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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sooner or later the majority of population will be exposed, most probably before vaccine. As long as people are not dying because of overwhelmed hospitals like in Italy, there is little to gain, but a lot to lose by shutting down everything, schools included.[/quote]
This. Moreover I'm sure better treatment alternatives will be there by fall.[/quote]

I think that's basically inevitable, just because there will be much more knowledge of the disease, and experience with treatments, by fall.[/quote]

Certainly, we will be better at treating this in the fall. But the fall also brings cold & flu season and increases all cause mortality. The ICUs start to fill up with respiratory diseases unrelated to the current pandemic. The 1918 flu pandemic had a first wave in the spring but then the big deadly wave in the following fall/winter. It's not just the primary infectious disease but also the secondary infections (pneumonia) that will land people in the hospital.

[b]I wish schools would try to open early. Get the kids in 'classrooms' in outdoor tents and pavilions in parks and stadiums in July.[/b] By the time we get to November, we will nearly certainly be shut down again. The second wave is likely to be much worse than the first. Yea yea, start to open up now, but let's please prepare for the very predictable second wave.
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I hope you're kidding with this. Are you signing up to teach and/or learn outside in the July heat? I would love to know the details of this plan. How would you handle bathroom needs/storms/kids & teachers with allergies related to being outside/kids & teachers allergic to bees/where materials would be stored/transportation/kids & teachers unable to stay outside in the heat due to health issues/food service? I could go on.

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As a teacher who works for a year round program, I can speak to this. We are paid a ten month salary. If you choose to work the summer you get paid an additional 18% of your yearly salary on top of your regular summer checks. Obviously, this is tremendously expensive for the district.
The only reason summer is bearable is because you go on many field trips, there’s only one official classroom observation, there is no testing, etc. All our classrooms are air conditioned. The pay is also great. You’re basically suggesting that teachers work with no extra pay, no air conditioning, no field trips, high anxiety, and worse. I agree that the bathroom would be a huge issue. When the weather is bad we just do what? Get soaked? I’m sorry but you can hire a sitter for the summer and ask them to do workbooks with your kid. I did not sign up for that. [/quote]

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