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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Excellent speech and courageous for a politician to say out loud that a 9 year old's life has more value than a 99 year olds. [/quote]That’s not exactly what he said and it’s just going to get people riled up phrasing it this way. Lets’s be accurate. He said “The death of a 99-year-old is not worth closing school for a 9-year-old.”

And I agree with him.[/quote]

I completely disagree with him on that.  No death is trivial and a human being who is 99 years old has so much experience and knowledge to share.

That said, we can give the 99 year old a vaccine AND open schools for 9 year olds, so let’s work on that.  Right now, many counties are not doing well by their elders and have been extremely slow in getting them safely vaccinated.

I didn’t watch the speech.   It seems like enough people here were impressed with it, but I am not.  It sounds like he gave voice to the turbulent dissatisfaction and frustration so many parents have had with public schools, but I imagine he doesn’t have a good workable solution.  Penalize schools financially if they don’t open?  They already have their yearly budget!

I know it is emotionally fulfilling when people articulate so well the problems you see around you, but right now CP just seems to be pandering to the crowds and taking advantage of an emotionally charged situation.  Better he volunteer at a vaccination clinic and figure out ways to speed the roll out, then tell diminish the death of a 99 year old.

In short, I want schools to open, too.  Get the teachers and senior citizens vaccinated ASAP so we can do it.[/quote]

Maybe watch the video next time?

You missed the entire point of the discussion. 
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I highly doubt it.[/quote]

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