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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So there are COVID cases - so what?

With vaccines circulating and the worse cases rapidly declining as a result - its over.

Like the flu (that other coronavirus) - Covid will always be around.

Back to life![/quote]

We aren’t there yet lmao. You’re acting like most of the population is vaccinated, we aren’t even close. They are saying by ‘summertime’ which is what July, August? But that doesn’t mean OSSE is going to change the cap on the number of people that can be in a classroom. 
You’re also forgetting children legally have to get the flu shot, there is no vaccine for children yet. And with that I fear we may be looking at hybrid for a long time....[/quote]

Children do not "legally have to get the flu shot". Where are you getting this misinformation? Only some children get it every year, and it is about 60% effective at best.

And don't tell me you "fear" we may be hybrid for a long time - you are secretly wishing for it because otherwise you won't FEEL safe. Hopefully, decision makers are going to be more rational than you. Experts agree it would be nuts to wait for a pediatric vaccine before letting schools open full time.

And to the previous PP: the flu is not "that other coronavirus". The flu is caused by influenza virus. Otherwise I agree with your post.[/quote]

Ok but it is strongly recommended and other immunizations are mandatory.

And the hell? Why are you putting words in my mouth, hybrid is where I see DCPS headed for the fall. And ‘experts’ haven’t dictated school reopenings so far, why do you think it would in the future?[/quote]

Never in the history of the flu vaccine and flu pandemics have open schools ever been made contingent on children getting a flu shot. This country needs to come to its senses and accept that a small risk of Covid will persist, just like it does with the flu and probably smaller even without pediatric vaccinations.[/quote]

Uh huh. There’s been cases of COVID left and right, most not from school but it doesn’t change the fact that the class has to quarantine for 2 weeks. I for sure can imagine multiple classes having to quarantine because of specials and more students means more kids have to be on the playground.

That’s part of the reason why I’m sure hybrid is coming until the US is more stabilized like other countries.
And again, I want in person school but we are talking about the barriers to fully reopen. [/quote]

We were talking about the fall right here (not on this thread overall). By then, it is highly likely that the US will have “stabilized”, yet you are predicting that we will be in hybrid “for a long time”, until all kids are vaccinated.  My point is that bringing up the flu vaccine to bolster that prediction makes absolutely no sense.[/quote]

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