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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pretty much every school that "opened up" to in-person had to shut down again.  Why?  Because the majority of the U.S. Population doesn't understand the difference between High School math (bell curves) and the science of Coronavirus propagation.  Folks, there is no "curve".

As long as you have one infected person, and a large number of uninfected people; that one person will infect the others.  The cycle just restarts over and over again.  This is what happened in Europe and in the U.S.  Go research it yourselves.  Play the game called "Plague" and maybe the math and science will make more sense.  It's a math thing.  The virus doesn't care about public opinions or politics.  The science of transmission doesn't change from testing or wishful thinking.

The only way to totally stop this cycle is either to fully immunize the population (fewer deaths) or achieve "herd immunity" by infecting the entire population (which is bad news for anyone over 60 or with health conditions - sorry but you're written off as collateral damage).

This doesn't even include the human factor that teachers will become the new "front line" of Covid.  You're asking them, without medical training, to become a "super-spreader defensive line"?  If even one kid sniffles or coughs, what then?  How many parents and their families will you infect?  What if they live with family or have close contact with people with medical conditions or elderly?  What if the child has a medical condition himself/herself?  Are they all expendable?

I can understand if a kids home is already infected (e.g. parents that didn't understand the impact early in the pandemic), or if the kid is developing mental health issues from the isolation - but some parents were just complaining they didn't have daycare.  For those parents, I do empathize that you do need some sort of help or solution - and [b]maybe the school can assist in some way[/b]; [b]but to force your will on other parents and other families is going too far[/b].  Find a solution for your own children, but not by creating issues for others.

To all those parents pushing to re-open, [b]work with the schools to find a solution to your issues,[/b] but[b] leave the rest who want to save lives alone[/b].

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How is that happening? How are parents forcing other parents?

"maybe the school can assist in some way" - umm...you mean by partial opening or like a hybrid model for those who chose to go in-person?

"work with the schools to find a solution to your issues" - Who do I write to? the parents ( at least most of them) that are talking about re-opening arent talking about going back to normal on day one, but they are insisting on having a plan, some plan to open someday.

"leave the rest who want to save lives alone" - who is bothering you, buddy?[/quote]

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