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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no evidence that opening of school has caused clusters of outbreaks.  According to the CDC Director (today on CSpAN interview) - tracing evidence shows that the teachers that contracted COVID did not get it via school - it was through a family member or outside activity.

So Stop the BS Misinformation.    School aged kids in school are NOT causing outbreaks.

Those that want school open have read the facts.    Had this country rushed to protect the most vulnerable (40% of deaths are in nursing/skilled care homes) and our children - we would be in a better place.

And to the OP -  sharing that cartoon, is, in fact, offensive to Jewish people.[/quote]
Oh my god. They can't trace 80% of COVID infections but the new opinion du jour is that of course it was never the school, and we should just believe that, okay! Please, all the "follow the science" people can't articulate one reason that schools would "scientifically" be transmission free zones. Please, tell us the science behind that. Dying to know! I keep hearing things like, "Kids are wearing masks." I'm here to tell you that they aren't wearing them consistently or effectively (under the nose, touching their faces, etc.), and that we are pressured to give multiple "mask breaks" a day in enclosed spaces. Kids eat two meals a day in my classroom, obviously unmasked, and there is no hurrying them through it. We know that spread is increasingly likely the longer you are indoors in a poorly ventilated room with an infected person, especially during these multiple prolonged instances where people are unmasked. Don't tell me that "scientifically" restaurants are wildly dangerous but schools are incredibly safe. No one spends 7 hours a day eating in a restaurant, five days a week. It is so obviously false.

The CDC just changed their guidance and has reclassified opening schools as high risk. The current COVID positivity rate is highest for children ages 5-17 than any other demographic.  Infection rates have exploded in places like NYC since September and have steadily gone up, while people continue to insist that of course it couldn't be the schools! We're now hearing that magically it's only "small private gatherings" causing people to get sick, as if COVID suddenly pops up in your living room and you aren't contracting it from someone who got it on the subway, at work, in a supermarket, in a restaurant, or in a school. It is indisputably evident that the more contacts you have the greater your risk for contracting COVID. We continue to see record infections and deaths and people still insist that this one area will be safe. It is so blatantly untrue.[/quote]

yes, your anecotes are so much more persuasive than public health experts. [/quote]

Considering what Redfield considers "expert" advice, anecdotes maybe worth more than bananas.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/24/health/cdc-schools-coronavirus-website-redfield/index.html[/quote]

Why are you talking about Redfield as if he’s the only person saying we need to work harder to open schools? Everyone is saying it. You’re pitiful. [/quote]

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