Anddd... NYC just closed schools

[Anonymous]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/nyregion/nyc-schools-covid.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/nyregion/nyc-schools-covid.html

So much for the threads defensively screaming "THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT!!"

LOL

[Anonymous]

Told ya.

[Anonymous]

As noted in the article - the rising numbers did not happen because of school openings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As noted in the article - the rising numbers did not happen because of school openings.

There were 2,306 COVID cases in the NYC DOE as of yesterday. Those people travel on subways and buses, shop in our supermarkets, and live with their families. To say that none of the spread is caused by school is absolutely false. All elements of our economy are responsible for some of the transmission. Schools are not magical virus free zones, no matter how hard we wish they were. There is absolutely no logical or scientific reasoning behind that belief.

[Anonymous]

The annoying thing is that positivity rates in NYC schools are tiny, even taking into account that some families don't let their kids get randomly tested. It's definitely not schools that are driving the spread.

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Anonymous wrote:The annoying thing is that positivity rates in NYC schools are tiny, even taking into account that some families don't let their kids get randomly tested. It's definitely not schools that are driving the spread.

How exactly are you taking that into account? They have not tested a single student or staff member at my school this school year. I’m not the only one. And only 15% of the 25% of students currently attending had permission slips. Not even all of those students have been tested. Please, tell us how you’re accounting for that, as well as the 2,603 staff and students who have come up positive from late September to mid November.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As noted in the article - the rising numbers did not happen because of school openings.

There were 2,306 COVID cases in the NYC DOE as of yesterday. Those people travel on subways and buses, shop in our supermarkets, and live with their families. To say that none of the spread is caused by school is absolutely false. All elements of our economy are responsible for some of the transmission. Schools are not magical virus free zones, no matter how hard we wish they were. There is absolutely no logical or scientific reasoning behind that belief.

While much of what you say is true, it’s unfortunate that schools have become the easy target to close when there are far bigger culprits that are not addressed. Once again, kids lose.

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Anonymous wrote:The annoying thing is that positivity rates in NYC schools are tiny, even taking into account that some families don't let their kids get randomly tested. It's definitely not schools that are driving the spread.

How exactly are you taking that into account? They have not tested a single student or staff member at my school this school year. I’m not the only one. And only 15% of the 25% of students currently attending had permission slips. Not even all of those students have been tested. Please, tell us how you’re accounting for that, as well as the 2,603 staff and students who have come up positive from late September to mid November.

Did any of the kids or staff members at your school get sick?

[Anonymous]

It’s the correct response to a viral surge.

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Anonymous wrote:The annoying thing is that positivity rates in NYC schools are tiny, even taking into account that some families don't let their kids get randomly tested. It's definitely not schools that are driving the spread.

How exactly are you taking that into account? They have not tested a single student or staff member at my school this school year. I’m not the only one. And only 15% of the 25% of students currently attending had permission slips. Not even all of those students have been tested. Please, tell us how you’re accounting for that, as well as the 2,603 staff and students who have come up positive from late September to mid November.

Did any of the kids or staff members at your school get sick?

We had many people at my school get very sick (some hospitalized, some lost multiple family members to the virus) at our school in March (NYC was one of the last districts to shut down). We have also had a shutdown with multiple people sick just last week. Some of them in turn got their entire family sick and are living with elderly people who are high risk. It’s very weird how intellectually we know the virus is spreading quickly right now but people assume that it just won’t happen to them or in their community. Again, why would schools be the only indoor gathering place where transmission just doesn’t occur? It defies logic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The annoying thing is that positivity rates in NYC schools are tiny, even taking into account that some families don't let their kids get randomly tested. It's definitely not schools that are driving the spread.

How exactly are you taking that into account? They have not tested a single student or staff member at my school this school year. I’m not the only one. And only 15% of the 25% of students currently attending had permission slips. Not even all of those students have been tested. Please, tell us how you’re accounting for that, as well as the 2,603 staff and students who have come up positive from late September to mid November.

Did any of the kids or staff members at your school get sick?

We had many people at my school get very sick (some hospitalized, some lost multiple family members to the virus) at our school in March (NYC was one of the last districts to shut down). We have also had a shutdown with multiple people sick just last week. Some of them in turn got their entire family sick and are living with elderly people who are high risk. It’s very weird how intellectually we know the virus is spreading quickly right now but people assume that it just won’t happen to them or in their community. Again, why would schools be the only indoor gathering place where transmission just doesn’t occur? It defies logic.

I’m not understanding why no one at your school is getting tested if multiple people got sick? Or is this a different poster?

[Anonymous]

They should have stayed open. They have an incredibly low threshold for keeping schools open. This is horrible for economically disadvantaged children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The annoying thing is that positivity rates in NYC schools are tiny, even taking into account that some families don't let their kids get randomly tested. It's definitely not schools that are driving the spread.

How exactly are you taking that into account? They have not tested a single student or staff member at my school this school year. I’m not the only one. And only 15% of the 25% of students currently attending had permission slips. Not even all of those students have been tested. Please, tell us how you’re accounting for that, as well as the 2,603 staff and students who have come up positive from late September to mid November.

Did any of the kids or staff members at your school get sick?

We had many people at my school get very sick (some hospitalized, some lost multiple family members to the virus) at our school in March (NYC was one of the last districts to shut down). We have also had a shutdown with multiple people sick just last week. Some of them in turn got their entire family sick and are living with elderly people who are high risk. It’s very weird how intellectually we know the virus is spreading quickly right now but people assume that it just won’t happen to them or in their community. Again, why would schools be the only indoor gathering place where transmission just doesn’t occur? It defies logic.

No one said transmission wouldn’t occur. Transmission occurs other places too that society has decided it is important to keep open. Sadly schools aren’t important enough to enough people.

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Anonymous wrote:They should have stayed open. They have an incredibly low threshold for keeping schools open. This is horrible for economically disadvantaged children.

Agree and I'm in NYC. 3% is completely arbitrary and just made up by DeBlasio. There are areas of the city that like below 1% rate, and areas of the city much much higher. They should have done targeted closures like they did earlier. But 3% is the deal he cut with UFT.