up.

Schools should be open.

[Anonymous]

Did you not click on the graph of the rolling 7-day positivity? It's 3.4%.

Any one day of data is not particularly meaningful.

Why is everyone so hell bent on pushing an agenda instead of just interpreting straight facts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you not click on the graph of the rolling 7-day positivity? It's 3.4%.

Any one day of data is not particularly meaningful.

Why is everyone so hell bent on pushing an agenda instead of just interpreting straight facts?

You're looking at old numbers. Look at the actual numbers in the city's spreadsheet. Here are the figures from the past seven days:

On Aug. 12, DC conducted 2,908 tests, and had 65 positives. That's a 2.2 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 11, DC conducted 1,992 tests and had 63 positives. That's a 3.1 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 10, DC conducted 4358 tests and had 89 positives. That's a 2.0 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 9, DC conducted 2449 tests and had 54 positives. That's 2.2 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 8, DC conducted 4608 tests and had 100 positives. That's 2.2 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 7, DC conducted 4609 tests and had 64 positives. That's a 1.4 percent positivity rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you not click on the graph of the rolling 7-day positivity? It's 3.4%.

Any one day of data is not particularly meaningful.

Why is everyone so hell bent on pushing an agenda instead of just interpreting straight facts?

You're looking at old numbers. Look at the actual numbers in the city's spreadsheet. Here are the figures from the past seven days:

On Aug. 12, DC conducted 2,908 tests, and had 65 positives. That's a 2.2 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 11, DC conducted 1,992 tests and had 63 positives. That's a 3.1 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 10, DC conducted 4358 tests and had 89 positives. That's a 2.0 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 9, DC conducted 2449 tests and had 54 positives. That's 2.2 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 8, DC conducted 4608 tests and had 100 positives. That's 2.2 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 7, DC conducted 4609 tests and had 64 positives. That's a 1.4 percent positivity rate.

Oops I forgot Aug. 6 when DC conducted 2742 tests and had 71 positives. That’s a 2.5 percent positivity rate.

Over the past week, that’s an average 2.2 percent positivity rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you not click on the graph of the rolling 7-day positivity? It's 3.4%.

Any one day of data is not particularly meaningful.

Why is everyone so hell bent on pushing an agenda instead of just interpreting straight facts?

You're looking at old numbers. Look at the actual numbers in the city's spreadsheet. Here are the figures from the past seven days:

On Aug. 12, DC conducted 2,908 tests, and had 65 positives. That's a 2.2 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 11, DC conducted 1,992 tests and had 63 positives. That's a 3.1 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 10, DC conducted 4358 tests and had 89 positives. That's a 2.0 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 9, DC conducted 2449 tests and had 54 positives. That's 2.2 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 8, DC conducted 4608 tests and had 100 positives. That's 2.2 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 7, DC conducted 4609 tests and had 64 positives. That's a 1.4 percent positivity rate.

Oops I forgot Aug. 6 when DC conducted 2742 tests and had 71 positives. That’s a 2.5 percent positivity rate.

Over the past week, that’s an average 2.2 percent positivity rate.

Yes, DC's numbers are good in comparison to the rest of the country. But that's like being the hooker with the fewest std's in the brothel.

When DC can consistently get the positivity rate below 1 percent while maintaining a high level of test and trace, then we can talk about going back to school. Right now we've plateaued at above 2 percent. It isn't going up much but it also isn't going down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you not click on the graph of the rolling 7-day positivity? It's 3.4%.

Any one day of data is not particularly meaningful.

Why is everyone so hell bent on pushing an agenda instead of just interpreting straight facts?

You're looking at old numbers. Look at the actual numbers in the city's spreadsheet. Here are the figures from the past seven days:

On Aug. 12, DC conducted 2,908 tests, and had 65 positives. That's a 2.2 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 11, DC conducted 1,992 tests and had 63 positives. That's a 3.1 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 10, DC conducted 4358 tests and had 89 positives. That's a 2.0 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 9, DC conducted 2449 tests and had 54 positives. That's 2.2 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 8, DC conducted 4608 tests and had 100 positives. That's 2.2 percent positivity rate.

On Aug. 7, DC conducted 4609 tests and had 64 positives. That's a 1.4 percent positivity rate.

Oops I forgot Aug. 6 when DC conducted 2742 tests and had 71 positives. That’s a 2.5 percent positivity rate.

Over the past week, that’s an average 2.2 percent positivity rate.

Yes, DC's numbers are good in comparison to the rest of the country. But that's like being the hooker with the fewest std's in the brothel.

When DC can consistently get the positivity rate below 1 percent while maintaining a high level of test and trace, then we can talk about going back to school. Right now we've plateaued at above 2 percent. It isn't going up much but it also isn't going down.

Give me a break. A five percent positivity rate is the near-universal standard. NYC is the outlier by requiring a three percent positivity rate.

[Anonymous]

The director is Harvard Global Health Institute estimates at least 80% of schools will be 100% online by Columbus Day. You people are arguing over nothing. NO ONE IS GOING TO BE OPEN

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The director is Harvard Global Health Institute estimates at least 80% of schools will be 100% online by Columbus Day. You people are arguing over nothing. NO ONE IS GOING TO BE OPEN

The only metric that matters is when teachers get tired of hanging out in bars and watching Wheel of Fortune all day and decide they want to go back to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The director is Harvard Global Health Institute estimates at least 80% of schools will be 100% online by Columbus Day. You people are arguing over nothing. NO ONE IS GOING TO BE OPEN

The Harvard Global Health Institute says the positivity rate should be below three percent. The World Health Organization says five percent. Either way, DC passes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The director is Harvard Global Health Institute estimates at least 80% of schools will be 100% online by Columbus Day. You people are arguing over nothing. NO ONE IS GOING TO BE OPEN

The Harvard Global Health Institute says the positivity rate should be below three percent. The World Health Organization says five percent. Either way, DC passes.

Doesn’t matter. You get maybe 4 weeks total (with all the quarantine related closures)of in school before Columbus Day...if you are lucky. Nothing is going to be open past October. Nothing and your whining and complaining about the positivity rate here is not going to matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The director is Harvard Global Health Institute estimates at least 80% of schools will be 100% online by Columbus Day. You people are arguing over nothing. NO ONE IS GOING TO BE OPEN

The Harvard Global Health Institute says the positivity rate should be below three percent. The World Health Organization says five percent. Either way, DC passes.

Doesn’t matter. You get maybe 4 weeks total (with all the quarantine related closures)of in school before Columbus Day...if you are lucky. Nothing is going to be open past October. Nothing and your whining and complaining about the positivity rate here is not going to matter.

Teachers don’t care how few coronavirus cases there are. They will say anything to avoid having to go back to work.

[Anonymous]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/us/schools-quarantined-coronavirus/index.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The director is Harvard Global Health Institute estimates at least 80% of schools will be 100% online by Columbus Day. You people are arguing over nothing. NO ONE IS GOING TO BE OPEN

The Harvard Global Health Institute says the positivity rate should be below three percent. The World Health Organization says five percent. Either way, DC passes.

Doesn’t matter. You get maybe 4 weeks total (with all the quarantine related closures)of in school before Columbus Day...if you are lucky. Nothing is going to be open past October. Nothing and your whining and complaining about the positivity rate here is not going to matter.

Teachers don’t care how few coronavirus cases there are. They will say anything to avoid having to go back to work.

Yes. You caught us. That is exactly what we are planning. Not only do we have to have no cases, we have to have NEGATIVE cases. We need people to start recovering from COVID before they even catch it. That’s the only way I’m going back to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The director is Harvard Global Health Institute estimates at least 80% of schools will be 100% online by Columbus Day. You people are arguing over nothing. NO ONE IS GOING TO BE OPEN

The Harvard Global Health Institute says the positivity rate should be below three percent. The World Health Organization says five percent. Either way, DC passes.

Doesn’t matter. You get maybe 4 weeks total (with all the quarantine related closures)of in school before Columbus Day...if you are lucky. Nothing is going to be open past October. Nothing and your whining and complaining about the positivity rate here is not going to matter.

Teachers don’t care how few coronavirus cases there are. They will say anything to avoid having to go back to work.

Yes. You caught us. That is exactly what we are planning. Not only do we have to have no cases, we have to have NEGATIVE cases. We need people to start recovering from COVID before they even catch it. That’s the only way I’m going back to work.

I can verify this. We teachers don’t even really like children and this virus is secretly a boon because it furthers the no-work conspiracy we’ve been developing for decades. This really sped up the process and now I can live off my riches in peace, minus spending time with your pesky children.

[Anonymous]

The Mayor is doing the best she can. The Chancellor doesn’t strike me as the brightest bulb though, but he is non threatening to the Mayor and checks all the relevant boxes to justify his hire, but he doesn’t seem up for the challenge.