All of these things can and should be discussed. But it's frustrating when you live in an area where people are actively protesting against vaccinations, trying to prevent schools from having mask requirements (forget discussions about keeping kids in pods), and refuse to politely socially distance. I'm tired of people in my own community making excuses for why people's deaths don't matter and why we shouldn't change our lives to prevent more of them.
Understood.
But a BMI of 30.0 and above does.
Hit piece in response to his Covid directives???
I’m not sure how you can tell from one picture what that poor girl’s BMI was, but that’s pretty much the point.
To your bolder point, I’m frankly disgusted that the WH didn’t announce intentions to tie dept of education funds to teacher/staff vaccination requirements.
At least one study had shown that plastic barriers don’t really do much, if anything. So I would say those gave people a false sense of security.
All I can say is the feds are typically careful in getting involved in public schools considering most of that power lives with states. I am personally for states implementing these mandates at schools.
I agree with you fully, it should lie within the state. Even Newsom has left it to individual CA districts but with ties to the state purse for noncompliance with the new student mandates recently announced. Likewise, the federal purse can be used as a tool.
how about the busses? are they picking people in like sardines again?
Wasn't saying anything by the picture.
I have a problem with the parents suggesting that their child died because of other parents that sent their sick kids to school. While that likely was the cause as to how she was infected, it's extremely difficult to be a parent with kids in any sort of school right now.That People article left quite a bit out regarding what that child allegedly had to go through.
10-Year-Old Died of COVID After Teacher Made Her Be ‘Nurse’ to Sick Kids, Parents Say
School officials are investigating the claim by Teresa Sperry’s parents that it was “her classroom job” to deal with other students showing symptoms of the virus.www.thedailybeast.com
Who said it isn’t. The specific comment was made that as part of the discussion around this girl’s death there should be a discussion around how obesity is a risk factor for severe covid but the parents said she had no underlying conditions so while obesity being a high risk factor is true it doesn’t appear to be relevant in this case. Nowhere was anyone disputing what the definition of obesity is.
When a kid has symptoms that could be covid it seems like a terrible practice to have a 10 year old walk the sick kid to the nurse and if they get sent home have her go back to the classroom to gather their belongings. The district said their policy is an adult should accompany a kid to the nurse so if the allegation is true then they are violating their own policy. I didn’t see where the parents blamed other parents for sending a sick kid to school. I thought their beef was with the teacher.
Wasn't disputing it either. Just stating what is considered obese since many were throwing around the word with no definition what the number is. Science ya know.
From the Daily Beast article..."The couple first made the bombshell claim on Facebook, where Nicole Sperry wrote that Teresa “would have continued to be here if people would have stopped sending their sick kids to school."
