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Yeah, he has it all figured out...except he forgot to add the parts about passing it to their parents and grandparents, who will pass it to co-workers and others in senior centers, who will then flood the hospitals with an overwhelming wave of new cases and eventually deaths.But other than that, he's probably spot on with the part about the kids.
What happens when a kid brings it home and the virus kills one of his parents after they caught it from him/her? Lifetime guilt?
He can sleep soundly knowing that he enabled his parents to be productive cogs in the capitalistic wheel but for a little while.
"Mommy and Daddy have to do their best to drive a growth based economy because their retirement funds depend on the market going up, Jimmy." "Is that why Daddy went to work while sick?"
https://mobile.twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1284663390456082432Listen to the experts folks
If I felt they were safe, I would send my kids as well and wouldn't want them to start virtually.
Honest question: What factors would you consider for determining whether your kids would be safe? Community spread? Positivity rates? The availability of enough rapid and accurate test kits to conduct routine in-school testing?My kids are past school age so my criteria aren't relevant - I'm more interested in the criteria of an informed and thoughtful parent of school-age kids.
No specific criteria I looked for when we were having discussions with our school community. Was really just looking for the totality of safety/mitigating protocols they were putting in place and what the contingency plan was if things go sideways.That and the advice of our pediatrician has made us 100% comfortable with sending them back while knowing there are no guarantees they or we won’t end up getting it.Thankfully all in good health so if we do get it I’m confident we’ll be back in our feet in no time. Genuinely feel bad for kids and parents who live in districts that aren’t willing to give this an honest shot and hope they can get back to some sense of normalcy sooner then later.
I feel bad for kids and parents who live in districts whose counties/municipalities are overrun by COVID-19, making it a non-starter to re-open schools.Kids need school. They and their parents and grandparents and parents' co-workers do need to stay healthy and alive, though.
Absolutely! There are certainly counties where it would be a tough sell to open up in the fall. There are also counties where it would totally reasonable to open up and there not, who knows why?
What would folks say to this Charlotte teacher, who works at one of the 5 largest high schools in NC?“I cannot retire. I cannot resign. I need my job,” said Nhora Gómez-Saxon, a teacher at South Mecklenburg High School. “And right now I am the only one working in my family. I do not have an underlying condition, but I have a mother who finished her cancer treatment just on time to celebrate her 80th birthday.”So if one demands that in-person school take place in Charlotte, one is demanding that this teacher put her family's health in jeopardy. Just one of many examples of how this is not just a case of "students aren't likely to get it, and if they don't they won't get very sick" issue.Meanwhile, the most recent survey of NC parents of school-aged children, 44% said it could be 3-12 months until they feel comfortable sending kids to school, day care or camp. Another 16% say it would take them a year, and 3% wouldn’t again feel at ease with the idea, according to findings Chernoff Newman published this month.About 18% say the idea already makes them comfortable, and that same portion expects to feel that way sometime “over the summer,” according to results from the marketing firm.FYI, NC school districts have 2 options: virtual-only education or a "hybrid" system of remote and in-person learning. Most of the large districts have chosen virtual-only. The largest, which includes Charlotte, has chosen in-person reporting for 2 weeks so kids can meet their teachers and classmates, get supplies, do orientation, etc.; followed by virtual learning for the rest of the fall semester. The teacher quoted at the top of this comment works in this district and isn't comfortable reporting to school for those 2 weeks.
It’s the right of that school district to look at the Covid situation in there local communities and based off the majority opinion of the parents it seems they are making the right decision. If the majority of parents voted to have in person teaching I would then tell that teacher referenced above to not see her Mom without wearing a mask, washing hands, etc.. and limit interactions to outdoors like everyone else is doing with their high risk loved ones.
Voting to kill a teacher?!?!?
But I guess I don't understand why teachers going to work is different from anyone else in the country going to work.