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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok so back to the real question (though the debates about how teachers deserve/don’t deserve respect are remarkably entertaining in that they are so ludicrous)...
No one thinks going back in the height of the pandemic is a good idea.  The metrics are all red.  
How do we get aps to see that there is a silent majority that does want to go back but not until metrics are met?[/quote]

Well, you could start by finding the science that supports that. The most up to date research and recommendations support going back and have lambasted the arbitrary metrics crafted by politicians and teachers unions (e.g., NYC’s 3% rate). Masks and cohorts have demonstrated to be more than sufficient across the county to significantly mitigate the risk of transmission. https://globalepidemics.org/2020/12/18/schools-and-the-path-to-zero-strategies-for-pandemic-resilience-in-the-face-of-high-community-spread/[/quote]

Oh for God’s sake.  I am sick to death of people referring to “the science” or “the studies” as some monolithic set of proofs that don’t need critical examination and evaluation.  How many of your sources are from peer-reviewed scientific journals?  Let me guess.  None.
 
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Lol, not the PP but that link is a joint guidance document from Harvard and Brown's public health schools.

Things have changed since March. Catch up.[/quote]

In other words, NOT scientific journals.  See, this is what I mean?  People don’t read carefully or critically anymore.  You  can’t even accurately read my 5 sentence posting.

And yes, I am familiar with the Brown University study.  It is a great example of why economists should not play at being epidemiologists.[/quote]

The entire document is an explainer on how and why things are different than they were four to six months ago, and it cites to lots of peer reviewed data. It really would be good for you to read it because, again, things look a lot different now than when your worldview was apparently locked in.[/quote]

A great explainer that cites  “lots of peer reviewed data?” Wow, you really convinced me to give that study a careful re-read.

By the way, do you even know what the peer review process is?

It seems appropriate to  quote Isaac Asimov at this juncture...
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’”[/quote]

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