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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, it's a waste of resources to demand that every child get tested to be allowed to return to school. This is another case of the mayor giving in to unreasonable union demands. The union is pushing for metrics for # of positive cases to close schools and wants this data to close schools. Experts say the most important metrics are number of hospitalizations and deaths, not number of cases. Yet the union continues to fear monger about number of cases.

I'm so angry that the union keeps harming children and those who actually are more vulnerable to dying from covid despite being vaccinated. Do some actual risk management and consider all the impacts of covid on society, not just union members' irrational feelings.[/quote]

No, it's not an unreasonable union demand. Testing to return actually makes overall closure LESS likely, because it screens out a good share of the people who are actively contagious for covid. That means both a reduction in the likelihood of having covid spread in the school (which is good for keeping school open) and a higher bar for arguing to close the schools just as a preventive measure. If you want school open (and I know I do!), you should be all for testing, the more, the better.[/quote]

I agree.  If it were feasible to rapid test the kids twice a week or more, I'd be all for it.  Screen out the positives = reduce spread in schools = schools will have an easier time staying open.  Even if you don't catch everyone, exponential spread means that every case you do catch heads off many more.

I don't think schools should be closed based on case rates, but only based on whether or not they can staff the schools.  [/quote]

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