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Anonymous wrote:This issue is starting to get national attention. The vast majority of people in the US are eating inside restaurants, and are shocked to find that kids are forced to eat outside in the cold weather because of a few extremists' cultlike, irrational fears.

I saw Jen Psaki got asked about it today too.

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“This issue”? Seriously?

Is this the latest RWNJ talking point or something? You people are horrible.

Anonymous wrote:This issue is starting to get national attention. The vast majority of people in the US are eating inside restaurants, and are shocked to find that kids are forced to eat outside in the cold weather because of a few extremists' cultlike, irrational fears.

I saw Jen Psaki got asked about it today too.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing OP has never joined her kid for lunch at one of the overcrowded schools. It’s the worst.

Covid or not, let them eat outside and have some space and extra time to play.

They already do eat indoors if it’s very cold, windy, raining, snowing, etc.

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Yes, they report a lot of Covid in schools, a lot of absences, illness, and high levels of stress for kids and teachers. One kid's teacher has been out so much she doesn't know who is going to teach her on a daily basis which is upsetting for her and she's getting even further behind. Another kid is so anxious about bringing Covid home to her high risk dad that the family had to get the kid in counseling which isn't really helping because kid is smart enough to know the risk is there.

You are not the only one with friends or relatives in red states with little mitigation in schools. It ain't pretty.

Do we have a fiction writer in the house now too? Red state schools without mitigation are doing fine. Private schools and many publics in VA will be doing so right away on January 15th so this theoretical exercise will be ending soon.

Plus, what kind of family tells their little kid that they could kill their dad? This is completely whacko. Hopefully this child forgives his parents when he's grown up for traumatizing him like that.

Speaking of which, think of all those kids of Smart Restart when they get older, realizing how much of childhood their parents robbed them for their irrational fear. Many say on AEM they still haven't eaten in a restaurant since February 2020 and many aren't doing indoor playdates. It reminds me of my friend who grew up in Scientology. There's so much in common between these Branch COVIDians and a cult. My friend is estranged from her family now too.

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Anonymous wrote:Quite clear OP doesn't care about high risk kids and whether they can go to school.

At this point, all school-aged children are able to be vaccinated. If you do not vaccinate your child, or they are that fragile, they need to be at home. The model has got to shift from working from the optic that the school population isn’t protected, to one where the community is good enough. That being said, I’ll all about mandating the vaccine for school attendance, like we do for other vaccines.

Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing OP has never joined her kid for lunch at one of the overcrowded schools. It’s the worst.

Covid or not, let them eat outside and have some space and extra time to play.

They already do eat indoors if it’s very cold, windy, raining, snowing, etc.

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Yes, they report a lot of Covid in schools, a lot of absences, illness, and high levels of stress for kids and teachers. One kid's teacher has been out so much she doesn't know who is going to teach her on a daily basis which is upsetting for her and she's getting even further behind. Another kid is so anxious about bringing Covid home to her high risk dad that the family had to get the kid in counseling which isn't really helping because kid is smart enough to know the risk is there.

You are not the only one with friends or relatives in red states with little mitigation in schools. It ain't pretty.

Anonymous wrote:Quite clear OP doesn't care about high risk kids and whether they can go to school.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, you just shared data showing the Covid is a top 10 killer of kids but somehow you think that makes it low risk because it's not at the very top of the killer list? That makes no sense.

Kids are not supposed to die, OP.

Look at swimming pools and flu. Time to shut down pools. And flu too - shut down everything for the flu for kids too.

Pools are open but we have lifeguards and swimming lessons to guard against drowning.

Schools are open and we have Covid mitigation.

Also, I think we should do more to curb the spread of the flu in schools. Just because maybe we haven't done enough in the past to stop one contagious illness (flu) doesn't mean we should do nothing for the next one (Covid).

I thought you people were for more learning days? Think about how many learning days are needlessly lost to illness.

Have you checked schools with little to no mitigation? They're doing great. It's only a matter of time before it happens here.

And if you want to reorder society now for the flu too, then you should be explicit about it. The vast majority are not going to agree.

Yes, they report a lot of Covid in schools, a lot of absences, illness, and high levels of stress for kids and teachers. One kid's teacher has been out so much she doesn't know who is going to teach her on a daily basis which is upsetting for her and she's getting even further behind. Another kid is so anxious about bringing Covid home to her high risk dad that the family had to get the kid in counseling which isn't really helping because kid is smart enough to know the risk is there.

You are not the only one with friends or relatives in red states with little mitigation in schools. It ain't pretty.

My friend in a red state with no mitigation in school had to pull her high risk kid and send her to a private school that does have good mitigation. But most can't afford to do that.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, you just shared data showing the Covid is a top 10 killer of kids but somehow you think that makes it low risk because it's not at the very top of the killer list? That makes no sense.

Kids are not supposed to die, OP.

Look at swimming pools and flu. Time to shut down pools. And flu too - shut down everything for the flu for kids too.

Pools are open but we have lifeguards and swimming lessons to guard against drowning.

Schools are open and we have Covid mitigation.

Also, I think we should do more to curb the spread of the flu in schools. Just because maybe we haven't done enough in the past to stop one contagious illness (flu) doesn't mean we should do nothing for the next one (Covid).

I thought you people were for more learning days? Think about how many learning days are needlessly lost to illness.

Have you checked schools with little to no mitigation? They're doing great. It's only a matter of time before it happens here.

And if you want to reorder society now for the flu too, then you should be explicit about it. The vast majority are not going to agree.

Yes, they report a lot of Covid in schools, a lot of absences, illness, and high levels of stress for kids and teachers. One kid's teacher has been out so much she doesn't know who is going to teach her on a daily basis which is upsetting for her and she's getting even further behind. Another kid is so anxious about bringing Covid home to her high risk dad that the family had to get the kid in counseling which isn't really helping because kid is smart enough to know the risk is there.

You are not the only one with friends or relatives in red states with little mitigation in schools. It ain't pretty.