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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let me crystallize this - the current policy position that is unspoken, but how we are clearly operating if you can read between the lines or just see what is in front of you is that we all get it. The wave will be "over" when it has interacted with nearly all of us, skipping or maybe asymptomatically touching some recent vax'd people.

You can choose *maybe* when you get it, but not if you get it. Closing schools just may change the when, not the if. So my position is that schools should not close if the only movement closure does is shift the "when" to a different point.

Those who are pushing school closures at this point really only have a few defensible positions:

1. Hospital capacity - local health dept can insist on school and other closures if needed. Should not be BOE driven and school should not be only thing closed.
2. School staffing - too many teachers, busses, etc out to function. (Sidenote- how much COVID leave exists and how much is that driving the total days out per positive test)

Anything else, really shouldn't drive schools to be closed. Too many kids out? That stinks, but we are in a pandemic, increased absences due to illness are to be expected. Dangerous environment? I hate to say it, but refer to the if / when analysis I posited above. The dangerous environment theory was better suited for waves that wouldn't hit everyone as there was a chance of missing the wave. Waiting for meds, sub 5 vaccines, etc? We would need a clear public health assessment of the goals, the benchmarks and what closure of school would achieve to get engagement to close for these things. I don't think there is the will or capability for this at this stage, and if there were, it should not be led by schools closing before other businesses.

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You can also choose how many times you get it. Do you want to get it when there is a new variant of concern or do you just want to get as few as possible? Each time is a systemic attack to cardiovascular, neurological, endocrine systems. Not sure how many people can stay healthy after few years of repeated infections.[/quote]

How would you choose how you get Omicron or not? I posit there is one way - near perfect isolation for several months right now. Absent that, I don't think there is a lot of choice with this variant. [/quote]

Not 100% will get omicron. They predicted 60-80%. So 20-40% can avoid it by hunkering down in January and maybe February. Then next variant… how many variants a year would you like to get?[/quote]

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