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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's weird how parents who desperately need childcare are being told to suck it up and deal but private companies who employ those parents are not being told the same when their employees' productivity declines. Interesting.[/quote]

Also interesting that somehow it's impossible to have any form of in-person school this year and yet.... people are dining in restaurants. Indoors! Some museums haver reopened. In-person fitness classes have resumed, also indoors. You can get your hair cut in a salon with a dozen people in it. People are drinking at bars.

But yes, the real problem is in-person schooling, which has not occurred since the middle of march.

Just kicking an idea around. What if we got rid of these non-essential in-person activities, especially the ones that take place indoors, so that kids that need to go to school could go to school? Why is that such a crazy idea?[/quote]

Please point out all these restaurants, museums, gyms and salons where children, who are germ factories at the best of times, are crammed into stagnant rooms for 6-7 hours per day, multiple days per week.

P-R-O-L-O-N-G-E-D  I-N-D-O-O-R   E-X-P-O-S-U-R-E  I-S  T-H-E  H-I-G-H-E-S-T  R-I-S-K.

Please.[/quote]

What about outdoor classes or half days? School is much, much more important than getting your hair done or going to a restaurant. Plus, while the people going to salons and restaurants might only be there for an hour or two, the people working at those places are absolutely getting prolonged exposure. Sorry, but there is no reasonable way to explain the fact that we have opened these businesses but are keeping schools closed. If school isn't safe, none of this is safe.

We are currently seeing cases rise as a result of reopening the economy, and the people in charge appear to believe this is an acceptable trade-off. But accepting higher risk so that kids can go to school isn't? We're really showing our collective ass as a society right now.[/quote]

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