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Anonymous wrote:Pfizer is expanding their trial to kids 12 and up. Previously at 16.

I want to preface my statement by saying that I am glad the drug companies are working on finding a vaccine. But, wow, what parents are putting their kids into these trials? It seems so mind bogglingly unsafe to me. I want a vaccine but I want a little more work and testing with animals first.

I have two guesses: 1) certain foster parents 2) bleeding hearts, kind of like people who enroll their kids into GS2 schools for equity reasons

So caring about other people beyond your own kids makes you a "bleeding heart," as opposed to being selfish and focused only on yourself and your own kids which is apparently considered totally fine and acceptable these days?

I would never sacrifice my kid. Ever.

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Anonymous wrote:Pfizer is expanding their trial to kids 12 and up. Previously at 16.

I want to preface my statement by saying that I am glad the drug companies are working on finding a vaccine. But, wow, what parents are putting their kids into these trials? It seems so mind bogglingly unsafe to me. I want a vaccine but I want a little more work and testing with animals first.

I have two guesses: 1) certain foster parents 2) bleeding hearts, kind of like people who enroll their kids into GS2 schools for equity reasons

So caring about other people beyond your own kids makes you a "bleeding heart," as opposed to being selfish and focused only on yourself and your own kids which is apparently considered totally fine and acceptable these days?

I would never sacrifice my kid. Ever.

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Anonymous wrote:I've been saying this for months. Big public schools aren't going back until 2022-23 in the DC area. The "until zero deaths / vaccine" position taken by the unions means 2022-23 earliest.

I think some schools will pretend it will be earlier, but that's just posturing and theatrics.

I think if you want in-person school, you have to move or go to private.

Only in America.

LOL Europe is shutting down as we speak. All of the U.K. is now on lockdown as of tonight. Their case load is astronomical as well and quite a bit of the spread is attributable to schools, so they'll have to close them down again.

And this is a quote from the UK government website on the specifics of the lockdown:

The Government will continue to prioritise the wellbeing and long-term futures of our young people and will not be closing schools, colleges or universities. It remains very important for children and young people to attend, to support their wellbeing and education and help working parents and guardians

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Anonymous wrote:I've been saying this for months. Big public schools aren't going back until 2022-23 in the DC area. The "until zero deaths / vaccine" position taken by the unions means 2022-23 earliest.

I think some schools will pretend it will be earlier, but that's just posturing and theatrics.

I think if you want in-person school, you have to move or go to private.

Only in America.

LOL Europe is shutting down as we speak. All of the U.K. is now on lockdown as of tonight. Their case load is astronomical as well and quite a bit of the spread is attributable to schools, so they'll have to close them down again.

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Anonymous wrote:Pfizer is expanding their trial to kids 12 and up. Previously at 16.

I want to preface my statement by saying that I am glad the drug companies are working on finding a vaccine. But, wow, what parents are putting their kids into these trials? It seems so mind bogglingly unsafe to me. I want a vaccine but I want a little more work and testing with animals first.

I have two guesses: 1) certain foster parents 2) bleeding hearts, kind of like people who enroll their kids into GS2 schools for equity reasons

So caring about other people beyond your own kids makes you a "bleeding heart," as opposed to being selfish and focused only on yourself and your own kids which is apparently considered totally fine and acceptable these days?

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Anonymous wrote:I've been saying this for months. Big public schools aren't going back until 2022-23 in the DC area. The "until zero deaths / vaccine" position taken by the unions means 2022-23 earliest.

I think some schools will pretend it will be earlier, but that's just posturing and theatrics.

I think if you want in-person school, you have to move or go to private.

Only in America.

Anonymous wrote:I've been saying this for months. Big public schools aren't going back until 2022-23 in the DC area. The "until zero deaths / vaccine" position taken by the unions means 2022-23 earliest.

I think some schools will pretend it will be earlier, but that's just posturing and theatrics.

I think if you want in-person school, you have to move or go to private.

Anonymous wrote:“After approvals there will be the hurdles of mass production.” No- mass production is happening now. The hurdles to getting that started were eradicated when the government and pharmaceutical companies themselves decided to take the financial risk of manufacture before approval.

The manufacturers leading the pack anticipate enough doses to vaccinate every American by summer of 2021. Approval is imminent, and frontline workers will be first in line.

Get out of here with late 2022 bs.

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Anonymous wrote:New Trier HS reclosed 5 days after reopening. IL is getting slammed by COVID. See the Chicago Tribune article.

If you believe the exaggerations of the article, I guess you could say 122 cases per 100k people is "getting slammed". Interesting though that nobody is reporting on hospitalizations or deaths. Why do you think that is? Is it because people below 40 years old have an almost 0% chance of dying from COVID?

Um, yeah, over 100 cases per 100K per day is definitely getting slammed. That's basically infecting 1% of your whole population every week! And hospitalizations and deaths lag case numbers so they don't get reported right away, but they start going up predictably a few weeks later...

I'm solidly in the reopen schools camp, but I agree, 122 cases per 100k is crazy high.

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Anonymous wrote:New Trier HS reclosed 5 days after reopening. IL is getting slammed by COVID. See the Chicago Tribune article.

If you believe the exaggerations of the article, I guess you could say 122 cases per 100k people is "getting slammed". Interesting though that nobody is reporting on hospitalizations or deaths. Why do you think that is? Is it because people below 40 years old have an almost 0% chance of dying from COVID?

Um, yeah, over 100 cases per 100K per day is definitely getting slammed. That's basically infecting 1% of your whole population every week! And hospitalizations and deaths lag case numbers so they don't get reported right away, but they start going up predictably a few weeks later...

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Anonymous wrote:New Trier HS reclosed 5 days after reopening. IL is getting slammed by COVID. See the Chicago Tribune article.

If you believe the exaggerations of the article, I guess you could say 122 cases per 100k people is "getting slammed". Interesting though that nobody is reporting on hospitalizations or deaths. Why do you think that is? Is it because people below 40 years old have an almost 0% chance of dying from COVID?

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Anonymous wrote:Pfizer is expanding their trial to kids 12 and up. Previously at 16.

I want to preface my statement by saying that I am glad the drug companies are working on finding a vaccine. But, wow, what parents are putting their kids into these trials? It seems so mind bogglingly unsafe to me. I want a vaccine but I want a little more work and testing with animals first.

I have two guesses: 1) certain foster parents 2) bleeding hearts, kind of like people who enroll their kids into GS2 schools for equity reasons

Anonymous wrote:DS starts kindergarten next year and we are looking at parochial schools pretty seriously. I have no faith that public schools will be open here.

Heck my cousin postponed her wedding from Sept 2020 to Sept 2021 (in NE) and contrary to most of my relatives, I doubt that will happen either. I don’t see spring style shutdowns again, but I think we are largely in a holding pattern until not only widespread vaccine distribution, but until it really kicks in and brings down rates significantly.