I’m getting nervous about school because of delta

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Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

definitely this dude
ollow the science and close the schools! Teachers, parents, and students opposed to Fairfax school reopening should join the Educators Rank and File Safety Committee:

https://www.wsws.org/en/special/pages/educators-rank-and-file-committee.html#join

Exactly how is that following the science? You know the science also said? That our children learned way less because of distance learning and our poor populations were left even more behind.

Science is a fickle beast. Honestly, i wouldn’t worry about it. It’s a fringe website.

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Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

I would rather drink windex than ever teach online again and I’m vaccinated. What’s the benefit for teachers to sign this?

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Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

I would rather drink windex than ever teach online again and I’m vaccinated. What’s the benefit for teachers to sign this?

Some people in FFX County just enjoy teacher bashing too much. They don’t want to give it up. We’re like “immigrants” to the Republicans in Texas and Florida - the root of all societal ills.

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Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

I would rather drink windex than ever teach online again and I’m vaccinated. What’s the benefit for teachers to sign this?

Some people in FFX County just enjoy teacher bashing too much. They don’t want to give it up. We’re like “immigrants” to the Republicans in Texas and Florida - the root of all societal ills.

I think it's pretty much been parent-on-parent violence all summer this time. Teachers have largely been "been there, done that, I need to get back in the classroom this year".

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Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

Not too many teachers but lots of very nervous and very “online” parents. They’re all over the comments sections of all articles about back to school.

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Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

Not too many teachers but lots of very nervous and very “online” parents. They’re all over the comments sections of all articles about back to school.

From what I can tell from most of my teacher friends this isn’t even on their radar.

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Wonder how many of these signatures are teachers...

Not too many teachers but lots of very nervous and very “online” parents. They’re all over the comments sections of all articles about back to school.

From what I can tell from most of my teacher friends this isn’t even on their radar.

Cause we know it’s not happening. The state bill prohibits it.

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Anonymous wrote:Today’s Post story about schools that have opened in the south is not promising. There are already outbreaks and temporary return to virtual instruction.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/schools-start-in-person-pandemic-masks/2021/08/09/29e7fb6c-f8b4-11eb-9c0e-97e29906a970_story.html

I don’t have a paid subscription, but let me guess. Florida? LA? Texas? Oooh, oooh, Arkansas?

I don’t have a paid subscription too. Please, can you give more details about what was said in the article?

Two HS in someplace I’ve never heard of in Mississippi went all online for a few weeks and cancelled ECs, and a place in Kentucky pushed back their start date a week or so. Otherwise it’s the usual handwringing that you read on these forums all the time. Closures are hard on everyone, teachers don’t like teaching virtually, most places in the south are going back without masks.

I teach HS. There is absolutely no reason for us to have a delayed start. I do think ES might consider one, though.

No. I teach ES. Why would we do that? What good would it do? Good Lord, no.

Personally, I would feel anxious about being responsible for a group of unvaccinated children. I am not saying you should feel responsible for them catching or not catching COVID, but I wouldn’t be able to help it. All of my students can and should be vaccinated so I don’t have to worry about them.

So the solution is to keep elementary students out of school for 6 months????

Why do we keep doing this to children while literally everything else in the county is open.

PP (ES teacher) here. 100% agree and I don’t think everything should close either. Other than probably a small percentage of people, school staff, students and their families are not staying home like we did in the spring of 2020. It’s not like everyone is staying home now and is being forced to into school later this month.

I honestly don’t understand what the benefit is to delaying the start of school. As others have mentioned, Delta is not going to go away by then. So will we push even more delays? Maybe start school in 2022? When does the nonsense stop?

If you look at data from other countries like U.K. and India that have gone through Delta the infections peak and rapidly comes down. They should consider delay for elementary till the wave subsides.

I can’t find any examples of districts that have done this. I don’t think it’s necessary. We can’t open or close based on what might or might not happen. That needs to be based on what is happening in the school(s).

Someone posted this is another thread https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/08/the-u-k-s-delta-surge-is-collapsing-will-ours.html
It looks like the delta surge is only for a month and then it collapses.

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It is true. India and the UK went through it.

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Eric Topol has posted why it doesn't look like this will stop soon in the US

The FDA needs to get the EUA out for kids 11 and under STAT

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Anonymous wrote:Eric Topol has posted why it doesn't look like this will stop soon in the US

The FDA needs to get the EUA out for kids 11 and under STAT

Link?

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Anonymous wrote:Eric Topol has posted why it doesn't look like this will stop soon in the US

The FDA needs to get the EUA out for kids 11 and under STAT

What is the emergency?

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Anonymous wrote:Eric Topol has posted why it doesn't look like this will stop soon in the US

The FDA needs to get the EUA out for kids 11 and under STAT

Link?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2021/08/too-many-people-are-dying-of-covid-19-right-now.html

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Who said schools are driving this wave? The wave is happening over summer break. Many are afraid that in person opening of school in the midst of the wave will make it worse.

Also, where in the US would schools have opened in full for 4 months after delta took hold?

Lastly, that tweet is from July 23. Things are rapidly shifting by the week.