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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our NoVa private also requires eating outdoors and also zero talking while eating. [b]I hate to think of the damage this is causing generations of kids.[/b] My kids describe trying to whisper to the person six feet away outdoors while the teachers walk a bit away. [/quote]

OMG what is wrong with you people?!? Drama much?? My kids have been eating outside; yes, it is cold; yes, it is only 20 minutes; it is what we are doing right now. BFD!! Get a grip, parents. Our children are watching and learning how to cope with life - they will always be presented with challenges.[b] Resilience is a good thing to learn to develop.[/b][/quote]

So is common sense, and a respect for real medicine and science. Neither of which is being displayed in the situation that OP describes.[/quote]

It's common sense to avoid transmission of a highly contagious aerosol virus with unknown long-term effects.  Vaccines are incredibly helpful but insufficient as a stand-alone tool to prevent infections.  These are facts grounded in "real medicine and science."  OP's hand-wringing about her child eating in the cold is not common sense.  It is entitlement and a refusal to accept pandemic realities.  OP clings to the idea that we can return to life pre-pandemic as it was.  We can't.  We can - and must - adjus to keep our children in school as safely as possible.  Moving forward and living with the virus means that we should embrace all tools at our disposal, especially during waves of high transmission.  Vaccines.  High-quality masks. Ventilation technologies.  And yes- adjusting behaviors to mitigate risk as best as we can.  We are the adults.  We should be leading and protecting instead of whining.  This is how we model resilience to our kids.[/quote]

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