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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let me just be clear that I would 100% rather my kids get Covid and then give it to everyone in our house than miss any more school after spending an *entire year* virtual. I am also totally fine with teachers and staff -- all of whom have been eligible for vax/boosters for months!!! -- testing positive for covid. Just like I was previously unbothered by the idea that kids teachers or parents might catch cold or a flu at school. Time to start treating Covid like every other URI that goes around schools in the winter - stay home if you're sick or have a fever, otherwise carry on as normal. [/quote]

Except we still don’t know the long lasting effects of having COVID, there are studies from Britain that suggest even a mild infection can have long-lasting sequelae, and personally I would vastly prefer to get COVID once supplies of sotrovimab are more available and the FDA has given authorization and production is underway for the Pfizer pills. And for those who are basically like “screw old people my kid needs to be in school for their mental health” I can tell you that a grandparent’s death from COVID pre-vaccines definitely also impacted my kid’s mental health, and I’m sure the mental health of many children who’ve lost parents or grandparents - 800,000 people have died thus far and they all had families and friends. [B]No one is asking for a months long shut down of schools [/b] but if cases keep rising like this, especially after vacation travel, maybe it’s time to hit the pause button for a little bit. [/quote]

The problem is that trust is so broken from last year that people simply don't believe the bolded. It is a problem. If the community truly believed that schools would be shut for two weeks and resume (say) Jan. 15, there would be grumbling, but I think that people would manage. But nobody believes the unions or administration at this point. Therefore, when people hear requests for a week or two weeks.of closure, they are reacting as though there are demand for a full shutdown for a year. And, honestly, it's not an irrational reaction. Schools stayed closed long after they needed to be closed, based on both case metrics and vaccine availability.

I don't disagree with you, to be clear (not entirely, at least). But your bolded statement just doesn't land with many families, because they simply do not trust the schools when they say they want to shut for two weeks. [/quote]

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