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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The coronavirus numbers in DC are already very low right now, and hardly anyone has been vaccinated. By the summer, a large percentage of people will be vaccinated, and the number of coronavirus cases in the city will be extremely low. [/quote]

Fantasy[/quote]

You can just look at the numbers. The infection rate is now below 1.0, which means the outbreak is shrinking.

The positivity rate is 3.4 percent, which is very low (it's supposed to be under 5 percent if you want to reopen schools).

And barely three percent of DC residents have been vaccinated. [/quote]

If we'd stayed virtual through June, maybe. With si many kids sharing air aince last week, community transmission is bound to rise again and jeopardize what OP is hoping for. [/quote]

Stop the disinformation. You have no evidence to show that schools are significant drivers of community spread.[/quote]

CDC says the opposite. They say rates are lower in schools than in the surrounding areas. [/quote]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/04/school-reopening-risk-virus/

PP, the disinformation is the false claim bordering on fantasy that schools would[b]n't[/b] contribute to community spread. Of course they do. [/quote]

You can read the CDC report yourself. It's here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2775875

It says, in part: "There has been little evidence that schools have contributed meaningfully to increased community transmission."

Roughly two-thirds of all schools in the United States are currently open in some fashion. Almost 40 percent of all schools are currently in-person, every day. If there was a health problem with opening schools, we'd know it. The CDC says it ain't happening. I'm sure that's very disappointing to you. [/quote]

First of all, see the disclaimer of that 'viewpoint' article, "The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."A viewpoint is numerous rungs below a meta-analysis, and it's basically an editorial. Last time we gave too much weight to a viewpoint in a medical journal, we created the opioid crisis.

Second, take a listen of this podcast for a reasonable view of this problem.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/why-press-gets-school-transmission-so-wrong-on-the-media[/quote]

Gotta love these teachers who are suddenly anti-science when the medical profession tells them it's time to go to work. [/quote]

Right? And when they come up against this research, generally they begin relying on intuition and a notion of "common sense," as though these two things are more important than expertise and data. I understand why it feels like common sense that schools are dangerous disease vectors. Indeed, I thought that was the case at the beginning of all of this. But the data show us otherwise.

We like to rely on intuition and common sense. This is how we make the majority of our decisions. It is often correct, but not always. Intuition and "common sense" lead us to the wrong conclusion about the safety of school reopening.

It is a mark of critical thinking to be able to observe that your intuition is wrong and revise your own conclusions when presented with evidence. My disappointment here is the number of educators who apparently lack the critical thinking skills to revise their own thoughts. Their willingness to throw out evidence and data when it conflicts with common sense. My concern is that teachers who lack critical thinking skills are unable to teach children to think.[/quote]

This is very thoughtful. True that so many intelligent people will not listen to the research (not just teachers but parents too). It is not a lack of critical thinking I believe, but fear, distrust of government and not wanting to let go of intuition when physical safety is at stake. Many very smart people hold onto these views. I agree with you that they are wrong not to consider the evidence, but I do not think in many cases that critical thinking skills are generally lacking. As for teachers I think that there is a conflict of interest for some in their thinking because it is natural that many would want to play it safe, as many of us are. Risk in a school is very low when proper precautions are taken but it is not zero.[/quote]

Risk is not very low in schools, even when proper precautions are taken. It is moderate. The research doesn't say it is very low - the editorialized interpretations do. Our critical thinking skills are less clouded by fear than yours are clouded by the panic of having your kids learning from home, which we have all seen expressed in videos and interviews and posts here, but which, admittedly, I find a bit hard to empathize with. Your pseudo-empathetic projection of a refusal to let go of intuition, and hold onto what seems 'common sense' is funny and cute. It is hard to be mad with your bullshit when you speak in such a sweet tone about us. Happy Valentine's Day.
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Are you the “honey” poster who says we’ll be virtual until 2022?[/quote]

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