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Have we seen any cases come from schools?We're mid-way through Week 8 and so far, so good. I feel like if you mask kids up, this can be done pretty safely. What am I missing?
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https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/925794511/were-the-risks-of-reopening-schools-exaggeratedFollow the data skat. I don’t think anyone is suggesting there is zero risk with face to face schooling but data has been suggesting there isn’t an increased risk then normal public exposure. Our district has had a few cases but nothing crazy.
I hope it does! Kids need in-person school if the health situation allows it.
I think the issue with K-12, versus higher education, is that the entire K-12 student body is sent home every night. To households with parents, siblings and others who may have gone out into the community as well.Higher education students by and large live in their own "quasi-bubble." It's not perfect by any stretch because those students interact with the community in numerous ways, but not sending everyone home to a multitude of households helps tremendously.So I can see a reasoning for schools to "go virtual" when community spread is high.
I'm still not certain who needs it more, kids, or parents that are counting on school as daycare. Either way, there certainly is a lot of incentive to keep schools going.
LOL what? Our school just finished week 8 of 100% face to face and we've had zero cases. ZERO. And we're in Wisconsin which is on fire right now.
My kids (students) and wife (teacher) have all had in-person classes interrupted because of multiple positive cases among students and staff. Three different schools, in different towns. All the schools did masks, distancing, etc.My only point here is that your experience isn't proof that in-person school is safe, any more than my experience is proof that schools are super-spreaders. Anecdote isn't data.
Do you think the school was the cause of the spread or that people there were found to be positive. With hundreds of households, youth sports, etc kids and teachers can be exposed in a million different ways, the question is will it spread at school? I acknowledge my opinion is very much based on anecdotal evidence but it seems schools settings don't act as spreaders.
If Biden wins he won’t do a thing different then what the trump administration is doing other then a mask mandate which will not have a lick of impact on the course of this pandemic.
We are all speaking to our own anecdotal experiences of course. Good thing there are large studies that have been completed and the data is becoming crystal clear. Schools are equally safe and pose no greater risk then just the general risk of living during a damn pandemic.Until there is a vaccine and in turn with time herd immunity there is little we can do other then to mask up and ride out the storm.
We know so much about the virus at this point and who is most vulnerable to it. If someone finds themself on the end of scale being most vulnerable then take the necessary precautions to do your best to protect yourself.If you find yourself on the other end of the scale, well be a decent human being and limit the risk and exposure but it’s ok to go on living life. Unfortunately that’s the reality of the situation. If Biden wins he won’t do a thing different then what the trump administration is doing other then a mask mandate which will not have a lick of impact on the course of this pandemic.
https://www.wissports.net/news_article/show/1129136
Science disagrees.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02801-8https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/06/417906/still-confused-about-masks-heres-science-behind-how-face-masks-preventhttps://www.umms.org/coronavirus/what-to-know/masks/wearing-maskIt would have been ideal for masks to be mandated long ago, but a mandate would still help considerably. The latest IHME estimates project that under current laws the US will have 389,087 deaths by 2/1/2021; if masks were universally mandated now, the number goes down to 314,773. https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america?view=total-deaths&tab=trendhttps://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america?view=total-deaths&tab=trendI think saving over 74,000 lives would qualify as more than a 'lick of impact.'