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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, here.

Why does everyone assume a post is always an argument for or against school opening or closing?  I wasn’t trying to build an evidenced based argument; in fact I wasn’t trying to build an argument at all.  I was asking a question and reaching out to people who could better assess the quality of an “analysis” I encountered in the comments section of WaPo.  Yeah, that is random, but I am not writing a research paper or trying to present an oral argument.

I created two threads based on this guy’s comments.  Why did I feel the need to do that?  Because people on this forum have been citing the “wisconsin study” and “cdc guidelines” as “supporting school opening” and this commenter’s analysis of the studies - which I admit I am too lazy undertake myself — made me feel a bit bamboozled by random DCUM posters who I had never pressed for details or explanation when they cited the “wisconsin study” or “the cdc report” as their “evidence.”

In short, I was admitting I am not a science person and examining and evaluating these studies with care would involve a lot of mental focus I need to dedicate to other projects so I was saying “Hey smart stem trained DCUM moms, is this guy’s analysis legitimate or flawed?”

I don’t know how to post a direct link to the guy’s comments but here is the link to the article he commented on.  One of his posts brought up the CDC report and another the Wisconsin study:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/biden-schools-reopen/2021/02/11/3a63e3ee-6b2d-11eb-ba56-d7e2c8defa31_story.html

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I'm not a science person either, but I could tell within seconds that the argument, with the links, made no sense whatsoever. I don't believe your intentions and believe you must be a teacher desperate to keep schools closed. This forum isn't helpful for that. [/quote]

Well, I don’t believe you could “tell within seconds that the argument with the links made no sense whatsoever.”  That is utter BS.

I am a teacher but I am hardly desperate to keep schools closed.  I am vaccinated, so it’s not me who will be getting sick if going back to schools turns to be a source of spread.  It’s my students and their families who could suffer.

This forum isn’t helpful for discussion or soliciting advice?  Or perhaps you are saying no one here is intelligent enough to take apart Mr. WaPo Commenter’s analysis?  Clearly, you weren’t.  Feel free to prove me wrong.  I am disappointed as I expected this community to contain a surfeit of smarter women and mothers.

So why do you think people come to this forum?  Is it to battle over the same arguments using the same “evidence” and the same metaphors over and over again? How very dull.  [/quote]

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