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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think DCPS teachers are on the whole great. Not sure what you think is a problem? My kids were at a top private and we moved them to DCPS for accelerated classes, which DCPS delivered. What do you feel is missing?[/quote]

The positivity rate in DC is 1.6 percent.

Health officials say the positivity rate must be below 5 percent for schools to open safely.

Why aren’t schools in DC open?

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/testing-positivity[/quote]

Why has reopening schools in other countries and other parts of this country been a shitshow?

I hear from a private school teacher in the DC area who is teaching in person, and it sounds really risky.  It is very likely that in person classes will be disrupted there in the near future and I wouldn't be surprised if she catches COVID.

Two third of the people in DC who’ve died from coronavirus were over the age of 70. How many 70-year old teachers are there? Only two percent of deaths in DC were people under the age of 40. Meanwhile children are the least likely to get coronavirus. Only three percent of all the cases ever in DC involved people between the ages of five and 14. Schools in Britain have reopened with no problems.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/26/health-202-british-schools-reopened-with-little-covid-19-spread-new-data-show/?outputType=amp

Also, think about how it disproportionally impacts people in the DC area.  Who is getting sick?  Who is dying?[/quote][/quote]

You're quoting numbers, and I'm thinking about people's lives.  Their elderly parents, immunocompromised, people with underlying health conditions.

How many teachers and students are you suggesting is a reasonable number to sacrifice?[/quote]

Give me a break. I’m citing actual evidence. You’re citing irrational fears in your own head. Teachers are such drama queens. Why is it that pediatricians c an see sick kids all day every day since all of this began but teachers can never ever go to work? Why is it safe for grocery stores and gyms and daycares and restaurants and private schools and the government and the zoo and museums to be open but not schools? Teachers need to learn to put on their big boy pants.[/quote]

News to me.  My pediatrician has not been seeing patients.  All telehealth unless really serious.  In grocery stores and gyms, you are constantly moving around and not there for 7 hours.  Very few daycares are open.  Which government offices are open?  None that I know.  The zoo is outside.[/quote]

You have a crazy pediatrician and a bad one. Most of them are seeing patients in person. Not like you can get a vaccine over the internet[/quote]

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