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Anonymous wrote:Will schools be open 5 days per week this fall? I would love to be able to plan.
I am very concerned about this. DME Paul Kihn is already hedging on the topic, apparently making full-time school contingent on a pediatric vaccine. Somebody needs to stop this crazy train from gaining steam. Kids do NOT need to be vaccinated for schools to reopen fully, especially if the vaccines prevent severe illness rather than stop all transmission anyway. We need to come to our senses and live with this virus.
Source please. Where did he say that? People are just posting wild crazy assertions on here and other people are believing it hook, line and sinker. Where did he say that?
Paul Kihn, deputy mayor for education, at the Feb. 3 SBOE working session:
“We also believe and, I know I personally think this, the virus is insidious and we have no idea what the world will look like in September. We do know that there will be no child vaccine, probably, by then and so we need to prepare for a September that is not necessarily going to be normal. So we should be preparing for a September that could have some version of hybrid or virtual ongoing. So we also think it's important that we continue to support our teachers who are at the center of this endeavor as they continue strengthening their virtual education skills.”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRjt5FDgYuE&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=DCSBOE at 8:00)
Time to move!
He doesnt seem to realize that coronavirus is going to be with us forever, and that it will constantly mutate. He also doesnt seem to realize how long it takes to develop pediatric vaccines or that there may never be a pediatric vaccine.
Here's his email: Paul.Kihm@dc.gov. Write him and tell him how nuts this is.
You made a mistake in the email address, his name is Paul Kihn, so it's Paul.Kihn@dc.gov.
I agree what he is saying is nuts and we should start making a ruckus if this idea gains any traction.
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aul Kihn does not listen to anyone. Waste of time writing to him
I love the DC government. It's like real life Parks & Recreation.
DC government does listen when voters care about something. It is time for some advocacy. There is plenty of evidence from around the world that schools can be opened with all kids in the class at once. France studies the rate of transmission closely within its schools, which have remained open this schoolyear throughout the pandemic, and it is lower than outside of schools. Children and adults are all safer with kids in school. The vaccine will be widely available by fall to all adults who want to protect themselves. Provided that community transmission is low, the masks should be plenty protection again any remaining risk.
Uhm, no France did not and does not study the rate of transmission within its schools. France does not systematically test in-school children. French officials lamented in early December that community transmission was so high in the midst of some hard lockdown measures, and some (head of Infectious Diseases in a Paris hospital
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7xy86b ) attributed it to schools remaining open. Surprisingly, the same guy is this week saying Paris should reopen museums and other cultural centers, where he thinks there's less transmission than in schools.
Also, France is ranked almost as terrible as we are in handling the pandemic, so I think we can stop looking to them in this particular area of public health.
https://interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/covid-performance/
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