Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Then how to you explain the skyrocketing rated of infection in Florida, South Carolina, Texas, California, Georgia, etc. all the states that opened early have huge increases in infections.

California didn't "open early." California was extremely conservative in dealing with coronavirus, yet cases are on the rise.

Mmm depends where I’m California. And to what extent people even followed those rules. Currently, they’re wide open.

Anonymous wrote:In about two weeks, one of two things is going to happen:

1. A huge number of protesters will be in the hospital with COVID-19

or

2. There won't be a huge number of protests in the hospital with COVID-19, and social distancing will quickly end for everyone but the elderly and people with issues with their immune systems.

And then we will have a much better idea of whether schools will be open in the fall.

Please, please let it be scenario 2. The economic strain, the ever widening of the achievement gap, and the socioemotional damage that is being every day we keep public schools closed or on a rotating schedule cannot be overstated. The idea that getting kids back at school every day is not the number 1 priority of reopening is complexly beyond me. I can do a year without going to a restaurant. A year with my kid “remote learning” or at best on a rotating schedule? Not do much. And the families for whom this will be a matter of keeping their home or getting food on the table when they are forced with the challenge of keeping a job or leaving their kids alone all day? Not every job can be done remotely. And not everyone has the privilege to decide whether to keep their job and hire a babysitter or stay at home.

Anonymous wrote:In about two weeks, one of two things is going to happen:

1. A huge number of protesters will be in the hospital with COVID-19

or

2. There won't be a huge number of protests in the hospital with COVID-19, and social distancing will quickly end for everyone but the elderly and people with issues with their immune systems.

And then we will have a much better idea of whether schools will be open in the fall.

It will certainly be a data point, but they were outside, in the summer, with a lot of masks, and while I know of no data, I would guess protesters skew young. Those things will all distort the numbers in some way, I don't think we can answer how much.

Anonymous wrote:I am in the fall 2021 camp. And I am not a pessimistic person by nature. But I honestly don’t see anyone prioritizing the needs of children in this environment. The teachers interests will remain paramount within school systems, and the economic interests of returning kids to school are indirect for other govern,ent leaders. Until we have a vaccine that has made it into wide circulation, my expectation is that school won’t be normal.

Sadly I think this is true. We live in a gerontocracy.

In about two weeks, one of two things is going to happen:

1. A huge number of protesters will be in the hospital with COVID-19

or

2. There won't be a huge number of protests in the hospital with COVID-19, and social distancing will quickly end for everyone but the elderly and people with issues with their immune systems.

And then we will have a much better idea of whether schools will be open in the fall.

if normal means like it was before COVID, the answer is never unless we haven't learned s thing

March 2021

Yes I understand they didn’t open early. They are still experiencing a spike. Why is that?

Anonymous wrote:Then how to you explain the skyrocketing rated of infection in Florida, South Carolina, Texas, California, Georgia, etc. all the states that opened early have huge increases in infections.

California didn't "open early." California was extremely conservative in dealing with coronavirus, yet cases are on the rise.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Then how to you explain the skyrocketing rated of infection in Florida, South Carolina, Texas, California, Georgia, etc. all the states that opened early have huge increases in infections.

This is not true in the least crazy lady.

First I’m not a lady. Thank you.




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Anonymous wrote:Then how to you explain the skyrocketing rated of infection in Florida, South Carolina, Texas, California, Georgia, etc. all the states that opened early have huge increases in infections.

This is not true in the least crazy lady.

Fall, 2020.

Then how to you explain the skyrocketing rated of infection in Florida, South Carolina, Texas, California, Georgia, etc. all the states that opened early have huge increases in infections.

I am in the fall 2021 camp. And I am not a pessimistic person by nature. But I honestly don’t see anyone prioritizing the needs of children in this environment. The teachers interests will remain paramount within school systems, and the economic interests of returning kids to school are indirect for other govern,ent leaders. Until we have a vaccine that has made it into wide circulation, my expectation is that school won’t be normal.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking sooner every day.

What makes you say this?

Uh, the evidence from Europe. The lowest MD caseload since April. The new info from WHO that asymptomatic (ie, kids) people don’t really transmit.

+1

I agree with this. I hope they use science and evidence to determine the best course of action. This WHO study, if it can be confirmed , is a real game changer. If schools can really send kids home who have a temperature or a cold then that could prevent the spread.