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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Notice how they say START with the vaccine?  What else could they possibly demand beyond a vaccine in the name of safety?  I am honestly asking this question. [/quote]

I honestly wonder that too. With adults as well as children. There’s so many vocal people who say they don’t “feel safe” even with the vaccine. Well what else are we supposed to do? The vaccine IS the end game. Masks and distancing are just stopgap measures. [/quote]

I'm not that PP, but honestly, I think the next phase of the pandemic is going to be all of the people who have had the tremendous privilege of isolating at home this whole time come to terms with what level of risk they're comfortable with.  For some, once they themselves are vaccinated, they will do whatever they want to/are permitted to do (eat in restaurants, travel, etc).  For others, the anxiety over doing even the smallest activity will be a huge hurdle.  I have had people tell me they cannot imagine walking back into a grocery store or getting a haircut.  This is going to take a lot of time.  And of course, there are tons of people who have not been able to shield themselves to that level so may feel more comfortable with the levels of mitigation being taken in schools, even when kids aren't vaccinated.[/quote]

Oh good gravy. I'm plenty privileged, but I still had to go into the office starting in April. Layered mitigation really does work, as the majority of America that has stepped outside their houses knows.[/quote]

DP.  You know that. I know that. But people who have stayed in their homes for more than a year have not yet discovered that. For many, the disciplined isolation they have engaged in throughout the pandemic is grounded in a need for control and anxiety over risk of harm from the virus. That's not going to go away immediately. Those extremist and their children might find themselves terrified to venture back out into a world which has largely enabled them in demanding a school system free from all COVID risk.[/quote]

Damn that’s heavy. The mental health issues are going to take longer to resolve than the physical health issues ..... [/quote]

Do we really think it's that many people?  Honestly, it's all anxiety of their own making....[/quote]

It’s not that many people who have had the ability to isolate a lot during Covid, but they have outsized influence. They’re comfortably middle class or upper middle class. [b]They portray themselves as more virtuous and the most cautious[/b], compared to working class people who have generally always had to work in person, or rich people who could disregard a lot of aspects of social distancing. And there’s a lot of them in this area in particular. It’s going to be a mess. [/quote]

Most people who like to portray themselves as pandemic virtuous have actually been vacationing and doing all sorts of unvirtuous things all along. They just rationalize it to themselves and the rest of us.

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/another-dull-quarantine-weekend-at-home-target-chipotle-home-depot-and-our-nieces-graduation-party

Which is just another reason why the public school system needs to just say no to these people. Imagine in 2019 if the schools had been asked if they would let a significant (though not necessarily large) portion of their students simply refuse to come to school every day. They called those kids truants and had legal recourse.[/quote]

DL is not being truant or refusing to go to school.  Having DL or a hybrid is great for all as it reduces overcrowding.  Real question is why are you threatened with other choosing DL during a pandemic or even afterward?  If your kids are not participating in DL now they are truant.  They should fail those kids and hold the parents accountable.[/quote]

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