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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]it doesn't make any sense. the point is to have fewer kids in the mix at school. But then those kids will be sent to daycare the other two days mixing with all kinds of kids and not social distancing so....there is no point to doing this unless ALL school aged childcare is also closed..[/quote]

THIS. We can’t close everything down until there is a widely distributed vaccine. There are no good options here. [/quote]

The option is mitigation - masks, UV lights, testing weekly, hand sanitizer, kids stay in classoom. The 6 foot nonsense is for sneezes, but if they are wearing masks that takes care of sneezes.  This is all much better mitigation than having these kids congregate out in the world without these protections.  This is an equity issue. There is a reason you see a difference across wards - some families can afford to stay home with their kdis and some can't.[/quote]

Can you imagine this happening in lower ES? Instead of teaching, teacher will be pre-occupied with telling kids keep their masks on, not to go close to other kid, wash your hands, etc etc etc. No P.E. class, no Library? No science experiments?  [/quote]

Well, that is all happening now, just with 10 kids in the class and on 1-2 days a week.  It's overkill.  The 6 foot (10 really) is WITHOUT masks.  [/quote]

Why do you think that it is without masks? On the diagram posted by the news that shows the 6 foot radius around students, there is the note: "Current planning assumption: students and staff will wear face coverings".[/quote]

Science doesn't support it.  The 6 foot thing was because it was assumed peopel in the west wouldn't wer masks - that was the trajectory of large droplets of a sneeze.  This was CDC suggested 6 feet when it didn't recomend masks.  Now they do reccomend masks, which stops sneezes.  Turns out not only big droplets but arosals are an issue.  6 feet won't help with this.  UV lights and ventilation will.  The six feet myth hangs around though so now we have masks AND 6 feet.  Not touching is important. washing hands is important.  Keeping windows open is important.  6 feet - nah.[/quote]

Ok. I thought you mean that school would be 6 feet and without masks. Can you provide some research/links for the science? I have commonly heard the 6 feet and masks.

The article linked below states that both masks and distancing should be done. 
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/is-6-feet-far-enough-for-social-distancing-heres-what-science-says
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