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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers will revolt, and I don’t blame them. They don’t want kids coughing and sneezing in their faces all day long. This won’t come to pass this fall. Schools don’t have proper ventilation. This is a recipe for disaster. Look at what happened in Israel. The government gave in to public pressure and reopened things too quickly and they are now experiencing a huge resurgence. Opening schools before a vaccine is pure folly. I don’t care what the CDC says. They are bowing to the mob if they think schools can open in person.[/quote]

+1.  And CDC doesn't have enough science knowledge to enable a return to indoor anything (restaurants, work, schools, etc.)  In order to return to communal life indoors we need to know -- how does the virus spread through the air (aerosol? fully airborne? at what size particles and how often infective) and how much transmission is airborne v fomite. We also need to have a massive testing apparatus in place.

Harvard just announced they will welcome about 40% of students back to campus and test them every 3 days and highly restricted interaction (no parties, no guests, no big classes, etc.)

If you want kids in the classroom for any amount of time, we have to commit to a nation-wide massive school-based testing regime AND to reconfiguring how kids are taught. (For example, in ES, groups of 10 in a classroom at a time max with one teacher, no switching, focus on core (math and reading only) provide DL for history, science, art, gym and music none of which should be graded.

In MS and HS, kids will have to focus on core classes in school under same parameters -- stable groups less than 10.  kids go to school for a week per month.  no switching classrooms. [/quote]

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