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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Folks - these are the guidelines today.  Based on the information (misinformation?) provided by the CDC at the time.

There is new information about COVID published from real researched studies (not Trump medicine) that:
1.  Spread from asymptomatic individuals is minimal
2.  Spread from touching stuff is minimal

So this is new information this week - think about what this means.

In my mind the 2 most important elements are:
1.  check everyone daily before entering the building.
2.  Wear masks to limit spread from airborne transmission

of course lots of handwashing.

I expect the numbers will change for how many children can be in a room safely given precautions and this will align with new guidance received from the CDC.[/quote]

#1 and #2 are false. There is no new study and both claims were back tracked. They just said they believe majority was transmitted by airborne droplets, but without much more contact tracing there is no certainty. [/quote]

There is sufficient evidence that surfaces are less important than previously thought and that child transmission and risk is relatively low to shape public policy, in part, around those facts. If it were about kids, kids would be back in school. It’s clearly about teachers and, while teachers are important, I just don’t understand why public policy is being shaped around prioritizing their interests over Chikdrens’ interest when they are doing a paid, voluntary job. No one said doctors, nurses, policemen,, mailmen, delivery workers, firemen, EMS, grocery store workers, garbage man, metro employees,  bus drivers,  etc didn’t have to deliver the service for which they are paid.[/quote]

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Oh STFU. Those jobs MUST be in person. The ones that aren't are all online. And yes distance learning doesn't work for everyone but at the time it's what we had to do. You don't care about kids, you're just mad at your assumptions about the decision as to why DL was put in place. 
I'm sorry you guys are too stupid to realize if all the teachers quit there won't be replacements so soon. You know we already have a teacher shortage right?

I wish it could only be hybrid for parents like this. The rest of the students whose parent's hearts aren't trash can return to full time, I'll glad teach them in person everyday since I am not at risk.[/quote]

DP. You seem angry and vicious, and you are reading a lot into what the PP said. Who is talking about not caring if all teachers quit, or thinking that it wouldn't be problem? How can you claim he/she doesn't care about kids, just because you feel they are attacking teachers unfairly?

It is not false to assert that

a) the continued (not the initial) school shutdown will be to protect the teachers and other staff (as well as potentially the students' family members) at the expense of the kids
b) DL is not remotely equivalent to school (no pun intended), and therefore you cannot claim that a teacher's job can really be done online
b) school should be considered essential, similar to other essential functions of society.

I bet a LOT of parents feel that way, and you think their hearts are "trash" and they all deserve the hybrid model? You sound like gem of a person. I get that everybody is stressed out in this situation, but flying off the handle like that doesn't advance the conversation in a productive way.[/quote]

Yes, if you keep blaming teachers your heart is absolute trash.

There is already teaching online way before this virus lmao, even for kids with special needs. Don't get mad at teachers for DCPS' lack of funds and efforts!
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