RaiseTheShields
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Pre-pandemic and pre-pre-pre-pandemic (IE when i was in school many moons ago), there was inequality. BUT, that could be overcome for the most part. This is so different on a level I’m struggling to comprehend.
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Pre-pandemic and pre-pre-pre-pandemic (IE when i was in school many moons ago), there was inequality. BUT, that could be overcome for the most part. This is so different on a level I’m struggling to comprehend.
xdan0920
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They are. That article chose an arbitrary date to fear monger.
RaiseTheShields
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What article?
JoeCamel
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This one
eliza61nyc
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Not really, they are lower than the high but that's not saying anything. Sadly I remember someone here saying that Florida could never become another NY. yeah well today Florida surpassed NY.
Florida surpasses New York to become the state with the second highest number of coronavirus cases | CNN
Florida on Saturday became the US state with the second-highest official coronavirus case count, passing New York, once the country's epicenter early in the pandemic.
www.cnn.com
and now has the second highest number of cases.
xdan0920
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They aren’t even remotely close to New York. Unless all you’re counting is confirmed cases, which is very silly.Not really, they are lower than the high but that's not saying anything. Sadly I remember someone here saying that Florida could never become another NY. yeah well today Florida surpassed NY.
Florida surpasses New York to become the state with the second highest number of coronavirus cases | CNN
Florida on Saturday became the US state with the second-highest official coronavirus case count, passing New York, once the country's epicenter early in the pandemic.
and now has the second highest number of cases.
BrianLo
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I highly, highly doubt the mandatory 14 day quarantine will be lifted by September. There is really no indication on them even lifting Europe yet - and we are more 'similar'.
I'm not sure if that helps your decision or not. If you can quarantine on return then you probably will still be allowed to go. I don't see the US imposing reverse rules at this time.
I don't think it will be on the teachers to sanitize the classrooms in our district and hopefully not in most districts, but it sounds like there are at least a few districts requiring that.
And thank you.
Jedijax719
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It is and will be. That is what we are being told. Ironically, in the upper grades, it will be up to the kids to sanitize the classrooms.I don't think it will be on the teachers to sanitize the classrooms in our district and hopefully not in most districts, but it sounds like there are at least a few districts requiring that.
And thank you.
Governor Abbott (Texas) said that if there is ONE case confirmed in a school, the school must shut down for 5 days minimum to sanitize (this would not be done by staff of course). But, unfortunately, districts have not paid attention and have strategically ignored his statement about that.
GoofGoof
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This is one of the aspects that I think is getting completely overlooked. There will need to be some sort of similar protocol everywhere for cleaning and quarantine. Whether it’s at the classroom level, school level, etc. Depending on how often that happens it could potentially be terribly disruptive for learning. Kids flipping back and forth from physical school to quarantine, back to school again only to repeat the process all over again a week or 2 later. What happens during the time the kids are not in physical school? It would have been smart if every district had a virtual option or virtual plan in place so learning stays seamless. Instead it seems a lot of districts didn’t do much and now the plan is to wish and hope kids can’t spread the virus or just by pure luck nobody will get sick.
Jrb1979
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Its not fear mongering. In my mind it's showing something should be done to a avoid what you don't want and that is another lockdown. You and your buddy @legwand77 are against a lockdown but never come up with what can be done to avoid that. Just a word of wisdom hoping it just goes away doesn't work.
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
Actually it does work. You know what doesn’t work? Lockdowns.
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
Serious question, you’re a reasonable guy. Where does that line of thinking end? What’s the baseline for a sickness that requires school closings?
Jrb1979
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Something has to be done to slow the spread. Let me ask you why can't masks be mandatory and you fine people and businesses for not complying with social distancing. Are you against that too. Doing nothing creates what's going on the Florida. Even though numbers might be going down, a lot of people died and got sick that could have been prevented had something been done. Instead you have Covidiots with their head in the sand running the asylum.
GoofGoof
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It’s not my call. The governor of Texas has said this about his schools. The CDC guidelines also call for schools to shut down for deep cleanings after a student tests positive. My district is planning to do it too. In areas with low community spread hopefully theres no more than a few kids who test positive over the first few months but in areas with spiking cases right now it seems like a train wreck waiting to happen. This is why every school should have a virtual option lined up for when this eventually happens. Having kids missing a week or more of school each month isn‘t very good. I can’t believe in a lot of places the plan is to just hope nobody gets sick.
oceanbreeze77
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he aint allowed here no more.
oceanbreeze77
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This is all another reason that going virtual from the get go this year is the best option.
Jedijax719
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Actually, if schools are to open, they need to open at the same time and there needs to be a complete 2-week lockdown/quarantine in that area before they open.
Beyond that, there is a HUGE luck (or rather unlucky) aspect to all of this. It's extremely random.
I do, though, stand by my opinion that the reason for the low number of childhood cases is the lack of exposure due to closing of schools and camps this summer. We all would love for the numbers of childhood cases to be low or be zero better yet. But we all want families to be able to keep their homes, jobs, etc. There's no good solution for this Godawful mess!
Beyond that, there is a HUGE luck (or rather unlucky) aspect to all of this. It's extremely random.
I do, though, stand by my opinion that the reason for the low number of childhood cases is the lack of exposure due to closing of schools and camps this summer. We all would love for the numbers of childhood cases to be low or be zero better yet. But we all want families to be able to keep their homes, jobs, etc. There's no good solution for this Godawful mess!
GoofGoof
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I think it depends on where you are and the situation on the ground. In some places physical school opening should be no problem as long as plans are followed with masks and distancing. Similar to theme parks
I think each district should have a metric they follow and if the community spread gets to the limit set they switch to virtual. The problem is some districts have gone all in with physical school and have no backup plan.
RaiseTheShields
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