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1. Cases have never been higher in MD.
2. Hospitalizations are EXPLODING and will be back to spring pandemic levels in the next few weeks.
3. Deaths are still low but will inevitably increase as hospitalization stays extend.

The factor to watch right now is hospitalizations. The curve is practically vertical. It's an extremely worrying sign.

No one should be talking about opening schools unless they have a death wish for the state of Maryland.

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The rates are going to go down in a few months. If we don't talk seriously about reopening now, schools will NEVER reopen.  Which is untenable.  At this point, we need to be talking not only about getting kids back to school at the earliest possible moment, but also a Marshall Plan for remediating all the learning loss.  [/quote]

MCPS and others have made plans and will not stop developing those plans. MCPS even sent out a survey last week for parents to formally choose virtual or hybrid, which was widely panned because the nature of in-person education lacked definition. This is not MCPS's fault, but a sign of the volatility and low-visibility of pandemic evolution, which is not under any school's control. Schools are doing the best they can.

Full openings depend on mass vaccination. This school year will be 100% virtual, because the vaccines won't be distributed in time. The next school year will have a virtual option, since not enough adults will have received a vaccine and children will not be vaccinated yet.

This is not a discussion on future openings. OP is clearly looking for a fight on whether we should open NOW. We need to shut this down. The school trolls are just like the Trump trolls on the politics forum, always looking to sow doubt and divide the population in matters of life and death.

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