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 You didn't win here- you bailed and  are  helping to put everyone's lives at risk.  Let's  not debate this any further, as I am just tired of this nonsense.  If you need validation (!), you know where to go for that.  Just express your opinion on one of a few local  FB sites, I'm sure you know which ones, and the same  25 people will pile on to pat you on the back. You are likely their hero/heroine,  sweetheart.  Don't waste your time with me. [/quote]

NP.

Please, please don't try to insult someone using childish phrases like "sweetheart." I am supportive of fully DL right now for most schools, but your cringeworthy and condescending rhetoric fully turns people off to your point. I haven't seen anyone actually engage with the actual science and policy recommendations that are being put forward but rather just snipe at one another.

If anyone is interested in engaging in thoughtful consideration (on their own), a good place to start is AFT's blueprint that was referenced above.

https://www.aft.org/reopen-schools
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I assure you that the cringeworthy rhetoric is entirely sourced at the feet of those who feel it is time to discuss school opening when Md has a COVID death total  over 5,000. 50 deaths since yesterday.  Over 9,000 cases in Howard County alone.

AFT is a union, but it seems you have a problem  with unions (?) isn't  that correct? There's not going to be any acceptable metric, your favorite word,  that allows for that type of risk. What you want is some quantitative rationalization that  allows you to send your kid to school when  the situation is actually qualitative in nature. There isn't one. We can  do that for stores  and restaurants because participation is voluntary.  It isn't for schools. Everyone  has to go. 
Additionally,  how will the schools be staffed? Teachers will apply for ADA waivers,  they  may quit en masse as in a neighboring county, they may refuse to go and just sue for their right to workin safe conditions. How will schools function when there has  to be a medical leave (no substitute will come, it was hard to keep classrooms supplied with subs before this!), or an incidence which causes a large quarantine.  People seem to  think it's just  so easy  to open  the doors,  but it's the details that no one has thought through.  What about law suits front those infected? Workman's  Comp issues?  The $$ is better spent  reinforcing a tangible answer to the crisis now....DL.

You may have no idea  what is involved in opening a school in a pandemic, which is understandable, but the answers aren't in your metric algorithm.

No one seems to understand that  teachers DO NOT want to put their lives and the lives of their family members in danger for your convenience.  They  are working  as well.  They have children  in school as well.  They  are extremely inconvenienced as well. That isn't about metrics. It's about ethics, "sweetheart." Yes, I hope you are cringing. That was my intent  :!: [/quote]

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