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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So -  the use of masks and distancing - as is being in done in controlled classroom settings, should greatly lessen the spread.

Anti- school folks keep posting these threads about kids as potential vectors.  Okay.   The next step should have been (months ago) to ensure controlled classroom settings to get kids back inside the classroom.

We are all going to get Covid at some point (if we have not already).   Let's talk about ways to protect the most vulnerable and live with it.[/quote]
No, this information means that we should avoid indoor congregate settings that accelerate the pandemic and put further strain on the healthcare system. Not that we should push to open schools at the height of the pandemic where 3,000 people are dying a day and we have 200,000+ new infections every day. [/quote]

Almost no one is proposing reopening schools tomorrow. Start with some special p education programs in January, and start bringing back elementary students for the 2nd semester. Keep bars/restaurants closed, keep restrictions on gathering sizes, and continue efforts expand hospital surge capacity. Places like Maryland are in pretty good shape to do this. Our case counts are lower than other parts of the country and our hospitals still have headroom on capacity (without, I might add, even cancelling all elective procedures as was done earlier this year).

Maryland could absolutely reopen schools safely. Just a couple of the big counties don't want to due their leaders' ties to the teacher unions.[/quote]

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