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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm hoping for hybrid in Fall, 2021, and then maybe full IP in Fall, 2022.  If by some miracle there's a pediatric vaccine by Winter, 2021.  Otherwise I'd imagine we will be in hybrid until 2023?  Whenever there's a pediatric vaccine.

Note:  I don't think that's scientifically the right thing.  I think that's what the DMV teachers' unions will allow.[/quote]

Then the DMV teachers unions need to be busted. At some point we need to start following the science and doing right by the kids, like the rest of the world.[/quote]

What part of the rest of the world are you speaking of? Not Germany, the UK, Denmark ... https://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-schools-are-closing-again-on-concerns-they-spread-covid-19-11610805601
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Many elementary schools in Germany are staying open on a hybrid basis, even through this lockdown. I know because my kids are in school there right now.[/quote]

Not only that, they are bringing back graduating high school classes this week. My brother is a teacher in Berlin and just went back in person.

Not to mention that Germany has had fully open schools all fall and can therefore afford to close for a limited amount of time. They'll be back full-time for all while we'll still be doing DL and fighting over hybrid spots. (And of course, Germany would never so such an inequitable thing as offering IPL spots by lottery, excluding part of the kids. It's either DL for all or IPL for all.[/quote]

By the way, Germany also has teachers’ unions, and very strong support for parents including the monetary support of Kindergeld (219 Euros per month foe the first two children), as well as universal health insurance that means that if, say, you get coronavirus because you are a school staff member and you end up being one of the unlucky long-haul Covid sufferers and can’t go back to work because of your medical condition you will not have to lose your job AND your health insurance. (And before the pandemic there were a lot of elementary schools that closed for the day between 12:15 and 1 pm which kind of sucks if you’re a working mom too... there are more Ganztagschule now but I still remember my German friends being astonished at the fact that my kid went to school until 3:30 in first grade.)

Yes, Germany has done a lot right in the pandemic but part of why they were able to do it is because they have social safety nets that do not exist in the US. A one-time payment in May and another one in January versus monthly payments such that people could live on them is another way in which the US is very different. [/quote]

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