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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is ridiculous that people pretend that schools are magical places where the virus can’t be transmitted. We know how quickly illness spreads in schools. COVID is more contagious than many others, and schools are ill equipped to prevent spread. Period. Unless you shut down everything else (including grocery stores and hospitals), prevented people from socializing, and kept schools open you have no idea how much community spread is a result of open schools. We see huge virus outbreaks in areas with open schools and people are like “but restaurants!” Kids eat in my classroom twice a day (breakfast and lunch). That IS indoor dining, and without the stringent cleaning and air filtration systems restaurants have. Just admit that you want schools open and don’t care about the repercussions, and then we can have an honest conversation. [/quote]

And yet, catholic schools and other privates are open in this area without any outbreaks.  It can be done, when mitigation measures are taken and community spread is below certain metrics.  [/quote]
Please, show us evidence that there are no outbreaks. Many private schools are simply not required to report cases and obviously choose not to, because it looks bad. I work in NYC and there have been 2,000+ cases (over a thousand staff members and 900+ students) even though we are open at a quarter capacity, there is “random” testing, and nightly disinfection. [/quote]

I reject the idea that there can be NO outbreaks in schools. That is a harmful standard, and it’s not recommended by any public health authority. [/quote]

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