Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[Lilofan]

Just feels like freezing to us cold weather wusses. I now some from Florida in Seattle at the moment. I'm sure it feels down right frigid

All this to say, my kid has to go outside even in middle school when the temps are like this at lunch. Just to get them outside (eating this year is inside though last year at the end of the year they were outside for some eating). They survive.

Kids will adapt and survive like myself back in the day , kindergarten through college with heat ( that sometimes broke down, class did not get cancelled ) and no AC in classrooms and dorms. We froze / sweated through it and dealt with it.

 

[Andrew C]

That news source doesn't exactly look like the most reliable, and there's absolutely no context given for that video as to what was actually happening, other than one person's angry tweet.

And in what world are temperatures in the 40s "near freezing"? Unless you live in the south, but that would hardly be "near freezing" to someone who lives in the Pacific NW. During the winter, my friends and I would spend hours each week outside in much colder temperatures than that when we were that age.

As someone who actually went to elementary school in the PacNW, I'm struggling to think of any of my classmates who would not have preferred to be eating lunch outside than in our ancient cafeteria... DH and I still joke about the typical weather forecast... Drizzle, High 45 Low 42... every day... for 4 months. Which is one of the reasons I don't live there anymore.

Are we really going to normalize 5 year olds put outside to eat lunch when it’s 40 out, sitting on buckets? What the?!?

 

[JoeCamel]

Just feels like freezing to us cold weather wusses. I now some from Florida in Seattle at the moment. I'm sure it feels down right frigid

All this to say, my kid has to go outside even in middle school when the temps are like this at lunch. Just to get them outside (eating this year is inside though last year at the end of the year they were outside for some eating). They survive.

Kids will adapt and survive like myself back in the day , kindergarten through college with heat ( that sometimes broke down, class did not get cancelled ) and no AC in classrooms and dorms. We froze / sweated through it and dealt with it.

Are we really going to normalize 5 year olds put outside to eat lunch when it’s 40 out, sitting on buckets? What the?!?

I hated that 2 mile trudge uphill both ways when I was a young'un

 

[correcaminos]

I hated that 2 mile trudge uphill both ways when I was a young'un

In college I actually had a massive hill I went down and back up again for classes. So I legit get to use it

Kids will adapt and survive like myself back in the day , kindergarten through college with heat ( that sometimes broke down, class did not get cancelled ) and no AC in classrooms and dorms. We froze / sweated through it and dealt with it.

We did too. My HS got ac the summer I graduated. Being in the midwest we get freezing cold and we get hot and humid. You learn. These temps are normal for Portland this time of year. In my schools kids are required outside time through 8th grade and 40s are nothing.

Are we really going to normalize 5 year olds put outside to eat lunch when it’s 40 out, sitting on buckets? What the?!?

Read above. For you it might be abnormal to be outside in these temps. My schools won't be inside for quite a few more degrees. The context of this all I am missing from a weird video with no real idea what's going on. It's absolutely normal to send kids outside in 40 degree temps for recess here. In fact my kid left in 20 something temps this morning with just a hoodie.

 

[hopemax]

Are we really going to normalize 5 year olds put outside to eat lunch when it’s 40 out, sitting on buckets? What the?!?

We've got people normalizing 800K dying and health care looking like it is so... in all the things that we've let happen over the last 2 years... doing something a lot of the kids doing something that my generation in the PacNW would have cheered is not ranking so high on my list.

 

[Heppenheimer]

Are we really going to normalize 5 year olds put outside to eat lunch when it’s 40 out, sitting on buckets? What the?!?

Once again, do we know any of this? The only context provided from this not-exactly-august news source was an unclear video and an angry tweet. Do we know that age of these kids? Was there an outbreak of COVID in the school? Was this lunch or another regularly scheduled activity at the school that someone just happened to observe once? If it was lunch, was this because of school COVID policy or was there something wrong with where they regularly eat lunch? Were the school officials trying their best to manage a very difficult situation (probably) or were they just being cruel and negligent (probably not)? We know none of this from the information provided.

The preschoolers at the local school in the small town where I live in a rather cold part of the country regularly go outside for breaks unless the weather is dangerously cold (meaning, usually in the 20s or below). Someone could just have easily filmed them walking to or from the playground on their break and posted an uninformed tweet that they were making preschoolers have lessons outside during the Vermont winter! This might be hard to believe for people who live in warm climates, but kids play outside all the time in cold weather up north.

 

[Andrew C]

In college I actually had a massive hill I went down and back up again for classes. So I legit get to use it


We did too. My HS got ac the summer I graduated. Being in the midwest we get freezing cold and we get hot and humid. You learn. These temps are normal for Portland this time of year. In my schools kids are required outside time through 8th grade and 40s are nothing.

Read above. For you it might be abnormal to be outside in these temps. My schools won't be inside for quite a few more degrees. The context of this all I am missing from a weird video with no real idea what's going on. It's absolutely normal to send kids outside in 40 degree temps for recess here. In fact my kid left in 20 something temps this morning with just a hoodie.

So we are good with 5 year olds sitting on buckets outside at school eating when it’s 40 even though there is a perfectly good cafeteria….because Covid and the “back in my day I had to walk 5 miles in the snow to school.”

man. Eff that. Some people will excuse anything.

 

[Andrew C]

Once again, do we know any of this? The only context provided from this not-exactly-august news source was an unclear video and an angry tweet. Do we know that age of these kids? Was there an outbreak of COVID in the school? Was this lunch or another regularly scheduled activity at the school that someone just happened to observe once? If it was lunch, was this because of school COVID policy or was there something wrong with where they regularly eat lunch? Were the school officials trying their best to manage a very difficult situation (probably) or were they just being cruel and negligent (probably not)? We know none of this from the information provided.

The preschoolers at the local school in the small town where I live in a rather cold part of the country regularly go outside for breaks unless the weather is dangerously cold (meaning, usually in the 20s or below). Someone could just have easily filmed them walking to or from the playground on their break and posted an uninformed tweet that they were making preschoolers have lessons outside during the Vermont winter! This might be hard to believe for people who live in warm climates, but kids play outside all the time in cold weather up north.

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Whether or not it’s missing context, you made excuses for it as if it was accurate. Y’all are unreal.

 

[JoeCamel]

Once again, do we know any of this? The only context provided from this not-exactly-august news source was an unclear video and an angry tweet. Do we know that age of these kids? Was there an outbreak of COVID in the school? Was this lunch or another regularly scheduled activity at the school that someone just happened to observe once? If it was lunch, was this because of school COVID policy or was there something wrong with where they regularly eat lunch? Were the school officials trying their best to manage a very difficult situation (probably) or were they just being cruel and negligent (probably not)? We know none of this from the information provided.

The preschoolers at the local school in the small town where I live in a rather cold part of the country regularly go outside for breaks unless the weather is dangerously cold (meaning, usually in the 20s or below). Someone could just have easily filmed them walking to or from the playground on their break and posted an uninformed tweet that they were making preschoolers have lessons outside during the Vermont winter! This might be hard to believe for people who live in warm climates, but kids play outside all the time in cold weather up north.

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I have vivid memories of rolling huge snowballs during recess, snowball fights after school, snow forts that killed kids and all the joys of midwestern winter. Midnight at -20F walking under a full moon with everything snow covered will never be cold.

 

[hopemax]

So we are good with 5 year olds sitting on buckets outside at school eating when it’s 40 even though there is a perfectly good cafeteria….because Covid and the “back in my day I had to walk 5 miles in the snow to school.”

man. Eff that. Some people will excuse anything.

Well, my cafeteria wasn't "perfectly good" it was in the basement, poor lighting, no ventilation at all. Not even windows. It would have been a breeding ground for COVID transmission. "Kids getting COVID" = no worries, "Kids eating outside to prevent COVID" = complete disaster.

 

[Lilofan]

Are we really going to normalize 5 year olds put outside to eat lunch when it’s 40 out, sitting on buckets? What the?!?

I've seen 5 year olds supervised playing with their hearts content in colder temps in the snow for long periods of time.

 

[Andrew C]

Well, my cafeteria wasn't "perfectly good" it was in the basement, poor lighting, no ventilation at all. Not even windows. It would have been a breeding ground for COVID transmission. "Kids getting COVID" = no worries, "Kids eating outside to prevent COVID" = complete disaster.

Measure the risk Covid has for a 5 year old and then the improvement you see by putting them outside to eat. Yes. Exactly. It’s negligible. Don’t don’t give me some BS excuse.

 

[Andrew C]

I've seen 5 year olds supervised playing with their hearts content in colder temps in the snow for long periods of time.

First. When you are running around you will build up heat. So different situation. But even if looking at your example, for extended periods of time, playing outside in cold temps can be an issue. The smaller the body, the harder it is for them to regulate their temperature. How small is a 5 year old.

I can’t anymore. People will excuse anything in the name of Covid.

 

[Lilofan]

First. When you are running around you will build up heat. So different situation. But even if looking at your example, for extended periods of time, playing outside in cold temps can be an issue. The smaller the body, the harder it is for them to regulate their temperature. How small is a 5 year old.

I can’t anymore. People will excuse anything in the name of Covid.

You are making excuses of poor 5 year old can't eat lunch outside in 40 degrees. 5 year olds have been out in temps of that nature and lower .

 

[lazyboy97o]

There are preschools that have entire outdoor classroom programs where the kids are pretty much outside all of the time.

 

[FanforDisney]

Once again, do we know any of this? The only context provided from this not-exactly-august news source was an unclear video and an angry tweet. Do we know that age of these kids? Was there an outbreak of COVID in the school? Was this lunch or another regularly scheduled activity at the school that someone just happened to observe once? If it was lunch, was this because of school COVID policy or was there something wrong with where they regularly eat lunch? Were the school officials trying their best to manage a very difficult situation (probably) or were they just being cruel and negligent (probably not)? We know none of this from the information provided.

The preschoolers at the local school in the small town where I live in a rather cold part of the country regularly go outside for breaks unless the weather is dangerously cold (meaning, usually in the 20s or below). Someone could just have easily filmed them walking to or from the playground on their break and posted an uninformed tweet that they were making preschoolers have lessons outside during the Vermont winter! This might be hard to believe for people who live in warm climates, but kids play outside all the time in cold weather up north.

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[Heppenheimer]

First. When you are running around you will build up heat. So different situation. But even if looking at your example, for extended periods of time, playing outside in cold temps can be an issue. The smaller the body, the harder it is for them to regulate their temperature. How small is a 5 year old.

I can’t anymore. People will excuse anything in the name of Covid.

Serious question, what part of the country are you from? Kids go outside all the time in far colder weather up here in the north. If needed, they put on a coat or jacket, maybe gloves and hat if cold enough. No big deal. It's not like they exiled them to a Siberian gulag.

 

[FanforDisney]

You are making excuses of poor 5 year old can't eat lunch outside in 40 degrees. 5 year olds have been out in temps of that nature and lower .

You do realize that more 5 year olds die in a normal flu season than from COVID.

 

[FanforDisney]

Once again, do we know any of this? The only context provided from this not-exactly-august news source was an unclear video and an angry tweet. Do we know that age of these kids? Was there an outbreak of COVID in the school? Was this lunch or another regularly scheduled activity at the school that someone just happened to observe once? If it was lunch, was this because of school COVID policy or was there something wrong with where they regularly eat lunch? Were the school officials trying their best to manage a very difficult situation (probably) or were they just being cruel and negligent (probably not)? We know none of this from the information provided.

The preschoolers at the local school in the small town where I live in a rather cold part of the country regularly go outside for breaks unless the weather is dangerously cold (meaning, usually in the 20s or below). Someone could just have easily filmed them walking to or from the playground on their break and posted an uninformed tweet that they were making preschoolers have lessons outside during the Vermont winter! This might be hard to believe for people who live in warm climates, but kids play outside all the time in cold weather up north.

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it is a school policy since sept.

Burning Questions About Back to School in Portland 2021

All about masks, vaccine mandates, outdoor lunch, quarantine policy, and more.

www.pdxmonthly.com

What about lunch? Kids can’t wear masks during lunch, you know.​

In Portland, schools are banking on a mild September and on the delta variant peaking as forecast early in the month, and planning on having kids eat outside for at least the first six weeks of school. Schools that don’t have covered playground areas can use federal dollars to purchase tents and seating areas, and kids will have to get used to wolfing down lunch in under 15 minutes. Meal plans will vary from school to school depending on available space, but families should expect some assigned seating to make the circle smaller in case there is a need for contact tracing.

Burning Questions About Back to School in Portland 2021

All about masks, vaccine mandates, outdoor lunch, quarantine policy, and more.

www.pdxmonthly.com

 

[correcaminos]

So we are good with 5 year olds sitting on buckets outside at school eating when it’s 40 even though there is a perfectly good cafeteria….because Covid and the “back in my day I had to walk 5 miles in the snow to school.”

man. Eff that. Some people will excuse anything.

Honestly I have zero issues with kids outside sitting 40 degree temps. Maybe Florida has burned through people but not everywhere is doing well with covid cases. I cannot tell you how rough it is for my friends who are grade school teachers with spread.

If it's covid policy, I'm not against it. But my kid is constantly outside when it's that cold. Eating ice cream too.