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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Give teachers vaccine and then send back kids full time- no hybrid. If teachers are vaccinated kids can be in school full-time without distancing. [/quote]

100% right[/quote]

Absolutely not— CDC guidelines require mitigation.  Kids are not vaccinated and need protection.  That doesn’t mean they need to be stuck DL.  [/quote]

+1. Private schools are working because they are doing masks and distancing. They aren’t cramming kids into a room. The only reason they can do 5 days is because their class sizes are smaller to begin with. It’s just a reality that large public schools have to do hybrid right now. [/quote]

This is correct.

Vaccinate teachers, but also maintain social distancing and mask wearing and cleaning procedures for the kids in school.

I get it, you all want kids back in school, but don't lose your heads completely.[/quote]

I thought it was the inability to distance which gave rise to the need for hybrid.  At my school, the kids are packed in the classrooms like sardines.  Hallways between classes look like subway corridors at rush hour..[/quote]

Yes. The kids can go full time in the fall because by then vaccinations will have increased to the point of reduced spread. [b]Right now spread is VERY HIGH[/b] so the kids still have to be distanced and masked to be safe in the building. Some parents, I swear. [/quote]

What do you consider “VERY HIGH”? If you look at the VDH site, every health region in VA has a reproduction rate less than 1, which I have always understood to be a desirable number. As of January 25 the Northern Region is at 0.708 and has dropped -0.636 over the past week.

https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uploads/sites/182/2021/01/UVA-COVID-19-Model-Weekly-Report-2021-01-29.pdf

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All the brave teachers piping up now that they have vaccine priority  :roll: [/quote]

PP here. I said the same thing in July when numbers were low. I’ve been willing to teach F2F since then. I’ve been teaching from my classroom. I’m not any more brave than I have been all school year.[/quote]

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